Brazil still won the game 1 – 0 – Jairzinho guided a shot past Banks in the second half – but England missed chances to get something, with Jeff Astle putting the ball wide of an open goal and Alan Ball striking the crossbar.

Brazil won the trophy outright in 1970, prompting the commissioning of a replacement.

Hulme, in his final Formula One campaign, won the Argentinian season-opener ; Fittipaldi, with wins in Brazil, Belgium and Canada, took the drivers ' championship.

The band then spent much of 2004 touring throughout Brazil, Europe, Japan, and the U. S. The group won the Act-of-the-Year award in the 2004 Boston Music Awards.

With the support of the Brazilian president Getúlio Vargas, the samba won status as the " official music " of Brazil.

Uruguay won its independence between 1811 – 28 following a three-way struggle among the claims of Spain, Argentina and Brazil.

Flores won backing from Brazil and, this time, from Argentina, who supplied him with troops and weapons, while Berro made an alliance with the Paraguayan leader Francisco Solano López.

In 2004, Brazil won its second men's volleyball gold medal beating Italy in the finals, while China beat Russia for its second women's title.

* 1962 FIFA World Cup hosted in Chile, won by Brazil

* 1950 World Cup hosted by Brazil, won by Uruguay

* 1958 World Cup hosted by Sweden, won by Brazil

The regional competitions Copa América and Euro Cup saw 5 nations rising the cup, Colombia ( 2001 ) and Brazil ( 2004, 2007 ) won the Copa América, and France ( 2000 ), Greece ( 2004 ) and Spain ( 2008 ) won the Euro Cup.

Barthez was an integral part of his national team's inaugural triumph which also made it the first time in 20 years that a host had won the World Cup ; the highlight being a 3 – 0 clean sheet against defending champions Brazil in the finals.

Brazil won the tournament for a record fifth time, beating Germany 2 – 0 in the final.

It was matched by England in 1966 ( who played six matches ) and Brazil in 1994 ( who played seven ), but was not surpassed until 1998 when France won the World Cup conceding only two goals over seven games, Italy in 2006 and Spain in 2010.

Czechoslovakia took Brazil to extra time in a notoriously feisty match in Bordeaux before succumbing in a replay ; the South Americans proved too strong for the depleted Czechoslovak side ( both Oldřich Nejedlý and František Plánička had suffered broken bones in the first game ) and won 2 – 1.

It was won by Uruguay, who had won the inaugural competition in 1930, clinching the cup by beating the hosts Brazil 2 – 1 in the deciding match of the four-team final group ( this was the only tournament not decided by a one-match final ).

The tournament was won by Brazil, who beat Sweden 5 – 2 in the final for their first title.

He failed to score, but Brazil won the game 2 – 0 ( much thanks to an impressive exhibition of dribbling prowess by his partner Garrincha ) and the group by two points.

The tournament was won by champions Brazil, who claimed their second World Cup title by defeating Czechoslovakia 3 – 1 in the final, becoming the second team, after Italy in 1938, to successfully defend the world title.

He reveals that Denver is now the national capital and that the United States won the war-but at a tremendous cost: the large-scale death and destruction suffered by the United States have left it a secondary ( perhaps even tertiary ) world power, and is the recipient of aid from third world countries such as Brazil and Venezuela.

The tournament was won by France, who beat Brazil 3 – 0 in the final.

At continental level, Brazil has won eight Copa América titles.

His goal in the 3 – 1 group win over Argentina was his 25th for England in just 38 appearances, but his individual success could not be replicated by that of the team, which was eliminated in the quarter final by Brazil, who went on to win the tournament.

England began the tournament with two victories in the group stages, plus a memorable defeat against Brazil.

Baresi was injured early in the tournament in the group match against Norway, and after emergency surgery, was able to return for the final against Brazil.

For example, Argentina, Brazil, Canada and the United States would need to play for one spot at the world championships in a continental qualification tournament for the Americas.

At the tournament, England drew all three games against Brazil, the USSR and Austria in the group stage, before losing a play-off against the USSR for the right to progress to the next round.

Only ten of the 32 entrants, and four of the 16 qualified teams ( Brazil, Argentina, United States and Egypt, the first African team to qualify for a World Cup finals tournament ), were from outside Europe.

The World Cup was at risk of not being held for sheer lack of interest from the international community, until Brazil presented a bid at the 1946 FIFA Congress, offering to host the event on condition that the tournament take place in 1950 ( it was originally planned to take place in 1949 ).

Fourteen teams qualified from this process, along with host nation Chile and defending champion Brazil, for the finals tournament.

The draw for the final tournament, taking place on 6 January 1966 at the Royal Garden Hotel in London was the first ever to be televised, with England, West Germany, Brazil and Italy as seeds .< ref >

They went on to defeat Denmark 3-0 in the round of 16 before losing 2 – 1 to 10-man Brazil, who went on to win the tournament.

Brazil are the current holders of the FIFA Confederations Cup after winning the 2005 and the 2009 edition of the tournament.

But 1938 was a sign of things to come, as Brazil ended up in third place, with Leonidas da Silva finishing the tournament as the top scorer of the tournament.

Brazil hosted the 1950 FIFA World Cup, which was the first tournament to be held after World War II.

It is the only time Brazil has hosted this championship to date ( and will again in 2014 tournament ).

In the 1962 FIFA World Cup, Brazil earned its second title with Garrincha as the star player, a mantle and responsibility bestowed upon him after the regular talisman, Pelé, was injured during the second group match against Czechoslovakia and unable to play for the rest of the tournament.

In the second group stage, Brazil were competing with tournament host Argentina for top spot and a place in the finals.

In the 1982 FIFA World Cup, the tournament favorites Brazil easily moved through the early part of the draw, but a 3 – 2 defeat to Italy, in one of the classic games in finals history, eliminated them from the tournament.

The Olympic football tournament is the only international competition in football organized by FIFA that Brazil has never won, although they have won three silver medals ( 1984, 1988 and 2012 ) and two bronze medals ( 1996, 2008 ).