Brazil 2014 World Cup host city, Manaus joined Sao Paulo, Belo
Horizonte, Brasilia and Salvador on the list of cities that are
qualified to host men' s and women' s Olympic football matches at the
Rio 2016 Games.
The Rio 2016 Organising Committee confirmed on Thursday that the five
cities meet the technical, logistical, operational and financial
requirements established in the tender specifications. The final choice
of which cities will be Olympic co-hosts rests with FIFA, world
football' s governing body.
"The five cities we have approved were great successes during the
World Cup. We will send our proposal to FIFA, who will select the
cities, and to the federal government, that will be responsible for some
areas, such as security," said Rio 2016 President Carlos Nuzman.
"The FIFA council will meet in March and we will wait for their
response, as we are depending on this decision in order to plan the next
steps in various sectors, such as ticket sales."
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