For Nuzman, when choosing Brazil to host the Cup 2014, FIFA expresses a clear demonstration of trust in the country’s capacity to successfully organize great sports events. “The formalization of Brazil as the site for the World Cup 2014 shows the importance of the country in the world’s sports scenario and highlights the trust FIFA deposits in Brazil’s organization and accomplishment power. I am very happy with the announcement made in Zurich. An event like this will only bring benefits and legacies to the host country and to the cities hosting the games. Brazil has been showing its capacity to organize great international sports events and certainly the World Cup 2014 will be a landmark in the history of the world soccer”, he said.

The event, held in the Olympic Museum, is the first to gather representatives of the seven cities intending to host the Olympic Games and IOC members. The seminar aims at clarifying to the cities all aspects involving the organization of the Games, making easy the submission of answers to the candidature application form, which must be delivered to the IOC up to January 14, 2008, together with the guarantee letters.

The IOC will announce the cities that will be official candidates to receive the Games in the beginning of June 2008, in Athens (Greece). The elected cities must prepare the full dossier of candidature, also delivering a full notebook containing the guarantees up to 2009. The election of the host city of the 2016 Games is scheduled to October 2, 2009, in Copenhagen (Denmark).

The seminar in Lausanne started on Monday, 15, when the delegation of Rio 2016, presided over by the President of the Brazilian Olympic Committee and the Commission in charge of the pre-candidature of Rio de Janeiro, Carlos Arthur Nuzman, participated in four sessions that discussed issues related to the Olympic Games, such as transport system, Olympic village, the importance of partners, sports and athletes.

In addition to Nuzman, the Brazilian delegation is formed by Carlos Roberto Osório, Secretary General of the Commission; Agberto Guimarães, Sports Director; Mario Cilenti, Technical Director; Leonardo Gryner, Marketing Director; Sergio Lobo, Financial and Administrative Director; and Ana Luiza Pinheiro, Legal Advisor.

In order to show the support from the three government levels to Rio de Janeiro’s intent to host the 2016 Games, the following persons will also participate in the seminar held in Lausanne: Ricardo Leiser Gonçalves, representative of the Federal Government, Fernando Sihman (Rio de Janeiro Government) and Claudio Versiani (Rio de Janeiro City Hall).