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The city will become the first in South America to host the Summer Olympics, and with the 2014 FIFA World Cup organisation entrusted to the country, Brazil would be the fourth country to host the Olympics and the World Cup in proximate years.

Rio de Janeiro is planning to hold all the competitions inside the city as was done in the XV Pan American Games. There will be seven competition clusters: Barra, Copacabana, Deodoro, Flamengo, João Havelange, Lagoa and Maracanã in four Olympic zones: Barra, Copacabana, Deodoro, and Maracanã. Football matches will be held in the cities of Belo Horizonte, Brasília, Salvador and São Paulo. The proposed dates range from August 5 to 21, 2016 for the Summer Olympics, and September 7 (Independence Day of Brazil) to 18, 2016 for the Summer Paralympics.