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Maracanã — Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
199,854 fans in 1950. Brazil's cathedral. Host of 2014 World Cup Final. The Maracanazo.
The Maracanã hosted 199,854 spectators for the 1950 World Cup Final between Brazil and Uruguay — the highest-attended football match in history. Renovated for the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympics, it now holds 78,838 fans and retains an electric atmosphere on Brazil international nights. The ghost of the "Maracanazo" — Uruguay's 2–1 win in 1950 that devastated a nation — still haunts the ground. No stadium has had a more dramatic impact on a country's sporting psyche than the Maracanã has had on Brazil.
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