(FILES) Brazilian forward Ademir (C) watches the ball go into the net as he scores his team's opening goal past Swedish goalkeeper Kalle Svensson during their World Cup final round match on July 9, 1950 at Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro. The world was beginning to recover from the devastation of the Second World War (19391945) when FIFA decided in 1946, during a congress in Luxembourg, to hold the fourth World Cup, a trophy which from that moment on came to be known as the Jules Rimet Cup in honour of the tournament's founder. Only one country put itself forward to host the tournament: Brazil, where football had already become a national passion. The Brazilian authorities decided to impress by building the world's largest stadium in Rio de Janeiro, the Maracana, a venue with a capacity of 200,000. (Photo by AFP via Getty Images)