Prior to the opening ceremony of the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup staged in Brazil , demonstrations took place outside the venue , organised by people unhappy with the amount of public money spent to enable the hosting of the FIFA World Cup . Both the Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff and FIFA president Sepp Blatter were heavily booed as they were announced to give their speeches at the 2013 tournament 's opening , which resulted in FIFA announcing that the 2014 FIFA World Cup opening ceremony would not feature any speeches . Further protests took place during the Confederations Cup as well as prior to and during the World Cup
2014 FIFA World Cup opening ceremony
2014 FIFA World Cup opening ceremony
2014 FIFA World Cup