Rio, 2/6/2004 (Agência Brasil - ABr) - The Brazilian Soccer Confederation (Confederação Brasileira de Futebol) (CBF) has announced the venues for two games the national team will play. This team is the country's principal all-star team, the one that is presently the world champion, having won the World Soccer Cup in 2002 (Japan-Korea). The games, in June and September, will be valid qualifying matches for the 2006 World Soccer Cup (Germany).

The first game, on June 2, will be against eternal South American rival Argentina at the Mineirão Stadium in Belo Horizonte.

The second game will be against Bolivia, on September 5, at the Morumbi Stadium in São Paulo as part of that city's celebrations of its 450th anniversary. (AB)