About This Match
This is FAITH versus FAIRYTALE! In one corner, the five-time kings of the beautiful game — Brazil, the Selecao, where samba runs through the veins and every touch is a sermon to the football gods! In the other, the indomitable spirit of Haiti, a nation that has clawed its way to this stage through trials that would break lesser men, defending as one and waiting for that single spark of magic to write history! When the joga bonito of Brazil collides with the iron resolve of the Caribbean's greatest underdog story — DO NOT BLINK!
Human Rights & Country Data
Brazil
Freedom House
Political rights and civil liberties score (higher = more free)
Reporters Without Borders
Press Freedom Index ranking (lower = more free, out of 180 countries)
UN Human Development Index
Human Development Index score (higher = more developed, 0–1 scale)
Transparency International
Perceived public sector corruption — higher is cleaner
ILGA World
Legal status of same-sex relationships
Haiti
Freedom House
Political rights and civil liberties score (higher = more free)
Reporters Without Borders
Press Freedom Index ranking (lower = more free, out of 180 countries)
UN Human Development Index
Human Development Index score (higher = more developed, 0–1 scale)
Transparency International
Perceived public sector corruption — higher is cleaner
ILGA World
Legal status of same-sex relationships