FIFA Competitions

2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa™

Date
11 June - 11 July 2010
HOST COUNTRY
South Africa
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Held every four years with 32 nations battling to win the ultimate prize in football - the FIFA World Cup™ Trophy - the FIFA World Cup™ is the world's largest and greatest single sporting event. In 2006, it was broadcast to more than 200 countries and territories with a cumulative TV audience of more than 26 billion. The first FIFA World Cup was held in Uruguay in 1930.

Venues/Stadiums

1.Cape Town/Green Point Stadium

2.Durban/Dur ban Stadium

3.Johannesburg/Ellis Park Stadium

4.Johannesburg/Soccer City Stadium

5.Mangaung/Bloemfontein/Free state Stadium

6.Nelson Mandela Bay Port Elizabeth/Port Elizabeth Stadium

7.Nelspruit/Mbombela Stadium

8.Polokwana/Peter Mokaba Stadium

9.Rustenburg/Royal Bafokeng Stadium

10.Tshwane/Pretoria/Loftus Versfeld Stadium

Qualifiers

Qualifiers
Confederation Representative
OCEANIA (OFC) New Zealand
AFRICA (CAF)
  • Cameroon
  • Nigeria
  • Algeria
  • Ghana
  • Côte d'Ivoire
ASIA (AFC)
  • Australia
  • Japan
  • Korea Republic
  • Korea DPR
NORTH CENTRAL AMERICA
(CONCACAF)
  • USA
  • Mexico
  • Honduras
SOUTH AMERICA (CONMEBOL)
  • Brazil
  • Chile
  • Paraguay
  • Argentina
  • Uruguay
EUROPE (UEFA)
  • Denmark
  • Portugal
  • Switzerland
  • Greece
  • Slovakia
  • Slovenia
  • Germany
  • Spain
  • England
  • Serbia
  • France
  • Italy
  • Netherlands
HOST COUNTRY
  • South Africa

Results of past 3 competitions

Results of past 3 competitions
Year Host Country Winner 2 3
1998 France France Brazil Croatia
2002 Korea/Japan Brazil Germany Turkey
2006 Germany Italy France Germany
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