2010 FIFA World Cup

The 2010 World Cup was the 19th FIFA World Cup, the world championship between 32 men's national football teams. It was held in South Africa from 11 June to 10 July 2010. In the host selection, only African countries may be selected as host of this tournament. In 2004 FIFA selected South Africa to become it the first African country hosted FIFA World Cup.

2010 FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup South Africa 2010
Tournament details
Host country	South Africa
Dates	11 June – 11 July (31 days)
Teams	32 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)	10 (in 9 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Spain (1st title)
Runners-up	Netherlands
Third place	Germany
Fourth place	Uruguay
Tournament statistics
Matches played	64
Goals scored	145 (2.27 per match)
Attendance	3,178,856 (49,670 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Diego Forlán Thomas Müller Wesley Sneijder David Villa (5 goals each)
Best player(s)	Diego Forlán
Best young player	Thomas Müller
Best goalkeeper	Iker Casillas
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The matches were played in 10 stadiums in 9 cities around the country. The final was played at the Soccer City, Johannesburg All countries (except South Africa that qualified as host nation) took part in qualification tournament to qualify to the World Cup. In the first round all teams were divided to eight groups of four teams where team played with other three teams in group. Two best teams from each group qualify to knockout stage where teams need to win 3 matches to reach the final.

In the final Spain, the European champions, won the tournament. They defeated Netherlands 1-0 in extra time with Andrés Iniesta's goal in the 116th minute. Spain got their first World Cup title and they also became the first European team won the World Cup outside Europe. They also became the first team to win the World Cup after losing their first match.^[1] Host nation of this tournament South Africa, winner (Italy) and finalist (France) of previous World Cup were all failed the group stage. It was the first time when host nation was not qualified to knockout stage. New Zealand was only team that did not lose any matches but it also did not advance to knockout stage

Participants

Africa

•  Algeria (ALG) • Squad
•  Cameroon (CMR) • Squad
•  Ivory Coast (CIV) • Squad
•  Ghana (GHA) • Squad
•  Nigeria (NGA) • Squad
•  South Africa (RSA) • Squad

Asia

•  Australia (AUS) • Squad
•  Japan (JPN) • Squad
•  North Korea (PRK) • Squad
•  South Korea (KOR) • Squad

Europe

•  Denmark (DEN) • Squad
•  England (ENG) • Squad
•  France (FRA) • Squad
•  Germany (GER) • Squad
•  Greece (GRE) • Squad
•  Italy (ITA) • Squad
•  Netherlands (NED) • Squad
•  Portugal (POR) • Squad
•  Serbia (SRB) • Squad
•  Slovakia (SVK) • Squad
•  Slovenia (SVN) • Squad
•  Spain (ESP) • Squad
•   Switzerland (SUI) • Squad

North and Central America

•  Honduras (HON) • Squad
•  Mexico (MEX) • Squad
•  United States (USA) • Squad

Oceania

•  New Zealand (NZL) • Squad

South America

•  Argentina (ARG) • Squad
•  Brazil (BRA) • Squad
•  Chile (CHI) • Squad
•  Paraguay (PAR) • Squad
•  Uruguay (URU) • Squad

Stadiums

In 2005, the organizers released a list of thirteen venues to be used for the World Cup. They were officially announced by FIFA on 17 March 2006:

Johannesburg	Durban	Cape Town	Johannesburg	Pretoria
Soccer City	Moses Mabhida Stadium	Cape Town Stadium	Ellis Park Stadium	Loftus Versfeld Stadium
26°14′5″S 27°58′56″E	29°49′46″S 31°01′49″E	33°54′12″S 18°24′40″E	26°11′51″S 28°3′39″E	25°45′12″S 28°13′22″E
Capacity: 94,900	Capacity: 70,000	Capacity: 69,070	Capacity: 62,567	Capacity: 51,760
Port Elizabeth	Bloemfontein	Polokwane	Nelspruit	Rustenburg
Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium	Free State Stadium	Peter Mokaba Stadium	Mbombela Stadium	Royal Bafokeng Stadium
33°56′16″S 25°35′56″E	29°07′02″S 26°12′32″E	23°55′30″S 29°27′54″E	25°27′40″S 30°55′44″E	25°34′43″S 27°9′39″E
Capacity: 48,000	Capacity: 48,000	Capacity: 46,000	Capacity: 43,500	Capacity: 42,000

Man of the match

New for 2010 is the Budweiser Man of the Match award. Fans vote for the top player for each match in the World Cup tournament.

Group Stage

The first round was also called the Group stage. There were 32 teams in the first round of the World Cup. The teams were divided into eight groups with four teams in each group. The groups were named Group A through Group H.

Each team in a group played all the other teams in their group one time. That means there were six games in each group and 48 games in the first round. The top two teams from each group in this round advanced (were allowed to play) in the next round, named the Round of 16.

The FIFA uses the following method to rank teams in the first round.

1. The highest number of points in the group matches.
2. The goal difference in the group matches.
   • The goal difference is found by subtracting the number of goals against (GA) from the number of goals for (GF).
3. The highest number of goals scored in the group matches.
4. The highest number of points in the matches between the tied teams.
5. The goal difference in the matches between the tied teams.
6. The highest number of goals scored in matches between the tied teams.
7. By the drawing of lots (a random selection) by the FIFA Organizing Committee.

Color key in group tables
	Group winners and runners-up advance to the Round of 16
	Countries eliminated in this round

Legend:

• P = total games played
• W = total games won
• D = total games drawn (tied)
• L = total games lost
• GF = total goals scored (goals for)
• GA = total goals conceded (goals against)
• GD = goal difference (GF−GA)
• Pts = total points accumulated
  • teams receive three points for a win, one point for a draw and no points for a loss

All times are given in South African Standard time (UTC+2).

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Uruguay	3	2	1	0	4	0	+4	7
Mexico	3	1	1	1	3	2	+1	4
South Africa	3	1	1	1	3	5	-2	4
France	3	0	1	2	1	4	-3	1

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Argentina	3	3	0	0	7	1	+6	9
South Korea	3	1	1	1	5	6	-1	4
Greece	3	1	0	2	2	5	-3	3
Nigeria	3	0	1	2	3	5	-2	1

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
United States	3	1	2	0	4	3	+1	5
England	3	1	2	0	2	1	+1	5
Slovenia	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
Algeria	3	0	1	2	0	2	-2	1

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Germany	3	2	0	1	5	1	+4	6
Ghana	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
Australia	3	1	1	1	3	6	-3	4
Serbia	3	1	0	2	2	3	-2	3

Group E

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Netherlands	3	3	0	0	5	1	+4	9
Japan	3	2	0	1	4	2	+2	6
Denmark	3	1	0	2	3	6	-3	3
Cameroon	3	0	0	3	2	5	-3	0

Group F

Pos	Team	ITA	PAR	NZL	SVK	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Note
1	Paraguay	1–1		0–0	2–0	3	1	2	0	3	1	+2	5	Advances to Round 2
2	Slovakia	3–2	0–2	1–1		3	1	1	1	4	5	–1	4	Advances to Round 2
3	New Zealand	1–1	0–0		1–1	3	0	3	0	2	2	±0	3	Eliminated
4	Italy		1–1	1–1	2–3	3	0	2	1	4	5	–1	2	Eliminated

Schedule

Date	Time	Venue		Results		Attendance	Man of the Match
Monday, 14 June	20:30	Cape Town Stadium	Italy	1–1	Paraguay	62,869	Antolin Alcaraz
Tuesday, 15 June	13:30	Royal Bafokeng Stadium	New Zealand	1–1	Slovakia	23,871	Robert Vittek
Sunday, 20 June	13:30	Free State Stadium	Slovakia	0–2	Paraguay	26,643	Enrique Vera
Sunday, 20 June	16:00	Mbombela Stadium	Italy	1–1	New Zealand	38,229	Daniele De Rossi
Thursday, 24 June	16:00	Ellis Park Stadium	Slovakia	3–2	Italy	53,412	Robert Vittek
Thursday, 24 June	16:00	Peter Mokaba Stadium	Paraguay	0–0	New Zealand	34,850	Roque Santa Cruz

Group G

Pos	Team	BRA	PRK	CIV	POR	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Note
1	Brazil		2–1	3–1	0–0	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	7	Advances to Round 2
2	Portugal	0–0	7–0	0–0		3	1	2	0	7	0	+7	5	Advances to Round 2
3	Ivory Coast	1–3	3–0		0–0	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	4	Eliminated
4	North Korea	1–2		0–3	0–7	3	0	0	3	1	12	–11	0	Eliminated

Schedule

Date	Time	Venue		Results		Attendance	Man of the Match
Tuesday, 15 June	16:00	Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium	Côte d'Ivoire	0–0	Portugal	37,034	Cristiano Ronaldo
Tuesday, 15 June	20:30	Ellis Park Stadium	Brazil	2–1	Korea DPR	54,331	Maicon
Sunday, 20 June	20:30	Soccer City	Brazil	3–1	Côte d'Ivoire	84,455	Luís Fabiano
Monday, 21 June	13:30	Cape Town Stadium	Portugal	7–0	Korea DPR	63,644	Cristiano Ronaldo
Friday, 25 June	16:00	Moses Mabhida Stadium	Portugal	0–0	Brazil	62,712	Cristiano Ronaldo
Friday, 25 June	16:00	Mbombela Stadium	Korea DPR	0–3	Côte d'Ivoire	34,763	Didier Drogba

Group H

Pos	Team	ESP	SUI	HON	CHI	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Note
1	Spain		0–1	2–0	2–1	3	2	0	1	4	2	+2	6	Advances to Round 2
2	Chile	1–2	1–0	1–0		3	2	0	1	3	2	+1	6	Advances to Round 2
3	Switzerland	1–0		0–0	0–1	3	1	1	1	1	1	±0	4	Eliminated
4	Honduras	0–2	0–0		0–1	3	0	1	2	0	3	–3	1	Eliminated

Schedule

Date	Time	Venue		Results		Attendance	Man of the Match
Wednesday, 16 June	13:30	Mbombela Stadium	Honduras	0–1	Chile	32,664	Jean Beausejour
Wednesday, 16 June	16:00	Moses Mabhida Stadium	Spain	0–1	Switzerland	62,453	Gelson Fernandes
Monday, 21 June	16:00	Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium	Chile	1–0	Switzerland	34,872	Mark Gonzalez
Monday, 21 June	20:30	Ellis Park Stadium	Spain	2–0	Honduras	54,386	David Villa
Friday, 25 June	20:30	Loftus Versfeld Stadium	Chile	1–2	Spain	41,958	Andrés Iniesta
Friday, 25 June	20:30	Free State Stadium	Switzerland	0–0	Honduras	28,042	Noel Valladares

Knockout stage

The games starting with the second round are known as the knockout stage. These games can not end in a draw (tie). If a match (game) is tied at the end of 90 minutes (the regular game time limit), extra periods are added to the game. Two periods, each 15 minutes long, will be played. If the score is still tied after the two extra periods, the game will be decided by a penalty kick shootout.

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

26 June – Port Elizabeth

Uruguay

2

2 July – Johannesburg

South Korea

1

Uruguay (pen.)

1 (4)

26 June – Rustenburg

Ghana

1 (2)

United States

1

6 July – Cape Town

Ghana (aet)

2

Uruguay

2

28 June – Durban

Netherlands

3

Netherlands

2

2 July – Port Elizabeth

Slovakia

1

Netherlands

2

28 June – Johannesburg

Brazil

1

Brazil

3

11 July – Johannesburg

Chile

0

Netherlands

0

27 June – Johannesburg

Spain (aet)

1

Argentina

3

3 July – Cape Town

Mexico

1

Argentina

0

27 June – Bloemfontein

Germany

4

Germany

4

7 July – Durban

England

1

Germany

0

29 June – Pretoria

Spain

1

Third place

Paraguay (pen.)

0 (5)

3 July – Johannesburg

10 July – Port Elizabeth

Japan

0 (3)

Paraguay

0

Uruguay

2

29 June – Cape Town

Spain

1

Germany

3

Spain

1

Portugal

0

Round of 16

26 June 2010

16:00

Uruguay	2-1	South Korea
Suárez  8', 80'		Lee Chung-Yong  68'

Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth

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26 June 2010

20:30

United States	1-2 (a.e.t.)	Ghana
Donovan  62' (pen.)		Prince  5' Gyan  93'

Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg

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27 June 2010

16:00

Germany	4-1	England
Klose  20' Podolski  32' Müller  67', 70'		Upson  37'

Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein

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27 June 2010

20:30

Argentina	3-1	Mexico
Tévez  26', 52' Higuaín  33'		Chicharito  71'

Soccer City, Johannesburg

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28 June 2010

16:00

Netherlands	2-1	Slovakia
Robben  18' Sneijder  84'		Vittek  90+4' (pen.)

Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban

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28 June 2010

20:30

Brazil	3-0	Chile
Juan  35' Luís Fabiano  38' Robinho  59'

Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg

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29 June 2010

16:00

Paraguay	0-0 (a.e.t.)	Japan
Penalties
Barreto Barrios Riveros Valdez Cardozo	5-3	Endō Hasebe Komano Honda

Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria

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29 June 2010

20:30

Spain	1-0	Portugal
Villa  63'

Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town

Quarter-finals

2 July 2010

16:00

Netherlands	2-1	Brazil
Sneijder  53', 68'		Robinho  10'

Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth

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2 July 2010

20:30

Uruguay	1-1 (a.e.t.)	Ghana
Forlán  55'		Muntari  45+2'
Penalties
Forlán Victorino Scotti M. Pereira Abreu	4-2	Gyan Appiah Mensah Adiyiah

Soccer City, Johannesburg

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3 July 2010

16:00

Argentina	0-4	Germany
		Müller  3' Klose  68', 89' Friedrich  74'

Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town

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3 July 2010

20:30

Paraguay	0-1	Spain
		Villa  83'

Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg

Semi-finals

6 July 2010

20:30

Uruguay	2-3	Netherlands
Forlán  41' M. Pereira  90+2'		Van Bronckhorst  18' Sneijder  70' Robben  73'

Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town

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7 July 2010

20:30

Germany	0-1	Spain
		Puyol  73'

Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban

Third-place match

10 July 2010

20:30

Uruguay	2-3	Germany
Cavani  28' Forlán  51'		Müller  19' Jansen  56' Khedira  82'

Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth

Final

11 July 2010

20:30

Netherlands	0-1 (a.e.t.)	Spain
		Iniesta  116'

Soccer City, Johannesburg

2010 FIFA World Cup Winners
Spain 1st title

Statistics

Goalscorers

5 goals

• David Villa
• Wesley Sneijder
• Thomas Müller
• Diego Forlán

4 goals

• Gonzalo Higuaín
• Róbert Vittek
• Mirtoslav Klose

3 goals

• Luis Suárez
• Landon Donovan
• Asamoah Gyan
• Luís Fabiano

2 goals

• Elano
• Robinho
• Tiago
• Kalu Uche
• Lee Jung-Soo
• Lee Chung-Yong
• Brett Holman
• Keisuke Honda
• Samuel Eto'o
• Lukas Podolski
• Carlos Tévez
• Javier Hernández
• Arjen Robben
• Andrés Iniesta

1 goal

• Siphiwe Tshabalala
• Bongani Khumalo
• Katlego Mphela
• Rafael Márquez
• Cuauhtémoc Blanco
• Park Ji-Sung
• Park Chu-Young
• Gabriel Heinze
• Martín Demichelis
• Martín Palermo
• Steven Gerrard
• Jermain Defoe
• Matthew Upson
• Clint Dempsey
• Michael Bradley
• Robert Koren
• Valter Birsa
• Zlatan Ljubijankič
• Cacau
• Mesut Özil
• Arne Friedrich
• Marcell Jansen
• Sami Khedira
• Dirk Kuyt
• Robin van Persie
• Klaas-Jan Huntelaar
• Giovanni van Bronckhorst
• Antolín Alcaraz
• Enrique Vera
• Cristian Riveros
• Daniele De Rossi
• Vincenzo Iaquinta
• Antonio Di Natale
• Fabio Quagliarella
• Winston Reid
• Shane Smeltz
• Maicon
• Juan
• Ji Yun-Nam
• Jean Beauséjour
• Mark González
• Rodrigo Millar
• Gelson Fernandes
• Álvaro Pereira
• Maxi Pereira
• Edinson Cavani
• Dimitris Salpingidis
• Vasilis Torosidis
• Milan Jovanović
• Marko Pantelić
• Tim Cahill
• Nicklas Bendtner
• Dennis Rommedahl
• John Dahl Tomasson
• Didier Drogba
• Yaya Touré
• Romaric
• Salomon Kalou
• Raúl Meireles
• Simão
• Hugo Almeida
• Liédson
• Cristiano Ronaldo
• Florent Malouda
• Yakubu Aiyegbeni
• Kamil Kopúnek
• Yasuhito Endō
• Shinji Okazaki
• Carles Puyol
• Kevin-Prince Boateng
• Sulley Muntari

Own goals

• Daniel Agger (against Netherlands)
• Park Chu-Young (against Argentina)^[2]

Discipline

28 players were suspended after being shown two consecutive yellow cards (13 players), a single red card (8 players), or a yellow card followed by a red card (7 players).

Awards

• Golden Ball: Diego Forlán (Uruguay)
• Golden Boot: Thomas Müller (Germany)
• Golden Glove: Iker Casillas (Spain)
• Best Young Player: Thomas Müller (Germany)
• FIFA Fair Play Trophy:  Spain

All-Star Team

The Best 11 was decided by an online public vote, where people were invited to select a team (in a 4–4–2 formation) and best coach. Voting was open until 23:59 on 11 July 2010,^[3] with submissions going into a draw to win a prize.

Six of the eleven players came from the Spanish team, as did the coach. The remainder of the team comprised two Germans, one Brazilian, one Dutchman and a Uruguayan.^[4][5]

• Goalkeeper: Iker Casillas (Spain)
• Defenders: Sergio Ramos and Carles Puyol (Spain), Maicon (Brazil), Philipp Lahm (Germany)
• Midfielders: Andrés Iniesta and Xavi (Spain), Bastian Schweinsteiger (Germany), Wesley Sneijder (Netherlands)
• Forwards: Diego Forlán (Uruguay), David Villa (Spain)
• Coach: Vicente del Bosque (Spain)