2010 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

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.

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.

The highest number of points in the group matches.
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).
The highest number of goals scored in the group matches.
The highest number of points in the matches between the tied teams.
The goal difference in the matches between the tied teams.
The highest number of goals scored in matches between the tied teams.
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	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Netherlands	3	3	0	5	1	+4	9
Japan	3	2	1	4	2	+2	6
Denmark	3	1	2	3	6	-3	3
Cameroon	3	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