2010 FIFA World Cup
The 2010 World Cup was the 19th FIFA World Cup. It was held in South Africa. It was the first time that an African country hosted the tournament. Spain won the tournament. They defeated Netherlands in the final. They became the first team to win the World Cup after losing their first match.[1]
Participants
Africa
Algeria (ALG) • Squad
Cameroon (CMR) • Squad
Côte d'Ivoire (CIV) • Squad
Ghana (GHA) • Squad
Nigeria (NGA) • Squad
South Africa (RSA) • Squad
Asia
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
Oceania
New Zealand (NZL) • Squad
South America
Argentina (ARG) • Squad
Brazil (BRA) • Squad
Chile (CHI) • Squad
Paraguay (PAR) • Squad
Uruguay (URU) • Squad
Venues
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:
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.
Results
Round 1
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 | |
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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
Pos | Team | RSA | MEX | URU | FRA | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Note |
1 | ![]() |
3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 7 | Advances to Round 2 | |
2 | ![]() |
1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 | Advances to Round 2 | |
3 | ![]() |
1–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | –2 | 4 | Eliminated | |
4 | ![]() |
1–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | –3 | 1 | Eliminated |
Schedule
Date | Time | Venue | Results | Attendance | Man of the Match | ||
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Friday, 11 June | 16:00 | Soccer City | South Africa | 1–1 | Mexico | 84,490 | ![]() |
Friday, 11 June | 20:30 | Cape Town Stadium | Uruguay | 0–0 | France | 64,100 | ![]() |
Wednesday, 16 June | 20:30 | Loftus Versfeld Stadium | South Africa | 0–3 | Uruguay | 42,658 | ![]() |
Thursday, 17 June | 20:30 | Peter Mokaba Stadium | France | 0–2 | Mexico | 35,370 | ![]() |
Tuesday, 22 June | 16:00 | Royal Bafokeng Stadium | Mexico | 0–1 | Uruguay | 33,425 | ![]() |
Tuesday, 22 June | 16:00 | Free State Stadium | France | 1–2 | South Africa | 39,415 | ![]() |
Group B
Pos | Team | KOR | ARG | NGA | GRE | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Note |
1 | ![]() |
4–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 9 | Advances to Round 2 | |
2 | ![]() |
1–4 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | –1 | 4 | Advances to Round 2 | |
3 | ![]() |
0–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | –3 | 3 | Eliminated | |
4 | ![]() |
2–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | –2 | 1 | Eliminated |
Schedule
Date | Time | Venue | Results | Attendance | Man of the Match | ||
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Saturday, 12 June | 13:30 | Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium | South Korea | 2–0 | Greece | 31,513 | ![]() |
Saturday, 12 June | 16:00 | Ellis Park Stadium | Argentina | 1–0 | Nigeria | 55,686 | ![]() |
Thursday, 17 June | 13:30 | Soccer City | Argentina | 4–1 | South Korea | 82,174 | ![]() |
Thursday, 17 June | 16:00 | Free State Stadium | Greece | 2–1 | Nigeria | 31,593 | ![]() |
Tuesday, 22 June | 20:30 | Moses Mabhida Stadium | Nigeria | 2–2 | South Korea | 61,874 | ![]() |
Tuesday, 22 June | 20:30 | Peter Mokaba Stadium | Greece | 0–2 | Argentina | 38,891 | ![]() |
Group C
Pos | Team | ENG | USA | ALG | SVN | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Note |
1 | ![]() |
1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 5 | Advances to Round 2 | |
2 | ![]() |
1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 5 | Advances to Round 2 | |
3 | ![]() |
0–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 | Eliminated | |
4 | ![]() |
0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | –1 | 1 | Eliminated |
Schedule
Date | Time | Venue | Results | Attendance | Man of the Match | ||
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Saturday, 12 June | 20:30 | Royal Bafokeng Stadium | England | 1–1 | United States | 38,646 | ![]() |
Sunday, 13 June | 13:30 | Peter Mokaba Stadium | Algeria | 0–1 | Slovenia | 30,325 | ![]() |
Friday, 18 June | 16:00 | Ellis Park Stadium | Slovenia | 2–2 | United States | 45,573 | ![]() |
Friday, 18 June | 20:30 | Cape Town Stadium | England | 0–0 | Algeria | 64,100 | ![]() |
Wednesday, 23 June | 16:00 | Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium | Slovenia | 0–1 | England | 36,893 | ![]() |
Wednesday, 23 June | 16:00 | Loftus Versfeld Stadium | United States | 1–0 | Algeria | 35,827 | ![]() |
Group D
Pos | Team | GER | AUS | SRB | GHA | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Note |
1 | ![]() |
4–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 6 | Advances to Round 2 | |
2 | ![]() |
0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ±0 | 4 | Advances to Round 2 | |
3 | ![]() |
0–4 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | –3 | 4 | Eliminated | |
4 | ![]() |
1–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | –1 | 3 | Eliminated |
Schedule
Date | Time | Venue | Results | Attendance | Man of the Match | ||
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Sunday, 13 June | 16:00 | Loftus Versfeld Stadium | Serbia | 0–1 | Ghana | 38,833 | ![]() |
Sunday, 13 June | 20:30 | Moses Mabhida Stadium | Germany | 4–0 | Australia | 62,660 | ![]() |
Friday, 18 June | 13:30 | Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium | Germany | 0–1 | Serbia | 38,294 | ![]() |
Saturday, 19 June | 16:00 | Royal Bafokeng Stadium | Ghana | 1–1 | Australia | 34,812 | ![]() |
Wednesday, 23 June | 20:30 | Soccer City | Ghana | 0–1 | Germany | 83,391 | ![]() |
Wednesday, 23 June | 20:30 | Mbombela Stadium | Australia | 2–1 | Serbia | 37,836 | ![]() |
Group E
Pos | Team | NED | DEN | JPN | CMR | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Note |
1 | ![]() |
2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 9 | Advances to Round 2 | |
2 | ![]() |
0–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 6 | Advances to Round 2 | |
3 | ![]() |
0–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | –3 | 3 | Eliminated | |
4 | ![]() |
1–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | –3 | 0 | Eliminated |
Schedule
Date | Time | Venue | Results | Attendance | Man of the Match | ||
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Monday, 14 June | 13:30 | Soccer City | Netherlands | 2–0 | Denmark | 83,465 | ![]() |
Monday, 14 June | 16:00 | Free State Stadium | Japan | 1–0 | Cameroon | 30,620 | ![]() |
Saturday, 19 June | 13:30 | Moses Mabhida Stadium | Netherlands | 1–0 | Japan | 62,010 | ![]() |
Saturday, 19 June | 20:30 | Loftus Versfeld Stadium | Cameroon | 1–2 | Denmark | 38,074 | ![]() |
Thursday, 24 June | 20:30 | Royal Bafokeng Stadium | Denmark | 1–3 | Japan | 27,967 | ![]() |
Thursday, 24 June | 20:30 | Cape Town Stadium | Cameroon | 1–2 | Netherlands | 63,093 | ![]() |
Group F
Pos | Team | ITA | PAR | NZL | SVK | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Note |
1 | ![]() |
1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 5 | Advances to Round 2 | |
2 | ![]() |
3–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | –1 | 4 | Advances to Round 2 | |
3 | ![]() |
1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ±0 | 3 | Eliminated | |
4 | ![]() |
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 | ||
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Monday, 14 June | 20:30 | Cape Town Stadium | Italy | 1–1 | Paraguay | 62,869 | ![]() |
Tuesday, 15 June | 13:30 | Royal Bafokeng Stadium | New Zealand | 1–1 | Slovakia | 23,871 | ![]() |
Sunday, 20 June | 13:30 | Free State Stadium | Slovakia | 0–2 | Paraguay | 26,643 | ![]() |
Sunday, 20 June | 16:00 | Mbombela Stadium | Italy | 1–1 | New Zealand | 38,229 | ![]() |
Thursday, 24 June | 16:00 | Ellis Park Stadium | Slovakia | 3–2 | Italy | 53,412 | ![]() |
Thursday, 24 June | 16:00 | Peter Mokaba Stadium | Paraguay | 0–0 | New Zealand | 34,850 | ![]() |
Group G
Pos | Team | BRA | PRK | CIV | POR | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Note |
1 | ![]() |
2–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 7 | Advances to Round 2 | |
2 | ![]() |
0–0 | 7–0 | 0–0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | +7 | 5 | Advances to Round 2 | |
3 | ![]() |
1–3 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 4 | Eliminated | |
4 | ![]() |
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 | ||
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Tuesday, 15 June | 16:00 | Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium | Côte d'Ivoire | 0–0 | Portugal | 37,034 | ![]() |
Tuesday, 15 June | 20:30 | Ellis Park Stadium | Brazil | 2–1 | Korea DPR | 54,331 | ![]() |
Sunday, 20 June | 20:30 | Soccer City | Brazil | 3–1 | Côte d'Ivoire | 84,455 | ![]() |
Monday, 21 June | 13:30 | Cape Town Stadium | Portugal | 7–0 | Korea DPR | 63,644 | ![]() |
Friday, 25 June | 16:00 | Moses Mabhida Stadium | Portugal | 0–0 | Brazil | 62,712 | ![]() |
Friday, 25 June | 16:00 | Mbombela Stadium | Korea DPR | 0–3 | Côte d'Ivoire | 34,763 | ![]() |
Group H
Pos | Team | ESP | SUI | HON | CHI | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Note |
1 | ![]() |
0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 6 | Advances to Round 2 | |
2 | ![]() |
1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 6 | Advances to Round 2 | |
3 | ![]() |
1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ±0 | 4 | Eliminated | |
4 | ![]() |
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 | ||
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Wednesday, 16 June | 13:30 | Mbombela Stadium | Honduras | 0–1 | Chile | 32,664 | ![]() |
Wednesday, 16 June | 16:00 | Moses Mabhida Stadium | Spain | 0–1 | Switzerland | 62,453 | ![]() |
Monday, 21 June | 16:00 | Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium | Chile | 1-0 | Switzerland | 34,872 | ![]() |
Monday, 21 June | 20:30 | Ellis Park Stadium | Spain | 2–0 | Honduras | 54,386 | ![]() |
Friday, 25 June | 20:30 | Loftus Versfeld Stadium | Chile | 1–2 | Spain | 41,958 | ![]() |
Friday, 25 June | 20:30 | Free State Stadium | Switzerland | 0–0 | Honduras | 28,042 | ![]() |
Round 2
Round 2 is also called the Round of 16. The top two teams from the first round will play in this round.
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 16:00 – Port Elizabeth | ||||||||||||||
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2 July 20:30 – Johannesburg | ||||||||||||||
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26 June 20:30 – Rustenburg | ||||||||||||||
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6 July 20:30 – Cape Town | ||||||||||||||
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28 June 16:00 – Durban | ||||||||||||||
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2 July 16:00 – Port Elizabeth | ||||||||||||||
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28 June 20:30 – Johannesburg | ||||||||||||||
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3 | |||||||||||||
11 July 20:30 – Johannesburg | ||||||||||||||
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27 June 20:30 – Johannesburg | ||||||||||||||
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3 | |||||||||||||
3 July 16:00 – Cape Town | ||||||||||||||
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0 | |||||||||||||
27 June 16:00 – Bloemfontein | ||||||||||||||
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4 | |||||||||||||
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4 | |||||||||||||
7 July 20:30 – Durban | ||||||||||||||
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0 | |||||||||||||
29 June 16:00 – Pretoria | ||||||||||||||
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1 | Third place | ||||||||||||
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0 (5) | |||||||||||||
3 July 20:30 – Johannesburg | 10 July 20:30 – Port Elizabeth | |||||||||||||
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29 June 20:30 – Cape Town | ||||||||||||||
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0 | |||||||||||||
Match statistics
Round of 16 | ||
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Match | Attendance | Man of the Match |
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30,597 | ![]() |
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34,976 | ![]() |
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40,510 | ![]() |
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84,377 | ![]() |
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61,962 | ![]() |
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54,096 | ![]() |
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36,742 | ![]() |
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62,955 | ![]() |
Quarter-finals | ||
Match | Attendance | Man of the Match |
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40,186 | ![]() |
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84,017 | ![]() |
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64,100 | ![]() |
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55,359 | ![]() |
Semi-finals | ||
Match | Attendance | Man of the Match |
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62,479 | ![]() |
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60,960 | ![]() |
Third place and Final | ||
Match | Attendance | Man of the Match |
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36,254 | ![]() |
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84,490 | ![]() |
Final
Spain v Holland(Netherlands)
Spain
won the championship.
Andreas Iniesta scored the only goal in the game.
The game was 2 hours long. The referee gave them an extra 30 minutes and Iniesta scored in the last 5 minutes.
Statistics
Goalscorers
South African winger Siphiwe Tshabalala was the first player to score a goal in the competition. He scored it in their 1–1 draw against Mexico. This was the opening game of the tournament. Danish defender Daniel Agger scored the first own goal of the tournament against Netherlands. Argentine striker Gonzalo Higuaín was the first player to score a hat-trick in the championships.It was the 49th World Cup hat-trick in the history of the tournament.
The four top scorers in the tournament had five goals each. Thomas Müller of Germany won the Golden Boot. He had three assists, while the others had one each. The Silver boot went to David Villa of Spain, who played a total of 635 minutes; the Bronze boot to Wesley Sneijder of the Netherlands, who played 652 minutes. Diego Forlán of Uruguay had five goals and one assist in 654 minutes. Three players scored four goals each.[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
References
- ↑ FIFA.com - South Africa 2010 in numbers. fifa.com. Retrieved on 21 July 2010.
- ↑ Golden Boot. FIFA (11 July 2010). Retrieved on 11 July 2010.
Other websites
Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA)
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