Fifa World Cup Football 2010

Fifa World Cup Football 2010 – South Africa

Fifa World Cup Football 2010 – South Africa : Fifa world cup South Africa 2010 was took place in South Africa from June 11 to July 2010. It is the world championship for Men’s national association football teams. The International Football Federation FIFA selected South Africa as a first African country in 2004.

32 teams were selected through qualification tournament all over the world for participation in final stage. All matches were played in ten stadiums of nine cities of South Africa. Final match was played at Soccer City stadium of Johannesburg, the capital city of South Africa. First round completed in round-robin groups of four teams competition for points. Top two teams from each group proceeded to knockout stages for quarter final then semi-final and final.

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In the final, European Champion Spain defeated Netherlands 1-0 in the 116th minutes goal by Andres Iniesta. Spain was the first European nation to win tournament outside the continent. Host South Africa, 2006 champions Italy were eliminated in first round. Germany defeated Uruguae in the third place selection match.

5 goals scorer Diego Forlán from Uruguae was the best player of 2010 and Thomas Müller was the most young player from Germany. Iker Casillas from Spain was selected as the best goalkeeper

Group A

Group Stage
A
Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	POINTS
Uruguay	3	2	1	0	4	0	7
Mexico	3	1	1	1	3	2	4
South Africa	3	1	1	1	3	5	4
France	3	0	1	2	1	4	1

Group B

B
Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	POINTS
Argentina	3	3	0	0	7	1	9
Korea Republic	3	1	1	1	5	6	4
Greece	3	1	0	2	2	5	3
Nigeria	3	0	1	2	3	5	1

Group C

C
Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	POINTS
USA	3	1	2	0	4	3	5
England	3	1	2	0	2	1	5
Slovenia	3	1	1	1	3	3	4
Algeria	3	0	1	2	0	2	1

Group D

D
Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	POINTS
Germany	3	2	0	1	5	1	6
Ghana	3	1	1	1	2	2	4
Australia	3	1	1	1	3	6	4
Serbia	3	1	0	2	2	3	3

Group E

E
Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	POINTS
Netherlands	3	3	0	0	5	1	9
Japan	3	2	0	1	4	2	6
Denmark	3	1	0	2	3	6	3
Cameroon	3	0	0	3	2	5	0

Group F

F
Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	POINTS
Paraguay	3	1	2	0	3	1	5
Slovakia	3	1	1	1	4	5	4
New Zealand	3	0	3	0	2	2	3
Italy	3	0	2	1	4	5	2

Group G

G
Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	POINTS
Brazil	3	2	1	0	5	2	7
Portugal	3	1	2	0	7	0	5
Côte d’Ivoire	3	1	1	1	4	3	4
Korea DPR	3	0	0	3	1	12	0

Group H

H
Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	POINTS
Spain	3	2	0	1	4	2	6
Chile	3	2	0	1	3	2	6
Switzerland	3	1	1	1	1	1	4
Honduras	3	0	1	2	0	3	1

Round of 16

Match	Date – Time		Results
49	26/06 20:00	Uruguay	2:1 (1:0)	Korea Republic
50	27/06 00:30	USA	1:2 a.e.t. (1:1, 0:1)	Ghana
51	27/06 20:00	Germany	4:1 (2:1)	England
52	28/06 00:30	Argentina	3:1 (2:0)	Mexico
53	28/06 20:00	Netherlands	2:1 (1:0)	Slovakia
54	29/06 00:30	Brazil	3:0 (2:0)	Chile
55	29/06 20:00	Paraguay	0:0 a.e.t. 5:3 PSO	Japan
56	30/06 00:30	Spain	1:0 (0:0)	Portugal