World Cup 2010 in South Africa

2010 FIFA World Cup will be held in South Africa. The FIFA World Cup is the premier international football tournament that runs every 4 years. 2010 tournament is the 19th version and is scheduled to take place between 11 June and 11 July 2010 in South Africa.

http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/ (Official FIFA World Cup website).

A very interesting fact about this 2010 tournament is that it's held in an African country for the first time ever. Other African countries competing for the World Cup were Morocco and Egypt.



Host cities and Venues of World Cup 2010

32 teams will play during 1 month playoffs taking place in 10 different venues in 9 different host cities: Johannesburg (2 venues: Soccer City and Ellis Park Stadium), Durban (Moses Mabhida Stadium), Cape Town (Cape Town Stadium), Pretoria (Loftus Versfeld Stadium), Port Elizabeth (Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium), Bloemfontein (Free State Stadium), Polokwane (Peter Mokaba Stadium), Nelspruit (Mbombela Stadium) and Rustenburg (Royal Bafokeng Stadium).

2010 World Cup Qualifying Teams

Teams from AFC (4)

• Australia
• Japan
• Korea DPR
• Korea Republic

Teams from CAF (6)

• Algeria
• Cameroon
• Ivory Coast
• Ghana
• Nigeria
• South Africa (host country)

Teams from CONCACAF (3)

• Honduras
• Mexico
• United States

Teams from CONMEBOL (5)

• Argentina
• Brazil
• Chile
• Paraguay
• Uruguay

Teams from OFC (1)

• New Zealand

Teams from UEFA (13)

• Denmark
• England
• France
• Germany
• Greece
• Italy
• Netherlands
• Portugal
• Serbia
• Slovakia
• Slovenia
• Spain
• Switzerland

Video FIFA World Cup 2010 - K'naan & David Bisbal