South Africa 2010 World Cup Finals
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Football Index:
World Cup Finals: South Africa 2010.
We've had the Samba Show, Mexican Wave and Total Football, now get ready for the Soccer Safari in South Africa.
Eighty years after the First World Cup Finals tournament was held in Uruguay, the world's most prestigious football competition was finally hosted on the African continent.
Preliminary Rounds - Qualifying For The 2010 World Cup Finals
AFC, CAF, CONCACAF, CONMEBOL, OFC, UEFA.
World Cup History - South Africa 2010
32 Countries Competed at South Africa 2010
Algeria
Group C (0:1) (0:0) (0:1).
Argentina
Group B (1:0) (4:1) (2:0);
Second Round (3:1);
Quarter-finals (0:4).
Australia
Group D (0:4) (1:1) (2:1).
Brazil
Group G (2:1) (3:1) (0:0);
Second Round (3:0);
Quarter-finals (1:2).
Cameroon
Group E (0:1) (1:2) (1:2).
Chile
Group H (1:0) (1:0) (1:2);
Second Round (0:3).
Côte d'Ivoire
Group G (0:0) (1:3) (3:0).
Denmark
Group E (0:2) (2:1) (1:3).
England
Group C (1:1) (0:0) (1:0);
Second Round (1:4).
France
Group A (0:0) (0:2) (1:2).
Germany
Group D (4:0) (0:1) (1:0);
Second Round (4:1);
Quarter-finals (4:0);
Semi-finals (0:1);
Third Place (3:2).
Ghana
Group D (1:0) (1:1) (0:1);
Second Round (2:1 aet);
Quarter-finals
(1:1 aet 2:4 pens).
Greece
Group B (0:2)
2:1) (0:2).
Holland
Group E (2:0) (1:0) (2:1);
Second Round (2:1);
Quarter-finals (2:1);
Semi-finals (3:2);
Final (0:1).
Honduras
Group H (0:1) (0:2) (0:0).
Italy
Group F (1:1) (1:1) (2:3).
Japan
Group E (1:0) (0:1) (3:1);
Second Round
(0:0 aet) (3:5 pens).
Mexico
Group A (1:1) (2:0) (0:1);
Second Round (1:3).
New Zealand
Group F (1:1) (1:1) (0:0).
Nigeria
Group B (0:1) (1:2) (2:2).
North Korea
Group G (1:2) (0:7) (0:3).
Paraguay
Group F (1:1) (2:0) (0:0);
Second Round
(0:0 aet) (5:3 pens);
Quarter-finals (0:1).
Portugal
Group G (0:0) (7:0) (0:0);
Second Round (0:1).
Serbia
Group D (0:1) (1:0) (1:2).
Slovakia
Group F (1:1) (0:2) (3:2);
Second Round (1:2).
Slovenia
Group C (1:0) (2:2) (0:1).
South Africa
Group A (1:1) (0:3) (2:1).
South Korea
Group B (2:0) (1:4) (2:2);
Second Round (1:2).
Spain
Group H (0:1) (2:0) (2:1);
Second Round (1:0);
Quarter-finals (1:0);
Semi-finals (1:0);
Final (1:0).
Switzerland
Group H (1:0) (0:1) (0:0).
Uruguay
Group A (0:0) (3:0) (1:0);
Second Round (2:1);
Quarter-finals
(1:1 aet 4:2 pens);
Semi-finals (2:3);
Third Place (2:3).
USA
Group C (1:1) (2:2) (1:0);
Second Round (1:2 aet).
First Round - Group Stage
Group A
Friday, 11th June
Cape Town:
Uruguay vs
France (0:0)
Jo'burg Soccer City:
South Africa vs
Mexico (1:1)
Wednesday, 16th June
Pretoria:
South Africa vs
Uruguay
(0:3)
Thursday, 17th June
Polokwane:
France vs
Mexico (0:2)
Tuesday, 22nd June
Bloemfontein:
France vs
South Africa (1:2)
Rustenburg:
Mexico vs
Uruguay (0:1)
Group B
Saturday, 12th June
Jo'burg Ellis Park:
Argentina vs
Nigeria (1:0)
Port Elizabeth:
South Korea vs
Greece (2:0)
Thursday, 17th June
Bloemfontein:
Greece vs
Nigeria (2:1)
Jo'burg Soccer City:
Argentina vs
South Korea
(4:1)
Tuesday, 22nd June
Durban:
Nigeria vs
South Korea (2:2)
Polokwane:
Greece vs
Argentina (0:2)
Group C
Saturday, 12th June
Rustenburg:
England vs
USA (1:1)
Sunday, 13th June
Polokwane:
Algeria vs
Slovenia (0:1)
Friday, 18th June
Cape Town:
England vs
Algeria (0:0)
Jo'burg Ellis Park:
Slovenia vs
USA (2:2)
Wednesday, 23rd June
Port Elizabeth:
Slovenia vs
England (0:1)
Pretoria:
USA vs
Algeria (1:0)
Group D
Sunday, 13th June
Durban:
Germany vs
Australia (4:0)
Pretoria:
Serbia vs
Ghana (0:1)
Friday, 18th June
Port Elizabeth:
Germany vs
Serbia (0:1)
Saturday, 19th June
Rustenburg:
Ghana vs
Australia (1:1)
Wednesday, 23rd June
Jo'burg Soccer City:
Ghana vs
Germany (0:1)
Nelspruit:
Australia vs
Serbia (2:1)
Group E
Monday, 14th June
Bloemfontein:
Japan vs
Cameroon (1:0)
Jo'burg Soccer City:
Holland vs
Denmark (2:0)
Saturday, 19th June
Durban:
Holland vs
Japan (1:0)
Pretoria:
Cameroon vs
Denmark (1:2)
Thursday, 24th June
Cape Town:
Cameroon vs
Holland (1:2)
Rustenburg:
Denmark vs
Japan (1:3)
Group F
Monday, 14th June
Cape Town:
Italy vs
Paraguay (1:1)
Tuesday, 15th June
Rustenburg:
New Zealand vs
Slovakia
(1:1)
Sunday, 20th June
Bloemfontein:
Slovakia vs
Paraguay (0:2)
Nelspruit:
Italy vs
New Zealand (1:1)
Thursday, 24th June
Jo'burg Ellis Park:
Slovakia vs
Italy (3:2)
Polokwane:
Paraguay vs
New Zealand
(0:0)
Group G
Tuesday, 15th June
Jo'burg Ellis Park:
Brazil vs
North Korea (2:1)
Port Elizabeth:
Côte d'Ivoire vs
Portugal
(0:0)
Sunday, 20th June
Jo'burg Soccer City:
Brazil vs
Côte d'Ivoire (3:1)
Monday, 21st June
Cape Town:
Portugal vs
North Korea
(7:0)
Friday, 25th June
Durban:
Portugal vs
Brazil (0:0)
Nelspruit:
North Korea vs
Côte
d'Ivoire (0:3)
Group H
Wednesday, 16th June
Durban:
Spain vs
Switzerland (0:1)
Nelspruit:
Honduras vs
Chile (0:1)
Monday, 21st June
Jo'burg Ellis Park:
Spain vs
Honduras (2:0)
Port Elizabeth:
Chile vs
Switzerland (1:0)
Friday, 25th June
Bloemfontein:
Switzerland vs
Honduras
(0:0)
Pretoria:
Chile vs
Spain (1:2)
Second Round - The Last 16
Saturday, 26th June
Port Elizabeth:
Uruguay vs
South Korea (2:1)
Rustenburg:
USA vs
Ghana (1:2 aet)
Sunday, 27th June
Bloemfontein:
Germany vs
England (4:1)
Jo'burg Soccer City:
Argentina vs
Mexico (3:1)
Monday, 28th June
Durban:
Holland vs
Slovakia (2:1)
Jo'burg Ellis Park:
Brazil vs
Chile (3:0)
Tuesday, 29th June
Cape Town:
Spain vs
Portugal (1:0)
Pretoria:
Paraguay vs
Japan (0:0 aet 5:3 pens)
Quarter-Finals - 2nd & 3rd of July, 2010
Four South American teams in the quarter-finals.
Friday, 2nd July
Holland vs
Brazil
Port Elizabeth (2:1)
Uruguay vs
Ghana
Jo'burg Soccer City (1:1 aet 4:2 pens)
Saturday, 3rd July
Argentina vs
Germany
Cape Town (0:4)
Paraguay vs
Spain
Jo'burg Ellis Park (0:1)
Semi-Finals - 6th & 7th July, 2010
Tuesday, 6th July
Cape Town: Uruguay vs Holland (2:3)
Wednesday, 7th July
Durban: Germany vs Spain (0:1)
Saturday, 10th July
Port Elizabeth:
Uruguay vs
Germany
(2:3)
2010 World Cup
Final
Sunday, 11th July:
Holland vs
Spain
Johannesburg (Soccer
City) - 0:1
Appearances:
How many appearances each country has made in the World Cup Finals.
World Cup Finals
Uruguay 1930:
Uruguay trailed Argentina at half-time (1:2) but replied with three goals in the second half; to win the first ever World Cup Final (4-2)
on July 30th, 1930.
Italy 1934:
Italy were one of the countries who missed out on the vote to host the first World Cup but managed to win the prestigious golden trophy
for the home fans.
France 1938:
The third World Cup was held in Europe for a second time, although Germany had annexed Austria, and Spain was in civil turmoil.
Brazil 1950:
Although no cup-final as such, Uruguay and Brazil went into their final game with the winner guaranteed to be champions; a draw would be enough for Brazil.
Switzerland 1954:
The fifth World Cup tournament produced a record number of goals, including a 7:5 encounter between Austria and Switzerland in Lausanne.
Sweden 1958:
Brazil presented a 17 year-old Pele to the world; who went on to claim a hat-trick in Brazil's 5:2 semi-final win over France and bag another two in the final.
Chile 1962:
Czechoslovakia overcame Hungary in the quarter-finals and Yugoslavia in the semis, while Brazil took care of England and the host nation, Chile.
England 1966:
Geoff Hurst scored a hat-trick, in the final against West Germany, as England triumphed in a thrilling game watched by Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II.
Mexico 1970:
1970 belonged to Pelé, who earned his third World Cup winners' medal when Brazil got their hands on the Jules Rimet Cup.... for keeps.
W. Germany 1974:
Johan Cruyff was the player of the tournament as total football became the buzzword of the day, even though Holland lost to West Germany in the 1974 final.
Argentina 1978:
Holland contested the 1978 World Cup Final, in Argentina, for the second time in a row. As in West Germany,
they again finished runners-up; to the hosts.
Spain 1982:
The Spain 82 World Cup finals increased to 24 teams and the format was changed to have two group stages, with four second-round groups of three.
Mexico 1986:
In 1986, Mexico became the first nation to stage the World Cup Finals for a second time; having only staged the competition sixteen years previously.
Italy 1990:
In 1990, Italy became the World Cup of stalemates. Both semi-finals were drawn out through penalty kicks. In the final itself, the only goal came from the spot.
USA 1994:
Once Team US had played a few games most of the nation began to understand they were hosting the greatest show on earth and how the game was played.
France 1998:
France became the sixth nation to win the World Cup on home soil. Thirty-two teams competed in the 16th World Cup; better known as France 98.
Korea-Japan 2002:
The 17th World Cup, held in Korea and Japan, was the first World Cup finals to be shared by two hosts and the first to be held in Asia.
Germany 2006:
The 2006 World Cup Finals ran from 9th June to 9th July; the opening
match in Munich and the final in Berlin. Munich and Dortmund hosted the
semi-finals.
South Africa 2010:
Eighty years after the First World Cup Finals in Uruguay, the world's most prestigious football competition was finally hosted on the African continent.
Brazil 2014:
Five times World Cup Champions, Brazil, get a second chance to hold the prestigious World Cup Finals; 64 years after they last hosted the tournament.
Russia 2018:
VAR made its World Cup debut and set out to change the course of a game with some crucial rule infringement watching and vital on the spot decisions.
Qatar 2022:
When FIFA executives met in Zurich to decide on who would host the 2018 and 2022 World Cup Finals, Qatar was probably the biggest surprise to many.
United 2026:
The 2026 FIFA World Cup Finals will be jointly hosted by Canada, Mexico
and the United States. The United Bid won the hosting rights ahead of
Morocco.
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