2010 FIFA World Cup

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2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa 2010 2010 FIFA World Cup logo.svg Official logo 2010 FIFA World Cup Tournament Information Flag of hosts South Africa South Africa.svg June 11 - July 11, 2010 Teams 32 (from 6 konferederasi) 10 venues (in nine cities) Tournament Results Gold Medal Winner blank.svg Spain.svg Flag of Spain Runner-up Silver Medal blank.svg Netherlands.svg Flag of the Netherlands Ranked 3rd Bronze Medal blank.svg Germany Flag of Germany.svg Ranked fourth Uruguay.svg Flag of Uruguay Tournament Statistics Number of matches 64 Goals scored 145 (2:27 per game) The number of spectators 3178856 (49 670 per match) Flag of Spain's top scorer David Villa Flag of Uruguay Diego Forlán Flag of Germany Thomas Müller Flag of the Netherlands Wesley Sneijder (5 goals each) [1] Flag of Uruguay's best players Diego Forlán ← 2006 2014 →
FIFA World Cup FIFA World Cup 2010 is the 19th major international soccer tournament held in South Africa. This year's World Cup is the first time held in an African country. South Africa was elected as the organizer in May 2004, defeating Morocco and Egypt in the process of the draw is only open to African countries. The World Cup is held every four years; the previous tournament held in Germany, while the next tournament will be held in Brazil.
This game involves 736 players representing 32 teams to compete to win the World Cup trophy in a variety of games held in ten stadiums across South Africa. Selected teams were selected through a qualification process which began in August 2007. With the number of 204 applicants from 208 national teams of FIFA World Cup in 2010 with the 2008 Summer Olympic record for most number of countries competing in a sports event.
The match began on June 11 with the elimination of the group, ie 32 teams that competed in the form of qualifying for the group, each consisting of four teams and top two teams in each group qualifying for the next round. Then, 16 teams entered into the autumn round of which began on June 26. In this round when the match ended in a draw after normal time, then completed with extra time and penalties if necessary. The end of this fall is the Final round of World Cup which is scheduled on July 11 at the Soccer City stadium in Johannesburg. This tournament will be the first World Cup held outside Europe, which was won by European nations.



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