2010 FIFA World Cup

2010 FIFA World Cup

South Africa 2010
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Tournament details
Host country	South Africa
Dates	11 June – 11 July
Teams	32 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)	10 (in 9 host cities)
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The 2010 FIFA World Cup will be the 19th FIFA World Cup, the premier international football tournament. It is scheduled to take place between 11 June and 11 July 2010 in South Africa. The 2010 FIFA World Cup will be the culmination of a qualification process that began in August 2007 and involved 204 of the 208 FIFA national teams. As such, it matches the 2008 Summer Olympicsas the sports event with the most competing nations.

This will be the first time that the tournament has been hosted by an African nation, after South Africa beatMorocco and Egypt in an all-African bidding process. This decision left the Oceania Football Confederation as the only confederation yet to host the FIFA World Cup. Italyare the defending champions. The draw for the finals took place on 4 December 2009 in Cape Town.

Host selection

Fans celebrating the forthcoming 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa (Camps Bay, Cape Town)

Africa was chosen as the host for the 2010 World Cup as part of a policy to rotate the event among football confederations (which was later abandoned in October 2007). Five African nations placed bids to host the 2010 World Cup:

•  Egypt
•  Libya /  Tunisia (co-hosting)
•  Morocco
•  South Africa

Following the decision of the FIFA Executive Committee not to allow co-hosted tournaments, Tunisia withdrew from the bidding process. The committee also decided not to consider Libya's solo bid as it no longer met all the stipulations laid down in the official List of Requirements.

After one round of voting, the winning bid was announced by FIFA president Sepp Blatter at a media conference on 15 May 2004 in Zürich. South Africa was awarded the rights to host the tournament, defeating Morocco and Egypt.^[1]

Voting Results
Country	Votes
South Africa	14
Morocco	10
Egypt	0

•  Tunisia withdrew on 8 May 2004 after joint bidding was not allowed
•  Libya bid was rejected: bid did not meet the list of requirements and joint bidding was not allowed

During 2006 and 2007, rumours circulated in various news sources that the 2010 World Cup could be moved to another country.^[2][3] Some people, including Franz Beckenbauer, Horst R. Schmidt and, reportedly, some FIFA executives, expressed concern over the planning, organisation, and pace of South Africa's preparations.^[2][4] However, FIFA officials repeatedly expressed their confidence in South Africa as host, stating that a contingency plan existed only to cover natural catastrophes, as had been in place at previous FIFA World Cups. ^[5]

Qualification

As the host nation, South Africa qualified automatically for the tournament. Nonetheless South Africa participated in World Cup qualifiers because the CAF qualifiers also served as the qualifying tournament for the 2010 African Cup of Nations. They were the first host since 1934 to participate in preliminary qualifying. As happened in the previous tournament, the defending champions were not given an automatic berth, and Italy had to participate in qualification.

The qualification draw for the 2010 World Cup was held in Durban, South Africa, on 25 November 2007.

List of qualified teams

The following 32 teams qualified for the final tournament.

AFC (4)  Australia  Japan  Korea DPR  Korea Republic CAF (6)  Algeria  Cameroon  Côte d'Ivoire  Ghana  Nigeria  South Africa(hosts)

CONCACAF(3)  Honduras  Mexico  United States CONMEBOL(5)  Argentina  Brazil  Chile  Paraguay  Uruguay OFC (1)  New Zealand

UEFA (13)  Denmark  England  France  Germany  Greece  Italy  Netherlands  Portugal  Serbia  Slovakia  Slovenia  Spain  Switzerland

Countries qualified for World Cup     Country failed to qualify     Countries which did not enter World Cup     Country not a FIFA member

This is the first World Cup that does not include any teams that are qualifying for the first time, although two of the qualifiers (Slovakia and Serbia) have previously appeared only as parts of former competing nations. Slovakia was previously part of Czechoslovakia, and Serbia has competed as part of Yugoslavia and Serbia and Montenegro. In both cases FIFA considers these teams to have retained the earlier nations' records.

Controversy surrounded final qualification matches played between France and the Republic of Ireland,Costa Rica and Uruguay and Egypt and Algeria in November 2009.

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In the second leg of the play-off between France and the Republic of Ireland, French captain Thierry Henry, unseen by the referee, illegally handled the ball in the lead up to the winning goal, which saw France make the final 32 teams ahead of Ireland. The incident caused widespread debate on how matches should be refereed at the highest level. FIFA rejected a request from the Football Association of Ireland to replay the match, ^[6] whilst a widely reported later request by Ireland to be included as an unprecedented 33rd World Cup entrant was later withdrawn.^[7][8] Costa Rica complained over Uruguay's winning goal in the CONMEBOL–CONCACAF playoff, ^[9] whilst Egypt and Algeria's final match was surrounded by reports of crowd trouble.

In response to the incidents during qualification, and to a match fixing controversy, on 2 December 2009 FIFA called for an extraordinary general meeting of their Executive Committee. After the meeting, FIFA announced that they would be setting up an inquiry into technology and extra officials in the game, but they did not announce the widely-expected move of fast-tracking the introduction of goal-line referee's assistants, already being trialled in the Europa League, and instead restated that the competition in South Africa would be officiated as before, with just one referee, two assistants, and a fourth official.^[10] On the subject of fair play, FIFA President Sepp Blatter said:

I appeal to all the players and coaches to observe this fair play. In 2010 we want to prove that football is more than just kicking a ball but has social and cultural value...So we ask the players 'please observe fair play' so they will be an example to the rest of the world.

—FIFA President Sepp Blatter, ^[11]

Venues

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In 2005, the organisers released a provisional list of twelve venues to be used for the World Cup:Bloemfontein, Cape Town, Durban, Johannesburg(two venues), Kimberley, Nelspruit, Orkney,Polokwane, Port Elizabeth, Pretoria, and Rustenburg. This was narrowed down to ten venues^[12] which were officially announced by FIFA on 17 March 2006:

Johannesburg	Durban	Cape Town	Johannesburg	Pretoria
Soccer City	Moses Mabhida Stadium[3]	Cape Town Stadium[4]	Ellis Park Stadium	Loftus Versfeld Stadium
26°14′5.27″S27°58′56.47″E	29°49′46″S 31°01′49″E	33°54′12.46″S18°24′40.15″E	26°11′51.07″S28°3′38.76″E	25°45′12″S28°13′22″E
Capacity: 91,141	Capacity: 70,000	Capacity: 69,070	Capacity: 62,567	Capacity: 51,760
Port Elizabeth	Bloemfontein	Polokwane	Rustenburg	Nelspruit
Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium	Free State Stadium	Peter Mokaba Stadium	Royal Bafokeng Stadium	Mbombela Stadium
33°56′16″S25°35′56″E	29°07′02.25″S26°12′31.85″E	23°55′29″S 29°28′08″E	25°34′43″S27°09′39″E	25°27′42″S30°55′47″E
Capacity: 48,000	Capacity: 48,000	Capacity: 46,000	Capacity: 44,530	Capacity: 43,589

Durban

Port Elizabeth

Nelspruit

Rustenburg

Pretoria

Bloemfontein

Johannesburg

Cape Town

Polokwane

• ^1 As Durban Stadium
• ^2 As Green Point Stadium

Preparations

The Lukasrand Tower in Pretoria sporting a football in anticipation of the world cup

Five new stadiums have been built for the tournament, and five of the existing venues are to be upgraded. Construction costs are expected to be R8.4bn.^[13]

In addition to the stadiums being built and upgraded, South Africa is also planning to improve its current public transport infrastructure within the various cities, with projects such as the Gautrain and the new Bus Rapid Transit system (BRT) titled Rea Vaya.^[14] Danny Jordaan, the president of the 2010 World Cup organising committee, has said that he expects all stadiums for the tournament to be completed by October 2009.^[15]

The country is also going to implement special measures to ensure the safety and security of local and international tourists attending the matches in accordance with standard FIFA requirements,^[16] including a temporary restriction of flight operation in the airspace surrounding the stadiums.^[17]

The readiness of this African nation to host one of the biggest events in a sports that is worshiped by millions has received positive response from FIFA. FIFA has rated the readiness of South Africa at eight on a scale of 10 ^[18] with the hope that they would be completely ready before the matches actually start.

Construction strike

70,000 construction workers^[19] who were supposed to be working on the new stadiums walked off their jobs on 8 July 2009. The majority of the workers receive R2500 per month (about £192, €224 or$313), but the unions allege that some workers are grossly underpaid. A spokesperson for the National Union of Mineworkers said to the SABC that the "no work no pay" strike will go on until FIFA assesses penalties on the organisers. Other unions threatened to strike into 2011. The World Cup organising committee downplayed the strike and expressed confidence that the stadiums will be ready.^[20][21][22]

Transportation

Major road networks have been improved to cater for the expected influx of people coming to the country who will be traveling to and from the match stadiums. The Gautrain (underground rail network) will be complete in time for the opening game, but only limited lengths of the route.

Major metros have also updated their current public bus systems to cater for visitors. Websites such as Vaya Nathi have been created for host city visitors to view bus route information in host cities.

Final draw

The FIFA Organising Committee approved the procedure for the Final Draw on 2 December 2009. The seeding was based on the October 2009 FIFA World Ranking and seven squads joined hosts South Africa as seeded teams for the Final Draw. The committee also approved the composition of the other pots as well as the procedure for the final draw. Pot 2 was composed of teams from Asia, Oceania, and North and Central America and the Caribbean. Pot 3 included teams from Africa and South America. Pot 4 had the remaining European teams.

Hosts South Africa were automatically positioned as A1; the other seeded teams were drawn into the other groups B–H, but were always in position 1 of their group. Groups were drawn from A to H and the positions in the group were drawn for Pots 2 to 4. Geographical criteria also were respected, meaning that no two teams from the same confederation were drawn in the same group (except European teams, where a maximum of two will be in a group); i.e., South Africa cannot play the African teams from Pot 3 and Argentina and Brazil cannot be drawn against the three remaining South American teams. The first two African teams drawn from Pot 3 are placed with Argentina and Brazil. Similarly, hosts South Africa may not be paired with any of the other African nations (also placed in Pot 3).^[23]

Pot 1 (Host & Top seven)	Pot 2 (Asia, North America & Oceania)	Pot 3 (Africa & South America)	Pot 4 (Europe)
South Africa  Brazil  Spain  Netherlands  Italy  Germany  Argentina  England	Australia  Japan  Korea DPR  Korea Republic  Honduras  Mexico  United States  New Zealand	Algeria  Cameroon  Côte d'Ivoire  Ghana  Nigeria  Chile  Paraguay  Uruguay	Denmark  France  Greece  Portugal  Serbia  Slovakia  Slovenia  Switzerland

The group draw was staged in Cape Town, South Africa, at 19:00 (UTC+2) on 4 December 2009 at theCape Town International Convention Centre.^[24] The ceremony was presented by South African actressCharlize Theron, assisted by FIFA Secretary General Jérôme Valcke.^[25] The balls were drawn byEnglish football star David Beckham and African sporting figures Haile Gebreselassie, John Smit,Makhaya Ntini, Matthew Booth and Simphiwe Dludlu.^[26]

Final Groups

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
South Africa	Argentina	England	Germany
Mexico	Nigeria	United States	Australia
Uruguay	Korea Republic	Algeria	Serbia
France	Greece	Slovenia	Ghana

Group E	Group F	Group G	Group H
Netherlands	Italy	Brazil	Spain
Denmark	Paraguay	Korea DPR	Switzerland
Japan	New Zealand	Côte d'Ivoire	Honduras
Cameroon	Slovakia	Portugal	Chile

Referees

FIFA selected the following referees to officiate at the World Cup:^[27]

AFC  Khalil Al Ghamdi  Ravshan Irmatov  Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh  Yuichi Nishimura CAF  Koman Coulibaly  Jerome Damon  Eddy Maillet CONCACAF  Joel Aguilar  Benito Archundia  Carlos Batres  Marco Antonio Rodríguez

CONMEBOL  Héctor Baldassi  Jorge Larrionda  Pablo Pozo  Óscar Ruiz  Carlos Simon  Martín Vázquez OFC  Michael Hester  Peter O'Leary UEFA  Olegário Benquerença  Massimo Busacca  Frank De Bleeckere  Martin Hansson  Viktor Kassai  Stephane Lannoy  Roberto Rosetti  Wolfgang Stark  Alberto Undiano Mallenco  Howard Webb

Squads

As with the 2006 tournament, each team's squad for the 2010 World Cup consists of 23 players. Each participating national association must confirm their final 23-player squad by 1 June 2010. Teams are permitted to make late replacements in the event of serious injury, at any time up to 24 hours before their first game.^[28]

Matches

All times are South African Standard Time (UTC+2)

]roup stage

In the following tables:

• Pld = 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 3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and no points for a loss)

The teams placed first and second (shaded in green) qualified to the round of 16.

Tie-breaking criteria

For the World Cup tournament, FIFA uses the following criteria to rank teams in the Group Stage.^[29]

1. greatest number of points in all group matches;
2. goal difference in all group matches;
3. greatest number of goals scored in all group matches;
4. greatest number of points in matches between tied teams;
5. goal difference in matches between tied teams;
6. greatest number of goals scored in matches between tied teams;
7. drawing of lots by the FIFA Organising Committee.

Group A

Team v • d • e Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  South Africa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  Mexico 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  Uruguay 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  France 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

11 June 2010
South Africa	Match 1	Mexico	Soccer City, Johannesburg
Uruguay	Match 2	France	Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town
16 June 2010
South Africa	Match 17	Uruguay	Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria
17 June 2010
France	Match 20	Mexico	Peter Mokaba Stadium, Polokwane
22 June 2010
Mexico	Match 33	Uruguay	Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg
France	Match 34	South Africa	Free State Stadium, Bloemfonteint

Group B

Team v • d • e Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Argentina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  Nigeria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  Korea Republic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  Greece 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

12 June 2010
Korea Republic	Match 3	Greece	Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth
Argentina	Match 4	Nigeria	Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg
17 June 2010
Argentina	Match 18	Korea Republic	Soccer City, Johannesburg
Greece	Match 19	Nigeria	Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein
22 June 2010
Nigeria	Match 35	Korea Republic	Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban
Greece	Match 36	Argentina	Peter Mokaba Stadium, Polokwane

Group C

Team v • d • e Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  England 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  United States 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  Algeria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  Slovenia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

12 June 2010
England	Match 5	United States	Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg
13 June 2010
Algeria	Match 6	Slovenia	Peter Mokaba Stadium, Polokwane
18 June 2010
Slovenia	Match 22	United States	Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg
England	Match 23	Algeria	Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town
23 June 2010
Slovenia	Match 37	England	Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth
United States	Match 38	Algeria	Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria

Group D

Team v • d • e Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Germany 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  Australia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  Serbia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  Ghana 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

13 June 2010
Serbia	Match 7	Ghana	Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria
Germany	Match 8	Australia	Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban
18 June 2010
Germany	Match 21	Serbia	Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth
19 June 2010
Ghana	Match 25	Australia	Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg
23 June 2010
Ghana	Match 39	Germany	Soccer City, Johannesburg
Australia	Match 40	Serbia	Mbombela Stadium, Nelspruit

Group E

Team v • d • e Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Netherlands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  Denmark 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  Japan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  Cameroon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

14 June 2010
Netherlands	Match 9	Denmark	Soccer City, Johannesburg
Japan	Match 10	Cameroon	Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein
19 June 2010
Netherlands	Match 24	Japan	Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban
Cameroon	Match 26	Denmark	Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria
24 June 2010
Denmark	Match 43	Japan	Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg
Cameroon	Match 44	Netherlands	Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town

Group F

Team v • d • e Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Italy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  Paraguay 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  New Zealand 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  Slovakia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

14 June 2010
Italy	Match 11	Paraguay	Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town
15 June 2010
New Zealand	Match 12	Slovakia	Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg
20 June 2010
Slovakia	Match 27	Paraguay	Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein
Italy	Match 28	New Zealand	Mbombela Stadium, Nelspruit
24 June 2010
Slovakia	Match 41	Italy	Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg
Paraguay	Match 42	New Zealand	Peter Mokaba Stadium, Polokwane

Group G

Team v • d • e Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Brazil 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  Korea DPR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  Côte d'Ivoire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  Portugal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

15 June 2010
Côte d'Ivoire	Match 13	Portugal	Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth
Brazil	Match 14	Korea DPR	Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg
20 June 2010
Brazil	Match 29	Côte d'Ivoire	Soccer City, Johannesburg
21 June 2010
Portugal	Match 30	Korea DPR	Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town
25 June 2010
Portugal	Match 45	Brazil	Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban
Korea DPR	Match 46	Côte d'Ivoire	Mbombela Stadium, Nelspruit

Group H

Team v • d • e Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Spain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  Switzerland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  Honduras 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  Chile 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

16 June 2010
Honduras	Match 15	Chile	Mbombela Stadium, Nelspruit
Spain	Match 16	Switzerland	Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban
21 June 2010
Chile	Match 31	Switzerland	Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth
Spain	Match 32	Honduras	Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg
25 June 2010
Chile	Match 47	Spain	Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria
Switzerland	Match 48	Honduras	Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein

Knockout stage

At the knockout stage (including the final), if a match is level at the end of 90 minutes, extra time of two periods (15 minutes each) will be played. If the score is still level after extra time, the match will be decided on penalty kicks.^[30]

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

26 June – Port Elizabeth

Winners of Group A

2 July – Johannesburg

Runners-up of Group B

Winners of Match 49

26 June – Rustenburg

Winners of Match 50

Winners of Group C

6 July – Cape Town

Runners-up of Group D

Winners of Match 58

28 June – Durban

Winners of Match 57

Winners of Group E

2 July – Port Elizabeth

Runners-up of Group F

Winners of Match 53

28 June –Johannesburg

Winners of Match 54

Winners of Group G

11 July –Johannesburg

Runners-up of Group H

Winners of Match 61

27 June –Johannesburg

Winners of Match 62

Winners of Group B

3 July – Cape Town

Runners-up of Group A

Winners of Match 52

27 June –Bloemfontein

Winners of Match 51

Winners of Group D

7 July – Durban

Runners-up of Group C

Winners of Match 59

29 June – Pretoria

Winners of Match 60

Third place

Winners of Group F

3 July – Johannesburg

10 July – Port Elizabeth

Runners-up of Group E

Winners of Match 55

Losers of Match 61

29 June – Cape Town

Winners of Match 56

Losers of Match 62

Winners of Group H

Runners-up of Group G

Round of 16

26 June 2010 16:00	Winners of Group A	Match 49	Runners-up of Group B	Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium,Port Elizabeth

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26 June 2010 20:30	Winners of Group C	Match 50	Runners-up of Group D	Royal Bafokeng Stadium,Rustenburg

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27 June 2010 16:00	Winners of Group D	Match 51	Runners-up of Group C	Free State Stadium,Bloemfontein

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27 June 2010 20:30	Winners of Group B	Match 52	Runners-up of Group A	Soccer City, Johannesburg

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28 June 2010 16:00	Winners of Group E	Match 53	Runners-up of Group F	Moses Mabhida Stadium,Durban

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28 June 2010 20:30	Winners of Group G	Match 54	Runners-up of Group H	Ellis Park Stadium,Johannesburg

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29 June 2010 16:00	Winners of Group F	Match 55	Runners-up of Group E	Loftus Versfeld Stadium,Pretoria

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29 June 2010 20:30	Winners of Group H	Match 56	Runners-up of Group G	Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town

Quarter-finals

2 July 2010 16:00	Winners of Match 53	Match 57	Winners of Match 54	Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium,Port Elizabeth

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2 July 2010 20:30	Winners of Match 49	Match 58	Winners of Match 50	Soccer City, Johannesburg

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3 July 2010 16:00	Winners of Match 52	Match 59	Winners of Match 51	Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town

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3 July 2010 20:30	Winners of Match 55	Match 60	Winners of Match 56	Ellis Park Stadium,Johannesburg

Semi-finals

6 July 2010 20:30	Winners of Match 58	Match 61	Winners of Match 57	Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town

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7 July 2010 20:30	Winners of Match 59	Match 62	Winners of Match 60	Moses Mabhida Stadium,Durban

Third place play-off

10 July 2010 20:30	Losers of Match 61	Match 63	Losers of Match 62	Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium,Port Elizabeth

Final

Main article: 2010 FIFA World Cup Final

11 July 2010 20:30	Winners of Match 61	Match 64	Winners of Match 62	Soccer City, Johannesburg