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All you need to know about the 2010 World Cup in South Africa
Every time summer comes, we, especially football fans, get excited and look forward to the football festival every four years, the World Cup. This is considered the most monumental and world-class event of world football, where millions of fans’ hearts come together to a host country to watch their favorite teams. In this article, let’s take a look back at the dream World Cup of the host country South Africa in 2010.
About the World Cup 2010
The fact that the largest football festival on the planet chooses to stop in an African country has never been preceded. This is enough for us to see how great the potential and attraction of South Africa is. Like the host country of the 2014 World Cup, South Africa is also famous for having the largest number of football-loving people in the world. The color of football mixed with the traditional colors of the black continent has certainly made a difference that only South Africa possesses. South Africa after the defeat in the race for tickets to the 2016 World Cup, but then, according to FIFA’s rotation rules (until this time, that regulation has been canceled), South Africa won Egypt and Morocco to bring honor to the country when it is officially the host country of the 2010 World Cup. This is the 19th World Cup and also the first World Cup held in Africa.
When will the 2010 World Cup take place?
As a rule, a World Cup only lasts exactly one month, the matches will be rotated and continuously at many locations in the host country. Because after this match, the players still have to join their clubs to participate in other continental tournaments. The 2010 World Cup took place on 11 June and ended on 11 July 2010. The opening match was between the host country South Africa and the Mexican national team at the Soccer City stadium, and also the main match. At this stadium, fans around the world witnessed the Spanish national team crowned champion for the first time.
2010 World Cup squad
32 teams representing 32 countries with the strongest football on all continents have set foot in South Africa to participate in the race to the world championship. Group A includes Uruguay, Mexico, South Africa and France; Group B includes Argentina, Korea, Greece and Nigeria; Group C includes the United States, Great Britain, Slovenia and Algeria; Group D includes Germany, Ghana, Australia and Serbia; Group E includes the Netherlands, Japan, Denmark and Cameroon; Group F includes Paraguay, Slovakia, New Zealand and Italy; Group G includes Brazil, Portugal, Ivory Coast and North Korea; Group H includes Spain, Chile, Switzerland and Honduras.
Venue of matches
Rounds were held in turn at 10 stadiums scattered in many cities of South Africa, including 13 venues in Bloemfontein, Cape Town, Durban, Johannesburg (2 courts), Nelspruit, Polokwane, Port Elizabeth, Pretoria and Rustenburg. In particular, the Soccer City stadium with a capacity of nearly 90,000 seats will be the venue for the opening and final matches of this prestigious tournament. A special feature is that the stadiums of South Africa are built at a very high position, 1200m above sea level.
Difficulties of the host country
World Cup 2010 is the World Cup held in Africa, the continent is considered the least developed in the world. Therefore, being hosted as the host is both good news for Nam Hi, as well as anxiety and pressures that this country has to endure. In fact, South Africa borrowed to build infrastructure for the 2010 World Cup, because the national budget at that time was still very limited, although compared to other countries in the region, South Africa has become much more developed and richer. South Africa has spent more than 4 billion pounds to build and restore the country’s major stadiums to serve the matches at the World Cup, this is really a great pressure on the government as well as the country. people of this country. Not only that, they also borrowed an additional £4 billion from the World Bank to ensure a stable water and electricity system and there will be no interruptions during the tournament.
The official schedule of the 2010 World Cup
The official schedule of the 2010 World Cup has been updated for the participating countries before the official tournament time. South Africa drew 1-1 against Mexico in the opening match on 11 June 2010 at Soccer City Stadium. Group stage matches run from June 11 to June 25, 2010. The strongest round of 16 runs from June 26 to June 29, 2010. Quarterfinals July 2 to 3. July 2010. Semi-finals from 6 July to 7 July 2010. The play-off for 3rd place on 10 July and the final round between the Netherlands and Spain teams took place on 11 July 2010.
Official song and tournament mascot
The official song for the 2010 World Cup was announced as the song Waka Waka (This time for Africa) performed by Shakira. The song’s cheerful and upbeat melody made it voted the best World Cup song of all time. The mascot of the largest football festival on the planet in South Africa is the leopard Zakumi – symbolizing fairness, transparency and enthusiasm.
World Cup 2010 Winner
Candidates for the championship title at the 2010 World Cup are big names such as Germany, Portugal, Argentina, and Brazil, but these teams make fans disappointed when they are eliminated in turn, even Neither team made it to the quarterfinals. Germany has been in good form since the beginning of the season when they won consecutively with a strong score against other teams, but when they faced Spain directly, Germany was forced to stop when they only conceded the right goal. 1 single goal. The 2010 World Cup was also a memorable World Cup for Argentina when they lost to the former champion Germany 4-0, this is the most disappointing result for Argentina in all previous World Cups. In the end, only the Netherlands and Spain made it to the final.
In the end, Spain won the championship, which was also the first time they won the throne of world football. Although the Netherlands stopped in second place, it still left a good impression on viewers about the style of play and professional playing style.
Interesting things at the 2010 World Cup
The World Cup favors the people of South Africa: The 2010 World Cup is a fair World Cup for South Africans, when they are given the best possible conditions in terms of ticket prices, averaging only about 20 dollars for 1 round tickets and 150 quizzes for 1 final round ticket. However, the competition for tickets among the poor and homeless in South Africa also causes concern.
Spain is a huge bonus: The victory of the Spanish team has made the fans of this country extremely happy, not only that, but the Spanish Football Federation has done something unprecedented. It turned out that the head coach was awarded $550,000 – an unbelievable amount.
The information about the 2010 World Cup above certainly helps you get the most basic perspective on the biggest football festival on the planet so that you can love and appreciate the greatest football tournament in sports history. and welcome the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.