2010 FIFA World Cup

2010 FIFA World Cup

Host Nation	South Africa
Qualification Dates	August 25, 2007-November 18, 2009
Tournament Dates	June 11-July 11, 2010
Champion	Spain
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The 2010 FIFA World Cup was the 19th FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national association football teams. It took place in South Africa. The bidding process for hosting the tournament finals was open only to African nations. In 2004, the international football federation, FIFA, selected South Africa over Egypt and Morocco to become the first African nation to host the finals.

Publications

Programs
Stage	Date	Teams	Venue
Qualifying	November 21, 2007	England vs. Croatia	Wembley Stadium
Qualifying	September 10, 2008	Russia vs. Wales	Lokomotiv Stadium
Qualifying	October 11, 2008	England vs. Kazakhstan	Wembley Stadium
Qualifying	October 11, 2008	Germany vs. Russia	Stadion Dortmund
Qualifying	March 28, 2009	Wales vs. Finland	Millennium Stadium
Qualifying	April 1, 2009	England vs. Ukraine	Wembley Stadium
Qualifying	April 1, 2009	Liechtenstein vs. Russia	Rheinpark Stadion
Qualifying	June 6, 2009	Kazakhstan vs. England	Almaty Central Stadium
Qualifying	June 10, 2009	England vs. Andorra	Wembley Stadium
Qualifying	August 12, 2009	Norway vs. Scotland	Ullevaal Stadion
Qualifying	September 5, 2009	Ukraine vs. Andorra	Lobanovsky Dynamo Stadium
Qualifying	September 9, 2009	England vs. Croatia	Wembley Stadium
Qualifying	October 10, 2009	Serbia vs. Romania	Stadion Crvena Zvezda
Qualifying	October 14, 2009	Czech Republic vs. Northern Ireland	Synot Tip Arena
Group Stage	June 11-25, 2010	multiple	multiple
Knockout Stage	June 26-July 11, 2010	multiple	multiple

2010 FIFA World Cup (South Africa) Countries
Champions	Spain
Runners-up	Netherlands
Third Place	Germany
Fourth Place	Uruguay
Quarterfinalists	Argentina • Brazil • Ghana • Paraguay
Round of 16	Chile • England • Japan • Mexico • Portugal • Slovakia • South Korea • United States
Group Stage	Algeria • Australia • Cameroon • Denmark • France • Greece • Honduras • Italy • Ivory Coast • New Zealand • Nigeria • North Korea • Serbia • Slovenia • South Africa • Switzerland
Non-Qualifiers	Andorra • Croatia • Czech Republic • Finland • Kazakhstan • Liechtenstein • Northern Ireland • Norway • Romania • Russia • Scotland • Ukraine • Wales
All Tournaments	1950 • 1954 • 1958 • 1962 • 1966 • 1970 • 1974 • 1978 • 1982 • 1986 • 1990 • 1994 • 1998 • 2002 • 2006 • 2010 • 2014 • 2018 • 2022