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Football tournament FIFA World Cup final Founded 1930 ; 95 years ago (1930) Current champions Argentina (3rd title) Most successful team(s) Brazil (5 titles) The FIFA World Cup is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The championship ...
The 2010 FIFA World Cup was the 19th edition of the FIFA World Cup, FIFA's football competition for national teams, held between 11 June and 11 July 2010 in South Africa. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] South Africa qualified for the finals automatically as tournament hosts, while 205 teams competed for the remaining 31 spots through qualifying rounds organised by ...
The 2010 FIFA World Cup was the 19th FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national football teams. It took place in South Africa from 11 June to 11 July 2010. The bidding process for hosting the tournament finals was open only to African nations.
In the 2010 World Cup qualifying process, the Netherlands graduated from Group 9 with a 100% record. Van Persie was included in the preliminary squad for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. [127] On 27 May 2010, Netherlands manager Bert van Marwijk announced that he was in the final squad of 23 participating in the competition. [128]
Webb refereed the World Cup final between the Netherlands and Spain. [46] He was assisted by Darren Cann and Michael Mullarkey in Johannesburg's Soccer City stadium. [47] Webb was the first English referee to take charge of a World Cup final since Jack Taylor in 1974 – a game in which the Netherlands lost to West Germany. [48]
Reus made his international comeback in Germany's first post-World Cup friendly against Argentina on 3 September 2014, whom they had beaten in the final two months prior. [111] From then on, Reus would wear the shirt number 11, previously worn by Miroslav Klose , who retired from the national team after the World Cup.
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The stadium had the capacity to hold 62,760 [2] spectators during the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Its design allows the stadium seating to be adjusted; 55,500 for local matches or up to 75,000 for events such as the Commonwealth Games. It has two permanent tiers of seating, a temporary third one was added for the World Cup.