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The knockout stage of the 2010 FIFA World Cup was the second and final stage of the World Cup, following the group stage. It began on 26 June with the round of 16 matches, and ended on 11 July with the final match of the tournament held at Soccer City, Johannesburg, in which Spain beat the Netherlands 1–0 after extra time to claim their first World Cup.
This is a list of all penalty shoot-outs that have taken place in the final tournaments of the Men's FIFA World Cup. [1]For knockout matches tied after regulation and extra time, the first editions of the Men's World Cup up until 1958 used the rule of replaying the game.
In another first for South Africa 2010, one squad included three siblings. Jerry , Johnny , and Wilson Palacios made history thanks to their inclusion in Honduras's 23-man list. [ 68 ] Unusually, the game between Germany and Ghana had two brothers playing for opposite nations, with Jérôme Boateng and Kevin-Prince Boateng playing respectively.
2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa is the official video game for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, published by EA Sports [1] and available on iOS and all major seventh-generation platforms except the Nintendo DS. Announced in January 2010 during an interview with one of the producers of the game, it was released 27 April 2010 in North America.
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 ...
In extra time of a quarter-final match against Ghana, Uruguayan striker Luis Suárez handled the ball in the penalty area to prevent a last-minute game-winning Ghana goal. [30] Suárez was shown a red card and Ghana's Asamoah Gyan missed the resulting penalty kick. Ghana subsequently lost the match, 4–2, in the penalty shootout.
11 June 2010: FNB Stadium, Johannesburg (N) Mexico: 1–1 2010 FIFA World Cup: Tshabalala 55' 84,490 [11] 16 June 2010: Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria (N) Uruguay: 0–3 2010 FIFA World Cup — 42,658 [12] 22 June 2010: Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein (N) France: 2–1 2010 FIFA World Cup Khumalo 20', Mphela 37' 39,415 [13] 11 August 2010
The penalty shootout is a method of determining a winner in sports matches that would have otherwise been drawn or tied.The rules for penalty shootouts vary between sports and even different competitions; however, the usual form is similar to penalty shots in that a single player takes one shot on goal from a specified spot, the only defender being the goalkeeper.