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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.
The following is a list of stadiums in South Africa, ordered by capacity. Currently all stadiums in South Africa with a capacity of 10,000 or more are included. Existing stadiums
This is a record of South Africa's results at the FIFA World Cup.The FIFA World Cup, sometimes called the Football World Cup, usually referred to simply as the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association (), the sport's global governing body.
Cape Town Stadium hosted its fourth and final test event on Saturday 10 April. This was the first time that the stadium was utilised at night, for the International Under-20 Soccer Challenge between South Africa, Brazil, Nigeria and Ghana. About 40,000 attended the event that tested the stadium's readiness for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
It hosted 2010 FIFA World Cup matches, including the third-place play off. It is the home of Chippa United Football Club and formerly of rugby union team Southern Kings . The five-tier, R 2 billion (approximately $159 million) Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium was built overlooking the North End Lake, at the heart of the city, one of three coastal ...
The following is a list of soccer stadiums in South Africa, ordered by capacity. Currently all stadiums with a capacity of 10,000 or more are included. Currently all stadiums with a capacity of 10,000 or more are included.
The cities that hosted the most World Cup matches were the two biggest cities in Italy: Rome and Milan, each hosting six matches, and Bari, Naples and Turin each hosted five matches. Cagliari, Udine, and Palermo were the only cities of the 12 selected that did not host any knockout round matches.
First game of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, South Africa vs Mexico at Soccer City. The South Africa national soccer team does not use a single stadium as its home stadium for matches. Instead, they use a variety of stadiums throughout South Africa to host matches. The largest venue used is the 94,700-seater Soccer City in Soweto, outside Johannesburg.