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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.
Group A of the 2010 FIFA World Cup began on 11 June and ended on 22 June 2010. [1] The group consisted of host nation South Africa, Mexico, Uruguay and the runners-up from 2006, France. France and South Africa previously met at the 1998 FIFA World Cup, when then-hosts France beat South Africa 3–0. They also previously met with Uruguay at the ...
Group D of the 2010 FIFA World Cup began on 13 June and ended on 23 June 2010. [1] The group consisted of Germany , Australia , Serbia and Ghana . Along with Group G , it was considered to be a group of death .
Paul predicted the winners of each of the seven 2010 FIFA World Cup matches that the German team played — against Australia, Serbia, Ghana, England, Argentina, Spain [21] and Uruguay — as well as the tournament's Netherlands vs. Spain final. His prediction that Argentina would lose prompted Argentine chef Nicolas Bedorrou to post an octopus ...
Group B of the 2010 FIFA World Cup began on 12 June and ended on 22 June 2010. [1] The group consisted of Argentina, Nigeria, South Korea and Greece.It was the third time that Argentina and Nigeria had been drawn together in the same World Cup group, after 1994 (when Greece were also in the same group) and 2002.
Group C of the 2010 FIFA World Cup began on 12 June and ended on 23 June 2010. The group consisted of national association football teams from England, the United States, Algeria and Slovenia. The United States and England progressed to the round of 16 undefeated. The United States won the group, winning one match and drawing two.
Group H of the 2010 FIFA World Cup began on 16 June and ended on 25 June 2010. [1] The group consisted of Switzerland , Honduras , Chile and reigning European (and eventual) champions Spain . Chile and Spain were in the same group in 1950 , in a group from which only the Spanish team qualified for the next round.
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.