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The World Cup Finals is the most widely viewed sporting event in the world, [1] with an estimated 715.1 million people watching the 2006 tournament final. Nigeria has reached the FIFA World Cup on six occasions, the first being in 1994 where they reached the second round. Their sixth and most recent appearance was the 2018 FIFA World Cup in ...
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.
Leading football clubs in Europe wanted the World Cup to take place from 28 April to 29 May rather than the typical June and July staging, due to concerns about the heat. [ 104 ] A report released on 9 December 2010 quoted FIFA President Sepp Blatter as stating that other nations could host some matches during the World Cup.
The Africa Cup of Nations, commonly abbreviated as AFCON and officially known as the TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship reasons, [1] [2] is the main biennial international men's association football competition in Africa. It is sanctioned by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) and was first held in 1957. [3]
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.
Association football, or soccer, as it is usually called in South Africa, is the nation's most popular sport followed by rugby union and cricket.The governing body is the South African Football Association (SAFA), [1] while the Premier Soccer League is the organisation responsible for running the country's two professional divisions, namely the South African Premiership and the National First ...
It is located next to the South African Football Association headquarters (SAFA House) where both the FIFA offices and the Local Organising Committee for the 2010 FIFA World Cup are housed. [5] Designed as the main association football stadium for the 2010 World Cup, the FNB Stadium became the largest stadium in Africa with a capacity of 94,736 ...
Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa (N) Iraq: 0–0 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup: 48,837 [55] 255: 17 June 2009: Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg, South Africa (N) New Zealand: 2–0: 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup: Parker 21', 52' 32,500 [56] 256: 20 June 2009: Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein, South Africa (N) Spain: 0–2: 2009 ...