Fifa World Cup Soccer 2010

The Fifa World Cup Soccer 2010

Football is the most popular sports game in all over the world. The FIFA World Cup is one of the most prestigious cup in the sports field of the entire globe. The FIFA World cup popular as Football World Cup or Soccer World Cup. The FIFA World Cup is an international association football tournament competition contested by the top men's national teams of the world. This world famous and most watched tournament has been held for every four years. The First FIFA World Cup Soccer was played in the year of 1930.


Construction work of World Cup Soccer 2010

Olympic games of London
The Dutch construction company BAM and a South African industry colleague will be building a Johannesburg city stadium in Johannesburg. It will be the most important venue during the FIFA World Cup Soccer 2010 being held in South Africa. The construction of Soccer City, as the project is being referred to, has already started and is to be completed in 2009. The stadium will seat 94,700 spectators. Constructing the complex is expected to cost 160 million euros. BAM also want to focus efforts on building a new football stadium in the South African city of Port Elizabeth.

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Format of World Cup Soccer 2010

The tournament consists of two parts, the qualification phase and the final phase (officially called the World Cup Finals). The qualification phase, which currently take place over the three years preceding the Finals, is used to determine which teams qualify for the Finals. The current format of the Finals involves 32 teams competing for the title, at venues within the host nation (or nations) over a period of about a month. The World Cup Finals is the most widely-viewed sporting event in the world, with an estimated 715.1 million people watching the 2006 tournament final.

World Cup Soccer Qualifier 2010
As the host nation, South Africa qualifies automatically for the tournament. However, South Africa is the first host since 1934 to participate in World Cup qualifiers. This is because the CAF qualifiers also serve as the qualifying tournament for the 2010 African Cup of Nations, for which South Africa had to qualify separately. Like the previous tournament, the defending champions Italy do not qualify automatically.

The preliminary draw for the 2010 World Cup was held in Durban, South Africa, on 25 November 2007.

The Final draw for the 2010 FIFA World Cup will be staged in Cape Town, South Africa, in December 2009 at the Cape Town International Convention Centre.


Mascot of Fifa World Cup 2010
The official mascot for the Fifa World Cup 2010 is Zakumi, a leopard with green hair. His name comes from "ZA", the international abbreviation for South Africa, and "kumi", a word that means "ten" in various African languages.
Zakumi is a jolly, self-confident, adventurous, spontaneous, and actually quite shrewd little fellow. He loves to perform and always follows his instinct and intuition, yet sometimes has the tendency to exaggerate a bit. He is warm-hearted and caring, and wants to make as many friends as possible.


Fifa World Cup 2010 Venues
In 17th March 2006 FIFA officially annouces the 10 venues for the Fifa World Cup 2010
Bloemfontein, Cape Town, Durban, Johannesburg (two venues), Nelspruit, Polokwane, Port Elizabeth, Pretoria, and Rustenburg.




City Stadium Capacity
Johannesburg Soccer City(being upgraded) 94,700
Durban Moses Mabhid Stadium 70,000
Cape Town Green Point Stadium 70,000
Johannesburg Ellis Park Stadium (being upgraded) 62,567
Pretoria Loftus Versfeld Stadium 50,000
Port Elizabeth Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium (under construction) 48,000
Bloemfontein Free State Stadium 48,000
Nelspruit Mbombela Stadium (under construction) 46,000
Polokwane Peter Mokaba Stadium 46,000
Rustenburg Royal Bafokeng Stadium (being upgraded) 42,000



Champions of The World Cup
In the 18 tournaments held, seven nations have won the title. Brazil, the only team to have played in every tournament, have won it a record five times. The current World Champions, Italy, follow with four titles, while Germany hold three. The other former champions are Uruguay (who won the inaugural tournament) and Argentina with two titles each, and England and France with one title each.

Fifa World Cup 2006
The most recent World Cup Finals were held in Germany in 2006, where Italy was crowned champion after beating France in the final. The next World Cup Finals will be held in South Africa, from June 11, 2010 to July 11, 2010, and the 2014 Finals will be held in Brazil.


The 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa
The 2010 FIFA World Cup soccer tournament will be held in nine cities across South Africa from June 11 to July 11, 2010. Thousands of people will visit South Africa during this period, and the matches will have an estimated cumulative worldwide audience of between 25 and 28 billion people. Enormous financial benefits in terms of tourism, marketing and other services are expected across the country, as well as a massive boost in infrastructure investment ahead of the event.

Heritage of Fifa World Cup soccer
Hosting the 2010 FIFA World Cup gives the City of Cape Town a unique opportunity to improve its infrastructure and market itself to the world. By harnessing the funds made available nationally for 2010-related facilities, including a new stadium, transport and other upgrades, the City expects post-2010 Cape Town to be a more desirable destination for leisure and business travellers, investors, and of course, its residents. This will be the lasting legacy of hosting the event.