April 30, 2010

2010 FIFA World Cup Knocking at the Door

he 2010 FIFA World Cup will be the 19th FIFA World Cup, the premier international football tournament. It is scheduled to take place between 11 June and 11 July 2010 in South Africa.








South Africa was awarded the rights to host the tournament, defeating Morocco and Egypt

Voting Results
CountryVotes
 South Africa14
 Morocco10
 Egypt0

The official mascot for the 2010 FIFA World Cup is Zakumi (born 16 June 1994 (age 15)), ananthropomorphised leopard with green hair.







The match ball for the 2010 FIFA World Cup will be named the "Jabulani", made by Adidas, which means "bringing joy to everyone" in isiZulu.













Soccer City in Johannesburg.jpgMoses Mabhida World Cup Stadium.jpgCTSRW01.JPGEllis Park Stadium 2009.jpgLoftus Versfeld - Pretoria.jpg




View of Nelson Mandela Stadium.jpgSouth Africa-Bloemfontein-Free State Stadium01.jpgEstadio Peter Mokaba.JPGRoyal Bafokeng Stadium.jpgSeats and field of Mbombela Stadium.jpg






Referees






AFC
  1. Khalil Al Ghamdi
  1. Ravshan Irmatov
  1. Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh
  1. Yuichi Nishimura
CAF
Mohamed Benouza
Koman Coulibaly
Jerome Damon
Eddy Maillet
CONCACAF
Joel Aguilar
Benito Archundia
Carlos Batres
Marco Antonio Rodríguez
CONMEBOL
Carlos Amarilla
Héctor Baldassi
Jorge Larrionda
Pablo Pozo
Óscar Ruiz
Carlos Simon
OFC Michael Hester Peter O'Leary UEFA Olegário Benquerença Massimo Busacca Frank De Bleeckere Martin Hansson Viktor Kassai Stephane Lannoy Roberto Rosetti Wolfgang Stark Alberto Undiano Mallenco Howard Webb Group Of World Cup

Group A

Team
 South Africa
Mexico
Uruguay
 France

Group B

Argentina
Nigeria
Korea Republic
Greece

Group C

 England
United States
Algeria
Slovenia

Group D

Germany
Australia
Serbia
Ghana

Group E

Netherlands
Denmark
 Japan
Cameroon

Group F

 Italy
Paraguay
New Zealand
 Slovakia

Group G

Brazil
 Korea DPR
 Côte d'Ivoire
Portugal

Group H

Spain
Switzerland
Honduras
Chile
Watch World Cup Soccer. And support my favorite team Brazil.

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