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South Africa, Football World Cup, 2010, is coming.
By Mark on June 4, 2010
On friday 11th June 2010, the 19th FIFA World Cup, begins in South Africa and is scheduled to take place between 11 June and 11 July 2010. It is the premier international football tournament and includes 32 teams from around the World and this will be the first time, this competition has ever taken place in the African Continent. So well done to South Africa.
The FIFA World Cup, the Football World Cup or the Soccer World Cup, is usually referred to as the World Cup, it is a international association football competition for the men’s national football and these teams are teams members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA),which is known as the sport’s global governing body. The competition takes place every four years since it began back in 1930, except in 1942 and 1946 when it was not contested because of World War II.
So how it works the tournement consists of 32 teams competing for the title at venues within the host nation or nations and normally goes on for about a month – this phase is often called the World Cup Finals. They normally have a three year qualfication phase, it they goes on to determine which teams qualify for the tournament together with the host nation(s).
Over the past 18 tournaments which have been held, it has come to show that seven nations have won the title. The main nations happens to be Brazil they have won the World Cup a record five times, on top of that they are the only team to have played in every tournament. The current champions, Italy, have won competition four, with Germany winning the title three times. There are other nations that have won this tournenment before they are Uruguay, winners of the inaugural tournament, and Argentina, with two titles each, and England and France, with one title each.
For some amazing reason the football World Cup is the most widely-viewed sporting event in the world, are there have been reports of estimated viewers going up to 715.1 million people who watched the final match of the 2006 World Cup held in Germany. The next World Cup will be held in South Africa, between 11 June and 11 July 2010, and the 2014 World Cup will be held in Brazil.
Below is a Youtube video of ‘Wavin Flag’, the official World Cup Song.
So which teams have qualified for this tournement,
The Final Groups:
Group A has South Africa, Mexico, Uruguay and France,
Group B Argentina, Nigeria, Korea Republic and Greece,
Group C England, United States, Algeria and Slovenia,
Group D Germany, Australia, Serbia and Ghana,
Group E Netherlands, Denmark, Japan and Cameroon,
Group F Italy, Paraguay, New Zealand and Slovakia,
Group G Brazil, Korea DPR, Ivory Coast and Portugal,
Group H Spain, Switzerland, Honduras and Chile.
and the stadiums that will be in use are:
Johannesburg, Soccer City, 91,141
Durban, Moses Mabhida Stadium, 70,000
Cape Town, Cape Town Stadium, 69,070
Johannesburg, Ellis Park Stadium, 62,567
Pretoria, Loftus Versfeld Stadium, 51,760
Port Elizabeth, Nelson Mandela Bay, 48,000
Bloemfontein, Free State Stadium, 48,000
Polokwane, Peter Mokaba Stadium, 46,000
Rustenburg, Royal Bafokeng Stadium, 44,530
Nelspruit, Mbombela Stadium, 43,589,
Below is a Youtube video, one of the unofficial England football anthems, enjoy!.
Over here in England we are very passionate about our football, you will see flags and banners on houses, shops, pubs and vechicles, as seen in the video above, we all want England to win the 2010 World Cup, GOOD LUCK ENGLAND AND JAPAN FROM THE TEAM AT VIRTUALTRIPPING.COM.
- Learn about the 2010 FIFA World Cup on Wikipedia:
- Learn about the FIFA World Cup on Wikipedia:
- Learn about the 2006 FIFA World Cup on Wikipedia:
- Learn about the South African Football Association on Wikipedia:
- Learn about South Africa Football National Team on Wikipedia:
- Find South Africa on Google Maps:
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