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[h2]Final draw
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The FIFA Organising Committee approved the procedure for the Final Draw on 2 December 2009. The seeding was based on the October 2009 FIFA World Ranking and seven squads joined hosts South Africa as seeded teams for the Final Draw. The committee also approved the composition of the other pots as well as the procedure for the final draw. Pot 2 was composed of teams from Asia, Oceania, and North and Central America and the Caribbean. Pot 3 included teams from Africa and South America. Pot 4 had the remaining European teams.

Hosts South Africa was automatically positioned as A1; the other seeded teams were drawn into the other groups B–H, but were always in position 1 of their group. Groups were drawn from A to H and the positions in the group were drawn for Pots 2 to 4. Geographical criteria also were respected, meaning that no two teams from the same confederation were drawn in the same group (except European teams, where a maximum of two will be in a group); i.e., South Africa cannot play the African teams from Pot 3 and Argentina and Brazil cannot be drawn against the three remaining South American teams. The first two African teams drawn from Pot 3 are placed with Argentina and Brazil. Similarly, hosts South Africa may not be paired with any of the other African nations (also placed in Pot 3).

South Africa  Brazil  Spain  Netherlands  Italy  Germany  Argentina  England	Australia  Japan  Korea DPR  Korea Republic  Honduras  Mexico  United States  New Zealand	Algeria  Cameroon  Côte d'Ivoire  Ghana  Nigeria  Chile  Paraguay  Uruguay	Denmark  France  Greece  Portugal  Serbia  Slovakia  Slovenia  Switzerland

[th=""] Pot 1 (Host & Top seven)[/th][th=""] Pot 2 (Asia, North America & Oceania)[/th][th=""] Pot 3 (Africa & South America)[/th][th=""] Pot 4 (Europe)[/th]

The group draw was staged in Cape Town, South Africa, at 19:00 (UTC+2) on 4 December 2009 at the Cape Town International Convention Centre.[sup][24][/sup] The ceremony was presented by South African actress Charlize Theron, assisted by FIFA Secretary General Jérôme Valcke.[sup][25][/sup] The balls were drawn by English football star David Beckham and African sporting figures Haile Gebreselassie, John Smit, Makhaya Ntini, Matthew Booth and Simphiwe Dludlu

 

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[h2]Referees[/h2]
FIFA selected the following referees to officiate at the World Cup:

AFC Khalil Al Ghamdi Ravshan Irmatov Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh 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

[h2]Squads[/h2]
As with the 2006 tournament, each team's squad for the 2010 World Cup consists of 23 players. Each participating national association must confirm their final 23-player squad by 1 June 2010. Teams are permitted to make late replacements in the event of serious injury, at any time up to 24 hours before their first game
[h2]Matches[/h2]
 

All times are South African Standard Time (UTC+2)
[h3]Group stage[/h3]
In the following tables:

• Pld = total games played
• W = total games won
• D = total games drawn (tied)
• L = total games lost
• GF = total goals scored (goals for)
• GA = total goals conceded (goals against)
• GD = goal difference (GF−GA)
• Pts = total points accumulated

The teams placed first and second (shaded in green) qualified to the round of 16.
[h4]Tie-breaking criteria[/h4]
For the World Cup tournament, FIFA uses the following criteria to rank teams in the Group Stage.

1. greatest number of points in all group matches;
2. goal difference in all group matches;
3. greatest number of goals scored in all group matches;
4. greatest number of points in matches between tied teams;
5. goal difference in matches between tied teams;
6. greatest number of goals scored in matches between tied teams;
7. drawing of lots by the FIFA Organising Committee.

[h4]Group A[/h4]
 

South Africa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  Mexico 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  Uruguay 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  France 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 [th=""] Team v   •  d   •  e [/th][th=""]Pld[/th][th=""]W[/th][th=""][/th][th=""]L[/th][th=""]GF[/th][th=""]GA[/th][th=""]GD[/th][th=""]Pts[/th]

11 June 2010
South Africa	Match 1	Mexico	Soccer City, Johannesburg
Uruguay	Match 2	France	Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town
16 June 2010
South Africa	Match 17	Uruguay	Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria
17 June 2010
France	Match 20	Mexico	Peter Mokaba Stadium, Polokwane
22 June 2010
Mexico	Match 33	Uruguay	Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg
France	Match 34	South Africa	Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein

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[h4]Group B[/h4]
 

Argentina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  Nigeria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  Korea Republic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  Greece 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 [th=""] Team v   •  d   •  e [/th][th=""]Pld[/th][th=""]W[/th][th=""][/th][th=""]L[/th][th=""]GF[/th][th=""]GA[/th][th=""]GD[/th][th=""]Pts[/th]

12 June 2010
Korea Republic	Match 3	Greece	Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth
Argentina	Match 4	Nigeria	Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg
17 June 2010
Argentina	Match 18	Korea Republic	Soccer City, Johannesburg
Greece	Match 19	Nigeria	Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein
22 June 2010
Nigeria	Match 35	Korea Republic	Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban
Greece	Match 36	Argentina	Peter Mokaba Stadium, Polokwane

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[h4]Group C[/h4]
 

England 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  United States 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  Algeria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  Slovenia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 [th=""] Team v   •  d   •  e [/th][th=""]Pld[/th][th=""]W[/th][th=""][/th][th=""]L[/th][th=""]GF[/th][th=""]GA[/th][th=""]GD[/th][th=""]Pts[/th]

12 June 2010
England	Match 5	United States	Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg
13 June 2010
Algeria	Match 6	Slovenia	Peter Mokaba Stadium, Polokwane
18 June 2010
Slovenia	Match 22	United States	Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg
England	Match 23	Algeria	Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town
23 June 2010
Slovenia	Match 37	England	Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth
United States	Match 38	Algeria	Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria

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[h4]Group D[/h4]
 

Germany 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  Australia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  Serbia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  Ghana 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 [th=""] Team v   •  d   •  e [/th][th=""]Pld[/th][th=""]W[/th][th=""][/th][th=""]L[/th][th=""]GF[/th][th=""]GA[/th][th=""]GD[/th][th=""]Pts[/th]

13 June 2010
Serbia	Match 7	Ghana	Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria
Germany	Match 8	Australia	Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban
18 June 2010
Germany	Match 21	Serbia	Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth
19 June 2010
Ghana	Match 25	Australia	Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg
23 June 2010
Ghana	Match 39	Germany	Soccer City, Johannesburg
Australia	Match 40	Serbia	Mbombela Stadium, Nelspruit

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[h4]Group E[/h4]
 

Netherlands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  Denmark 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  Japan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  Cameroon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 [th=""] Team v   •  d   •  e [/th][th=""]Pld[/th][th=""]W[/th][th=""][/th][th=""]L[/th][th=""]GF[/th][th=""]GA[/th][th=""]GD[/th][th=""]Pts[/th]

14 June 2010
Netherlands	Match 9	Denmark	Soccer City, Johannesburg
Japan	Match 10	Cameroon	Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein
19 June 2010
Netherlands	Match 24	Japan	Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban
Cameroon	Match 26	Denmark	Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria
24 June 2010
Denmark	Match 43	Japan	Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg
Cameroon	Match 44	Netherlands	Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town

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[h4]Group F[/h4]
 

Italy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  Paraguay 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  New Zealand 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  Slovakia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 [th=""] Team v   •  d   •  e [/th][th=""]Pld[/th][th=""]W[/th][th=""][/th][th=""]L[/th][th=""]GF[/th][th=""]GA[/th][th=""]GD[/th][th=""]Pts[/th]

14 June 2010
Italy	Match 11	Paraguay	Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town
15 June 2010
New Zealand	Match 12	Slovakia	Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg
20 June 2010
Slovakia	Match 27	Paraguay	Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein
Italy	Match 28	New Zealand	Mbombela Stadium, Nelspruit
24 June 2010
Slovakia	Match 41	Italy	Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg
Paraguay	Match 42	New Zealand	Peter Mokaba Stadium, Polokwane

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[h4]Group G[/h4]
 

Brazil 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  Korea DPR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  Côte d'Ivoire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  Portugal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 [th=""] Team v   •  d   •  e [/th][th=""]Pld[/th][th=""]W[/th][th=""][/th][th=""]L[/th][th=""]GF[/th][th=""]GA[/th][th=""]GD[/th][th=""]Pts[/th]

15 June 2010
Côte d'Ivoire	Match 13	Portugal	Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth
Brazil	Match 14	Korea DPR	Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg
20 June 2010
Brazil	Match 29	Côte d'Ivoire	Soccer City, Johannesburg
21 June 2010
Portugal	Match 30	Korea DPR	Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town
25 June 2010
Korea DPR	Match 45	Côte d'Ivoire	Mbombela Stadium, Nelspruit
Portugal	Match 46	Brazil	Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban

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[h4]Group H[/h4]

Spain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  Switzerland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  Honduras 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  Chile 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 [th=""] Team v   •  d   •  e [/th][th=""]Pld[/th][th=""]W[/th][th=""][/th][th=""]L[/th][th=""]GF[/th][th=""]GA[/th][th=""]GD[/th][th=""]Pts[/th]

16 June 2010
Honduras	Match 15	Chile	Mbombela Stadium, Nelspruit
Spain	Match 16	Switzerland	Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban
21 June 2010
Chile	Match 31	Switzerland	Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth
Spain	Match 32	Honduras	Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg
25 June 2010
Chile	Match 47	Spain	Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria
Switzerland	Match 48	Honduras	Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein

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[h2]Knockout stage[/h2]
 

At the knockout stage (including the final), if a match is level at the end of 90 minutes, extra time of two periods (15 minutes each) will be played. If the score is still level after extra time, the match will be decided on penalty kicks.

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

26 June – Port Elizabeth

Winners of Group A

2 July – Johannesburg

Runners-up of Group B

Winners of Match 49

26 June – Rustenburg

Winners of Match 50

Winners of Group C

6 July – Cape Town

Runners-up of Group D

Winners of Match 58

28 June – Durban

Winners of Match 57

Winners of Group E

2 July – Port Elizabeth

Runners-up of Group F

Winners of Match 53

28 June – Johannesburg

Winners of Match 54

Winners of Group G

11 July – Johannesburg

Runners-up of Group H

Winners of Match 61

27 June – Johannesburg

Winners of Match 62

Winners of Group B

3 July – Cape Town

Runners-up of Group A

Winners of Match 52

27 June – Bloemfontein

Winners of Match 51

Winners of Group D

7 July – Durban

Runners-up of Group C

Winners of Match 59

29 June – Pretoria

Winners of Match 60

Third place

Winners of Group F

3 July – Johannesburg

10 July – Port Elizabeth

Runners-up of Group E

Winners of Match 55

Losers of Match 61

29 June – Cape Town

Winners of Match 56

Losers of Match 62

Winners of Group H

Runners-up of Group G

[h4]Round of 16[/h4]

26 June 2010 16:00	Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth

[th=""]Winners of Group A

[/th][th=""]Match 49[/th][th=""]

Runners-up of Group B[/th]

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26 June 2010 20:30	Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg

[th=""]Winners of Group C

[/th][th=""]Match 50[/th][th=""]

Runners-up of Group D[/th]

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27 June 2010 16:00	Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein

[th=""]Winners of Group D

[/th][th=""]Match 51[/th][th=""]

Runners-up of Group C[/th]

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27 June 2010 20:30	Soccer City, Johannesburg

[th=""]Winners of Group B

[/th][th=""]Match 52[/th][th=""]

Runners-up of Group A[/th]

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28 June 2010 16:00	Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban

[th=""]Winners of Group E

[/th][th=""]Match 53[/th][th=""]

Runners-up of Group F[/th]

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28 June 2010 20:30	Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg

[th=""]Winners of Group G

[/th][th=""]Match 54[/th][th=""]

Runners-up of Group H[/th]

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29 June 2010 16:00	Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria

[th=""]Winners of Group F

[/th][th=""]Match 55[/th][th=""]

Runners-up of Group E[/th]

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29 June 2010 20:30	Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town

[th=""]Winners of Group H

[/th][th=""]Match 56[/th][th=""]

Runners-up of Group G[/th]

[h4]Quarter-finals[/h4]

2 July 2010 16:00	Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth

[th=""]Winners of Match 53

[/th][th=""]Match 57[/th][th=""]

Winners of Match 54[/th]

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2 July 2010 20:30	Soccer City, Johannesburg

[th=""]Winners of Match 49

[/th][th=""]Match 58[/th][th=""]

Winners of Match 50[/th]

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3 July 2010 16:00	Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town

[th=""]Winners of Match 52

[/th][th=""]Match 59[/th][th=""]

Winners of Match 51[/th]

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3 July 2010 20:30	Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg

[th=""]Winners of Match 55

[/th][th=""]Match 60[/th][th=""]

Winners of Match 56[/th]

[h4]Semi-finals[/h4]

6 July 2010 20:30	Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town

[th=""]Winners of Match 58

[/th][th=""]Match 61[/th][th=""]

Winners of Match 57[/th]

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7 July 2010 20:30	Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban

[th=""]Winners of Match 59

[/th][th=""]Match 62[/th][th=""]

Winners of Match 60[/th]

[h4]Third place play-off[/h4]

10 July 2010 20:30	Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth

[th=""]Losers of Match 61

[/th][th=""]Match 63[/th][th=""]

Losers of Match 62[/th]

[h4]Final[/h4]

11 July 2010 20:30	Soccer City, Johannesburg

[th=""]Winners of Match 61

[/th][th=""]Match 64[/th][th=""]

Winners of Match 62[/th]

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[h2]Prize money and club payments[/h2]
The total prize money on offer for the tournament was confirmed by FIFA as $420 million, a 60 percent increase on the 2006 tournament. Before the tournament, each participating team would receive $1 million, for preparation costs. Once at the tournament, teams exiting at the group stage would receive $8 million. Thereafter, the prize money would be distributed as follows:

• $9 million - Round of 16
• $18 million - Quarter-finals
• $20 million - Semi-finals
• $24 million - Runners up
• $30 million - Winners

 

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[h2]Venues[/h2]

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In 2005, the organisers released a provisional list of twelve venues to be used for the World Cup: Bloemfontein, Cape Town, Durban, Johannesburg (two venues), Kimberley, Nelspruit, Orkney, Polokwane, Port Elizabeth, Pretoria, and Rustenburg. This was narrowed down to ten venues[sup] [/sup]which were officially announced by FIFA on 17 March 2006:

Soccer City	Moses Mabhida Stadium[sup][3][/sup]	Cape Town Stadium[sup][4][/sup]	Ellis Park Stadium	Loftus Versfeld Stadium
26°14′5.27″S 27°58′56.47″E / 26.2347972°S 27.9823528°E / -26.2347972; 27.9823528 (Soccer City)	29°49′46″S 31°01′49″E / 29.82944°S 31.03028°E / -29.82944; 31.03028 (Moses Mabhida Stadium)	33°54′12.46″S 18°24′40.15″E / 33.9034611°S 18.4111528°E / -33.9034611; 18.4111528 (Cape Town Stadium)	26°11′51.07″S 28°3′38.76″E / 26.1975194°S 28.0607667°E / -26.1975194; 28.0607667 (Ellis Park Stadium)	25°45′12″S 28°13′22″E / 25.75333°S 28.22278°E / -25.75333; 28.22278 (Loftus Versfeld Stadium)
Capacity: 94,700	Capacity: 70,000	Capacity: 69,070	Capacity: 62,567	Capacity: 51,760
Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium	Free State Stadium	Peter Mokaba Stadium	Royal Bafokeng Stadium	Mbombela Stadium
33°56′16″S 25°35′56″E / 33.93778°S 25.59889°E / -33.93778; 25.59889 (Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium)	29°07′02.25″S 26°12′31.85″E / 29.1172917°S 26.2088472°E / -29.1172917; 26.2088472 (Free State Stadium)	23°55′29″S 29°28′08″E / 23.924689°S 29.468765°E / -23.924689; 29.468765 (Peter Mokaba Stadium)	25°34′43″S 27°09′39″E / 25.5786°S 27.1607°E / -25.5786; 27.1607 (Royal Bafokeng Stadium)	25°27′42″S 30°55′47″E / 25.46172°S 30.929689°E / -25.46172; 30.929689 (Mbombela Stadium)
Capacity: 48,000	Capacity: 48,000	Capacity: 46,000	Capacity: 44,530	Capacity: 43,589

[th=""] Johannesburg [/th][th=""] Durban [/th][th=""] Cape Town [/th][th=""] Johannesburg [/th][th=""] Pretoria [/th] [th=""] Port Elizabeth [/th][th=""] Bloemfontein [/th][th=""] Polokwane [/th][th=""] Rustenburg [/th][th=""] Nelspruit [/th]

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[niketalker23]

already a thread bro..

http://niketalk.com/topic/221425?page=1

 

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Oh my bad. I looked but must have missed it.

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