Tournament
details
Host country South Africa
Dates 11 June – 11 July
Teams 32 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s) 10 (in 9 host cities)
The 19th FIFA 2010 World cup tournament
is scheduled to take place between11th June and 20th
July 2010 in South Africa for the first time to be hosted
by an African nation.Italy are the defending champions.
The draw for the finals took placeon 4 December 2009.
The FIFA World Cup matches the summer olympic gamesas
the sports event with the most competing nations.
The schedule of group stage matches is
as under (time hours in brackets local time):
11-06-2010 - RSA Vs MEX (1500) &
URU Vs FRA (1930)
12-06-2010 - KOR Vs GRE (1230), ARG Vs
NGA (1500)& ENG Vs USA (1930)
13-06-2010 - ALG Vs SVN (1230), SRB Vs
GHA (1500) & GER Vs AUS (1930)
15-06-2010 - NZL Vs SVK (1230), CIV Vs
POR (1500) & BRA Vs PRK (1930)
16-06-2010 - HON Vs CHI (1230), ESP Vs
SUI (1500) & RSA Vs URU (1930)
17-06-2010 - ARG Vs KOR (1230), GRE Vs
NGA(1500) & FRA Vs MEX (1930)
18-06-2010 - GER Vs SRB (1230), SVN Vs
USA(1500) & ENG Vs ALG (1930)
19-06-2010 - NED Vs JPN (1230), GHA Vs
AUS(1500) & CMR Vs DEN (1930)
20-06-2010 - SVK Vs PAR (1230), ITA Vs
NZL (1500) & BRA Vs CIV (1930)
21-06-2010 - POR Vs PRK (1230), CHI Vs
SUI (1500) & ESP Vs HON (1930)
22-06-2010 - FRA Vs RSA (1500), MEX Vs
URU (1500), GRE Vs ARG (1930) &
NGA Vs KOR (1930)
23-06-2010 - SVN Vs ENG (1500), USA Vs
ALG (1500), AUS Vs SRB (1930) &
GHA VsGER (1930)
24-06-2010 - PAR Vs NZL (1500), SVK Vs
ITA (1500), CMR Vs NED (1930) &
DEN Vs JPN (1930)
25-06-2010 - PRK Vs CIV (1500), POR Vs
BRA (1500), CHI Vs ESP (1930) &
SUI Vs HON (1930)
Last 16 elimination will be held between
26th June and 29th June, Quarter finals on 2nd and 3rd
July \, semi-finals on 6th and 7th july, 3rd place on
10th july and finals on 11th july, 2010.
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