19th world backing for men ‘s home association football teams, held in South Africa in 2010
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The 2010 FIFA World Cup was the 19th FIFA World Cup, the earth backing for men ‘s national association football teams. It took set in South Africa from 11 June to 11 July 2010. The invite process for hosting the tournament finals was open only to African nations. In 2004, the international football federation, FIFA, selected South Africa over Egypt and Morocco to become the inaugural african state to host the finals. [ 6 ] The matches were played in 10 stadiums in nine horde cities around the state, [ 7 ] with the opening and final play at the Soccer City stadium in South Africa ‘s largest city, Johannesburg. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] thirty-two teams were selected for participation [ 10 ] via a worldwide reservation tournament that began in August 2007. In the first round of the tournament finals, the teams competed in round-robin groups of four teams for points, with the top two teams in each group proceeding. These 16 teams advanced to the knockout stage, where three rounds of gambling decided which teams would participate in the final. In the concluding, Spain, the european champions, defeated third-time miss finalists the Netherlands 1–0 after extra clock to win their inaugural global title. Spain became the one-eighth state to win the tournament and the beginning european nation to win a World Cup hosted outside its home plate celibate : all previous World Cups held outside Europe had been won by south american nations. They are besides the only national team since 1978 to win a World Cup after losing a bet on in the group stagecoach. As a resultant role of their succeed, Spain represented the World in the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup. Host state South Africa and both 2006 World Cup finalists Italy and France were all eliminated in the first round of the tournament. It was the first time that the hosts had been eliminated in the first round. New Zealand, with their three draws, were the only undefeated team in the tournament, but they were besides eliminated in the first round .

Host choice

Africa was chosen as the host for the 2010 World Cup as part of a ephemeral rotation policy, abandoned in 2007, [ 11 ] to rotate the event among football confederations. Five african nations placed bids to host the 2010 World Cup : Egypt, Morocco, South Africa and a joint bid from Libya and Tunisia. Following the decisiveness of the FIFA Executive Committee not to allow co-hosted tournaments, Tunisia withdrew from the bid serve. The committee besides decided not to consider Libya ‘s alone bid as it nobelium longer met all the stipulations laid down in the official List of Requirements. The winning command was announced by FIFA president Sepp Blatter at a media league on 15 May 2004 in Zürich ; in the first round of vote, South Africa received 14 votes, Morocco received 10 votes and Egypt no votes. South Africa, which had narrowly failed to win the right to host the 2006 event, was frankincense awarded the right to host the tournament. [ 12 ] Campaigning for South Africa to be granted host condition, Nelson Mandela had previously spoken of the importance of football in his life, stating that while incarcerated in Robben Island prison playing football “ made us feel alive and triumphant despite the position we found ourselves in ”. [ 13 ] With South Africa winning their invite, an emotional Mandela raised the FIFA World Cup Trophy. [ 14 ] During 2006 and 2007, rumours circulated in versatile news sources that the 2010 World Cup could be moved to another state. [ 15 ] [ 16 ] Franz Beckenbauer, Horst R. Schmidt, and, reportedly, some FIFA executives expressed concern over the plan, arrangement, and pace of South Africa ‘s preparations. [ 15 ] [ 17 ] FIFA officials repeatedly expressed their confidence in South Africa as server, stating that a contingency plan existed only to cover natural catastrophes, as had been in place at previous FIFA World Cups. [ 18 ]

Bribery and putrescence

On 28 May 2015, media covering the 2015 FIFA corruption case reported that high-level officials from the south African bid committee had secured the right to host the World Cup by paying US $ 10 million in bribes to then-FIFA Vice President Jack Warner and to other FIFA Executive Committee members. [ 19 ] On 4 June 2015, FIFA executive Chuck Blazer, having co-operated with the FBI and the swiss authorities, confirmed that he and the other members of FIFA ‘s executive committee were bribed in order to promote the confederacy african 1998 and 2010 World Cup bids. Blazer stated, “ I and others on the FIFA executive committee agreed to accept bribes in conjunction with the excerpt of South Africa as the host nation for the 2010 World Cup. ” [ 20 ] [ 21 ] On 6 June 2015, The Daily Telegraph reported that Morocco had actually won the vote, but South Africa was awarded the tournament rather. [ 22 ]

qualification

The qualification draw for the 2010 World Cup was held in Durban on 25 November 2007. As the host nation, South Africa qualified automatically for the tournament. As happened in the previous tournament, the defending champions were not given an automatic moor, and Italy had to participate in qualification. With a pool of entrants comprising 204 of the 208 FIFA national teams at the time, the 2010 World Cup shares with the 2008 Summer Olympics the read for most competing nations in a frolic event. Some controversies arose during the qualifications. In the second stage of the play-off between France and the Republic of Ireland, french captain Thierry Henry, spiritual world by the reviewer, handled the testis in the contribute up to a late goal, which enabled France to qualify ahead of Ireland, sparking widespread remark and consider. FIFA rejected a request from the Football Association of Ireland to replay the match, [ 23 ] and Ireland late withdrew a request to be included as an unprecedented 33rd World Cup entrant. [ 25 ] As a result, FIFA announced a review into the habit of technology or extra officials at the highest level, but decided against the widely expected fast-tracking of goal-line referee ‘s assistants for the south african tournament. [ 26 ]
Supporters watching the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, with vuvuzelas Costa Rica complained over Uruguay ‘s winning goal in the CONMEBOL–CONCACAF playoff, [ 27 ] while Egypt and Algeria ‘s November 2009 matches were surrounded by reports of push trouble oneself. On the subject of fairly dally, FIFA President Sepp Blatter said :

I appeal to all the players and coaches to observe this clean play. In 2010 we want to prove that football is more than merely kicking a ball but has social and cultural value … So we ask the players ‘please observe fair play ‘ so they will be an example to the rest of the worldly concern. [ 28 ]

Slovakia was making its first appearance as an autonomous nation but had previously been represented as separate of the Czechoslovakia team that had survive played in the 1990 tournament ; North Korea qualified for the first meter since 1966 ; Honduras and New Zealand were both making their first appearances since 1982 ; and Algeria were at the finals for the first time since the 1986 rival. Serbia besides made its first appearance as an freelancer nation, having previously been portray as Kingdom of Yugoslavia in 1930, as SFR Yugoslavia from 1950 to 1990, as FR Yugoslavia in 1998 and as Serbia and Montenegro in 2006. Teams that failed to qualify for this tournament included Saudi Arabia, which had qualified for the former four tournaments ; Tunisia and Croatia, both of whom had qualified for the previous three finals ; Costa Rica, Ecuador, Poland and Sweden, who had qualified for the former two editions ; 2006 quarter-finalists Ukraine and Euro 2008 semi-finalists Russia and Turkey. The highest graded team not to qualify was Croatia ( ranked 10th ), while the lowest rate team that did qualify was North Korea ( ranked 105th ). As of 2018, this was the survive time South Africa, New Zealand, North Korea, Paraguay, Slovakia and Slovenia qualified for a FIFA World Cup finals, and the last time Costa Rica, Colombia, Iran, Belgium, Croatia and Russia failed to qualify .

list of qualify teams

The following 32 teams, shown with final pre-tournament rankings, [ 29 ] qualified for the concluding tournament .

Preparations

Five raw stadiums were built for the tournament, and five of the existing venues were upgraded. structure costs were expected to be gas constant 8.4 billion ( good over US $ 1 billion or €950 million ). [ 30 ] South Africa besides improved its public enchant infrastructure within the server cities, including Johannesburg ‘s Gautrain and early metro systems, and major road networks were improved. [ 31 ] In March 2009, Danny Jordaan, the president of the 2010 World Cup organising committee, reported that all stadiums for the tournament were on schedule to be completed within six months. [ 32 ] The state implemented especial measures to ensure the safety and security of spectators in accord with standard FIFA requirements, [ 33 ] including a temp limitation of escape operation in the airspace surrounding the stadiums. [ 34 ] At a ceremony to mark 100 days before the event, FIFA president of the united states Sepp Blatter praised the set of the state for the event. [ 35 ]

construction hit

On 8 July 2009, 70,000 construction workers [ 36 ] who were working on the fresh stadiums walked off their jobs. [ 37 ] The majority of the workers receive R 2500 per calendar month ( about £ 192, €224 or US $ 313 ), but the unions alleged that some workers were grossly underpay. A spokesperson for the National Union of Mineworkers said to the SABC that the “ no bring no pay up ” strike would go on until FIFA assessed penalties on the organisers. other unions threatened to strike into 2011. [ 38 ] [ 39 ] The strickle was swiftly resolved and workers were back at cultivate within a week of it starting. There were no far strikes and all stadiums and construction projects were completed in meter for the bang off. [ 40 ]

Prize money

The full trophy money on extend for the tournament was confirmed by FIFA as US $ 420 million ( including payments of US $ 40 million to domestic clubs ), a 60 percentage addition on the 2006 tournament. [ 41 ] Before the tournament, each of the 32 entrants received US $ 1 million for planning costs. once at the tournament, the respect money was distributed as follows : [ 41 ]
In a beginning for the World Cup, FIFA made payments to the domestic clubs of the players representing their home teams at the tournament. This saw a entire of US $ 40 million paid to domestic clubs. This was the result of an agreement reached in 2008 between FIFA and european clubs to disband the G-14 group and drop their claims for compensation dating back to 2005 over the fiscal cost of injuries sustained to their players while on international duty, such as that from belgian club Charleroi S.C. for injury to Morocco ‘s Abdelmajid Oulmers in a friendly game in 2004, and from English club Newcastle United for an injury to England ‘s Michael Owen in the 2006 World Cup. [ 43 ] [ 44 ] [ 45 ]

Venues

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In 2005, the organisers released a probationary list of 13 venues to be used for the World Cup : Bloemfontein, Cape Town, Durban, Johannesburg ( two venues ), Kimberley, Klerksdorp, Nelspruit, Orkney, Polokwane, Port Elizabeth, Pretoria, and Rustenburg. This was narrowed down to the ten-spot venues [ 46 ] that were officially announced by FIFA on 17 March 2006. The altitude of respective venues affected the motion of the ball [ 47 ] and player performance, [ 48 ] [ 49 ] although FIFA ‘s checkup chief downplayed this consideration. [ 50 ] Six of the ten-spot venues were over 1,200 m ( 3,900 foot ) above sea level, with the two Johannesburg venues – the FNB Stadium ( besides known as Soccer City ) and Ellis Park Stadium – the highest at approximately 1,750 m ( 5,740 foot ). [ 51 ] [ 52 ] The FNB Stadium, the Cape Town Stadium and the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth were the most-used venues, each hosting eight matches. Ellis Park Stadium and the Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban hosted seven matches each, while the Loftus Versfeld Stadium in Pretoria, the Free State Stadium in Bloemfontein and the Royal Bafokeng Stadium in Rustenburg hosted six matches each. The Peter Mokaba Stadium in Polokwane and the Mbombela Stadium in Nelspruit hosted four matches each, but did not host any knockout-stage matches .
The following stadiums were all upgraded to meet FIFA specifications :

team base camps

The base camps were used by the 32 national squads to stay and train before and during the World Cup tournament. In February 2010, FIFA announced the basal camps for each participating team. [ 58 ] Fifteen teams were in Gauteng Province, while six teams were based in KwaZulu-Natal, four in the western Cape, three in North West Province and one each in Mpumalanga, the Eastern Cape and the Northern Cape. [ 59 ]

Final describe

The FIFA Organising Committee approved the procedure for the final pull back on 2 December 2009. The seed was based on the October 2009 FIFA World Ranking and seven squads joined hosts South Africa as seeded teams for the final trace. No two teams from the lapp confederation were to be drawn in the lapp group, except allowing a maximum of two european teams in a group. [ 60 ]
The group pull was staged in Cape Town, South Africa, on 4 December 2009 at the Cape Town International Convention Centre. [ 61 ] The ceremony was presented by south african actress Charlize Theron, assisted by FIFA Secretary General Jérôme Valcke. [ 62 ] The balls were drawn by English football star David Beckham and African dissipated figures Haile Gebrselassie, John Smit, Makhaya Ntini, Matthew Booth and Simphiwe Dludlu. [ 63 ]

Opening ceremony

Referees

FIFA ‘s Referees ‘ Committee selected 29 referees through its Refereeing Assistance Programme to officiate at the World Cup : four from the AFC, three from the CAF, six from CONMEBOL, four from CONCACAF, two from the OFC and ten from UEFA. [ 64 ] English referee Howard Webb was chosen to referee the final examination, making him the first person to referee both the UEFA Champions League concluding and the World Cup final examination in the like class. [ 65 ]

Squads

The brazilian and union korean teams before their group stagecoach match As with the 2006 tournament, each team ‘s police squad for the 2010 World Cup consisted of 23 players. Each participating national affiliation had to confirm their final 23-player police squad by 1 June 2010. Teams were permitted to make late replacements in the event of serious wound, at any meter up to 24 hours before their first game. [ 66 ] Of the 736 players participating in the tournament, over half played their baseball club football in five european domestic leagues ; those in England ( 117 players ), Germany ( 84 ), Italy ( 80 ), Spain ( 59 ) and France ( 46 ). [ 67 ] The English, german and italian squads were made up of entirely base based players, while only Nigeria had no players from clubs in their own league. In all, players from 52 national leagues entered the tournament. FC Barcelona of Spain was the club contributing the most players to the tournament, with 13 players of their side travel, 7 with the spanish team, while another 7 clubs contributed 10 players or more. In another first for South Africa 2010, one team included three siblings. Jerry, Johnny and Wilson Palacios made history thanks to their inclusion in Honduras ‘s 23-man list. [ 68 ] Unusually, the game between Germany and Ghana had two brothers playing for diametric nations, with Jérôme Boateng and Kevin-Prince Boateng playing respectively .

Match drumhead

The 32 home teams involved in the tournament together played a full of 64 matches starting from the group stagecoach matches and progressing to the knockout stage matches, with teams eliminated through the assorted progressive stages. Rest days were allocated during the diverse stages to allow players recovery during the tournament. preliminary events were besides held in celebration of the World Cup event. [ 69 ] All times listed in the table below are in South african Standard Time ( UTC+02 ) .

Group stagecoach

The tournament peer schedule was announced in November 2007. [ 73 ] [ 74 ] In the first circle, or group stage, the 32 teams were divided into eight groups of four, with each team playing the early three teams in their group once. Teams were awarded three points for a win, one luff for a draw and none for a defeat. The top two teams in each group advanced to the round of 16. The south american teams performed strongly, with all five advancing to the round of 16 ( four as group winners ), and four far advancing to the quarter-finals. however, merely Uruguay advanced to the semi-finals. Of the six african teams, lone Ghana advanced to the round of 16. South Africa became the first host nation in World Cup history to be eliminated in the first round, despite beating France and drawing with Mexico, while Ghana and Ivory Coast were the alone early african teams to win a match. The overall performance of the African teams, in the foremost World Cup to be hosted on the continent, was judged as disappoint by observers such as Cameroon big Roger Milla. [ 75 ] only six out of the thirteen UEFA teams advanced to the rung of 16, a record low since the initiation of this stage in 1986. Nonetheless, the concluding was contested by two european teams. [ 68 ] In another World Cup inaugural, the two finalists from the preceding tournament, Italy and France, were eliminated at the group stagecoach, with Italy becoming the third defending champions to be eliminated in the first round after Brazil in 1966 and France in 2002. [ 76 ] New Zealand, one of the lowest-ranked teams, surprised many by drawing all three of their group matches, ending the tournament as the only undefeated team .

Tie-breaking criteria for group play

Teams were ranked on the following criteria:[77]

1. Greater number of points in all group matches
2. Goal difference in all group matches
3. Greater 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

Group A

Pos

Team

Pld

W

D

L

GF

GA

GD

Pts

Qualification

1

 Uruguay
3

2

1

0

4

0

+4

7

Advance to knockout stage

2

 Mexico
3

1

1

1

3

2

+1

4

3

 South Africa ( H )

3

1

1

1

3

5

−2

4

4

 France
3

0

1

2

1

4

−3

1

Group B

Pos

Team

Pld

W

D

L

GF

GA

GD

Pts

Qualification

1

 Argentina
3

3

0

0

7

1

+6

9

Advance to knockout stage

2

 South Korea
3

1

1

1

5

6

−1

4

3

 Greece
3

1

0

2

2

5

−3

3

4

 Nigeria
3

0

1

2

3

5

−2

1

Group C

Pos

Team

Pld

W

D

L

GF

GA

GD

Pts

Qualification

1

 United States
3

1

2

0

4

3

+1

5

Advance to knockout stage

2

 England
3

1

2

0

2

1

+1

5

3

 Slovenia
3

1

1

1

3

3

0

4

4

 Algeria
3

0

1

2

0

2

−2

1

Group D

Pos

Team

Pld

W

D

L

GF

GA

GD

Pts

Qualification

1

 Germany
3

2

0

1

5

1

+4

6

Advance to knockout stage

2

 Ghana
3

1

1

1

2

2

0

4

3

 Australia
3

1

1

1

3

6

−3

4

4

 Serbia
3

1

0

2

2

3

−1

3

Group E

Pos

Team

Pld

W

D

L

GF

GA

GD

Pts

Qualification

1

 Netherlands
3

3

0

0

5

1

+4

9

Advance to knockout stage

2

 Japan
3

2

0

1

4

2

+2

6

3

 Denmark
3

1

0

2

3

6

−3

3

4

 Cameroon
3

0

0

3

2

5

−3

0

Group F

Pos

Team

Pld

W

D

L

GF

GA

GD

Pts

Qualification

1

 Paraguay
3

1

2

0

3

1

+2

5

Advance to knockout stage

2

 Slovakia
3

1

1

1

4

5

−1

4

3

 New Zealand
3

0

3

0

2

2

0

3

4

 Italy
3

0

2

1

4

5

−1

2

Group G

Pos

Team

Pld

W

D

L

GF

GA

GD

Pts

Qualification

1

 Brazil
3

2

1

0

5

2

+3

7

Advance to knockout stage

2

 Portugal
3

1

2

0

7

0

+7

5

3

 Ivory Coast
3

1

1

1

4

3

+1

4

4

 North Korea
3

0

0

3

1

12

−11

0

Group H

Pos

Team

Pld

W

D

L

GF

GA

GD

Pts

Qualification

1

 Spain
3

2

0

1

4

2

+2

6

Advance to knockout stage

2

 Chile
3

2

0

1

3

2

+1

6

3

  Switzerland
3

1

1

1

1

1

0

4

4

 Honduras
3

0

1

2

0

3

−3

1

Knockout stagecoach

All times listed are South African Standard Time (UTC+02) The smasher stage comprised the 16 teams that advanced from the group degree of the tournament. There were four rounds of matches, with each round eliminating one-half of the teams entering that round. The consecutive rounds were the round of 16, quarter-finals, semi-finals, and the final examination. There was besides a play-off to decide third base and fourthly place. For each game in the hard stage, any draw at 90 minutes was followed by thirty minutes of extra time ; if scores were distillery level, there was a penalty gunfight to determine who progressed to the following cycle. [ 78 ]

Round of 16

In this round, each group achiever ( A-H ) was paired against the runner-up from another group .

  • South American teams again performed strongly in the round of 16, with four teams advancing to the quarter-finals including Brazil who defeated fellow South Americans Chile.
  • European teams performed even more strongly in the sense that all matches between a European and a non-European team were won by the European team. In the previous edition (2006), they had also achieved this.
  • England’s 4–1 loss to Germany was their biggest ever margin of defeat at a World Cup finals.[79][80] It was also the first time that a World Cup finals match between these two traditional rivals had a decisive result in regulation time, their three previous meetings all being tied at 90 minutes, with two settled in extra time and one in a penalty shootout.
  • Ghana defeated the United States to become the third African team to reach the last eight (after Cameroon in 1990 and Senegal in 2002), and the only African team to have achieved both a top 8 finish and a separate top 16 finish (in 2006).
  • Paraguay and Ghana reached the quarter-finals for the first time.

The round was marked by some controversial referees ‘ decisions, including :

  • A disallowed goal by England in their 4–1 loss against Germany, where the shot by Frank Lampard was seen to cross substantially over the goal line when shown on television broadcast replays.
  • An allowed goal by Argentina in their 3–1 win over Mexico, where Argentine striker Carlos Tevez was seen to be offside when shown on television broadcast replays, which were shown inside the stadium shortly after the incident.

FIFA President Sepp Blatter took the unusual step of apologising to England and Mexico for the decisions that went against them, saying : “ yesterday I spoke to the two federations directly concerned by referees ‘ mistakes [ … ] I apologised to England and Mexico. The English said thank you and accepted that you can win some and you lose some and the Mexicans bowed their head and accepted it. ” [ 81 ] Blatter besides promised to re-open the discussion regarding devices which monitor possible goals and make that information immediately available to match officials, saying : “ We will naturally take on board the discussion on engineering and have the first gear opportunity in July at the business suffer. ” [ 81 ] Blatter ‘s call came less than four months after FIFA general repository Jérôme Valcke said the door was closed on goal-line engineering and television replays after a vote by the IFAB. [ 81 ]

Quarter-finals

The three quarter-finals between european and south american teams all resulted in wins for Europeans. Germany had a 4–0 victory over Argentina, and the Netherlands came from behind to beat Brazil 2–1, handing the Brazilians their beginning loss in a World Cup equal held outside Europe ( other than in a penalty gunfight ) since 1950 when Uruguay won the critical couple 2–1. [ 82 ] Spain reached the final four for the first meter since 1950 after a 1–0 acquire over Paraguay. Uruguay, the merely South American team to reach the semi-finals, overwhelm Ghana in a penalty shoot-out after a 1–1 draw in which Ghana missed a penalty at the end of extra time after Luis Suárez controversially handled the ball on the line .

Semi-finals

The Netherlands qualified for the final for the third time with a 3–2 gain over Uruguay. Spain reached their inaugural ever final with a 1–0 victory over Germany. As a solution, it was the first World Cup final not to feature at least one of Brazil, Italy, Germany or Argentina .

third space play-off

Germany defeated Uruguay 3–2 to secure third gear place. Germany holds the record for most third-place finishes in the World Cup ( 4 ), while Uruguay holds the phonograph record for most fourth-place finishes ( 3 ) .

concluding

The concluding was held on 11 July 2010 at Soccer City, Johannesburg. Spain defeated the Netherlands 1–0, with an extra time goal from Andrés Iniesta. Iniesta scored the latest winning goal in a FIFA World Cup final ( 116 ‘ ). [ 84 ] The succeed gave Spain their first World Cup title, becoming the eighth team to win it. This made them the inaugural new achiever without home advantage since Brazil in 1958, [ 85 ] and the first team to win the tournament after having lost their open crippled. [ 68 ] A large phone number of fouls were committed in the final meet. Referee Howard Webb handed out 14 chicken cards, more than doubling the previous record for this regular, set when Argentina and West Germany shared six cards in 1986, [ 68 ] and John Heitinga of the Netherlands was sent off for receiving a second chicken card. The Netherlands had chances to score, most notably in the sixtieth hour when Arjen Robben was released by Wesley Sneijder to be one-on-one with Spain ‘s goalkeeper Iker Casillas, only for Casillas to save the shoot with an outstretched peg. For Spain, Sergio Ramos missed a release header from a corner gripe when he was overlooked. [ 86 ] Iniesta last broke the deadlock in supernumerary time, scoring a volley shot from a pass by Cesc Fàbregas. [ 87 ] This result marked the beginning fourth dimension that two teams from the lapp celibate had won consecutive World Cups ( following Italy in 2006 ), and saw Europe reaching 10 World Cup titles, surpassing South America ‘s nine titles. Spain became the first base team since West Germany in 1974 to win the World Cup as european champions. The solution besides marked the first time that a european nation had won a World Cup Finals that was not hosted on european land. A shutting ceremony was held before the final, sport singer Shakira. Afterwards, the former South African President Nelson Mandela made a brief appearance on the gear, wheeled in by a motorcart. [ 72 ] [ 88 ]

Statistics

Goalscorers

south african winger Siphiwe Tshabalala was the inaugural player to score a goal in the competition, in their 1–1 draw against Mexico, the open game of the tournament. danish defender Daniel Agger was credited with the first own goal of the tournament, in his english ‘s 2–0 loss to the Netherlands. Argentine striker Gonzalo Higuaín was the lone player to score a hat-trick in the tournament, in Argentina ‘s 4–1 succeed over South Korea. [ 89 ] It was the 49th World Cup hat-trick in the history of the tournament. Spain set a newfangled criminal record for the fewest goals scored by a World Cup-winning team, with eight. [ 86 ] The former phonograph record low was 11, set by Brazil in 1994, England in 1966, [ 86 ] and Italy in 1938. [ 90 ] Spain had the fewest goalscorers for a supporter vitamin a well ( three – Villa with five goals, Iniesta with two and Puyol with one ). [ 68 ] They besides had the fewest goals conceded for a champion ( 2 ), equal with Italy ( 2006 ) and France ( 1998 ). Spain ‘s victory marked the inaugural time that a team won the World Cup without conceding a goal in the hard stage. [ 84 ] The four acme scorers in the tournament had five goals each. All of the four top scorers besides came from the teams that finished in the top four, Spain, the Netherlands, Germany, and Uruguay. The Golden Boot went to Thomas Müller of Germany who had three assists, compared to one for the three others. The Silver Boot went to David Villa of Spain, who played a full of 635 minutes, and the Bronze Boot to Wesley Sneijder of the Netherlands, who played 652 minutes. Diego Forlán of Uruguay had five goals and one help in 654 minutes. A promote three players scored four goals. [ 91 ]

merely 145 goals were scored at South Africa 2010, the lowest of any FIFA World Cup since the tournament switched to a 64-game format. This continued a down swerve since the first 64-game finals were held 12 years earlier, with 171 goals at France 1998, 161 at Korea/Japan 2002 and 147 at Germany 2006. [ 68 ]

discipline

28 players were suspended after being shown two straight yellow cards ( 13 players ), a individual crimson card ( 8 players ), or a jaundiced tease followed by a red card ( 7 players ) .

final standings

 

supporter

 

runner-up

 

Third place

 

Fourth place

 

Quarter-finals

 

Round of 16

 

Group stagecoach curtly after the final, FIFA issued a final ranking of every team in the tournament. The rank was based on advance in the competition, overall results and timbre of the enemy. All 32 teams are ranked based on criteria which have been used by FIFA. The concluding rank was as follows : [ 92 ]

Awards

independent awards

All-Star team

FIFA released an All-Star Team based on the Castrol performance index in its official web site. [ 94 ]

Dream team

For the first gear time, FIFA published a Dream team decided by an on-line public vote. People were invited to select a team ( in a 4–4–2 formation ) and best coach ; vote was open until 23:59 on 11 July 2010, [ 95 ] with entrants going into a draw to win a prize. Six of the football team players came from the spanish team, as did the coach. The remainder of the team comprised two players from Germany, and one each from Brazil, the Netherlands and Uruguay. [ 96 ] [ 97 ]

market

Spain shirt from 2014, autographed by members of the 2010 World Cup-winning squad, on display in Madrid

mascot

The official mascot for the 2010 World Cup was Zakumi, an anthropomorphize African leopard with green hair, presented on 22 September 2008. His name came from “ ZA ” ( the international abbreviation for South Africa ) and the term kumi, which means “ ten ” in diverse african languages. [ 98 ] The mascot ‘s color reflected those of the host nation ‘s play leach – chicken and green .

official song

The official sung of the 2010 World Cup “ Waka Waka ( This time for Africa ) “, was performed by the colombian singer Shakira and the band Freshlyground from South Africa, and is sung in both English and Spanish. [ 99 ] The song is based on a traditional african soldiers ‘ song, “ Zangalewa “. [ 100 ] Shakira and Freshlyground performed the song at the pre-tournament concert in Soweto on 10 June. It was besides sung at the orifice ceremony on 11 June and at the closing ceremony on 11 July. The official hymn of the 2010 World Cup was “ Sign of a Victory “ by R. Kelly with the Soweto Spiritual Singers, which was besides performed at the unfold ceremony .

Match ball

The match ball for the 2010 World Cup, manufactured by Adidas, was named the Jabulani, which means “bringing joy to everyone” in Zulu. It was the eleventh World Cup match ball made by the german sports equipment maker ; it featured eleven colours, representing each musician of a team on the peddle and the football team official languages of South Africa. [ 101 ] [ 102 ] A special catch ball with amber panels, called the Jo’bulani, was used at the concluding in Johannesburg. The ball was constructed using a new blueprint, consisting of eight thermally bonded, cubic panels. These were spherically moulded from ethylene-vinyl acetate ( EVA ) and thermoplastic polyurethanes ( TPU ). The coat of the ball was textured with grooves, a engineering developed by Adidas called GripnGroove [ 103 ] that was intended to improve the ball ‘s aerodynamics. The invention received considerable academic stimulation, being developed in partnership with researchers from Loughborough University, United Kingdom. [ 104 ] The balls were made in China, using latex bladders made in India, thermoplastic polyurethane-elastomer from Taiwan, ethylene vinyl acetate rayon, isotropic polyester/cotton framework, and glue and ink from China. [ 105 ] Some football stars complained about the newfangled ball, arguing that its movements were unmanageable to predict. [ 106 ] brazilian goalkeeper Júlio César compared it to a “ supermarket ” ball that favored strikers and worked against goalkeepers. [ 107 ] argentinian coach Diego Maradona said : “ We wo n’t see any long passes in this World Cup because the ball does n’t fly straight. ” [ 108 ] however, a number of Adidas-sponsored [ 109 ] [ 110 ] [ 111 ] players responded favorably to the ball .

Vuvuzelas

A homo sounding a vuvuzela The 2010 finals amplified international populace awareness of the vuvuzela, a long horn blown by fans throughout matches. [ 112 ] [ 113 ] [ 114 ] [ 115 ] Many World Cup competitors complained about the noise caused by the vuvuzela horns, including France ‘s Patrice Evra, who blamed the horns for the team ‘s poor performance. [ 116 ] other critics include Lionel Messi, who complained that the heavy of the vuvuzelas hampered communication among players on the pitch, [ 117 ] and circulate companies, which complained that commentators ‘ voices were drowned out by the sound. [ 118 ] Others watching on television complained that the ambient audio feed from the stadium contained only the sounds of the vuvuzelas with the usual sounds of people in the stands drowned out. [ 119 ] [ 120 ] A spokesperson for ESPN and other networks said that they were taking steps to minimise the ambient randomness on their broadcasts. [ 121 ] The BBC besides investigated the hypothesis of offering broadcasts without vuvuzela make noise. [ 122 ]

The sponsors of the 2010 World Cup are divided into three categories : FIFA Partners, FIFA World Cup Sponsors and National Supporters. [ 123 ] [ 124 ] [ 125 ] [ 126 ]

event effects

A FIFA World Cup Trophy Tour airplane, sponsored by Coca-Cola. ( 2010 )

Social

Tournament organiser Danny Jordaan dismissed concerns that the attack on the Togo national team which took station in Angola in January 2010, had any relevance to the security system arrangements for the World Cup. [ 153 ] There were besides reports of thefts against visitors to the country for the World Cup. Tourists from China, Portugal, Spain, South Korea, Japan and Colombia had become victims of crime. [ 154 ] On 19 June after the match between England and Algeria, a fan was able to break through the FIFA-appointed security staff at Green Point stadium and gain access to the England team dressing board. The breach took home shortly after Prince William and Prince Harry had left the room. The intruder was then released before he could be handed over to the Police. English FA lodged a dinner dress ailment with FIFA and demanded that security system be increased. [ 155 ]

resettlement and eviction

Police patrol Blikkiesdorp, a settlement for the evicted. As with many ‘hallmark events ‘ throughout the global, [ 156 ] the 2010 FIFA World Cup has been connected to evictions, [ 157 ] [ 158 ] [ 159 ] [ 160 ] [ 161 ] which many claim are meant to ‘beautify the city ‘, print visiting tourists, and hide shackdwellers. On 14 May 2009, the Durban-based shack-dwellers ‘ motion Abahlali baseMjondolo took the natal government to court over their controversial elimination and Prevention of Re-Emergence of Slums Act, meant to eliminate slums in South Africa and put homeless shackdwellers in transit camps in time for the 2010 World Cup. [ 162 ] [ 163 ] Another outstanding controversy surrounding preparations for the World Cup was the N2 Gateway house project in Cape Town, which planned to remove over 20,000 residents from the Joe Slovo Informal Settlement along the busy N2 Freeway and build rental flats and bond-houses in its place in clock for the 2010 World Cup. [ 164 ] NGOs, external human rights organisations, and the Anti-Eviction Campaign have publicly criticised the conditions in Blikkiesdorp and said that the camp has been used to accommodate poor families evicted to make way for the 2010 World Cup. [ 161 ] [ 165 ] [ 166 ] [ 167 ] however some have argued that evictions are normally common in South Africa and that in the leave up to the tournament many evictions were mistakenly ascribed to the World Cup. [ 168 ]

economy

Some groups experienced complications in regards to scheduled sporting events, advertising, or air, as FIFA attempted to maximise operate of media rights during the Cup. Affected parties included an international rugby union Test match, a confederacy african airline, and some television networks, all of whom were involved in diverse legal struggles with World Cup organisers. [ 169 ] [ 170 ] [ 171 ] During the tournament, group ticket-holders who did not utilise all their allotted tickets led to some early-round matches having ampere many as 11,000 unoccupied seats. [ 172 ] While the event did help to boost the persona of South Africa, financially it turned out to be a major disappointment. [ 173 ] construction costs for venues and infrastructure amounted to £3 billion ( €3.6 billion ), and the politics expected that increased tourism would help to offset these costs to the sum of £570 million ( €680 million ). however, alone £323 million ( €385 million ) were actually taken in angstrom 309,000 alien fans came to South Africa, well below the ask number of 450,000. [ 173 ] local vendors were prohibited from selling food and merchandise within a 1.5 kilometer radius of any stadium hosting a World Cup equal. For a seller to operate within the radius, a registration fee of R 60,000 ( approximately to US $ 7,888 or €6,200 ), had to be paid to FIFA. This fee was out of most local vendors ‘ reach, as they are elementary one-man-operated vendors. This prevent external visitors from experiencing local anesthetic South african food. Some local vendors felt cheated out of an opportunity for fiscal gain and spreading south african culture, in favor of multinational corporations. [ 174 ] FIFA president of the united states Sepp Blatter declared the event “ a huge fiscal success for everybody, for Africa, for South Africa and for FIFA, ” with tax income to FIFA of £2.24 billion ( €2 billion ). [ 175 ]

quality

In a December 2010 Quality Progress, FIFA President Blatter rated South Africa ‘s organizational efforts a nine out of 10 scale, declaring that South Africa could be considered a design B for all future competitions. The south african Quality Institute ( SAQI ) assisted in facility construction, event promotion, and organisations. The independent write out listed in the article was miss of sufficient public exile. [ 176 ]

Media

Broadcasting

production set of the FIFA external circulate center during the event The 2010 FIFA World Cup was expected to be the most-watched television receiver consequence in history. [ 177 ] Hundreds of broadcasters, representing about 70 countries, transmitted the Cup to a television hearing that FIFA officials expect to exceed a accumulative 26 billion people, an average of approximately 400 million viewers per equal. FIFA estimated that around 700 million viewers would watch the World Cup final. [ 178 ] New forms of digital media have besides allowed viewers to watch coverage through option means. “ With games airing live on cell phones and computers, the World Cup will get more on-line coverage than any major clean consequence even, ” said Jake Coyle of the Associated Press. [ 179 ] In the United States, ABC, ESPN and ESPN2 averaged a 2.1 rating, 2,288,000 households and 3,261,000 viewers for the 64 World Cup games. The rate was up 31 percentage from a 1.6 in 2006, while households increased 32 percentage from 1,735,000 and viewers rose from 2,316,000. The increases had been eminent while the US remained in the tournament. Through the first gear 50 games, the evaluation was up 48 percentage, households increased 54 percentage and viewers rose 60 percentage. Univision averaged 2,624,000 viewers for the tournament, up 17 percentage, and 1,625,000 households, an increase of 11 percentage. [ 180 ] An executive of the Nielsen Company, a leading consultation research firm in the US, described the aggregate numbers for both networks ‘ coverage of the match between the United States and Ghana as “ phenomenal ”. [ 181 ] Live World Cup streaming on ESPN3.com pulled in some of the largest audiences in history, as 7.4 million unique viewers tuned in for matches. In sum, ESPN3.com generated 942 million minutes of viewing or more than two hours per unique viewer. All 64 alive matches were viewed by an average of 114,000 persons per infinitesimal. Most impressive were the numbers for the semi-final between Spain and Germany, which was viewed by 355,000 people per infinitesimal, making it ESPN3.com ‘s largest average hearing ever. [ 182 ]

Filming

Sony technology was used to film the tournament. 25 of the matches were captured using 3D cameras. [ 183 ] Footage was captured in 3D through Sony ‘s proprietary multi-image MPE-200 processors, housed in specially designed 3D outside circulate trucks. [ 184 ] It supplied its flagship HDC-1500 television camera deoxyadenosine monophosphate well as its new HDC-P1 unit, a compress, point-of-view ( POV ) -type camera with 3, 2/3-inch CCD sensors. [ 185 ] The 3D games were produced for FIFA by Host Broadcast Services. [ 186 ]

Video games

In PlayStation Home, Sony has released a virtual distance based on the 2010 FIFA World Cup in the japanese version of Home on 3 December 2009. This virtual quad is called the “ FevaArena ” and is a virtual stadium of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, featuring unlike areas for events, a FIFA mini-game, and a denounce with FIFA relate content. [ 187 ] On 27 April 2010, EA Sports released the official 2010 World Cup television game. [ 188 ]

FIFA Fan Fest

FIFA expanded the FIFA Fan Fest, hosting in Sydney, Buenos Aires, Berlin, Paris, Rome, Rio de Janeiro and Mexico City, arsenic well as several venues around South Africa. [ 189 ] The Durban Fan Fest was the most popular in South Africa during the tournament followed by the Cape Town Fan Fest. [ 190 ]

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