Knockout stage Main article: 2010 FIFA World Cup knockout stageĪll times listed are South African Standard Time (UTC+02) Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth Group A Main article: 2010 FIFA World Cup Group A The teams placed first and second (shaded in green) qualified to the round of 16. GA = total goals conceded (goals against).Referees 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 RodríguezĬONMEBOL Carlos Amarilla Hector Baldassi Jorge Larrionda Pablo Pozo Oscar Ruiz Carlos Simon OFC Michael Hester Peter O'Leary UEFA Olegario Benquerenca Massimo Busacca Frank De Bleeckere Martin Hansson Viktor Kassai Stephane Lannoy Roberto Rosetti Wolfgang Stark Alberto Undiano Mallenco Howard Webb Matches Group stage Teams were permitted to make late replacements in the event of serious injury, at any time up to 24 hours before their first game. Each participating national association had to confirm their final 23-player squad by 1 June 2010. The following stadiums were all upgraded to meet FIFA specifications:įor more details on this topic, see 2010 FIFA World Cup squads.Įach team's squad for the 2010 World Cup was consisted of 23 players whom 3 must be goalkeepers. The following 32 teams qualified for the final tournament. Host nation South Africa, 2006 world champions Italy and 2006 runners-up France were eliminated in the first round of the tournament. In the final, Spain, the European champions, defeated third-time finalists the Netherlands 1–0 after extra time, with Andrés Iniesta's goal in the 116th minute giving Spain their first world title, the first time that a European nation has won the tournament outside its home continent. These sixteen teams advanced to the knockout stage, where three rounds of play decided which teams would participate in the final. 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. Thirty-two teams were selected for participation via a worldwide qualification tournament that began in August 2007. The matches were played in ten stadiums in nine host cities around the country, with the final played at the Soccer City stadium in South Africa's largest city, Johannesburg. The bidding 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 first African nation to host the finals. It took place in South Africa from 11 June to 11 July 2010. The 2010 FIFA World Cup was the 19th FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national association football teams.
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