19th FIFA World Cup


The premier international football tournament will take place in South Africa between 11 June 2010 and 11 July 2010 .This will be the first time that the tournament has been hosted by an African nation, after South Africa defeated Morocco and Egypt in an all-African bidding process. Now only Oceania Football Confederation is left yet to host the FIFA World Cup.

There are 32 teams divided into 8 groups to fight for the coveted Jules Rimet Trophy.

    Football Confederation                                                      Teams

1. Asian Football Confederation (AFC)                               4

  1.   Australia      
  2.   Japan
  3.   North Korea
  4.   South Korea   

2. Confederation Of African Football (CAF)                        6

  1.     Algeria
  2.     Cameroon
  3.     Ghana
  4.     Ivory Coast
  5.     Nigeria
  6.     South Africa
3. Confederation of North, Central American                     3
     and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF)

  1. Honduras
  2. Mexico
  3. United States
4. South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL) 5

  1.  Argentina
  2.  Brazil
  3.  Chile
  4.  Paraguay
  5.  Uruguay
5. Oceania Football Confederation (OFC)                             1
  1. New Zealand
6. European Union (UEFA)                                                      13
  1.  Denmark
  2.  England
  3.  France
  4.  Germany
  5.  Greece
  6.  Italy
  7.  Netherland
  8.  Porugal
  9. Serbia
  10.  Slovakia
  11.  Slovenia
  12.  Spain
  13.  Switzerland
Whole world will watch players like Kaka, Cristiano Ronaldo, Wayne Rooney, Lionel Messi, Xavi Alonso, Dani Alves, Lucio, Nicolas Anelka, Samuel Eto, Didier Drogba, Fernando Torres, Lukas Podolski etc. And Coaches like Diego Maradona, Dunga, Fabio Capello.
But we are missing players like David Bekham, Rio Ferdinand, Balack due to injury also.

This is the first World Cup that does not include any teams that are qualifying for the first time, although two of the qualifiers (Slovakia and Serbia) have previously appeared only as parts of former competing nations. Slovakia was previously part of Czechoslovakia, and Serbia has competed as part of Yugoslavia and Serbia and Montenegro.

The opening cermony will be held on 11 June,2010. And after that first game will be played between
host South Africa and Mexico and second game will be between Uruguay and France.

With the start of the first game of  'Bafna Bafna'(nick name of South African Team), it will signal the beginning of what many hope to be the opportunity for not only South Africa but Africa as a whole.
Long seen as the poorest cousin in the world, hosting the biggest sports event in the world illustrates just how far the 'dark continent' has come.


Some Facts:

1.  Official Ball           Jabulani  by ADIDAS.

2.  Total Teams          32.

3.  Total Matches       64.

4.  Players &              1600.
     Support Staff

5.  Countries               214.
     Watching

6.  TV Channels          376.

7.  Stadiums                10.
                                   Cape Town, Durban, Johannesburg, Rustenburg, Nelspruit, Bloemfontein, 
                                    Port Elizabeth, Polokwane, Pretoria.

8.  For the first time Eco- friendly Gersy will be used by 9 countries. These are manufactured by NIKE
     (Considered Jersey) from recycled plastic bottles which are sourced from Japanese and Tiawanese     
      landfill.