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FIFA World Cup 2010
The 2010 FIFA World Cup took place in South Africa from June 11 to July 11, 2010. Thirty-two teams battled for the world title. Netherlands and Spain played in the final game with Spain winning in extra time, 1-0.
262 Questions
What is the name of the trophy if you are playing from in the NFC?
George Halas (longtime leader of the Chicago Bears) Trophy.
What were the results of the match between Cameroon and Denmark in the 2010 FIFA World Cup?
Denmark defeated Cameroon. The statistics of the match are as follows:
Cameroon 1-2 DenmarkJune 19, 2010 (20:30)
Managers:
- Paul Le Guen (Cameroon)
- Morten Olsen (Denmark)
Man of the Match: Daniel Agger (Denmark)
Location: Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria
Attendance: 38,074
Head Referee: Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay)
Cameroon's Goalscorer: Samuel Eto'o - 10th minute
Denmark's Goalscorers: Nicklas Bendtner - 33rd minute, Dennis Rommedahl - 61st minute
Yellow Cards: 4
- Sébastien Bassong - 49th minute (Cameroon)
- Stephane Mbia - 75th minute (Cameroon)
- Thomas Sørensen - 86th minute (Denmark)
- Simon Kjær - 87th minute (Denmark)
Red Cards: None
List national football teams in order from best to last?
This will help: http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/ranking/lastranking/gender=m/fullranking.html
How many goals did Lionel Messi score in the 2010 world cup?
Lionel Messi did not score any goals in the 2010 World Cup, although he scored 4 goals for his country in the 2010 World Cup qualifying stage.
Who was the goal keeper of Spain in FIFA World Cup?
The goalkeeper of Spain was the Real Madrid goalkeeper Lker Casillas.
What is the meaning of 'Zakumi' - the mascot of FIFA World Cup 2010?
What is the 'Wavin' Flag' Celebration Re-mix?
"Wavin' Flag" (Celebration Re-mix) is the adaption to the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
The original song, performed by K'naan, was selected as the Coca-Cola anthem for the World Cup. However, the Coca-Cola company noted the song's negative lyrics, referring to "wars...poor people zone...struggling to fight...for food..." and decided that they did not fit with the spirit of the World Cup. They decided to change some of the lyrics to go with the World Cup.
K'naan is stated as saying that the FIFA World Cup and the Olympic Games are the only times where his original song's lyrics do not apply. The World Cup is a time where countries forget their prior conflicts and come together, to compete for the cup.
In retrospect to this, Mexico was having another Civil War (which was also dubbed as a Drug War). When the FIFA World Cup was around the corner, both sides agreed to a truce, and came together to compete in the World Cup. It is believed that the Mexican National Football Team (which competed in the cup) contains players on both sides of the conflict.
What is the hidden message in the 2010 FIFA World Cup logo?
First up, take a look at South Africa's flag, with an emphasis on it's colours; Red, Blue, Green, Gold & Black.
Secondly, take a look at the African continent, look at it's shape.
Now, look at the FIFA 2010 World Cup - South Africa logo. What do you see? Behind the figure, you'll see a stylized version of the African continent made up of the colours of the South African flag. What this means is;
1) the World Cup is in South Africa, hence the colours
2) South Africa is a diverse, multicultural country, hence the many colours
3) the shape of the African continent to emphasis that while this World Cup is hosted in South Africa, it is also for Africa.
Now, the figure. No, it is not a skinny black dude. South Africa is considered the cradle of mankind. Some of the oldest pre-modern human remains have been discovered here. Because of this, South African caves are adorned with very old rock paintings and if you have ever seen rock paintings depicting humans anywhere in the world, you'll see a similarity between them and the black figure in the logo. Also, South Africa's oldest residents, the Khoisan, also known as Bushmen by the rest of the world, painted their history on rocks in a similar fashion to early humans. And these rocks are generally a reddish-brown in colour with mostly black "painting", hence the orange and black of the figure and this backround. You'll also notice orange and black is the colour of the World Cup. The black figure, while being a stylized image of a footballer doing an over-head kick, is also a homage to the importance of South Africa in human evolution and pays respect to it's earliest inhabitants' "artwork".
Then in the top left, in blue, is a stylized version of the World Cup trophy, similar to what can be found in the Kore/Japan logo of 2002. This could also be South Africa paying respect to the first country outside of Europe & the Americas to host a World Cup. South Africa's way of relating to them for being another first.
See, nothing malicious
Why was the Netherland's jersey orange if their flag has no orange?
Orange is the traditional colour associated with the House of Orange, the Royal Family of the Netherlands. The Dutch national flag in the past was orange-white-blue as well as red-white-blue.
Many countries do not base their sporting colours on their flag. Australia uses Green and Gold, for example, even though they are not its official flag colours. The German national soccer team usually play in white even though their flag is black, red and gold.
FIFA is the overall governing federation for the whole world. each region is split into other federations with the US's being CONCACAF. this includes the US, Canada, central America countries and the Bahamas. depending on how many teams are in your region, that region gets X amount of teams in the world cup.
Overview of the 2010 FIFA World Cup?
The 2010 FIFA World Cup marked the first time that a host country and a previous tournament's finalists could not advance to the Round of 16, with South Africa, France, and Italy all being eliminated in the Group Stage.
The World Cup also saw the return of the tradition of having an opening ceremony, following the cancellation of the 2006 one.
The official mascot is Zakumi, whose colors represent the team colors of South Africa.
The FIFA Executive Committee also selected Colombian singer, Shakira's, "Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)" as the 2010 FIFA World Cup Official Theme Song and is sung in English and Spanish. The song is performed by Shakira and South Africa's own FreshlyGround. Shakira and FreshlyGround sang the song at both the opening ceremony and the closing ceremony. The official anthem, "Sign of a Victory" by R. Kelly, is used for accompanying matches. "Game On", the official mascot song plays whenever Zakumi appears on the playing field. All three songs appear in Listen Up! The Official 2010 FIFA World Cup Album released on May 31.
Coca-Cola's selected anthem, "Wavin' Flag (Celebration Re-mix)" by K'naan, has also gained widespread notoriety, being sung in 6 different languages. The 2010 FIFA World Cup also holds the record among its predecessors for having the most theme songs (official and unofficial) at seven songs and one anthem.
The official match ball, manufactured by Adidas, was named the Jabulani meaning "bringing joy to everyone" in Zulu. Players have complained about the ball, which was made to fit the new specifications set by FIFA, stating that the movements of the ball are unpredictable. For the final match in Johannesburg, a special ball was made named the Jo'bulani.
Qualifying TeamsAs the hosts, South Africa was granted automatic qualification for the World Cup. 31 other nations qualified for a total of 32 competing teams. Asian Football Confederation (AFC)- Australia
- Japan
- Korea Republic (South Korea)
- Korea DPR (North Korea/The Democratic People's Republic of Korea)
- Algeria
- Cameroon
- Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)
- Ghana
- Nigeria
- South Africa
- Honduras
- Mexico
- United States
- Argentina
- Brazil
- Chile
- Uruguay
- Paraguay
- New Zealand
- Denmark
- England
- France
- Germany
- Greece
- Italy
- Netherlands
- Portugal
- Serbia
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Spain
- Switzerland
- $8 million - to each team exiting after the Group Stage (16 teams)
- $9 million - to each team exiting after the Round of 16 (8 teams)
- $14 million - to each team exiting after the Quarter-finals (4 teams)
- $18 million - to the team that receives fourth place
- $20 million - to the team that receives third place
- $24 million - to the runner-up team
- $30 million - to the FIFA World Cup champion
- City: Johannesburg
- Capacity: 84,490
- City: Cape Town
- Capacity: 64,100
- City: Durban
- Capacity: 62,760
- City: Johannesburg
- Capacity: 55,686
- City: Pretoria
- Capacity: 42,858
- City: Port Elizabeth
- Capacity: 42,486
- City: Polokwane
- Capacity: 41,733
- City: Nelspruit
- Capacity: 40,929
- City: Bloemfontein
- Capacity: 40,911
- City: Rustenburg
- Capacity: 38,646
- Koman Coulibaly (Mali)
- Jerome Damon (South Africa)
- Eddy Maillet (Seychelles)
- Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)
- Ravshon Irmatov (Uzbekistan)
- Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia)
- Olegário Benquerença (Portugal)
- Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)
- Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)
- Martin Hansson (Sweden)
- Viktor Kassai (Hungary)
- Stéphane Lannoy (France)
- Roberto Rosetti (Italy)
- Wolfgang Stark (Germany)
- Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain)
- Howard Webb (England)
- Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)
- Benito Archundia (Mexico)
- Carlos Batres (Guatemala)
- Marco Antonio RodrÃguez (Mexico)
- Michael Hester (New Zealand)
- Peter O'Leary (New Zealand)
- Héctor Baldassi (Argentina)
- Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay)
- Pablo Pozo (Chile)
- Óscar Ruiz (Colombia)
- Carlos Eugênio Simon (Brazil)
- MartÃn Vázquez (Uruguay)
- South Africa 1-1 Mexico
- Uruguay 0-0 France
June 16
- South Africa 0-3 Uruguay
June 17
- France 0-2 Mexico
June 22
- Mexico 0-1 Uruguay
- France 1-2 South Africa
Results: Uruguay and Mexico advance to the Round of 16. South Africa and France are eliminated from the competition.
Group B - (Argentina, Korea Republic, Greece, Nigeria)June 12- Korea Republic 2-0 Greece
- Argentina 1-0 Nigeria
June 17
- Argentina 4-1 Korea Republic
- Greece 2-1 Nigeria
June 22
- Nigeria 2-2 Korea Republic
- Greece 0-2 Argentina
Results: Argentina and Korea Republic advance to the Round of 16. Greece and Nigeria are eliminated from the competition.
Group C - (United States, England, Slovenia, Algeria)June 12- England 1-1 United States
June 13
- Algeria 0-1 Slovenia
June 18
- Slovenia 2-2 United States
- England 0-0 Algeria
June 23
- Slovenia 0-1 England
- United States 1-0 Algeria
Results: The United States and England advance to the Round of 16. Slovenia and Algeria are eliminated from the competition.
Group D - (Germany, Ghana, Australia, Serbia)June 13- Serbia 0-1 Ghana
- Germany 4-0 Australia
June 18
- Germany 0-1 Serbia
June 19
- Ghana 1-1 Australia
June 23
- Ghana 0-1 Germany
- Australia 2-1 Serbia
Results: Germany and Ghana advance to the Round of 16. Australia and Serbia are eliminated from the competition.
Group E - (Netherlands, Japan, Denmark, Cameroon)June 14- Netherlands 2-0 Denmark
- Japan 1-0 Cameroon
June 19
- Netherlands 1-0 Japan
- Cameroon 1-2 Denmark
June 24
- Denmark 1-3 Japan
- Cameroon 1-2 Netherlands
Results: The Netherlands and Japan advance to the Round of 16. Denmark and Cameroon are eliminated from the competition.
Group F - (Paraguay, Slovakia, New Zealand, Italy)June 14- Italy 1-1 Paraguay
June 15
- New Zealand 1-1 Slovakia
June 20
- Slovakia 0-2 Paraguay
- Italy 1-1 New Zealand
June 24
- Slovakia 3-2 Italy
- Paraguay 0-0 New Zealand
Results: Paraguay and Slovakia advance to the Round of 16. New Zealand and Italy are eliminated from the competition.
Group G - (Brazil, Portugal, Côte d'Ivoire, Korea DPR)June 15- Côte d'Ivoire 0-0 Portugal
- Brazil 2-1 Korea DPR
June 20
- Brazil 3-1 Côte d'Ivoire
June 21
- Portugal 7-0 Korea DPR
June 25
- Portugal 0-0 Brazil
- Korea DPR 0-3 Côte d'Ivoire
Results: Brazil and Portugal advance to the Round of 16. Côte d'Ivoire and Korea DPR are eliminated from the competition.
Group H - (Spain, Chile, Switzerland, Honduras)June 16- Honduras 0-1 Chile
- Spain 0-1 Switzerland
June 21
- Chile 1-0 Switzerland
- Spain 2-0 Honduras
June 25
- Chile 1-2 Spain
- Switzerland 0-0 Honduras
Results: Spain and Chile advance to the Round of 16. Switzerland and Honduras are eliminated from the competition.
Knockout StageRound of 16June 26- Uruguay 2-1 Korea Republic
- United States 1-2 Ghana (a.e.t.)
Results: Uruguay and Ghana advance to the Quarter-finals. The United States and Korea Republic are eliminated from the competition.
June 27
- Germany 4-1 England
- Argentina 3-1 Mexico
Results: Germany and Argentina advance to the Quarter-finals. England and Mexico are eliminated from the competition.
June 28
- Netherlands 2-1 Slovakia
- Brazil 3-0 Chile
Results: Netherlands and Brazil advance to the Quarter-finals. Slovakia and Chile are eliminated from the competition.
June 29
- Paraguay 0-0 (5-3 pen.) Japan
- Spain 1-0 Portugal
Results: Spain and Paraguay advance to the Quarter-finals. Japan and Portugal are eliminated from the competition.
Quarter-finalsJuly 2- Netherlands 2-1 Brazil
- Uruguay 1-1 (4-2 pen.) Ghana
Results: Netherlands and Uruguay advance to the Semi-finals. Brazil and Ghana are eliminated from the competition.
July 3
- Argentina 0-4 Germany
- Paraguay 0-1 Spain
Results: Germany and Spain advance to the Semi-finals. Paraguay and Argentina are eliminated from the competition.
Semi-finalsJuly 6- Uruguay 2-3 Netherlands
July 7
- Germany 0-1 Spain
Results: Spain and Netherlands advance to the Finals. Germany and Uruguay are eliminated from the competition for the FIFA World Cup. However, they still compete for third place.
Third Place MatchJuly 10 (20:30) Germany 3-2 UruguayLocation: Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Stadium
Attendance: 36,254
Head Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico)
Germany's Goalscorers: Thomas Müller - 19th minute, Marcell Jansen - 56th minute, Sami Khedira - 82nd minute
Uruguay's Goalscorers: Edinson Cavani - 28th minute, Diego Forlán - 51st minute
Yellow Cards: 4
- Dennis Aogo - 5th minute (Germany)
- Cacau - 7th minute (Germany)
- Diego Pérez - 61st minute (Uruguay)
- Arne Friedrich - 92nd minute (Germany)
Red Cards: None
Results: Germany is awarded the bronze medal. Uruguay is left in fourth place.
Final MatchA closing ceremony was held before the final, featuring Colombian singer, Shakira. Afterwards, the former-South African President Nelson Mandela made a brief appearance on the pitch, wheeled in by a motorcart.During the final match, a series of terrorist bombings occurred in Kampala, Uganda timed to coincide with the match, killing 74 and injuring 70 others. The bombings occurred near the 90th minute of the match, targeting crowds that were watching the match, in response to the Ugandan support for the African Union Mission to Somalia.
July 11 (20:30)
Netherlands 0-1 Spain (a.e.t)Location: Soccer City, Johannesburg
Attendance: 84,490
Head Referee: Howard Webb (England)
Spain's Goalscorer: Andrés Iniesta
Yellow Cards: 14
- Robin van Persie - 15th minute (Netherlands)
- Carles Puyol - 16th minute (Spain)
- Mark van Bommel - 22nd minute (Netherlands)
- Sergio Ramos - 23rd minute (Spain)
- Nigel de Jong - 28th minute (Netherlands)
- Giovanni van Bronckhorst - 54th minute(Netherlands)
- John Heitinga - 57th, 109th minute(Netherlands)
- Joan Capdevila - 67th minute (Spain)
- Arjen Robben - 84th minute (Netherlands)
- Gregory van der Wiel - 111th minute (Netherlands)
- Joris Mathijsen - 117th minute (Netherlands)
- Andrés Iniesta - 118th minute (Spain)
- Xavi - 121st minute (Spain)
Red Cards: 1
- Player: John Heitinga (Netherlands)
- Reason: Double yellow cards
- Time: 109th minute
Results: Spain is crowned the 2010 FIFA World Cup champion, winning for the first time a FIFA World Cup. The Netherlands is declared runner-up and receives the silver medal. The final marked the third time the Netherlands was runner-up. A Netherlands-fan was quoted as saying: ...we now have to add 2010 to the list, along with 1974 and 1978. It truly is "Neverland" for the Netherlands.
AwardsGolden Boot Award- Thomas Müller (Germany)
- Diego Forlán (Uruguay)
- Iker Casillas (Spain)
- Thomas Müller (Germany)
- Spain
2nd - Netherlands
Semi-finalists3rd - Germany4th - Uruguay
Quarter-finalists5th - Argentina6th - Brazil
7th - Ghana
8th - Paraguay
Eliminated in the Round of 169th - Japan10th - Chile
11th - Portugal
12th - United States
13th - England
14th - Mexico
15th - Korea Republic
16th - Slovakia
Eliminated in the Group Stage17th - Côte d'Ivoire18th - Slovenia
19th - Switzerland
20th - South Africa
21st - Australia
22nd - New Zealand
23rd - Serbia
24th - Denmark
25th - Greece
26th - Italy
27th - Nigeria
28th - Algeria
29th - France
30th - Honduras
31st - Cameroon
32nd - Korea DPR
Additional InformationAs a first, Australia competed under the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) after switching from the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) in 2006.New Zealand was the only undefeated team in the World Cup. Having only played three matches, it tied all three, but was unable to advance to the Round of 16.
The tournament also produced an interesting record as the top four goalscorers were from each of the four highest placing countries: David Villa (Spain - champions), Wesley Sneijder (Netherlands - runner-up), Thomas Müller (Germany - third place), and Diego Forlán (Uruguay - fourth place). All four players scored five goals each.
This World Cup brought Brazil's FIFA rating (based partly on performance in a previous World Cup and partly on performance on qualifications for the next World Cup) from 1st to 3rd.
The 2010 FIFA World Cup shares with the 2008 Summer Olympics the record for most competing nations in a sporting event. The tournament had an attendance of 3,178,856 total at its matches and accumulated 2.6 billion viewers worldwide.
The tournament also included its own oracle. Paul the Oracle Octopus from the Sea Life Centre in Germany was made internationally famous for predicting correctly 8 times out of 8 predictions. Paul correctly predicted all 7 of Germany's matches and the outcome of the final match between Spain and the Netherlands. Prior to each of those 8 matches, the keepers placed two boxes in front of Paul, each containing a mussel and labeled with the flag of the competing countries. Whichever box Paul ate out of was predicted to be the winner. Paul was an international star overnight in Spain and received death threats from the German public.
Major ControversiesKorea DPR (North Korea) was widely criticized with its decision to change the channels broadcasting the match between Korea DPR and Portugal. When the North Korean leaders realized that the Korea DPR team was going to lose to Portugal, they ordered the television companies broadcasting the match in North Korea to change the channels so that the public would not see its nation lose at such a landslide (7-0). The channels were changed after Portugal scored the fourth goal against Korea DPR.The Netherlands' team received the most yellow cards at 22 and one red, while Spain won the FIFA Fair Play Trophy. This sparked outrage among Netherlands' supporters as they supposedly saw Spain's players faking most of the fouls made by Netherlands' players. The Netherlands team received 9 yellow cards in the final match while Spain received 5.
In the match of the United States and Slovenia in the Group Stage, the United States was trailing Slovenia 0-2. Against the odds, the United States caught up and leveled the game at 2-2. Near the matches end during a corner kick, a United States player was able to head the ball into the goal for the winning goal. The head referee, Koman Coulibaly, called an offsides, disallowing the goal without being able to produce an explanation for his decision. The replay cameras on the television broadcastings clearly showed that players were not offsides. It also showed that they were two Slovenian players illegally grabbing United States players. The game ended in a 2-2 tie. Enraged United States-supporters sent tapes of the match to the FIFA Executive Committee. After examining the tapes, they ruled that Coulibaly called a misjudgement. FIFA punished Coulibaly, preventing him from refereeing any future games.
In the match of Portugal and Spain in the Round of 16 while the game was tied at 0-0, Spanish striker David Villa scored Spain's only and winning goal from an offside move in the 63rd minute (0.22 meters according to ESPN axis). ESPN axis showed that the referee wasn't standing on the offside line and thus his vision was obscured by players between himself and Villa.
In the match of England and Germany in the Round of 16 while Germany lead 2-1, an English midfielder shot the ball and hit the crossbar and then the ground, before bouncing straight up which allowed German goalkeeper Manuel Neuer to grab the ball. The head referee and assistants were unable to see the goal and disallowed it. England lost its chance to catch up to Germany and continued on to lose 4-1, its worst defeat in FIFA history. England-supporters protested to FIFA President Sepp Blatter to implement goal line technology to challenge on-field authority.
In the match of Argentina and Mexico in the Round of 16 while the game was tied at 0-0, an Argentinean player was able to score in an offsides positions. Head referee Roberto Rosetti allowed the goal enraging Mexican players and supporters. Argentina continued to win against Mexico in a 3-1 match.
In response to the mistakes for the England versus Germany match and Argentina versus Mexico match, FIFA President Sepp Blatter apologized to the English and Mexican Football Confederations for the referee misjudgments that went against them and promised to reopen discussions on implementing technology to aid in the judgment of match officials.
How do you download waka waka video?
Download ares or others and then download the song ( waka waka ) the video
Yes, his wife is called Sofia. They fell in love when they were teenagers. They got married in Montevideo in 2009.
How do you change commentators on fifa 2010 game?
To whoever posted this question, I'm not sure how to change commentators but I will try to find out. I will post an answer as soon as I find out. Just wanted to let you know I was on the case, and to be on the lookout for a reply.
Why are the Netherland's Football outfit orange?
"I don't think there is a main reason. The 'International' badge of the Netherlands is primarily made of Orange. It may be associated with the history of the badge being Orange, or that orange is made up on their national flag." It is more likely to be linked to the history of the Dutch Royal House, which has been known as the House of Orange since the 15th Century.
[Source: Official website of the Dutch Royal House - http://www.koninklijkhuis.nl/english/content.jsp?objectid=13345]
Why did Spain have to win the FIFA 2010 World Soccer Cup is it because they had the octopus?
Spain won the world cup , because they play the passing and keping the bal the Barcelona way, and score goals after frustrating the other team.
jabulani is a Zulu word meaning rejoice. it was the world cup 2010 south Africa game ball
