Dutch centre back John Heitinga was sent off for two yellow card fouls.ĭutch strongarm tactics kept the match goalless for 90 minutes, but Andres Iniesta scored in extra-time to give Spain their first World Cup win. Soccerex conventions 2007 to 2009 will also be moved from Dubai to Gauteng. It will be the first time the tournament is staged in Africa.

The final was a crunching, negative affair with 14 yellow cards, more than doubling the previous record for the showpiece match. The 2010 Fifa World Cup will be held in South Africa between the 11^th June and 11^th July 2010. fifa world cup 2010

The Dutch dug deep to beat Slovakia 2-1, Brazil by the same score and Uruguay 3-2 to book their final place. They saw off Germany by the same score to reach the final. The 2010 FIFA World Cup was an international football tournament held in South Africa from 11 June until 11 July 2010. But European powerhouses Netherlands and Spain swept aside allcomers to reach the final.Įuropean champions Spain beat Cristiano Ronaldo's Portugal in the second round and Paraguay in the quarter-finals, both 1-0. England were thrashed 4-1 by old rivals Germany in the last 16. Booking a berth at the 2010 FIFA World Cup has also got Les Bleus the distinction of having made it to the World Cup finals for the fourth year in a row. Only six out of 13 European qualifiers reached the second round, a record low. France has been one of the most popular teams after the 98 World Cup win, with Zinedine Zidane, Fabien Barthez and Didier Deschamps becoming some of the most popular footballers in the world.

And of six African nations present only Ghana made it past the first round before bowing out in the quarter-finals.

The host nation tumbled out after the group stages however. South Africa hosted the first World Cup in Africa which was intended as another coming of age event for the former apartheid nation. The 2010 FIFA World Cup was the 19th edition of the FIFA World Cup, the global championship tournament in mens association football, held across 10 cities.

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