FIFA World Cup 2010

South Africa
Teams
Playing venues
Matches		 32
10
64
Opening match
Final		 Soccer City
Soccer City
Average venue capacity
Largest venue
Smallest venue
No. of matches per venue (avg)		 51,857 seats
Soccer City (88,460 seats)
Royal Bafokeng SP (38,646 seats)
6.4

 

Johannesburg

Soccer City (88,460 seats)

Matches:
Group A – South Africa 1-1 Mexico (opening match)
Group E – Netherlands 2-0 Denmark
Group B – Argentina 4-1 Korea Republic
Group G – Brazil 3-1 Côte d’Ivoire
Group D – Ghana 0-1 Germany
Round of 16 – Argentina 3-1 Mexico
Quarter-final – Uruguay 0-0 Ghana
Final – Netherlands 0-1 Spain

Cape Town

Green Point Stadium (64,100 seats)

Matches:
Group A – Uruguay 0-0 France
Group F – Italy 1-1 Paraguay
Group C – England 0-0 Algeria
Group G – Portugal 7-0 Korea DPR
Group E – Cameroon 1-2 Netherlands
Round of 16 – Spain 1-0 Portugal
Quarter-final – Argentina 0-4 Germany
Semi-final – Uruguay 2-3 Netherlands

Durban

Moses Mabhida Stadium (62,760 seats)

Matches:
Group D – Germany 4-0 Australia
Group H – Spain 0-1 Switzerland
Group E – Netherlands 1-0 Japan
Group B – Nigeria 2-2 Korea Republic
Group G – Portugal 0-0 Brazil
Round of 16 – Netherlands 2-1 Slovakia
Semi-final – Germany 0-1 Spain

Port Elizabeth

Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium (42,486 seats)

Matches:
Group B – Korea Republic 2-0 Greece
Group G – Côte d’Ivoire 0-0 Portugal
Group D – Germany 0-1 Serbia
Group H – Chile 1-0 Switzerland
Group C – Slovenia 0-1 England
Round of 16 – Uruguay 2-1 Korea Republic
Quarter-final – Netherlands 2-1 Brazil
Third-place – Uruguay 2-3 Germany

Johannesburg

Ellis Park Stadium (55,686 seats)

Matches:
Group B – Argentina 1-0 Mexico
Group G – Brazil 2-1 Korea DPR
Group C – Slovenia 2-2 USA
Group H – Spain 2-0 Honduras
Group F – Slovakia 3-2 Italy
Round of 16 – Brazil 3-0 Chile
Quarter-final – Paraguay 0-1 Spain

Tshwane/Pretoria

Loftus Versfeld Stadium (42,858 seats)

Matches:
Group D – Serbia 0-1 Ghana
Group A – South Africa 0-3 Uruguay
Group E – Cameroon 1-2 Denmark
Group C – USA 1-0 Algeria
Group H – Chile 1-2 Spain
Round of 16 – Paraguay 0-0 Japan

Mangaung/Bloemfontein

Free State Stadium (40,911 seats)

Matches:
Group D – Japan 1-0 Cameroon
Group B – Greece 2-1 Nigeria
Group F – Slovakia 0-2 Paraguay
Group A – France 1-2 South Africa
Group H – Switzerland 0-0 Honduras
Round of 16 – Germany 4-1 England

Rustenburg

Royal Bafokeng Stadium (38,646 seats)

Matches:
Group C – England 1-1 USA
Group F – New Zealand 1-1 Slovakia
Group D – Ghana 1-1 Australia
Group A – Mexico 0-1 Uruguay
Group E – Denmark 1-3 Japan
Round of 16 – USA 1-2 Ghana

Polokwane

Peter Mokaba Stadium (41,733 seats)

Matches:
Group C – Algeria 0-1 Slovenia
Group A – France 0-2 Mexico
Group B – Greece 0-2 Argentina
Group F – Paraguay 0-0 New Zealand

Nelspruit

Mbombela Stadium (40,929 seats)

Matches:
Group H – Honduras 0-1 Chile
Group F – Italy 1-1 New Zealand
Group D – Australia 2-1 Serbia
Group G – Korea DPR 0-3 Côte d’Ivoire