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The 2010 FIFA World Cup, also branded as South Africa 2010, was the 19th FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national football teams. It took place in South Africa from 11 June to 11 July 2010. 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.[1]

The matches were played in 10 stadiums in nine host cities around the country,[2] with the opening and final played at the Soccer City stadium in South Africa's largest city, Johannesburg.[3][4] Thirty-two teams were selected for participation[5] via a worldwide qualification tournament that began in August 2007. 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. These 16 teams advanced to the knockout stage, where three rounds of play decided which teams would participate in the final.

In the final, Spain, the European champions, defeated third-time losing finalists the Netherlands 1–0 after extra time to win their first world title. Spain became the eighth nation to win the tournament and the first European nation to win a World Cup hosted outside its home continent: all previous World Cups held outside Europe had been won by South American nations. They are also the first national team since 1978 to win a World Cup after losing a game in the group stage. As a result of their win, Spain represented the World in the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup. Host nation South Africa were eliminated in the group stage along with both 2006 World Cup finalists Italy and France. It was the first time that the hosts had been eliminated in the first stage. New Zealand, with their three draws, were the only undefeated team in the tournament, but they were also eliminated in the group stage.

Host selection

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Main article: FIFA World Cup hosts § 2010 FIFA World Cup

Africa was chosen as the host for the 2010 World Cup as part of a short-lived rotation policy, abandoned in 2007,[6] to rotate the event among football confederations. Five African nations placed bids to host the 2010 World Cup: Egypt, Morocco, South Africa and a joint bid from Libya and Tunisia.

Following the decision of the FIFA Executive Committee not to allow co-hosted tournaments, Tunisia withdrew from the bidding process. The committee also decided not to consider Libya's solo bid as it no longer met all the stipulations laid down in the official List of Requirements.

The winning bid was announced by FIFA president Sepp Blatter at a media conference on 15 May 2004 in Zürich; in the first round of voting, South Africa received 14 votes, Morocco received 10 votes and Egypt no votes. South Africa, which had narrowly failed to win the right to host the 2006 event, was thus awarded the right to host the tournament.[7] Campaigning for South Africa to be granted host status, Nelson Mandela had previously spoken of the importance of football in his life, stating that while incarcerated in Robben Island prison playing football "made us feel alive and triumphant despite the situation we found ourselves in".[8] With South Africa winning their bid, an emotional Mandela raised the FIFA World Cup Trophy.[9]

During 2006 and 2007, rumours circulated in various news sources that the 2010 World Cup could be moved to another country.[10][11] Franz Beckenbauer, Horst R. Schmidt, and, reportedly, some FIFA executives expressed concern over the planning, organisation, and pace of South Africa's preparations.[10][12] FIFA officials repeatedly expressed their confidence in South Africa as host, stating that a contingency plan existed only to cover natural catastrophes, as had been in place at previous FIFA World Cups.[13]

Bribery and corruption

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On 28 May 2015, media covering the 2015 FIFA corruption case reported that high-ranking officials from the South African bid committee had secured the right to host the World Cup by paying US$10 million in bribes to then-FIFA Vice President Jack Warner and to other FIFA Executive Committee members.[14]

On 4 June 2015, FIFA executive Chuck Blazer, having co-operated with the FBI and the Swiss authorities, confirmed that he and the other members of FIFA's executive committee were bribed in order to promote the South African 1998 and 2010 World Cup bids. Blazer stated, "I and others on the FIFA executive committee agreed to accept bribes in conjunction with the selection of South Africa as the host nation for the 2010 World Cup."[15][16]

On 6 June 2015, The Daily Telegraph reported that Morocco had actually won the vote, but South Africa was awarded the tournament instead.[17]

Qualification

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Main article: 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification

The qualification draw for the 2010 World Cup was held in Durban on 25 November 2007. As the host nation, South Africa qualified automatically for the tournament. As happened in the previous tournament, the defending champions were not given an automatic berth, and Italy had to participate in qualification. With a pool of entrants comprising 204 of the 208 FIFA national teams at the time, the 2010 World Cup shares with the 2008 Summer Olympics the record for most competing nations in a sporting event.

Some controversies arose during the qualifications. In the second leg of the play-off between France and the Republic of Ireland, French captain Thierry Henry, unseen by the referee, handled the ball in the lead up to a late goal, which enabled France to qualify ahead of Ireland, sparking widespread comment and debate. FIFA rejected a request from the Football Association of Ireland to replay the match,[18] and Ireland later withdrew a request to be included as an unprecedented 33rd World Cup entrant.[19][20] As a result, FIFA announced a review into the use of technology or extra officials at the highest level, but decided against the widely expected fast-tracking of goal-line referee's assistants for the South African tournament.[21]

Supporters watching the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, with vuvuzelas.

Costa Rica complained over Uruguay's winning goal in the CONMEBOL–CONCACAF playoff,[22] while Egypt and Algeria's November 2009 matches were surrounded by reports of crowd trouble. On the subject of fair play, FIFA President Sepp Blatter said:

I appeal to all the players and coaches to observe this fair play. In 2010 we want to prove that football is more than just kicking a ball but has social and cultural value ... So we ask the players 'please observe fair play' so they will be an example to the rest of the world.[23]

Slovakia was making its first appearance as an independent nation but had previously been represented as part of the Czechoslovakia team that had last played in the 1990 tournament; North Korea qualified for the first time since 1966; Honduras and New Zealand were both making their first appearances since 1982; Algeria were at the finals for the first time since the 1986 competition; and Greece qualified for the first time since 1994. Serbia also made its first appearance as an independent nation, having previously been present as Kingdom of Yugoslavia in 1930, as SFR Yugoslavia from 1950 to 1990, as FR Yugoslavia in 1998 and as Serbia and Montenegro in 2006.

Teams that failed to qualify for this tournament included Saudi Arabia, which had qualified for the previous four tournaments; Tunisia and Croatia, both of whom had qualified for the previous three finals; Costa Rica, Ecuador, Poland and Sweden, who had qualified for the previous two editions; 2006 quarter-finalists Ukraine and Euro 2008 semi-finalists Russia and Turkey. The highest ranked team not to qualify was Croatia (ranked 10th), while the lowest ranked team that did qualify was North Korea (ranked 105th).

As of 2022, this was the last time South Africa, New Zealand, North Korea, Paraguay, Slovakia and Slovenia qualified for a FIFA World Cup finals, and the last time Costa Rica, Iran, Belgium, and Croatia (only time) failed to qualify.

List of qualified teams

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The following 32 teams, shown with final pre-tournament rankings,[24] qualified for the final tournament.

Preparations

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Five new stadiums were built for the tournament, and five of the existing venues were upgraded. Construction costs were expected to be R8.4 billion (just over US$1 billion or €950 million).[25]

South Africa also improved its public transport infrastructure within the host cities, including Johannesburg's Gautrain and other metro systems, and major road networks were improved.[26] In March 2009, Danny Jordaan, the president of the 2010 World Cup organising committee, reported that all stadiums for the tournament were on schedule to be completed within six months.[27]

The country implemented special measures to ensure the safety and security of spectators in accordance with standard FIFA requirements,[28] including a temporary restriction of flight operation in the airspace surrounding the stadiums.[29]

At a ceremony to mark 100 days before the event, FIFA president Sepp Blatter praised the readiness of the country for the event.[30]

Construction strike

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On 8 July 2009, 70,000 construction workers[31] who were working on the new stadiums walked off their jobs.[32] The majority of the workers receive R2500 per month (about £192, €224 or US$313), but the unions alleged that some workers were grossly underpaid. A spokesperson for the National Union of Mineworkers said to the SABC that the "no work no pay" strike would go on until FIFA assessed penalties on the organisers. Other unions threatened to strike into 2011.[33][34] The strike was swiftly resolved and workers were back at work within a week of it starting. There were no further strikes and all stadiums and construction projects were completed in time for the kick off.[35]

Prize money

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The total prize money on offer for the tournament was confirmed by FIFA as US$420 million (including payments of US$40 million to domestic clubs), a 60 percent increase on the 2006 tournament.[36] Before the tournament, each of the 32 entrants received US$1 million for preparation costs. Once at the tournament, the prize money was distributed as follows:[36]

  • US$8 million – To each team eliminated at the group stage (16 teams) ($11.18 million in 2024 US dollars[37])
  • US$9 million – To each team eliminated in the round of 16 (8 teams) ($12.58 million in 2024 US dollars[37])
  • US$14 million – To each team eliminated in the quarter-finals (4 teams) ($19.56 million in 2024 US dollars[37])
  • US$18 million – Fourth placed team ($25.15 million in 2024 US dollars[37])
  • US$20 million – Third placed team ($27.94 million in 2024 US dollars[37])
  • US$24 million – Runner up ($33.53 million in 2024 US dollars[37])
  • US$30 million – Winner ($41.92 million in 2024 US dollars[37])

In a first for the World Cup, FIFA made payments to the domestic clubs of the players representing their national teams at the tournament. This saw a total of US$40 million paid to domestic clubs. This was the result of an agreement reached in 2008 between FIFA and European clubs to disband the G-14 group and drop their claims for compensation dating back to 2005 over the financial cost of injuries sustained to their players while on international duty, such as that from Belgian club Charleroi S.C. for injury to Morocco's Abdelmajid Oulmers in a friendly game in 2004, and from English club Newcastle United for an injury to England's Michael Owen in the 2006 World Cup.[38][39][40]

Venues

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In 2005, the organisers released a provisional list of 13 venues to be used for the World Cup: Bloemfontein, Cape Town, Durban, Johannesburg (two venues), Kimberley, Klerksdorp, Nelspruit, Orkney, Polokwane, Port Elizabeth, Pretoria, and Rustenburg. This was narrowed down to the ten venues[41] that were officially announced by FIFA on 17 March 2006.

The altitude of several venues affected the motion of the ball[42] and player performance,[43][44] although FIFA's medical chief downplayed this consideration.[45] Six of the ten venues were over 1,200 m (3,900 ft) above sea level, with the two Johannesburg venues—FNB Stadium (also known as Soccer City) and Ellis Park Stadium—the highest at approximately 1,750 m (5,740 ft).[46][47]

FNB Stadium, Cape Town Stadium, and Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth were the most-used venues, each hosting eight matches. Ellis Park Stadium and Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban hosted seven matches each, while Loftus Versfeld Stadium in Pretoria, Free State Stadium in Bloemfontein and Royal Bafokeng Stadium in Rustenburg hosted six matches each. Peter Mokaba Stadium in Polokwane and Mbombela Stadium in Nelspruit hosted four matches each, but did not host any knockout-stage matches.

Johannesburg Cape Town Durban
FNB Stadium[48]
(Soccer City) 		Ellis Park Stadium Cape Town Stadium
(Green Point Stadium) 		Moses Mabhida Stadium
(Durban Stadium)
26°14′5.27″S 27°58′56.47″E / 26.2347972°S 27.9823528°E / -26.2347972; 27.9823528 (Soccer City) 26°11′51.07″S 28°3′38.76″E / 26.1975194°S 28.0607667°E / -26.1975194; 28.0607667 (Ellis Park Stadium) 33°54′12.46″S 18°24′40.15″E / 33.9034611°S 18.4111528°E / -33.9034611; 18.4111528 (Cape Town Stadium) 29°49′46″S 31°01′49″E / 29.82944°S 31.03028°E / -29.82944; 31.03028 (Moses Mabhida Stadium)
Capacity: 84,490 Capacity: 55,686 Capacity: 64,100 Capacity: 62,760
Pretoria
Loftus Versfeld Stadium
25°45′12″S 28°13′22″E / 25.75333°S 28.22278°E / -25.75333; 28.22278 (Loftus Versfeld Stadium)
Capacity: 42,858
Port Elizabeth Stadiums in Johannesburg
Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium
33°56′16″S 25°35′56″E / 33.93778°S 25.59889°E / -33.93778; 25.59889 (Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium)
Capacity: 42,486
Rustenburg Polokwane Nelspruit Bloemfontein
25°34′43″S 27°09′39″E / 25.5786°S 27.1607°E / -25.5786; 27.1607 (Royal Bafokeng Stadium) 23°55′29″S 29°28′08″E / 23.924689°S 29.468765°E / -23.924689; 29.468765 (Peter Mokaba Stadium) 25°27′42″S 30°55′47″E / 25.46172°S 30.929689°E / -25.46172; 30.929689 (Mbombela Stadium) 29°07′02.25″S 26°12′31.85″E / 29.1172917°S 26.2088472°E / -29.1172917; 26.2088472 (Free State Stadium)
Royal Bafokeng Stadium Peter Mokaba Stadium Mbombela Stadium Free State Stadium
Capacity: 42,000 Capacity: 41,733 Capacity: 40,929 Capacity: 40,911

The following stadiums were all upgraded to meet FIFA specifications:

Team base camps

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The base camps were used by the 32 national squads to stay and train before and during the World Cup tournament. In February 2010, FIFA announced the base camps for each participating team.[53] Fifteen teams were in Gauteng Province, while six teams were based in KwaZulu-Natal, four in the Western Cape, three in North West Province, and one each in Mpumalanga, the Eastern Cape, and the Northern Cape.[54]

Final draw

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Group stage

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All times are South Africa Standard Time (UTC+2).

The tournament match schedule was announced in November 2007.[55][56] In the first round, or group stage, the 32 teams were divided into eight groups of four, with each team playing the other three teams in their group once. Teams were awarded three points for a win, one point for a draw and none for a defeat. The top two teams in each group advanced to the round of 16.

The South American teams performed strongly, with all five advancing to the round of 16 (four as group winners), and four further advancing to the quarter-finals. However, only Uruguay advanced to the semi-finals.

Of the six African teams, only Ghana advanced to the round of 16. South Africa became the first host nation in World Cup history to be eliminated in the first round, despite beating France and drawing with Mexico, while Ghana and Ivory Coast were the only other African teams to win a match. The overall performance of the African teams, in the first World Cup to be hosted on the continent, was judged as disappointing by observers such as Cameroon great Roger Milla.[57]

Only six out of the thirteen UEFA teams advanced to the round of 16, a record low since the introduction of this stage in 1986. Nonetheless, the final was contested by two European teams.[58] In another World Cup first, the two finalists from the preceding tournament, Italy and France, were eliminated at the group stage, with Italy becoming the third defending champions to be eliminated in the first round after Brazil in 1966 and France in 2002.[59] New Zealand, one of the lowest-ranked teams, surprised many by drawing all three of their group matches, ending the tournament as the only undefeated team.

Group A

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Mexico 3 2 1 0 4 1 +3 7 Advance to knockout stage
2  Uruguay 3 1 1 1 3 1 +2 4
3  South Africa (H) 3 1 1 1 3 5 −2 4
4  France 3 0 1 2 1 4 −3 1
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria
(H) Hosts




Group B

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Main article: 2010 FIFA World Cup Group B

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Argentina 3 3 0 0 7 1 +6 9 Advance to knockout stage
2  South Korea 3 1 1 1 5 6 −1 4
3  Greece 3 1 0 2 2 5 −3 3
4  Nigeria 3 0 1 2 3 5 −2 1
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria
South Korea 2–0 Greece
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Attendance: 31,513
Argentina 1–0 Nigeria
 Report
Attendance: 55,686
Argentina 4–1 South Korea
 Report
Attendance: 82,174
Greece 2–1 Nigeria
 Report
Attendance: 31,593
Nigeria 2–2 South Korea
 Report
Attendance: 61,874
Greece 0–2 Argentina
Report
Attendance: 38,891

Group C

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Main article: 2010 FIFA World Cup Group C

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  United States 3 1 2 0 4 3 +1 5 Advance to knockout stage
2  England 3 1 2 0 2 1 +1 5
3  Slovenia 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
4  Algeria 3 0 1 2 0 2 −2 1
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria
England 1–1 United States
 Report
Attendance: 38,646
Algeria 0–1 Slovenia
Report
Attendance: 30,325
Slovenia 2–2 United States
 Report
Attendance: 45,573
England 0–0 Algeria
Report
Attendance: 64,100
Slovenia 0–1 England
Report
Attendance: 36,893
United States 1–0 Algeria
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Attendance: 35,827

Group D

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Main article: 2010 FIFA World Cup Group D

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Germany 3 2 0 1 5 1 +4 6 Advance to knockout stage
2  Ghana 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 4
3  Australia 3 1 1 1 3 6 −3 4
4  Serbia 3 1 0 2 2 3 −1 3
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria
Serbia 0–1 Ghana
Report
Attendance: 38,833
Germany 4–0 Australia
 Report
Attendance: 62,660
Germany 0–1 Serbia
Report
Attendance: 38,294
Ghana 1–1 Australia
 Report
Attendance: 34,812
Ghana 0–1 Germany
Report
Attendance: 83,391
Referee: Carlos Simon (Brazil)
Australia 2–1 Serbia
 Report
Attendance: 37,836

Group E

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Main article: 2010 FIFA World Cup Group E

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Netherlands 3 3 0 0 5 1 +4 9 Advance to knockout stage
2  Japan 3 2 0 1 4 2 +2 6
3  Denmark 3 1 0 2 3 6 −3 3
4  Cameroon 3 0 0 3 2 5 −3 0
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria
Netherlands 2–0 Denmark
 Report
Attendance: 83,465
Japan 1–0 Cameroon
 Report
Attendance: 30,620
Netherlands 1–0 Japan
 Report
Attendance: 62,010
Cameroon 1–2 Denmark
 Report
Attendance: 38,074
Denmark 1–3 Japan
 Report
Attendance: 27,967
Cameroon 1–2 Netherlands
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Attendance: 63,093
Referee: Pablo Pozo (Chile)

Group F

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Main article: 2010 FIFA World Cup Group F

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Paraguay 3 1 2 0 3 1 +2 5 Advance to knockout stage
2  Slovakia 3 1 1 1 4 5 −1 4
3  New Zealand 3 0 3 0 2 2 0 3
4  Italy 3 0 2 1 4 5 −1 2
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria
Italy 1–1 Paraguay
 Report
Attendance: 62,869
New Zealand 1–1 Slovakia
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Attendance: 23,871
Slovakia 0–2 Paraguay
Report
Attendance: 26,643
Italy 1–1 New Zealand
 Report
Attendance: 38,229
Slovakia 3–2 Italy
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Attendance: 53,412
Paraguay 0–0 New Zealand
Report
Attendance: 34,850

Group G

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Main article: 2010 FIFA World Cup Group G

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Brazil 3 2 1 0 5 2 +3 7 Advance to knockout stage
2  Portugal 3 1 2 0 7 0 +7 5
3  Ivory Coast 3 1 1 1 4 3 +1 4
4  North Korea 3 0 0 3 1 12 −11 0
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria
Ivory Coast 0–0 Portugal
Report
Attendance: 37,034
Brazil 2–1 North Korea
 Report
Attendance: 54,331
Brazil 3–1 Ivory Coast
 Report
Attendance: 84,455
Portugal 7–0 North Korea
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Attendance: 63,644
Referee: Pablo Pozo (Chile)
Portugal 0–0 Brazil
Report
Attendance: 62,712
North Korea 0–3 Ivory Coast
Report
Attendance: 34,763

Group H

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Main article: 2010 FIFA World Cup Group H

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Spain 3 2 0 1 4 2 +2 6 Advance to knockout stage
2  Chile 3 2 0 1 3 2 +1 6
3   Switzerland 3 1 1 1 1 1 0 4
4  Honduras 3 0 1 2 0 3 −3 1
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria
Honduras 0–1 Chile
Report
Attendance: 32,664
Spain 0–1  Switzerland
Report
Attendance: 62,453
Chile 1–0  Switzerland
 Report
Attendance: 34,872
Spain 2–0 Honduras
 Report
Attendance: 54,386
Chile 1–2 Spain
 Report
Attendance: 41,958
Switzerland 0–0 Honduras
Report
Attendance: 28,042

Knockout stage

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Main article: 2010 FIFA World Cup knockout stage

All times listed are South African Standard Time (UTC+02)

The knockout stage comprised the 16 teams that advanced from the group stage of the tournament. There were four rounds of matches, with each round eliminating half of the teams entering that round. The successive rounds were the round of 16, quarter-finals, semi-finals, and the final. There was also a play-off to decide third and fourth place. For each game in the knockout stage, any draw at 90 minutes was followed by thirty minutes of extra time; if scores were still level, there was a penalty shootout to determine who progressed to the next round.[65]

 
Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
              
 
26 June – Port Elizabeth
 
 
 Uruguay2
 
2 July – Johannesburg (Soccer City)
 
 South Korea1
 
 Uruguay (p)1 (4)
 
26 June – Rustenburg
 
 Ghana1 (2)
 
 United States1
 
6 July – Cape Town
 
 Ghana (a.e.t.)2
 
 Uruguay2
 
28 June – Durban
 
 Netherlands3
 
 Netherlands2
 
2 July – Port Elizabeth
 
 Slovakia1
 
 Netherlands2
 
28 June – Johannesburg (Ellis Park)
 
 Brazil1
 
 Brazil3
 
11 July – Johannesburg (Soccer City)
 
 Chile0
 
 Netherlands0
 
27 June – Johannesburg (Soccer City)
 
 Spain (a.e.t.)1
 
 Argentina3
 
3 July – Cape Town
 
 Mexico1
 
 Argentina0
 
27 June – Bloemfontein
 
 Germany4
 
 Germany4
 
7 July – Durban
 
 England1
 
 Germany0
 
29 June – Pretoria
 
 Spain1 Third place play-off
 
 Paraguay (p)0 (5)
 
3 July – Johannesburg (Ellis Park)10 July – Port Elizabeth
 
 Japan0 (3)
 
 Paraguay0 Uruguay2
 
29 June – Cape Town
 
 Spain1  Germany3
 
 Spain1
 
 
 Portugal0
 

Round of 16

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