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ArchiveFIFA World Cup 2010

2010 World Cup

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Global leaders

Top 3 across all groups

Full tables
  • Argentina flag

    Argentina

    Grp B

    3 played · 3 wins · GD +6

    9

    points

  • 2Netherlands flag

    Netherlands

    Grp E

    3 played · 3 wins · GD +4

    9

    points

  • 3

Tables

Group standings

8 groups

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A

Group stage

4 nations

Top 2 → R32
  • 1Uruguay flag

    Uruguay

    Q
    P3W2D1

Results

Latest scores

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Final

Netherlands flagNetherlands
0–1
Spain flagSpain

2010-07-11 · 20:30 · Soccer City

Third place

Uruguay flagUruguay
2–3
Germany flagGermany

2010-07-10 · 20:30 · Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium

19th edition

South Africa

Jun 11, 2010 – Jul 11, 2010

Spain flag

Champion

Spain

Teams

32

Matches

64

Squads

2010 nations

32 teams

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Spain flag

Spain

Grp H

Netherlands flag

Netherlands

Grp E

Germany flag

Germany

Grp D

Uruguay flag

Uruguay

Grp A

Argentina flag

Knockout

2010 bracket

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Round of 16

Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium · Port Elizabeth

Uruguay flagUruguay
South Korea flagSouth Korea

2–1

Royal Bafokeng Stadium · Rustenburg

United States flagUnited States
Ghana flagGhana

1–2

Free State Stadium · Bloemfontein

Full schedule

All 2010 matches

64 games

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Group A

South Africa flagSouth Africa
1–1
Mexico flagMexico

2010-06-11 · 16:00 · Soccer City

Group A

Uruguay flagUruguay
0–0
France flagFrance

2010-06-11 · 20:30 · Cape Town Stadium

Venues

2010 stadiums

10 venues

FNB Stadium (Soccer City)

Johannesburg, South Africa

84.5K capacity · 1701m elevation

Cape Town Stadium

Cape Town, South Africa

64.1K capacity · 9m elevation

Moses Mabhida Stadium

Durban, South Africa

62.8K capacity · 13m elevation

Ellis Park Stadium

Johannesburg, South Africa

62.6K capacity · 1728m elevation

Loftus Versfeld Stadium

Pretoria, South Africa

51.8K capacity · 1367m elevation

Free State Stadium

Bloemfontein, South Africa

48.0K capacity · 1409m elevation

Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium

Gqeberha, South Africa

46.0K capacity · 14m elevation

All time

World Cup winners

Brazil flagBrazil
5 titles
Italy flagItaly
4 titles
West Germany flagWest Germany
3 titles
Argentina flagArgentina
3 titles
Uruguay flagUruguay
2 titles
France flag

On this day

July 17 in World Cup history

Yugoslavia flagYugoslavia
4-0
Bolivia flagBolivia

1930 · group 2 · Estadio Parque Central, Montevideo · 96y ago

United States flagUnited States
3-0
Paraguay flagParaguay

1930 · group 4 · Estadio Parque Central, Montevideo · 96y ago

Brazil flagBrazil
0-0
Italy flagItaly

1994 · Final · Rose Bowl, Pasadena · 32y ago

Tournaments
24
Matches
1.2K
Stadiums
206
Archive
1930–2026
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Uruguay flag

Uruguay

Grp A

3 played · 2 wins · GD +4

7

points

L0
GD+4

7

pts

  • 2Mexico flag

    Mexico

    Q
    P3W1D1L1GD+1

    4

    pts

  • 3South Africa flag

    South Africa

    P3W1D1L1GD-2

    4

    pts

  • 4France flag

    France

    P3W0D1L2GD-3

    1

    pts

    • B

    Group stage

    4 nations

    Top 2 → R32
    • 1Argentina flag

      Argentina

      Q
      P3W3D0L0GD+6

      9

      pts

    • 2South Korea flag

      South Korea

      Q
      P3W1D1L1GD-1

      4

      pts

    • 3Greece flag

      Greece

      P3W1D0L2GD-3

      3

      pts

    • 4Nigeria flag

      Nigeria

      P3W0D1L2GD-2

      1

      pts

    Semi-final

    Germany flagGermany
    0–1
    Spain flagSpain

    2010-07-07 · 20:30 · Moses Mabhida Stadium

    Semi-final

    Uruguay flagUruguay
    2–3
    Netherlands flagNetherlands

    2010-07-06 · 20:30 · Cape Town Stadium

    Quarter-final

    Paraguay flagParaguay
    0–1
    Spain flagSpain

    2010-07-03 · 20:30 · Ellis Park Stadium

    Quarter-final

    Argentina flagArgentina
    0–4
    Germany flagGermany

    2010-07-03 · 16:00 · Cape Town Stadium

    Goals

    145

    Attendance

    3.2M

    Netherlands flag

    Runner-up

    Netherlands

    Germany flag

    Third place

    Germany

    Top scorer

    Thomas Müller (5)

    Best player

    Diego Forlán

    Argentina

    Grp B

    Brazil flag

    Brazil

    Grp G

    Ghana flag

    Ghana

    Grp D

    Paraguay flag

    Paraguay

    Grp F

    Japan flag

    Japan

    Grp E

    Chile flag

    Chile

    Grp H

    Portugal flag

    Portugal

    Grp G

    United States flag

    United States

    Grp C

    England flag

    England

    Grp C

    Mexico flag

    Mexico

    Grp A

    South Korea flag

    South Korea

    Grp B

    Slovakia flag

    Slovakia

    Grp F

    Germany flag
    Germany
    England flagEngland

    4–1

    Soccer City · Johannesburg

    Argentina flagArgentina
    Mexico flagMexico

    3–1

    Quarter-finals

    Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium · Port Elizabeth

    Netherlands flagNetherlands
    Brazil flagBrazil

    2–1

    Soccer City · Johannesburg

    Uruguay flagUruguay
    Ghana flagGhana

    1–1

    Cape Town Stadium · Cape Town

    Argentina flagArgentina
    Germany flagGermany

    0–4

    Ellis Park Stadium · Johannesburg

    Paraguay flagParaguay
    Spain flagSpain

    0–1

    Group B

    South Korea flagSouth Korea
    2–0
    Greece flagGreece

    2010-06-12 · 13:30 · Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium

    Group B

    Argentina flagArgentina
    1–0
    Nigeria flagNigeria

    2010-06-12 · 16:00 · Ellis Park Stadium

    Mbombela Stadium

    Mbombela, South Africa

    43.5K capacity · 629m elevation

    Peter Mokaba Stadium

    Polokwane, South Africa

    41.7K capacity · 1293m elevation

    Royal Bafokeng Stadium

    Rustenburg, South Africa

    38.6K capacity · 1177m elevation

    France
    2 titles
    England flagEngland
    1 title
    Spain flagSpain
    1 title
    Germany flagGermany
    1 title