2010 FIFA World Cup
For match schedules and results, see 2010 FIFA World Cup schedule.
"2010 World Cup" redirects here. For other competitions with the name "2010 World Cup", see 2010 World Cup (disambiguation).
| South Africa 2010 | |
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 2010 FIFA World Cup official logo | |
| Tournament details | |
| Host country |  South Africa |
| Dates | 11 June – 11 July |
| Teams | 32 (from 6 confederations) |
| Venue(s) | 10 (in 9 host cities) |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 42 |
| Goals scored | 88 (2.1 per match) |
| Attendance | 1,937,989 (46,143 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |  Gonzalo Higuaín Róbert Vittek(3 goals)[1] |
| ← 2006 2014 → | |
The 2010 FIFA World Cup is the 19th FIFA World Cup, the premier international association football tournament. It is being held in South Africa, beginning on 11 June and scheduled to conclude on 11 July 2010. The tournament is the culmination of a qualification process that began in August 2007 and involved 204 of the 208 FIFA national teams; as such, it matches the 2008 Summer Olympics as the sports event with the most competing nations.
This is the first time that the tournament has been hosted by an African nation, with South Africa selected over Morocco and Egypt following a bidding process open only to African nations.
The defending champions were Italy who won the 2006 World Cup in Germany.
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