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The 2010 FIFA World Cup was hosted by [[South Africa (football)|South Africa]]. It was the 19th edition of a [[association football (soccer)|football]] tournament held every four years under the auspices of the ''Fédération Internationale de Football Association'' ([[FIFA]]). 32 national teams took part and [[Spain (football)|Spain]], the winners, took home a reported $30,000,000.
The 2010 FIFA World Cup was a [[Association football|football]] tournament hosted by [[South Africa (football)|South Africa]]. The 19th edition of the tournament, it began on Friday, 11 June 2010 and ended on Sunday, 11 July 2010 when the final was played at the [[Soccer City Stadium]] in [[Johannesburg]]. The winners were [[Spain (football)|Spain]], who defeated the [[Netherlands (football)|Netherlands]] 1–0 in the final with a 116th minute (extra time) goal by [[Andrés Iniesta]] of [[Fútbol Club Barcelona|Barcelona]]. A total of 204 countries entered teams into the qualifying stage which began in August 2007 and 32, including South Africa who were exempt from pre-qualification, took part in the 2010 tournament.
 
Initially, there were doubts about South Africa's ability to host the tournament as it appeared that construction and preparation of the venues would be completed on time. In the end, there was general praise for the efforts of the host nation. There were complaints about the official FIFA match ball, the ''Jabulani'', created by [[Adidas]], which some players criticised for unpredictability. There was also concern about the displacement of disadvantaged persons living around competition venues, an issue which often occurs during preparations for international events and is not unique to this World Cup.
 
FIFA itself came under fire from several controversial refereeing decisions, most notoriously a ''handball'' from French captain [[Thierry Henry]] in the [[France national football team|France]]-[[Ireland national football team|Ireland]] game that delivered a World Cup berth to France, despite international outcry and an official protest from Ireland, and a series of judgmental blunders and inconsistent decisions during the current tournament. 
 
With respect to the judging controversy, FIFA's original position was that there was nothing wrong with the present system. In the wake of continued egregious errors in judgment during the competition, notably the denying of a [[goal]] to English midfielder [[Frank Lampard]] during the [[England national football team|England]]-[[Germany national football team|Germany]] match, FIFA agreed to review the possibility of using electronic technology.
 
A playoff between the losers of the two semi-finals determined third (Germany) and fourth ([[Uruguay national football team|Uruguay]]) places. The finals were held on Sunday 11th July 2010 in Soccer City, (the main venue, a football-specific stadium in [[Johannesburg]]), and Spain defeated [[Netherlands national football team|Netherlands]] one-nil, after [[Andrés Iniesta]] scored in the 116th minute, to win the World Cup for the first time ever.


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Revision as of 05:28, 9 September 2019

The 2010 FIFA World Cup was a football tournament hosted by South Africa. The 19th edition of the tournament, it began on Friday, 11 June 2010 and ended on Sunday, 11 July 2010 when the final was played at the Soccer City Stadium in Johannesburg. The winners were Spain, who defeated the Netherlands 1–0 in the final with a 116th minute (extra time) goal by Andrés Iniesta of Barcelona. A total of 204 countries entered teams into the qualifying stage which began in August 2007 and 32, including South Africa who were exempt from pre-qualification, took part in the 2010 tournament.

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