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2010 South Africa World Cup
Currently, 32 places are available in the final tournament. One of them is reserved for the host nation. Qualifying tournaments are held within the six FIFA continental zones (Africa, Asia, North and Central America and Caribbean, South America, Oceania, Europe). The finals tournament of the 2010 World Cup will begin on 11 June. The 32 teams will be divided into eight groups of four teams each, within which the teams will compete in a round-robin tournament to determine which two of those four teams
will advance to the sixteen-team knock-out stage, which will start on 24 June. In total, 64 games will be played. Nine FIFA World Cup cities will host 64 games over a month period, with one team prevailing as the 2010 World Cup Champions.
Host Selection
Africa was chosen as the host for the 2010 World Cup as part of a new policy to rotate the event between football confederations. Five African nations placed bids to host the 2010 World Cup: After one round of voting, the winning bid was announced by FIFA president Sepp Blatter at a media conference on 15 May 2004 in Zürich. South Africa was awarded the rights to host the tournament, defeating Morocco and Egypt.
The preliminary draw for the 2010 World Cup was held in Durban, South Africa, on 25 November 2007. The Final draw for the 2010 Soccer World Cup will be staged in Cape Town, South Africa, in December 2009 at the Cape Town International Convention Centre. As the host nation, South Africa qualifies automatically for the tournament. Qualified teams CAF : South Africa (host)
World Cup Group System:
The first round, or group stage, see the thirty-two teams divided into eight groups of four teams. Each group is a round-robin of six games, where each team plays one match against each of the other teams in the same group. Teams are awarded three points for a win, one point for a draw and none for a defeat. The teams coming first and second in each group qualify for the Round of 16.
World Cup Ranking
The FIFA World Rankings is a ranking system for men's national teams in Association football, currently led by Spain. The teams of the member nations of FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association), football's world governing body, are ranked based on their game results with the most successful teams being ranked highest. A point system is used, with points being awarded based on the results of FIFA-recognized international matches. Under the existing system, rankings are based on a
team's performance over the last four years, with more recent results and more significant matches being more heavily weighted to help reflect the current competitive state of a team. The rankings are now based on results over the previous four years instead of the previous eight years.
World Cup Ticketing
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