World Cup 2010

The world cup is a date that FIFA uses to unite some countries.

There are many teams that are formed, each one with four countries.

They will play soccer against each other. Two of them will be eliminated and two will continue.

In the end, only one stands and will get the trophy.

The 2010 world cup takes place in South Africa and the problem is tat South Africa is very poor, so thanks to the world cup, they are reforming South Africa.

The ball is the famous Jabulani. It means "peace and happiness to all" in the IsiZulu language.

The Jabulani gets out of control when it runs faster than 72 hour p/hour. It is a light ball, so it can jump very high.

It is much faster and lighter than the one used in 2006, last world cup.

So far, only 8 countries remain and one of them is the heroic Ghana, the only african country EVER that went this far in a world cup.

Brazil is the best of FIFA's ranking.

North Korea is the worst, but is better then Algeria.

Here are all the countries:

I got this from wikipedia:

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Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

26 June – Port Elizabeth

Uruguay

2

2 July – Johannesburg

Korea Republic

1

Uruguay

26 June – Rustenburg

Ghana

United States

1

6 July – Cape Town

Ghana (a.e.t)

2

Winners of Match 58

28 June – Durban

Winners of Match 57

Netherlands

2

2 July – Port Elizabeth

Slovakia

1

Netherlands

28 June – Johannesburg

Brazil

Brazil

3

11 July – Johannesburg

Chile

0

Winners of Match 61

27 June – Johannesburg

Winners of Match 62

Argentina

3

3 July – Cape Town

Mexico

1

Argentina

27 June – Bloemfontein

Germany

Germany

4

7 July – Durban

England

1

Winners of Match 59

29 June – Pretoria

Winners of Match 60

Third place

Paraguay (pen.)

0 (5)

3 July – Johannesburg

10 July – Port Elizabeth

Japan

0 (3)

Paraguay

Losers of Match 61

29 June – Cape Town

Spain

Losers of Match 62

Spain

1

Portugal

0

[edit]Round of 16

South American teams again performed strongly in the round of 16, with four of the five teams advancing to the quarter-finals including Brazil who defeated fellow South American team Chile, the largest number of South American teams in the final eight since 1930. England's 4-1 loss to Germany marked England's worst ever defeat at a World Cup finals. Ghana defeated the United States to become the third ever African team to reach the last eight (along with Cameroon in 1990 and Senegal in 2002). The two North American and two Asian teams were eliminated. Both Paraguay and Ghana reached the quarter-finals for the first time.

[edit]Matches

26 June 2010 16:00	Uruguay	2 – 1	Korea Republic	Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth Attendance: 30,597 Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)
	Suárez 8', 80'	Report	Lee Chung-Yong 68'

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26 June 2010 20:30	United States	1 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Ghana	Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg Attendance: 34,976 Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)
	Donovan 62' (pen.)	Report	K.P. Boateng 5' Gyan 93'

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27 June 2010 16:00	Germany	4 – 1	England	Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein Attendance: 40,510 Referee: Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay)
	Klose 20' Podolski 32' Müller 67', 70'	Report	Upson 37'

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27 June 2010 20:30	Argentina	3 – 1	Mexico	Soccer City, Johannesburg Attendance: 84,377 Referee: Roberto Rosetti (Italy)
	Tévez 26', 52' Higuaín 33'	Report	J.Hernández 71'

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28 June 2010 16:00	Netherlands	2 – 1	Slovakia	Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban Attendance: 61,962 Referee: Alberto Undiano (Spain)
	Robben 18' Sneijder 84'	Report	Vittek 90+4' (pen.)

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28 June 2010 20:30	Brazil	3 – 0	Chile	Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg Attendance: 54,096 Referee: Howard Webb (England)
	Juan 34' L.Fabiano 38' Robinho 59'	Report

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29 June 2010 16:00	Paraguay	0 – 0 (a.e.t.)	Japan	Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria Attendance: 36,742 Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)
		Report
		Penalties
	Barreto Barrios Riveros Valdez Cardozo	5 – 3	Endō Hasebe Komano Honda

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29 June 2010 20:30	Spain	1 – 0	Portugal	Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town Attendance: 62,955 Referee: Héctor Baldassi (Argentina)
	Villa 63'	Report

[edit]Quarter-finals

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

2 July 2010 16:00	Netherlands	Match 57	Brazil	Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth Referee: Yuichi Nishimura (Japan)

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2 July 2010 20:30	Uruguay	Match 58	Ghana	Soccer City, Johannesburg Referee: Olegário Benquerença (Portugal)

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3 July 2010 16:00	Argentina	Match 59	Germany	Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

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3 July 2010 20:30	Paraguay	Match 60	Spain	Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala)

[edit]Semi-finals

6 July 2010 20:30	Winners of Match 58	Match 61	Winners of Match 57	Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town

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7 July 2010 20:30	Winners of Match 59	Match 62	Winners of Match 60	Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban

[edit]Third place

10 July 2010 20:30	Losers of Match 61	Match 63	Losers of Match 62	Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth

[edit]Final

Main article: 2010 FIFA World Cup Final

11 July 2010 20:30	Winners of Match 61	Match 64	Winners of Match 62	Soccer City, Johannesburg

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