Posted on Sunday, 2nd May 2010 by Trinity Jones
FIFA world Cup is one of the major events that is organized by Federation Internationale de Football Association. This grand event is organized at a time interval of four years. the mens football national team of different nations from all across the world takes part in this grand event. 32 national teams from all across the world take part in this grand event which continues for a time period of 1 month. The mens football national teams have to qualify the qualifier matches that are held before this grand event. After qualifying these qualifier matches, national teams can qualify for the World Cup.
In the year 2010, 19thy FIFA World Cup is planned to be organized in South Africa. This grand event will take place from 11th June to 11th July. The grand FIFA World Cup is going to be organized in South Africa which is the first African nation to hold this grand event. The lucky charm for this year’s event is going to be Zakumi which is an “anthropomorphized leopard”. The motto of this grand event is “”Zakumi’s game is Fair Play.”
Venues for the matches : Ten major venues are selected for all the football matches that would be played during the time period of 1 month. The venues for the matches are listed below.
1. Port Elizabeth: Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium 2. Durban: Moses Mabhida Stadium 3. Johannesburg: Ellis Park Stadium 4. Cape Town: Cape Town Stadium 5. Pretoria: Loftus Versfeld Stadium 6. Bloemfontein: Free State Stadium 7. Nelspruit: Mbombela Stadium 8. Polokwane: Peter Mokaba Stadium 9. Rustenburg: Royal Bafokeng Stadium 10. Johannesburg: Soccer City
A huge amount of money has been invested in the construction of five new stadiums. The old stadiums are also renovated in order to provide the best possible facility. In order to provide benefits to the public, new roads have been constructed and transportation facilities have been greatly improved.
Football world Cup is a major event for all the football enthusiasts and that is why a large number of fans are expected to arrive in South Africa before the starting on the world cup. The 32 nations that are participating in this year’s world have been divided into for groups.
Group A 1. Netherlands 2. Brazil 3. Spain 4. England 5. South Africa 6. Argentina 7. Germany 8. Italy
Group B 1. Nigeria 2. Cameroon 3. Chile 4. Paraguay 5. Cote d’Ivoire 6. Algeria 7. Uruguay 8. Ghana
Group C 1. Korea DPR 2. Australia 3. Japan 4. Honduras 5. United States 6. Korea Republic 7. New Zealand 8. Mexico
Group D 1. Slovenia 2. Denmark 3. Greece 4. France 5. Portugal 6. Serbia 7. Switzerland 8. Slovakia
The final match of this grand event is going to take place on 11th July, 2010. Well known celebrities and skilled performers from all across the world are going to take part in the opening and closing ceremony of this grand event.
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