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The 2010 FIFA World Cup was the 19th FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national football teams. It took place in South Africa from 11 June to 11 July 2010. The bidding process for hosting the tournament finals was open only to African nations.
The knockout stage of the 2010 FIFA World Cup was the second and final stage of the World Cup, following the group stage. It began on 26 June with the round of 16 matches, and ended on 11 July with the final match of the tournament held at Soccer City, Johannesburg, in which Spain beat the Netherlands 1–0 after extra time to claim their first World Cup.
Group D of the 2010 FIFA World Cup began on 13 June and ended on 23 June 2010. [1] The group consisted of Germany , Australia , Serbia and Ghana . Along with Group G , it was considered to be a group of death .
Group A of the 2010 FIFA World Cup began on 11 June and ended on 22 June 2010. [1] The group consisted of host nation South Africa, Mexico, Uruguay and the runners-up from 2006, France. France and South Africa previously met at the 1998 FIFA World Cup, when then-hosts France beat South Africa 3–0.
Group G of the 2010 FIFA World Cup began on 15 June and ended on 25 June 2010. [1] The group consisted of reigning Copa América champion Brazil , North Korea , the Ivory Coast and Portugal . Brazil and Portugal were also drawn in the same group at the 1966 FIFA World Cup , their previous official World Cup match.
The teams were decided by World Cup draw that took place on 4 December 2009. [1] The group was set to receive one team from each pot, which sorted all World Cup teams by position on the FIFA World Rankings as of October 2009. [2] The first team drawn was England, which secured qualification as a pot one team by winning Group 6 of UEFA ...
Group H of the 2010 FIFA World Cup began on 16 June and ended on 25 June 2010. [1] The group consisted of Switzerland , Honduras , Chile and reigning European (and eventual) champions Spain . Chile and Spain were in the same group in 1950 , in a group from which only the Spanish team qualified for the next round.
Since the 1958 FIFA World Cup, to avoid future boycotts or controversy, FIFA began a pattern of alternating the hosts between the Americas and Europe, which continued until the 1998 FIFA World Cup. The 2002 FIFA World Cup, hosted jointly by South Korea and Japan, was the first one held in Asia, and the first tournament with multiple hosts. [83]