See below for the updated World Cup 2010 Schedules/Fixtures
outh Africa, part of the Five African nations who placed bids to host the 2010 World Cup, was chosen as the host for the 2010 World Cup as part of a new policy to rotate the event between football confederations (which was later abandoned in October 2007). The other 4 nations were Egypt, Libya/Tunisia (co-hosting) and Morocco.
With anticipation growing ahead of the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa™, the official Match Schedule has been released (see below). Games will be played in Cape Town, Durban, Johannesburg, Mangaung/Bloemfontein, Nelson Mandela Bay/Port Elizabeth, Nelspruit, Polokwane, Rustenburg, Tshwane/Pretoria between 11 June and 11 July 2010.
The qualification competition for the 2010 FIFA World Cup was a series of tournaments organised by the six FIFA confederations. Each confederation — the AFC (Asia), CAF (Africa), CONCACAF (North America), CONMEBOL (South America), OFC (Oceania), and UEFA (Europe) — was allocated a certain number of the 32 places at the tournament. A total of 204 teams entered the qualification process, withSouth Africa , as the host, qualifying automatically. The first qualification matches were played on 25 August 2007 and qualification concluded on 18 November 2009.
Complete List of Qualified Teams
The following 32 teams qualified for the final tournament, the 2010 FIFA World Cup:
| Team | Qualified as | Date qualification was secured |
|---|---|---|
 South Africa | Host | 15 May 2004 |
 Japan | AFC Fourth Round Group A Runner-up | 6 June 2009 |
 Australia | AFC Fourth Round Group A Winner | 6 June 2009 |
 Korea Republic | AFC Fourth Round Group B Winner | 6 June 2009 |
 Netherlands | UEFA Group 9 Winner | 6 June 2009 |
 Korea DPR | AFC Fourth Round Group B Runner-up | 17 June 2009 |
 Brazil | CONMEBOL Top 4 finish | 5 September 2009 |
 Ghana | CAF Third Round Group D Winners | 6 September 2009 |
 England | UEFA Group 6 Winners | 9 September 2009 |
 Spain | UEFA Group 5 Winners | 9 September 2009 |
 Paraguay | CONMEBOL Top 4 finish | 9 September 2009 |
 Côte d’Ivoire | CAF Third Round Group E Winners | 10 October 2009 |
 Germany | UEFA Group 4 Winners | 10 October 2009 |
 Denmark | UEFA Group 1 Winners | 10 October 2009 |
 Serbia | UEFA Group 7 Winners | 10 October 2009 |
 Italy | UEFA Group 8 Winners | 10 October 2009 |
 Chile | CONMEBOL Top 4 finish | 10 October 2009 |
 Mexico | CONCACAF Fourth Round Top 3 finish | 10 October 2009 |
 United States | CONCACAF Fourth Round Top 3 finish | 10 October 2009 |
 Switzerland | UEFA Group 2 Winners | 14 October 2009 |
 Slovakia | UEFA Group 3 Winners | 14 October 2009 |
 Argentina | CONMEBOL Fourth Place | 14 October 2009 |
 Honduras | CONCACAF Fourth Round Third Place | 14 October 2009 |
 New Zealand | OFC v AFC Play-off Winners | 14 November 2009 |
 Nigeria | CAF Third Round Group B Winners | 14 November 2009 |
 Cameroon | CAF Third Round Group A Winners | 14 November 2009 |
 Algeria | CAF Third Round Group C Winners | 18 November 2009 |
 Greece | UEFA Play-off Winners | 18 November 2009 |
 Slovenia | UEFA Play-off Winners | 18 November 2009 |
 Portugal | UEFA Play-off Winners | 18 November 2009 |
 France | UEFA Play-off Winners | 18 November 2009 |
 Uruguay | CONMEBOL v CONCACAF Play-off Winners | 18 November 2009 |
2010 World Cup schedule
note: All times local (UTC+2).
| Day | Venue & Time | Stage | Team 1 | Result | Team 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friday, 11 June | Johannesburg, 16:00 | Group A | South Africa | – | Mexico |
| Cape Town, 20:30 | Uruguay | – | France | ||
| Saturday, 12 June | Nelson Mandela Bay / PLZ, 13:30 | Group B | Korea Republic | – | Greece |
| Johannesburg, 16:00 | Argentina | – | Nigeria | ||
| Rustenburg, 20:30 | Group C | England | – | USA | |
| Sunday, 13 June | Polokwane, 13:30 | Algeria | – | Slovenia | |
| Tshwane / Pretoria, 16:00 | Group D | Serbia | – | Ghana | |
| Durban, 20:30 | Germany | – | Australia | ||
| Monday, 14 June | Johannesburg, 13:30 | Group E | Netherlands | – | Denmark |
| Mangaung / BFN, 16:00 | Japan | – | Cameroon | ||
| Cape Town, 20:30 | Group F | Italy | – | Paraguay | |
| Tuesday, 15 June | Rustenburg, 13:30 | New Zealand | – | Slovakia | |
| Nelson Mandela Bay / PLZ, 16:00 | Group G | Côte d’Ivoire | – | Portugal | |
| Johannesburg, 20:30 | Brazil | – | Korea DPR | ||
| Wednesday, 16 June | Nelspruit, 13:30 | Group H | Honduras | – | Chile |
| Durban, 16:00 | Spain | – | Switzerland | ||
| Pretoria, 20:30 | Group A | South Africa | – | Uruguay | |
| Thursday, 17 June | Johannesburg, 13:30 | Argentina | – | Korea Republic | |
| Mangaung / BFN, 16:00 | Group B | Greece | – | Nigeria | |
| Polokwane, 20:30 | France | – | Mexico | ||
| Friday, 18 June | Nelson Mandela Bay / PLZ, 13:30 | Group D | Germany | – | Serbia |
| Johannesburg, 16:00 | Group C | Slovenia | – | USA | |
| Cape Town, 20:30 | England | – | Algeria | ||
| Saturday, 19 June | Durban, 13:30 | Group D | Netherlands | – | Japan |
| Rustenburg, 16:00 | Group E | Ghana | – | Australia | |
| Tshwane / Pretoria, 20:30 | Cameroon | – | Denmark | ||
| Sunday, 20 June | Mangaung / BFN, 13:30 | Group F | Slovakia | – | Paraguay |
| Nelspruit, 16:00 | Italy | – | New Zealand | ||
| Johannesburg, 20:30 | Group G | Brazil | – | Côte d’Ivoire | |
| Monday, 21 June | Cape Town, 13:30 | Portugal | – | Korea DPR | |
| Nelson Mandela Bay / PLZ, 16:00 | Group H | Chile | – | Switzerland | |
| Johannesburg, 20:30 | Spain | – | Honduras | ||
| Tuesday, 22 June | Mangaung / BFN, 16:00 | Group A | France | – | South Africa |
| Rustenburg, 16:00 | Mexico | – | Uruguay | ||
| Durban, 20:30 | Group B | Nigeria | – | Korea Republic | |
| Polokwane, 20:30 | Greece | – | Argentina | ||
| Wednesday, 23 June | Tshwane / Pretoria, 16:00 | Group C | USA | – | Algeria |
| Nelson Mandela Bay / PLZ, 16:00 | Slovenia | – | England | ||
| Johannesburg, 20:30 | Group D | Ghana | – | Germany | |
| Nelspruit, 20:30 | Australia | – | Serbia | ||
| Thursday, 24 June | Johannesburg, 16:00 | Group F | Slovakia | – | Italy |
| Polokwane, 16:00 | Paraguay | – | New Zealand | ||
| Rustenburg, 20:30 | Group E | Denmark | – | Japan | |
| Cape Town, 20:30 | Cameroon | – | Netherlands | ||
| Friday, 25 June | Durban, 16:00 | Group G | Portugal | – | Brazil |
| Nelspruit, 16:00 | Korea DPR | – | Côte d’Ivoire | ||
| Tshwane / Pretoria, 20:30 | Group H | Chile | – | Spain | |
| Mangaung / BFN, 20:30 | Switzerland | – | Honduras | ||
| Saturday, 26 June | Nelson Mandela Bay / PLZ, 16:00 | Round of 16 – Match 1 | 1A | – | 2B |
| Rustenburg, 20:30 | Round of 16 – Match 3 | 1C | – | 2D | |
| Sunday, 27 June | Mangaung / BFN, 16:00 | Round of 16 – Match 4 | 1D | – | 2C |
| Johannesburg, 20:30 | Round of 16 – Match 2 | 1B | – | 2A | |
| Monday, 28 June | Durban, 16:00 | Round of 16 – Match 5 | 1E | – | 2F |
| Johannesburg, 20:30 | Round of 16 – Match 7 | 1G | – | 2H | |
| Tuesday, 29 June | Tshwane / Pretoria, 16:00 | Round of 16 – Match 6 | 1F | – | 2E |
| Cape Town, 20:30 | Round of 16 – Match 8 | 1H | – | 2G | |
| Wednesday, 30 June | Rest days | ||||
| Thursday, 01 July | |||||
| Friday, 02 July | Nelson Mandela Bay / PLZ, 16:00 | Quarter-final C | 5 | – | 7 |
| Johannesburg, 20:30 | Quarter-final A | 1 | – | 3 | |
| Saturday, 03 July | Cape Town, 16:00 | Quarter-final B | 2 | – | 4 |
| Johannesburg, 20:30 | Quarter-final D | 6 | – | 8 | |
| Sunday, 04 July | Rest days | ||||
| Monday, 05 July | |||||
| Tuesday, 06 July | Cape Town, 20:30 | Semi-final I | A | – | C |
| Wednesday, 07 July | Durban, 20:30 | Semi-final II | B | – | D |
| Thursday, 08 July | Rest days | ||||
| Friday, 09 July | |||||
| Saturday, 10 July | Nelson Mandela Bay / PLZ, 20:30 | Third place play-off | Loser I | – | Loser II |
| Sunday, 11 July | Johannesburg, 20:30 | FINAL | Winner I | – | Winner II |
