World Cup 2010
For the first time in the history of the FIFA World Cup, the world's biggest football tournament will be hosted on African soil. between 11th June and 11th July, 32 teams will contest 64 matches in a festival of football all competing for the right to be world champions. South Africa are the hosts and World Cup 2010 is coming to us, here in Cape Town!! We cant wait ...
There will be 9 host Stadiums for World Cup 2010.
Cape Town Stadium at 'Green Point' will host 5 group games, a second round game, a quarter final and a semi final! Making Cape Town the perfect place to set up base for the World Cup experience!!
In April 09 the stadium construction was well underway:
On Monday 14 December, Cape Town took 'the keys' to the stadium. At the handover mayor Dan Plato said "Cape Town stadium will become one of the world's sporting landmarks''. Indeed he is right, the stadium looks iconic when lighting up the town at night:
The 2010 World Cup Draw was on Friday 4th December 2009, here at Cape Town's International Convention Centre and we now know the groupings for next summer:
| A | B | C | D | |
| 1. | South Africa | Argentina | England | Germany |
| 2. | Mexico | Nigeria | USA | Australia |
| 3. | Uruguay | Korea Republic | Algeria | Serbia |
| 4. | France | Greece | Slovenia | Ghana |
| E | F | G | H | |
| 1. | Netherlands | Italy | Brazil | Spain |
| 2. | Denmark | Paraguay | Korea DPR | Switzerland |
| 3. | Japan | New Zealand | Côte d'Ivoire | Honduras |
| 4. | Cameroon | Slovakia | Portugal | Chile |
The below map shows the geographical spread of the countries competing next summer. 32 countries, 6 continents.
A full World Cup schedule of games is available to view at:http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/index.html
The games to be played here in Cape Town are:
URUGUAY VS FRANCE 11th June
ITALY VS PARAGUAY 14th June
ENGLAND VS ALGERIA 18th June
PORTUGAL VS NORTH KOREA 21st June
CAMEROON VS NETHERLANDS 24th June
1st Team Group H VS 2nd Team Group G
Quarter Final between Match 52 and 51 winners
Semi Final between Match 58 and 57
The World Cup is big news here in South Africa, be sure to return for regular World Cup updates at www.ratangalodge.com and see our guide to the teams who will be playing in Cape Town.
