2010 FIFA World Cup

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2010 FIFA World Cup official logo Tournament details Host country	 South Africa Dates	11 June – 11 July (31 days) Teams	32 (from 6 confederations) Venue(s)	10 (in 9 host cities)the 2010 FIFA World Cup was the 19th FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's National association football teams. in 2004 FIFA elected South Africa over Egypt and Morocco to became the 1st african nation to host the Finals. In the final, Spain, the European champions, defeated third-time finalists the Netherlands 1–0 after overtime, with Andrés Iniesta's goal in the 116th minute giving Spain their first world title, becoming the eighth nation to win the tournament, and the first European nation to win the tournament outside its home continent. Host nation South Africa, 2006 world champions Italy and 2006 runners-up France were all eliminated in the first round of the tournament. It was the first time that the hosts were eliminated in the first round.