| Host
Nation |
South
Africa |
|
Duration |
June
11 - July 11, 2010 |
| Venues |
10
in nine cities - Soccer City Stadium, Johannesburg; Ellis
Park Stadium, Johannesburg; Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town;
Durban Stadium, Durban; Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria;
Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth; Free State
Stadium, Bloemfontein; Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg;
Mbombela Stadium Nelspruit and Peter Mokaba Stadium,
Polokwane. |
| Teams
Participated |
32
: Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Cameroon, Chile, Cote
d'Ivoire, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Ghana, Greece,
Honduras, Italy, Japan, Korea DPR, Mexico, Netherlands,
Nigeria, New Zealand, Paraguay, Portugal, Serbia, Slovakia,
Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland,
Uruguay and USA. |
|
 |
|
|
| Matches
Played |
64 |
| Winner |
Spain |
|
Prize
money awarded |
$
30 million |
| Runner-up |
Netherlands |
|
Prize
money awarded |
$
24 million |
| Goals
Scored |
145 |
| Leading
Scorers |
Thomas Mueller (Germany),
Wesley Sneijder (Netherlands),
David Villa (Spain) Diego Forlan (Uruguay) - 5 goals
each |
|
Golden
Ball Award |
Diego
Forlan (Uruguay) |
|
Golden
Boot Award |
Thomas
Mueller (Germany) |
|
Golden
Glove Award |
Iker
Casillas (Spain) |
|
Best
Young Player |
Thomas
Mueller (Germany) |
|
Fair Play
Trophy |
Spain |
| Total
Attendance |
3,178,856 (49,670 per match) |
|
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