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2010 World Cup — hosted by South Africa
June 11, 2010 → July 11, 2010
The 2010 World Cup in brief
The 2010 World Cup was played in South Africa from June 11 to July 11, 2010. 32 teams contested 64 matches and scored 145 goals: 2.27 per game, number 22 of 23 editions (all-time average: 2.84).
Spain won the title, beating Netherlands 1-0 (a.e.t.) in the final at Soccer City, Johannesburg.
On the way Spain played 7 matches: 6 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat, scoring 8 and conceding 2.
Germany finished third and Uruguay fourth.
Thomas Müller (Germany) was the top scorer with 5 goals.
Overview
- Host
- South Africa
- Teams
- 32
- Matches
- 64
- Total goals
- 145
- Format
- Group stage + knockout from Round of 16
South AfricaFinal ranking
- ChampionSpain
- Runner-upNetherlands
- Third placeGermany
- Fourth placeUruguay
The final
- Score
- 1-0 (a.e.t.)
- Venue
- Soccer City, Johannesburg
- Attendance
- 84,490
Spain's road to the title
- LJun 16Switzerland0–1
- WJun 21Honduras2–0
- WJun 25Chile2–1
- WJun 29Portugal1–0
- WJul 3Paraguay1–0
- WJul 7Germany1–0
- WJul 11Netherlands1–0
Individual awards
- Top scorer
- Thomas Müller (5 goals)
- Best player (Golden Ball)
- Diego Forlán
Records and numbers
- Goals per game
- 2.27 · 22 of 23 editions
- Biggest win
- Portugal7–0North KoreaJun 21
- Draws
- 16
- Penalty shoot-outs
- 2
- Penalty goals
- 9
- Own goals
- 2
- Earliest goal
- Thomas Müller (Germany), minute 3, vs Argentina
- Hat-tricks
- Gonzalo Higuaín (Argentina) — 3 goals vs South Korea, Jun 17
Goalscorers
| Player | Goals | Pen. |
|---|---|---|
| David VillaSpain | 5 | — |
| Thomas MüllerGermany | 5 | — |
| Wesley SneijderNetherlands | 5 | — |
| Diego ForlánUruguay | 5 | 1 |
| Gonzalo HiguaínArgentina | 4 | — |
| Miroslav KloseGermany | 4 | — |
| Róbert VittekSlovakia | 4 | 1 |
| Luís FabianoBrazil | 3 | — |
| Luis SuárezUruguay | 3 | — |
| Landon DonovanUnited States | 3 | 1 |
All 96 goalscorers
| Player | Goals | Pen. |
|---|---|---|
| Asamoah GyanGhana | 3 | 2 |
| Andrés IniestaSpain | 2 | — |
| Arjen RobbenNetherlands | 2 | — |
| Brett HolmanAustralia | 2 | — |
| Carlos TevezArgentina | 2 | — |
| ElanoBrazil | 2 | — |
| Javier HernándezMexico | 2 | — |
| Kalu UcheNigeria | 2 | — |
| Keisuke HondaJapan | 2 | — |
| Lee Chung-yongSouth Korea | 2 | — |
| Lee Jung-sooSouth Korea | 2 | — |
| Lukas PodolskiGermany | 2 | — |
| RobinhoBrazil | 2 | — |
| Tiago MendesPortugal | 2 | — |
| Samuel Eto'oCameroon | 2 | 1 |
| Álvaro PereiraUruguay | 1 | — |
| Antolín AlcarazParaguay | 1 | — |
| Antonio Di NataleItaly | 1 | — |
| Arne FriedrichGermany | 1 | — |
| Bongani KhumaloSouth Africa | 1 | — |
| CacauGermany | 1 | — |
| Carles PuyolSpain | 1 | — |
| Clint DempseyUnited States | 1 | — |
| Cristian RiverosParaguay | 1 | — |
| Cristiano RonaldoPortugal | 1 | — |
| Daniele De RossiItaly | 1 | — |
| Dennis RommedahlDenmark | 1 | — |
| Didier DrogbaIvory Coast | 1 | — |
| Dimitris SalpingidisGreece | 1 | — |
| Dirk KuytNetherlands | 1 | — |
| Edinson CavaniUruguay | 1 | — |
| Enrique VeraParaguay | 1 | — |
| Fabio QuagliarellaItaly | 1 | — |
| Florent MaloudaFrance | 1 | — |
| Gabriel HeinzeArgentina | 1 | — |
| Gelson FernandesSwitzerland | 1 | — |
| Giovanni van BronckhorstNetherlands | 1 | — |
| Hugo AlmeidaPortugal | 1 | — |
| Jean BeausejourChile | 1 | — |
| Jermain DefoeEngland | 1 | — |
| Ji Yun-namNorth Korea | 1 | — |
| Jon Dahl TomassonDenmark | 1 | — |
| JuanBrazil | 1 | — |
| Kamil KopúnekSlovakia | 1 | — |
| Katlego MphelaSouth Africa | 1 | — |
| Kevin-Prince BoatengGhana | 1 | — |
| Klaas-Jan HuntelaarNetherlands | 1 | — |
| LiédsonPortugal | 1 | — |
| Maicon SisenandoBrazil | 1 | — |
| Marcell JansenGermany | 1 | — |
| Mark GonzálezChile | 1 | — |
| Marko PantelićSerbia | 1 | — |
| Martín DemichelisArgentina | 1 | — |
| Martín PalermoArgentina | 1 | — |
| Matthew UpsonEngland | 1 | — |
| Maxi PereiraUruguay | 1 | — |
| Mesut ÖzilGermany | 1 | — |
| Michael BradleyUnited States | 1 | — |
| Milan JovanovićSerbia | 1 | — |
| Nicklas BendtnerDenmark | 1 | — |
| Park Chu-youngSouth Korea | 1 | — |
| Park Ji-sungSouth Korea | 1 | — |
| Rafael MárquezMexico | 1 | — |
| Raul MeirelesPortugal | 1 | — |
| Robert KorenSlovenia | 1 | — |
| Robin van PersieNetherlands | 1 | — |
| Rodrigo MillarChile | 1 | — |
| RomaricIvory Coast | 1 | — |
| Salomon KalouIvory Coast | 1 | — |
| Sami KhediraGermany | 1 | — |
| Shane SmeltzNew Zealand | 1 | — |
| Shinji OkazakiJapan | 1 | — |
| Simão SabrosaPortugal | 1 | — |
| Siphiwe TshabalalaSouth Africa | 1 | — |
| Steven GerrardEngland | 1 | — |
| Sulley MuntariGhana | 1 | — |
| Tim CahillAustralia | 1 | — |
| Valter BirsaSlovenia | 1 | — |
| Vasilis TorosidisGreece | 1 | — |
| Winston ReidNew Zealand | 1 | — |
| Yasuhito EndōJapan | 1 | — |
| Yaya TouréIvory Coast | 1 | — |
| Zlatan LjubijankićSlovenia | 1 | — |
| Cuauhtémoc BlancoMexico | 1 | 1 |
| Vincenzo IaquintaItaly | 1 | 1 |
| YakubuNigeria | 1 | 1 |
Own goals are not credited to a player. Tallies follow the open dataset; official counts can differ where a goal's attribution is disputed.
Team by team
Every team's record at this World Cup: the final four first, then by matches played. A summary of results, not a group table.
| Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spain | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 |
| Netherlands | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 6 |
| Germany | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 5 |
| Uruguay | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 |
| Argentina | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 |
| Brazil | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 |
| Ghana | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
| Paraguay | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Japan | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| Chile | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
| United States | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| Mexico | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| South Korea | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| Slovakia | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| England | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| Ivory Coast | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| Slovenia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Serbia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| Australia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| Denmark | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| Greece | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| New Zealand | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Italy | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Algeria | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| France | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Honduras | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| North Korea | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 12 |
All results
June 11, 2010
Siphiwe Tshabalala 55', Rafael Márquez 79' · Johannesburg
Cape Town
June 12, 2010
Gabriel Heinze 6' · Johannesburg
Steven Gerrard 4', Clint Dempsey 40' · Rustenburg
Lee Jung-soo 7', Park Ji-sung 52' · Port Elizabeth
June 13, 2010
Robert Koren 79' · Polokwane
Lukas Podolski 8', Miroslav Klose 26', Thomas Müller 68', Cacau 70' · Durban
Asamoah Gyan 85' (P) · Pretoria
June 14, 2010
Antolín Alcaraz 39', Daniele De Rossi 63' · Cape Town
Keisuke Honda 39' · Bloemfontein
Daniel Agger 46' (OG), Dirk Kuyt 85' · Johannesburg
June 15, 2010
Maicon Sisenando 55', Elano 72', Ji Yun-nam 89' · Johannesburg
Port Elizabeth
Róbert Vittek 50', Winston Reid 90' · Rustenburg
June 16, 2010
Gelson Fernandes 52' · Durban
Jean Beausejour 34' · Nelspruit
Diego Forlán 24', Diego Forlán 80' (P), Álvaro Pereira 90' · Pretoria
June 17, 2010
Park Chu-young 17' (OG), Gonzalo Higuaín 33', Lee Chung-yong 45', Gonzalo Higuaín 76', Gonzalo Higuaín 80' · Johannesburg
Javier Hernández 64', Cuauhtémoc Blanco 79' (P) · Polokwane
Kalu Uche 16', Dimitris Salpingidis 44', Vasilis Torosidis 71' · Bloemfontein
June 18, 2010
Cape Town
Milan Jovanović 38' · Port Elizabeth
Valter Birsa 13', Zlatan Ljubijankić 42', Landon Donovan 48', Michael Bradley 82' · Johannesburg
June 19, 2010
Samuel Eto'o 10', Nicklas Bendtner 33', Dennis Rommedahl 61' · Pretoria
Brett Holman 11', Asamoah Gyan 25' (P) · Rustenburg
Wesley Sneijder 53' · Durban
June 20, 2010
Luís Fabiano 25', Luís Fabiano 50', Elano 62', Didier Drogba 79' · Johannesburg
Shane Smeltz 7', Vincenzo Iaquinta 29' (P) · Nelspruit
Enrique Vera 27', Cristian Riveros 86' · Bloemfontein
June 21, 2010
Mark González 75' · Port Elizabeth
David Villa 17', David Villa 51' · Johannesburg
Raul Meireles 29', Simão Sabrosa 53', Hugo Almeida 56', Tiago Mendes 60', Liédson 81', Cristiano Ronaldo 87', Tiago Mendes 89' · Cape Town
June 22, 2010
Martín Demichelis 77', Martín Palermo 89' · Polokwane
Luis Suárez 43' · Rustenburg
Kalu Uche 12', Lee Jung-soo 38', Park Chu-young 49', Yakubu 69' (P) · Durban
Bongani Khumalo 20', Katlego Mphela 37', Florent Malouda 70' · Bloemfontein
June 23, 2010
Tim Cahill 69', Brett Holman 73', Marko Pantelić 84' · Nelspruit
Mesut Özil 60' · Johannesburg
Jermain Defoe 23' · Port Elizabeth
Landon Donovan 90' · Pretoria
June 24, 2010
Robin van Persie 36', Samuel Eto'o 65' (P), Klaas-Jan Huntelaar 83' · Cape Town
Keisuke Honda 17', Yasuhito Endō 30', Jon Dahl Tomasson 81', Shinji Okazaki 87' · Rustenburg
Polokwane
Róbert Vittek 25', Róbert Vittek 73', Antonio Di Natale 81', Kamil Kopúnek 89', Fabio Quagliarella 90' · Johannesburg
June 25, 2010
David Villa 24', Andrés Iniesta 37', Rodrigo Millar 47' · Pretoria
Durban
Yaya Touré 14', Romaric 20', Salomon Kalou 82' · Nelspruit
Bloemfontein
June 26, 2010
Luis Suárez 8', Lee Chung-yong 68', Luis Suárez 80' · Port Elizabeth
Kevin-Prince Boateng 5', Landon Donovan 62' (P), Asamoah Gyan 93' · Rustenburg
June 27, 2010
Carlos Tevez 26', Gonzalo Higuaín 33', Carlos Tevez 52', Javier Hernández 71' · Johannesburg
Miroslav Klose 20', Lukas Podolski 32', Matthew Upson 37', Thomas Müller 67', Thomas Müller 70' · Bloemfontein
June 28, 2010
Juan 34', Luís Fabiano 38', Robinho 59' · Johannesburg
Arjen Robben 18', Wesley Sneijder 84', Róbert Vittek 90' (P) · Durban
June 29, 2010
David Villa 63' · Cape Town
Paraguay won on penalties · Pretoria
July 2, 2010
Robinho 10', Wesley Sneijder 53', Wesley Sneijder 68' · Port Elizabeth
Uruguay won on penalties · Sulley Muntari 45', Diego Forlán 55' · Johannesburg
July 3, 2010
Thomas Müller 3', Miroslav Klose 68', Arne Friedrich 74', Miroslav Klose 89' · Cape Town
David Villa 83' · Johannesburg
July 6, 2010
Giovanni van Bronckhorst 18', Diego Forlán 41', Wesley Sneijder 70', Arjen Robben 73', Maxi Pereira 90' · Cape Town
July 7, 2010
Carles Puyol 73' · Durban
July 10, 2010
Thomas Müller 19', Edinson Cavani 28', Diego Forlán 51', Marcell Jansen 56', Sami Khedira 82' · Port Elizabeth
July 11, 2010
Andrés Iniesta 116' · Johannesburg
Results, scorers and shoot-outs: martj42/international_results (open dataset, MIT licence). Scores include extra time.
Notes
First WC in Africa. Iniesta's extra-time winner gave Spain their first title.