Tournament Preview - 2010 World Cup
Soccer World Cup is the most widely-viewed sporting event in the world. The 2010 FIFA World Cup that takes place from Friday 11 June to Sunday 11 July 2010 will be no exception.
Fans from each team feverish believe in the success of their favourites, with the most vocal fans supporting teams like Brazil, Italy, Spain and Argentina. All of these teams are safely seated within the Top 10 in the FIFA / Coca-Cola World Rankings. As of now (August 2009), the unofficial favourites to qualify in each of the six groups are the following:
In the Africa Group, a total of 53 teams are competing for 5 + 1 places in 2010 (1 place allocated to host nation South Africa). The current favourites to compete in 2010 South Africa are Cameroon, Nigeria, Egypt, Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire.
In the North, Central America and Caribbean Group, the region’s “big three” of the United States, Mexico and Costa Rica are firm favourites to take the top three positions. Leading the charge outside the big three is an impressive Honduras team, while El Salvador also cannot be discarded.
In Asia the favourites are Japan. They have been participants at every FIFA World Cup since France 1998, although the former Oceania nation Australia could still cause an upset. Korea Republic is Asia’s most frequent country to the World Cup and will be aiming for their seventh consecutive appearance.
In Europe, the teams are competing in 9 groups. Favourites in each group are Portugal, Greece (who will have to field off fierce competition from Switzerland), Czech Republic, Germany and Russia in Group 4, Spain and Turkey in Group 5 and England in Group 6 (although they will have to beat a very hungry Croatia). In Group 7 France are the favourites, with Italy and the Netherlands being the favourites in Group 8 and 9.
Since Australia's departure to the Asia Group, many believe that New Zealand’s time has come to qualify in the Oceania Group.
In the South America Group, the top 4 teams will qualify for the FIFA World Cup. The 5th placed team enters a home-and-away playoff with the 4th placed team from North, Central America & Caribbean. In this group, Argentina and Brazil (still the number one team in the FIFA / Coca-Cola World Rankings) are top of the favourites.
2010 WORLD CUP SOCCER INFORMATION:
Aka: FIFA World Cup, Football World Cup, Soccer World Cup
Started: 1930, World Cup tournament occurs once every 4 years
Successful World Cup teams: Brazil, Italy, Germany, Uruguay
Recent Locations: Italy (1990), United States (1994), France (1998), South Korea & Japan (2002), Germany (2006)
Recent Winners:
West Germany (vs Argentina in 1990)
Brazil (vs Italy in 1994)
France (vs Brazil in 1998)
Brazil (vs. Germany 2002)
Italy (vs France in 2006)
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WORLD CUP 2010 (SOUTH AFRICA) INFORMATION:
The 19th FIFA World Cup is scheduled to occur between June 11, 2010 and July 11, 2010 in several cities in South Africa. This will be the first time that the international soccer tournament has been hosted by an African country. The tournament will take place in ten cities in the Republic of South Africa (RSA), the southernmost country on the African continent. Many of the stadiums needed for the event are currently under construction but Soccer City and Ellis Park in Johannesburg and Loftus Versfeld Stadium in the capital city of Pretoria are now being upgraded. Several of South Africa's most beautiful cities have been selected as locations for World Cup matches.
A total of two hundred teams are currently contending for a spot on the road to South Africa. Thirty one of the best teams in FIFA will compete. Only one team in the world has a guaranteed spot in this premiere world football event: that of the host country, South Africa. Preliminary phases of competition began in August, 2007 and will continue into the first part of 2010. The tournament has two parts, the qualification phase and the World Cup Finals. The Federation Intenationale de Football Association (FIFA) World Cup is conducted every four years with its first year of play occurring in 1930. The FIFA Confederations Cup will also occur in South Africa in June 2009 as a precursor to the World Cup in 2010.
An estimated 714 million will be watching the 2010 finals. Brazil has won the World Cup 5 times and Italy has won a total of 4 times. Germany follows closely behind with 3 titles. England, Uruguay, France, and Argentina have also won World Cup honors. The Adidas Golden Shoe (or Golden Boot) is awarded to the top goal scorer in the Cup and the Adidas Golden Ball goes to the best player. These are just two of the awards that will be given after the world's ultimate soccer event in 2010.
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