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2010

2010 FIFA Men's World Cup · 11 June 2010 – 11 July 2010

Champion

Spain

0–1

Runner-up

Netherlands

OverviewTeamsMatchesTop ScorersAwardsPenalties
The tournament in numbers

Overview

Tournament totals counted from imported source data.

Teams

32 nations qualified for this tournament.

Algeria

DZA

Argentina

ARG

Australia

AUS

Brazil

BRA

Cameroon

CMR

Chile

CHL

Denmark

DNK

England

ENG

France

FRA

Germany

DEU

Matches

Every match of the tournament, stage by stage (64 total).

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group stage · 48 matches
11 June 2010

South Africa v Mexico

1–1

Soccer City
11 June 2010

Uruguay v France

0–0

Cape Town Stadium

Top Scorers

Leading scorers of the tournament, excluding own goals.

1

Thomas MüllerGermany

5 goals

2

Diego ForlánUruguay

5 goals

3

David VillaSpain

5 goals

4

Wesley SneijderNetherlands

5 goals

5

Róbert VittekSlovakia

4 goals

Honours

Awards

Official tournament awards in the archive.

Best Young PlayerThomas MüllerGermany
Bronze BallDavid VillaSpain
Bronze BootWesley SneijderNetherlands
Golden BallDiego ForlánUruguay
Golden BootThomas MüllerGermany
Golden GloveIker CasillasSpain
Silver BallWesley SneijderNetherlands
Silver Boot

Penalty Shootouts

2 matches went to penalties, with 18 shootout kicks recorded.

round of 16 · 1 match
29 June 2010

Paraguay v Japan

0–0 (5–3 pens)

Loftus Versfeld Stadium
quarter-finals · 1 match
2 July 2010

Uruguay v Ghana

1–1 (4–2 pens)

Soccer City

32

Teams

64

Matches

145

Goals

263

Cards

710

Substitutions

2

Penalty shootouts

18

Shootout kicks

8

Awards

Group standings and knockout bracket views will be added after standings/bracket queries are finalized.

Ghana

GHA

Greece

GRC

Honduras

HND

Italy

ITA

Ivory Coast

CIV

Japan

JPN

Mexico

MEX

Netherlands

NLD

New Zealand

NZL

Nigeria

NGA

North Korea

PRK

Paraguay

PRY

Portugal

PRT

Serbia

SRB

Slovakia

SVK

Slovenia

SVN

South Africa

ZAF

South Korea

KOR

Spain

ESP

Switzerland

CHE

United States

USA

Uruguay

URY
12 June 2010

South Korea v Greece

2–0

Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium
12 June 2010

Argentina v Nigeria

1–0

Ellis Park Stadium
12 June 2010

England v United States

1–1

Royal Bafokeng Stadium
13 June 2010

Algeria v Slovenia

0–1

Peter Mokaba Stadium
13 June 2010

Serbia v Ghana

0–1

Loftus Versfeld Stadium
13 June 2010

Germany v Australia

4–0

Moses Mabhida Stadium
14 June 2010

Netherlands v Denmark

2–0

Soccer City
14 June 2010

Japan v Cameroon

1–0

Free State Stadium
14 June 2010

Italy v Paraguay

1–1

Cape Town Stadium
15 June 2010

New Zealand v Slovakia

1–1

Royal Bafokeng Stadium
15 June 2010

Ivory Coast v Portugal

0–0

Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium
15 June 2010

Brazil v North Korea

2–1

Ellis Park Stadium
16 June 2010

Honduras v Chile

0–1

Mbombela Stadium
16 June 2010

Spain v Switzerland

0–1

Moses Mabhida Stadium
16 June 2010

South Africa v Uruguay

0–3

Loftus Versfeld Stadium
17 June 2010

Argentina v South Korea

4–1

Soccer City
17 June 2010

Greece v Nigeria

2–1

Free State Stadium
17 June 2010

France v Mexico

0–2

Peter Mokaba Stadium
18 June 2010

Germany v Serbia

0–1

Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium
18 June 2010

Slovenia v United States

2–2

Ellis Park Stadium
18 June 2010

England v Algeria

0–0

Cape Town Stadium
19 June 2010

Netherlands v Japan

1–0

Moses Mabhida Stadium
19 June 2010

Ghana v Australia

1–1

Royal Bafokeng Stadium
19 June 2010

Cameroon v Denmark

1–2

Loftus Versfeld Stadium
20 June 2010

Slovakia v Paraguay

0–2

Free State Stadium
20 June 2010

Italy v New Zealand

1–1

Mbombela Stadium
20 June 2010

Brazil v Ivory Coast

3–1

Soccer City
21 June 2010

Portugal v North Korea

7–0

Cape Town Stadium
21 June 2010

Chile v Switzerland

1–0

Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium
21 June 2010

Spain v Honduras

2–0

Ellis Park Stadium
22 June 2010

France v South Africa

1–2

Free State Stadium
22 June 2010

Mexico v Uruguay

0–1

Royal Bafokeng Stadium
22 June 2010

Greece v Argentina

0–2

Peter Mokaba Stadium
22 June 2010

Nigeria v South Korea

2–2

Moses Mabhida Stadium
23 June 2010

Slovenia v England

0–1

Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium
23 June 2010

United States v Algeria

1–0

Loftus Versfeld Stadium
23 June 2010

Australia v Serbia

2–1

Mbombela Stadium
23 June 2010

Ghana v Germany

0–1

Soccer City
24 June 2010

Paraguay v New Zealand

0–0

Peter Mokaba Stadium
24 June 2010

Slovakia v Italy

3–2

Ellis Park Stadium
24 June 2010

Cameroon v Netherlands

1–2

Cape Town Stadium
24 June 2010

Denmark v Japan

1–3

Royal Bafokeng Stadium
25 June 2010

North Korea v Ivory Coast

0–3

Mbombela Stadium
25 June 2010

Portugal v Brazil

0–0

Moses Mabhida Stadium
25 June 2010

Chile v Spain

1–2

Loftus Versfeld Stadium
25 June 2010

Switzerland v Honduras

0–0

Free State Stadium
round of 16 · 8 matches
26 June 2010

Uruguay v South Korea

2–1

Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium
26 June 2010

United States v Ghana

1–2

Royal Bafokeng Stadium
27 June 2010

Germany v England

4–1

Free State Stadium
27 June 2010

Argentina v Mexico

3–1

Soccer City
28 June 2010

Netherlands v Slovakia

2–1

Moses Mabhida Stadium
28 June 2010

Brazil v Chile

3–0

Ellis Park Stadium
29 June 2010

Paraguay v Japan

0–0 (5–3 pens)

Loftus Versfeld Stadium
29 June 2010

Spain v Portugal

1–0

Cape Town Stadium
quarter-finals · 4 matches
2 July 2010

Netherlands v Brazil

2–1

Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium
2 July 2010

Uruguay v Ghana

1–1 (4–2 pens)

Soccer City
3 July 2010

Argentina v Germany

0–4

Cape Town Stadium
3 July 2010

Paraguay v Spain

0–1

Ellis Park Stadium
semi-finals · 2 matches
6 July 2010

Uruguay v Netherlands

2–3

Cape Town Stadium
7 July 2010

Germany v Spain

0–1

Moses Mabhida Stadium
third-place match · 1 match
10 July 2010

Uruguay v Germany

2–3

Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium
final · 1 match
11 July 2010

Netherlands v Spain

0–1

Soccer City
David Villa
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