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-The '''2010 [[FIFA]] [[FIFA World Cup|World Cup]]''' was an international [[Soccer]] tournament held in [[South Africa]] and won by [[Spain]]. [http://www.fifa.com/en/worldcup/index/0,3360,WF2010,00.html?comp=WF&year=2010]
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-Bidding contests for FIFA World Cups are extremely competitive.  After [[Germany]] was awarded the 2006 tournament, [[Sepp Blatter]], president of FIFA made a personal pledge to ensure that the following tournament would be held in Africa, a continent which had never previously hosted the World Cup but which was central to FIFA's aim of growing the sport globally.
-Four bids were submitted, by [[Egypt]], [[Libya]] & [[Tunisia]], [[Morocco]] and South Africa.  Libya and Tunisia withdrew their bid, and in 2004 South Africa beat Morocco and Egypt to be declared the 2010 host.
-In order to host the tournament, South Africa has built five new stadiums, and upgraded four others.
-==Competing Nations==
-national teams competed in the 2010 World Cup.  South Africa, as hosts, were guaranteed a spot.  Each regional confederation ran a qualifying tournament to determine which of its member nations would attend the finals in South Africa, with the qualifiers being:
-[[Africa]]: [[Algeria]], [[Cameroon]], [[Côte d'Ivoire]], [[Ghana]], [[Nigeria]], [[South Africa]] (hosts)<br />
-[[Asia]]: [[Australia]], [[Japan]], [[North Korea]], [[South Korea]]<br />
-[[Europe]]: [[Denmark]], [[England]], [[France]], [[Germany]], [[Greece]], [[Italy]], [[Netherlands]], [[Portugal]], [[Serbia]], [[Slovakia]], [[Slovenia]], [[Spain]], [[Switzerland]]<br />
-[[North America]]: [[Honduras]], [[Mexico]], [[United States]]<br />
-[[South America]]: [[Argentina]], [[Brazil]], [[Chile]], [[Paraguay]], [[Uruguay]]<br />
-[[Oceania]]: [[New Zealand]]<br />
-==Outcome==
-The 2010 World Cup saw three European teams in the first three places: it was won by Spain, with the Netherlands as runner-ups and Germany in the third place. Uruguay was the South American team which had the best result, ending up in the fourth place.
-[[Diego Forlán]] was proclaimed the best player of the competition; [[Thomas Müller]], [[David Villa]], [[Wesley Sneijder]] and Diego Forlan were tied as top-scorers, with 5 goals each. Müller was awarded the Golden Boot because of his three assists.
-[[Category: Soccer]]

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