Sometimes, we at Fox Rent A Car like to sidetrack a little and since Soccer is becoming more and more popular in the US, we thought we give you some insights and history of the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa! Who will win the World Championship in Soccer? Leave your best guess in the comments!
Fox Rent A Car presents: FIFA World Cup – History
The FIFA World Cup is the international championship of men’s football (soccer) teams. FIFA stands for Federation International de Football Association. This event takes place every 4 years since 1930. The FIFA World Cup consists of a competition between 32 teams, with a process of elimination to reach 2 final teams for the World Cup finals.
There are two stages during the FIFA World Cup. The first stage of the competition is called the Group Stage. In this stage the teams are organized in 8 groups of 4 teams and compete within the groups. The best 2 teams of each groups are then qualified for the second stage called the Knockout Stage, in which teams play single-elimination games, to get to the quarter-finals, semi-finals, and finals. A third-place match also takes place between the semi-finalists losers.
Fox Rent A Car presents: FIFA World Cup 2010 – Schedule
The FIFA World Cup 2010 is taking place in South Africa. It starts on June 11th, 2010 and will go on until July 11th, 2010. There are 10 hosting cities. The Final will be hosted on July 11th, 2010 at 8:30 pm (local time) in Johannesburg.
The matches are schedules as follow:
Group A
Date – Time -Venue -Matches
June 6 – 4pm Johannesburg – JSC - South Africa / Mexico
June 6 – 8:30pm Cape Town – Uruguay / France
June 16 – 8:30pm Tshwane/Pretoria – South Africa / Uruguay
June 17 – 8:30pm Polokwane – France / Mexico
June 22 – 4pm Rustenburg – Mexico / Uruguay
June 22 – 4pm Mangaung / Bloemfontein – France / South Africa
Group B
Date – Time -Venue -Matches
June 6 – 4pm Johannesburg – JEP – Argentina / Nigeria
June 6 – 1:30pm Nelson Mandela Bay/Port Elizabeth – Korea Republic / Greece
June 17 – 4pm Mangaung / Bloemfontein – Greece / Nigeria
June 17 – 1:30pm Johannesburg – JSC Argentina / Korea Republic
June 22 – 8:30pm Durban – Nigeria / Korea Republic
June 22 – 8:30pm Polokwane – Greece / Argentina
Group C
Date – Time -Venue -Matches
June 6 – 8:30pm Rustenburg – England / USA
June 13 – 1:30pm Polokwane – Algeria / Slovenia
June 18 – 4pm Johannesburg – JEP – Slovenia / USA
June 18 – 8:30pm Cape Town – England / Algeria
June 23 – 4pm Nelson Mandela Bay/Port Elizabeth - Slovenia / England
June 23 – 4pm Tshwane/Pretoria - USA /
Algeria
Group D
Date – Time -Venue -Matches
June 6 – 8:30pm Durban – Germany / Australia
June 13 – 4pm Tshwane/Pretoria – Serbia / Ghana
June 18 – 1:30pm Nelson Mandela Bay/Port Elizabeth – Germany / Serbia
June 19 – 4pm Rustenburg – Ghana / Australia
June 23 – 8:30pm Johannesburg – JSC – Ghana / Germany
June 23 – 8:30pm Nelspruit – Australia / Serbia
Group E
Date – Time -Venue -Matches
June 14 – 1:30pm Johannesburg – JSC – Netherlands / Denmark
June 14 – 4pm Mangaung / Bloemfontein – Japan / Cameroon
June 19 – 1:30pm Durban – Netherlands / Japan
June 19 – 8:30pm Tshwane/Pretoria – Cameroon / Denmark
June 24 – 8:30pm Rustenburg – Denmark / Japan
June 24 – 8:30pm Cape Town – Cameroon / Netherlands
Group F
Date – Time -Venue -Matches
June 14 – 8:30pm Cape Town – Italy / Paraguay
June 15 – 1:30pm Rustenburg – New Zealand / Slovakia
June 20 – 1:30pm Mangaung / Bloemfontein – Slovakia / Paraguay
June 20 – 4pm Nelspruit – Italy / New Zealand
June 24 – 4pm Johannesburg – JEP – Slovakia / Italy
June 24 – 4pm Polokwane – Paraguay / New Zealand
Group G
Date – Time -Venue -Matches
June 15 – 4pm Nelson Mandela Bay/Port Elizabeth – Côte d’Ivoire / Portugal
June 15 – 8:30pm Johannesburg – JEP – Brazil / Korea DPR
June 20 – 8:30pm Johannesburg – JSC – Brazil / Côte d’Ivoire
June 21 – 1:30pm Cape Town – Portugal / Korea DPR
June 25 – 4pm Durban – Portugal / Brazil
June 25 – 4pm Nelspruit – Korea DPR / Côte d’Ivoire
Group H
Date – Time -Venue -Matches
June 16 – 1:30pm Nelspruit – Honduras / Chile
June 16 – 4pm Durban – Spain / Switzerland
June 21 – 4pm Nelson Mandela Bay/Port Elizabeth – Chile / Switzerland
June 21 – 8:30pm Johannesburg – JEP – Spain / Honduras
June 25 – 8:30pm Tshwane/Pretoria – Chile / Spain
June 25 – 8:30pm Mangaung / Bloemfontein – Switzerland / Honduras
For the rest of the following games, check out this link. You will find out the dates, hours and city in which the qualified teams will be playing for the knockout stage.
Are you ready for this incredible event? At Fox Rent A Car we are!
Remember to leave a comment and tell us, who you think will win the FIFA World Cup in South Africa!
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