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{{pp-semi|small=yes}} {{Infobox International Football Competition Line 15 ⟶ 14: | venues = [[#Venues|10]] | cities = 9 | matches = | goals = | attendance = | prevseason = [[2006 FIFA World Cup|2006]] | nextseason = [[2014 FIFA World Cup|2014]] Line 118 ⟶ 117: * {{fb|SUI}} {{col-4}} [[Image:2010 world cup qualification.png|thumb|305px|{{legend|# {{col-end}} Line 498 ⟶ 497: As with the [[2006 FIFA World Cup squads|2006 tournament]], each team's squad for the 2010 World Cup consists of 23 players. Each participating national association must confirm their final 23-player [[2010 FIFA World Cup squads|squad]] by 1 June 2010. Teams are permitted to make late replacements in the event of serious injury, at any time up to 24 hours before their first game.<ref>[http://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/competitions/WorldCup/67/17/65/671765_DOWNLOAD.pdf 2010 World Cup Regulations], FIFA, Article 26</ref> ==Opening ceremony==
{{expand-section}} The opening ceremony took place on 11 June at 14:00 [[South African Standard Time|local time]] at [[Soccer City]] in [[Johannesburg]], two hours before the opening match of the tournament.<ref>http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100611/ap_en_mu/us_wcup_opening_ceremony</ref>
<!--Keep the other opening ceremony details above due their importance--> After a ''Kick-Off'' the day before the opening ceremony [[Nelson Mandela]]'s great-grand-daughter was killed in a car crash. As a result he said he would not be in attendance for the ceremony, though he issued a statement saying he would not attend but "would be there in spirit." This bore relevance as he was heralded for being the reason South Africa got to host the World Cup and a uniting factor amongst South Africans of all creeds.<ref>http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2010/06/201061154657370318.html</ref> ==Matches== Line 545 ⟶ 546: |11 June 2010 |- style=font-size:90% |align=right|'''{{fb-rt|RSA}}'''||align=center|''' [[2010 FIFA World Cup Group A#South Africa |- style=font-size:90% |align=right|'''{{fb-rt|URU}}'''||align=center|''' [[2010 FIFA World Cup Group A#Uruguay |- |16 June 2010 |- style=font-size:90% |align=right|'''{{fb-rt|RSA}}'''||align=center|''' [[2010 FIFA World Cup Group A#South Africa |- |17 June 2010 |- style=font-size:90% |align=right|'''{{fb-rt|FRA}}'''||align=center|''' [[2010 FIFA World Cup Group A#France |- |22 June 2010 |- style=font-size:90% |align=right|'''{{fb-rt|MEX}}'''||align=center|''' [[2010 FIFA World Cup Group A#Mexico |- style=font-size:90% |align=right|'''{{fb-rt|FRA}}'''||align=center|''' [[2010 FIFA World Cup Group A#France |} Line 575 ⟶ 576: |12 June 2010 |- style=font-size:90% |align=right|'''{{fb-rt|KOR}}'''||align=center|''' [[2010 FIFA World Cup Group B#Korea Republic v Greece| |- style=font-size:90% |align=right|'''{{fb-rt|ARG}}'''||align=center|''' [[2010 FIFA World Cup Group B#Argentina v Nigeria| |- |17 June 2010 Line 775 ⟶ 776: <!-- Date-Place|Team 1|Score 1|Team 2|Score 2 --> <!-- round of 16 --> |26 June – [[Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium|Port Elizabeth]]|<small>{{flagicon}} Winners of Group |26 June – [[Royal Bafokeng Stadium|Rustenburg]]|<small>{{flagicon}} Winners of Group |28 June – [[Moses Mabhida Stadium|Durban]]|<small>{{flagicon}} Winners of Group |28 June – [[Ellis Park Stadium|Johannesburg]]|<small>{{flagicon}} Winners of Group |27 June – [[Soccer City|Johannesburg]]|<small>{{flagicon}} Winners of Group |27 June – [[Free State Stadium|Bloemfontein]]|<small>{{flagicon}} Winners of Group |29 June – [[Loftus Versfeld Stadium|Pretoria]]|<small>{{flagicon}} Winners of Group |29 June – [[Cape Town Stadium|Cape Town]]|<small>{{flagicon}} Winners of Group <!-- quarter-finals --> |2 July – [[Soccer City|Johannesburg]]|<small>{{flagicon}} Winners of Match 49</small>| |<small>{{flagicon}} Winners of Match 50</small>| Line 997 ⟶ 998: ====Final====
{{footballbox |date=11 July 2010 |time=20:30 |team1=Winners of Match 61 {{flagicon}} |score=[[2010 FIFA World Cup Final|Match 64]] |report= |team2={{flagicon}} Winners of Match 62 Line 1,016: ;1 goal * {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Gabriel Heinze]] * {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Lee Jung-Soo]] * {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Park Ji-Sung]] * {{flagicon|MEX}} [[Rafael Márquez]] * {{flagicon|RSA}} [[Siphiwe Tshabalala]] Line 1,021 ⟶ 1,024: {{col-3}} {{col-end}} ==Controversies==
===Security=== Line 1,047: As with many 'hallmark events' throughout the world,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.worldpress.org/Americas/3064.cfm|title=Hallmark Events and Evictions|publisher=[[Worldpress]]}}</ref> the 2010 FIFA World Cup has been connected to [[eviction]]s,<ref>{{cite web|author=David Smith in Johannesburg |url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jun/12/south-africa-world-cup-2010 |title=World Cup 2010: football brings defining moment for South Africa, 12 June 2009 |publisher=Guardian |date= |accessdate=2010-06-05}}</ref><ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/29/world/africa/29iht-letter.html?_r=1] ''World Cup Whose Meaning Goes Beyond Soccer'', Alan Cowell, 28 December 2009, [[New York Times]]</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/economic-cleansing-in-bbcs-world-cup-backyard-1925037.html |title='Economic cleansing' in BBC's World Cup backyard, Stewart Maclean, The Independent, 2 march 2010 |publisher=Independent.co.uk |date=2010-03-22 |accessdate=2010-06-05}}</ref><ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/africa/10205455.stm South Africans fight eviction for World Cup car park], Mohammed Allie ''BBC News'' 2 June 2010</ref><ref name="newsweek1">[http://www.newsweek.com/2010/06/04/kicked-out-for-the-cup.html Kicked Out for the Cup?] Christopher Worth ''Newsweek'', 4 June 2010</ref> which many claim are meant to 'beautify the city', impress visiting tourists, and hide shackdwellers. On 14 May 2009, the Durban-based shack-dwellers' movement [[Abahlali baseMjondolo]] took the KwaZulu-Natal government to court over their controversial [[Elimination and Prevention of Re-Emergence of Slums Act]], meant to eliminate slums in South Africa and put homeless shackdwellers in transit camps in time for the 2010 World Cup.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://us.oneworld.net/article/362921-slums-act-will-displace-thousands-south-africa|title=Shack Dwellers Fight Demolition in S. Africa Court|publisher=OneWorld.net}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.mg.co.za/article/2009-05-16-poohslinging-slums-act-showdown-at-con-court|title=Pooh-slinging Slums Act showdown at Con Court|publisher=M&G}}</ref> They have gained a lot of publicity for their efforts, even in the international media.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.democracynow.org/2009/10/1/south_africas_poor_targeted_by_evictions|title=South Africa's Poor Targeted by Evictions, Attacks in Advance of 2010 World Cup by Democracy Now!}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/dec/30/zuma-failing-black-south-africans |first=Jonathan |last=Steele |title=Why 2010 Could Be An Own Goal for the Rainbow Nation |newspaper=The Guardian |date=30 December 2009 | location=London}}</ref><ref>[http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/art.php?id=20203 South Africa's World Cup stadium of slums] Socialist Worker, 9 February 2010</ref> Abahlali baseMjondolo have threatened to build shacks outside of the Cape Town stadium to draw attention to their situation.<ref>[http://libcom.org/news/quiet-coup-south-africa%E2%80%99s-largest-social-movement-under-attack-world-cup-looms-02062010 A Quiet Coup: South Africa's largest social movement under attack as the World Cup Looms] Toussaint Losier, ''Left Turn Magazine'', June 2010</ref><ref>[http://www.sowetan.co.za/News/Article.aspx?id=1147414 Shack dwellers threat to Cup] Francis Hweshe, ''The Sowetan'', 1 June 2010</ref> Another prominent controversy surrounding preparations for the World Cup is the [[N2 Gateway]] housing project in [[Cape Town]], which plans to remove over 20,000 residents from the [[Joe Slovo Informal Settlement]] along the busy N2 Freeway and build rental flats and bond-houses in its place in time for the 2010 World Cup.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.springerlink.com/content/e23g510k121u3g77/|title=The Reverse Side of the Medal: About the 2010 FIFA World Cup and the Beautification of the N2 in Cape Town |publisher=[[Urban Forum]]}}</ref> The residents would be moved to the poverty stricken [[Delft, Cape Town|Delft]] township on the outskirts of the city and out of sight from the N2 Freeway.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.gdri-africancities.org/uploads/docs/PARIS%20From%20Crossroads%20to%20Gateways.doc|title=From Crossroads to Gateways}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.labournet.net/world/0710/slovo1.html|title=Exchange of letters re Joe Slovo with Minister Lindiwe Sisulu|date=22 August 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/local-professionals-describe-n2-gateway-as-expensive-joke-2005-11-11|title=Local Professionals describe N2 Gateway as expensive Joke|date=11 November 2005}}</ref> There has been particular concern about forced removals to the [[Blikkiesdorp]] camp in Delft and that in [[Durban]], children are being forcibly removed from the city centre.<ref>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/apr/01/south-africa-world-cup-blikkiesdorp Life in 'Tin Can Town' for the South Africans evicted ahead of World Cup], David Smith, The Guardian, 1 April 2010</ref><ref>[http://o.seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/worldcup/2012084369_soccersaf11.html South Africa's poor complain of evictions as country prepares to host World Cup], Sudarsan Raghavan, [[The Washington Post]], 20 June 2010</ref> In July 2009, South Africa was hit with rolling [[Protest in South Africa#2009 Protests|protests]] by poor communities who demanded access to basic services, jobs, adequate housing and the democratisation of service delivery. These protests have been linked to the World Cup as protesters complain that public funds are being diverted away from social issues to build stadiums and upgrade airports.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.sundayherald.com/international/shinternational/display.var.2524562.0.0.php|title=The real winners and losers: of the beautiful game|date=9 August 2009}}</ref> Line 1,113: ==References== {{Barelinks}} {{Reflist| ==External links== Line 1,119 ⟶ 1,120: * [http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/index.html FIFA.com 2010 website] * [http://www.sa2010.gov.za/ The official 2010 host country website] * [http://www.life.com/image/first/in-gallery/44101/2010-world-cup-opening-ceremonies 2010 World Cup: Opening Ceremonies] - slideshow by ''[[Life magazine]]'' {{2010 FIFA World Cup}} | |||