2010 FIFA World Cup

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The 2010 FIFA Football World Cup will be the 19th FIFA Soccer World Cup, the premier international football tournament. It is scheduled to take place between 11 June and 11 July 2010 in South Africa. This one month period of year 2010 year will reveal the hottest action in the world of football as nations compete in the most glorious soccer tournament to achieve the highest honour in the world of soccer. This will be the first time that the tournament has been hosted by an African nation, after South Africa beat Morocco and Egypt in an all-African bidding process.

A total of 200 teams entered the race for one of the 31 places at the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa. The draw for the finals of World Cup 2010 will take place on 4 December 2009 in Cape Town.
In fifa wc 2010 Italy are the defending champions, and secured qualification for the final tournament on 10 October 2009. However, World Cup odds show that Spain are the current favourites to lift the trophy.

South Africa have been very busy with world cup preparations. New stadiums (5) have been developed with the world cup in mind. Public transport facilities have been upgraded and new projects like Gautrain and new Bus Rapid Transit System (BIRTS) titled Rea Vaya. Safety and security have been taken care-off which includes restricting flight airspace near the stadiums. The preparations by South Africa have received considerable applause from FIFA. Football fans all over the world are trying to figure out which team will win the World Cup and will bet some money (depending on their budget) on it. With world cup on the steps a number of world cup betting websites have been launched. With no clear visible favorites, World cup 2010 is expected to have heavy betting going on it.

The match ball for the 2010 FIFA World Cup will be named the “Jabulani”, made by Adidas, which means “bringing joy to everyone” in isiZul.

The song "Wavin' Flag," has been chosen as the official anthem of Coca-Cola's 2010 FIFA World Cup, South Africa program. It is sung by K'naan , the Somalian-born, Canadian-based hip-hop artist. The song can be viewed along with other 2010 Fifa Football world cup videos here
The official slogan - Ke Nako. Celebrate Africa's Humanity - was revealed during the worldwide broadcast of preliminary draw by the chairman of the 2010 FIFA World Cup Organizing Committee South Africa. Ke Nako means simply It's time. Stay tuned to 2010 Fifa WC.com for the latest on world cup of soccer 2010. Whether you want the latest in team news, online betting or latest World Cup Odds, or online betting, 2010FifaWC.com has everything you need to know for all things related to World cup 2010. Previews for all matches, team profiles, fixtures and much more can be found at World Cup 2010 Betting. And book your tickets and hotel rooms early in south africa as world cup 2010 promises to be bigger and better than any other world cup before.

2010 Fifa Soccer World Cup Interesting Facts

• The world cup soccer is the biggest soccer tournament in the world and is held every 4 years in a different host country.
• Except Brazil all the other winners - Uruguay (30), Italy (34), England (66), Germany (74), Argentina (78)and France (98) - have won the World Cup when they were the host nation.
• Hosts Uruguay won the first World Cup in 1930. Few European teams took part since the voyage had to be undertaken by boat.
• In the World Cup Finals in 1978, Ramon Quiroga, a goalkeeper playing in a game for Peru was booked for a foul in the opponent's half of the field.
• In 2002, Germany's Oliver Kahn became the first goalkeeper to win the Most Valuable Player of the World Cup.
• From the year 1962 to 1996, the World Cup was won alternatively by the Europeans and South Americans
• The Brazilian star player Ronaldo, became the all-time highest goal scorer in World Cup events in the year 2006, when he outnumbered the German legend 'Gerd Müller'.
• India pulled away from the 1950 World Cup because the players were not allowed to play without shoes.
• World Cup Betting is expected to reach £1billion, according to British Bookmakers.
• World cup soccer 2010 is expected to be even bigger than 2006 world cup in terms of generating revenues. 

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