Automatically qualified: South Africa (hosts)
FIRST PHASE
Group A
11- 6-10 Johannesburg South Africa 1-1 Mexico
11- 6-10 Cape Town Uruguay 0-0 France
16- 6-10 Pretoria South Africa 0-3 Uruguay
17- 6-10 Polokwane France 0-2 Mexico
22- 6-10 Bloemfontein South Africa 2-1 France
22- 6-10 Rustenburg Mexico 0-1 Uruguay
1.URUGUAY 3 2 1 0 4- 0 7
2.MEXICO 3 1 1 1 3- 2 4
3.South Africa 3 1 1 1 3- 5 4
4.France 3 0 1 2 1- 4 1
Group B
12- 6-10 Port Elizabeth South Korea 2-0 Greece
12- 6-10 Johannesburg Argentina 1-0 Nigeria
17- 6-10 Johannesburg Argentina 4-1 South Korea
17- 6-10 Bloemfontein Greece 2-1 Nigeria
22- 6-10 Polokwane Greece 0-2 Argentina
22- 6-10 Durban Nigeria 2-2 South Korea
1.ARGENTINA 3 3 0 0 7- 1 9
2.SOUTH KOREA 3 1 1 1 5- 6 4
3.Greece 3 1 0 2 2- 5 3
4.Nigeria 3 0 1 2 3- 5 1
Group C
12- 6-10 Rustenburg England 1-1 USA
13- 6-10 Polokwane Algeria 0-1 Slovenia
18- 6-10 Johannesburg Slovenia 2-2 USA
18- 6-10 Cape Town England 0-0 Algeria
23- 6-10 Port Elizabeth Slovenia 0-1 England
23- 6-10 Pretoria USA 1-0 Algeria
1.USA 3 1 2 0 4- 3 5
2.ENGLAND 3 1 2 0 2- 1 5
3.Slovenia 3 1 1 1 3- 3 4
4.Algeria 3 0 1 2 0- 2 1
Group D
13- 6-10 Pretoria Germany 4-0 Australia
13- 6-10 Durban Serbia 0-1 Ghana
18- 6-10 Port Elizabeth Germany 0-1 Serbia
19- 6-10 Rustenburg Ghana 1-1 Australia
23- 6-10 Nelspruit Australia 2-1 Serbia
23- 6-10 Johannesburg Ghana 0-1 Germany
1.GERMANY 3 2 0 1 5- 1 6
2.GHANA 3 1 1 1 2- 2 4
3.Australia 3 1 1 1 3- 6 4
4.Serbia 3 1 0 2 2- 3 3
Group E
14- 6-10 Johannesburg Netherlands 2-0 Denmark
14- 6-10 Bloemfontein Japan 1-0 Cameroon
19- 6-10 Durban Netherlands 1-0 Japan
19- 6-10 Pretoria Cameroon 1-2 Denmark
24- 6-10 Cape Town Cameroon 1-2 Netherlands
24- 6-10 Rustenburg Denmark 1-3 Japan
1.NETHERLANDS 3 3 0 0 5- 1 9
2.JAPAN 3 2 0 1 4- 2 6
3.Denmark 3 1 0 2 3- 6 3
4.Cameroon 3 0 0 3 2- 5 0
Group F
14- 6-10 Cape Town Italy 1-1 Paraguay
15- 6-10 Rustenburg New Zealand 1-1 Slovakia
20- 6-10 Bloemfontein Slovakia 0-2 Paraguay
20- 6-10 Nelspruit Italy 1-1 New Zealand
24- 6-10 Polokwane Paraguay 0-0 New Zealand
24- 6-10 Johannesburg Slovakia 3-2 Italy
1.PARAGUAY 3 1 2 0 3- 1 5
2.SLOVAKIA 3 1 1 1 4- 5 4
3.New Zealand 3 0 3 0 2- 2 3
4.Italy 3 0 2 1 4- 5 2
Group G
15- 6-10 Port Elizabeth Ivory Coast 0-0 Portugal
15- 6-10 Johannesburg Brazil 2-1 North Korea
20- 6-10 Johannesburg Brazil 3-1 Ivory Coast
21- 6-10 Cape Town Portugal 7-0 North Korea
25- 6-10 Nelspruit North Korea 0-3 Ivory Coast
25- 6-10 Durban Portugal 0-0 Brazil
1.BRAZIL 3 2 1 0 5- 2 7
2.PORTUGAL 3 1 2 0 7- 0 5
3.Ivory Coast 3 1 1 1 4- 3 4
4.North Korea 3 0 0 3 1-12 0
Group H
16- 6-10 Nelspruit Honduras 0-1 Chile
16- 6-10 Durban Spain 0-1 Switzerland
21- 6-10 Port Elizabeth Chile 1-0 Switzerland
21- 6-10 Johannesburg Spain 2-0 Honduras
25- 6-10 Pretoria Chile 1-2 Spain
25- 6-10 Bloemfontein Switzerland 0-0 Honduras
1.SPAIN 3 2 0 1 4- 2 6
2.CHILE 3 2 0 1 3- 2 6
3.Switzerland 3 1 1 1 1- 1 4
4.Honduras 3 0 1 2 0- 3 1
1/8 FINALS
26- 6-10 Port Elizabeth Uruguay 2-1 South Korea
26- 6-10 Rustenburg USA 1-2 Ghana [aet]
27- 6-10 Bloemfontein Germany 4-1 England
27- 6-10 Johannesburg Argentina 3-1 Mexico
28- 6-10 Durban Netherlands 2-1 Slovakia
28- 6-10 Johannesburg Brazil 3-0 Chile
29- 6-10 Pretoria Paraguay 0-0 Japan [aet]
Paraguay won 5-3 on penalties
29- 6-10 Cape Town Spain 1-0 Portugal
QUARTERFINALS
2- 7-10 Port Elizabeth Brazil 1-2 Netherlands
2- 7-10 Johannesburg Uruguay 1-1 Ghana [aet]
Uruguay won 4-2 on penalties
3- 7-10 Cape Town Argentina 0-4 Germany
3- 7-10 Johannesburg Paraguay 0-1 Spain
SEMIFINALS
6- 7-10 Cape Town Netherlands 3-2 Uruguay
7- 7-10 Durban Germany 0-1 Spain
THIRD PLACE MATCH
10- 7-10 Port Elizabeth Germany 3-2 Uruguay
FINAL
Johannesburg, July 11, 2010
Spain 1-0 Netherlands [aet]
Spain: Casillas, Ramos, Piqué, Puyol, Capdevila, Pedro (60' Navas),
Busquets, Xavi, Xabi Alonso (87' Fábregas), Iniesta, Villa
(106' Torres)
Netherlands: Stekelenburg, Van der Wiel, Heitinga, Mathijsen,
Van Bronckhorst (105' Braafheid), Robben, Van Bommel,
Sneijder, De Jong (99' Van der Vaart), Kuyt (71' Elia),
Van Persie
Referee: Webb (England)
Attendance: 84,490.
Scorer: 116' Iniesta 1-0.
Red card: Heitinga (109', second yellow).
Topscorers: Forlán (Uruguay), Th. Müller (Germany), Sneijder (Netherlands),
Villa (Spain) 5 goals.
Thanks to Eren Kocyigit for a correction
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