Group A matches, analysis and teams in 2010 World Cup Football

Preview of Group A Football matches, analysis and schedule

Following are the matches that will be played in Group A of 2010 World cup Football. Interesting to see that this group consists of hosts South Africa. The first match of this version of the tournament will be played in this group.

France must have a relatively easy initial games. There will be a lot of support for the hosts South Africa. If they manage to win few games and enter the next round then that will be a fantastic treat for the hosts.

11/06 16:00 Johannesburg - JSC - South Africa vs Mexico, First match
11/06 20:30 Cape Town Uruguay vs France

16/06 20:30 Tshwane/Pretoria South Africa vs Uruguay
17/06 20:30 Polokwane France vs Mexico

22/06 16:00 Rustenburg Mexico vs Uruguay
22/06 16:00 Mangaung / Bloemfontein France vs South Africa

World Cup Football records by countries

Overall world records in Football world cup championship

Lets go back to the history and see what happened in the past world cup football tournaments. The list I am providing here are the overall records created by football playing nations. More information on FIFA world cup records cab be viewed from the following page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA_World_Cup_records.

These are not individual world records in World Cup Football - but as mentioned are the records by countries.

Maximum number of championships:
Brazil has won the world cup football 5 times

Maximum number of times a nation played in the world cup finals
Brazil and Germany - both appeared 7 times

Maximum number of times a team has qualified for world cup football championships
Brazil - 19 times. This Latin American country also holds the record of playing every single World Cup tournament till date

Most number of times of having reached the last 4 - semifinals and/or finals
Germany - 11 times

Most number of matches played in world cup football
92 matches - both by Brazil and Germany

Most number of wins recorded by a nation
64 matches won by Brazil

Most number of lost matches by a nation
Mexico - 22 matches lost overall

Most times a country was involved when there was no result - most number of draws
Germany and Italy - 19 matches without a result

Most number of goals scored by a country
Brazil - 201

Most number of goals conceded by a country
Germany - 112

Most number of encounters by a pair of countries
Brazil and Sweden - played 7 times

Most number of times a finals is played between the same countries
Brazil vs Italy - 2 times
Argentina vs Germany - 2 times

Also See
World Cup Football Performance by top nations

Ticket Categories, Match Prices for Football matches in 2010 World Cup

Ticket prices for 2010 World Cup Football Championships

As you all plan to prepare and watch for 2010 World Cup Football Championship, it is also important to know how much it will cost in terms of purchasing tickets to watch a football match in the coming World Cup Soccer in South Africa. The tickets are priced as per the stage of the match and also divided into different categories.

Ticket Categories in World Cup Football:

Blue - Category 1 - alongside the pitch
Green - Category 2 - Adjacent to category 1, in the corners
Red - Category 3 - Adjacent to Category 2 - behind the goals, in the corners
Yellow - Category 4 - generally behind the goals

NOTE: Category 4 tickets are exclusively reserved to South African residents and will be sold exclusively in the currency of South African Rand ZAR.

Match Prices - all prices mentioned in United States $ - USD

Opening Match (Match No 1)
Category 1 - $450
Category 2 - $300
Category 3 - $200
Wheelchair - $70

Group Matches (Match No 2 to 48)
Category 1 - $160
Category 2 - $120
Category 3 - $80
Wheelchair - $20

Round of 16 (Match No 49 to 56)
Category 1 - $ 200
Category 2 - $ 150
Category 3 - $ 100
Wheelchair - $ 50

Quarter-finals (Match No 57 to 60)
Category 1 - $ 300
Category 2 - $ 200
Category 3 - $ 150
Wheelchair - $ 75

Semi-finals (Match No 61 & 62)
Category 1 - $ 600
Category 2 - $ 400
Category 3 - $ 250
Wheelchair - $ 100

3rd/4th Place Match (Match No 63) - between Semi final losers
Category 1 - $ 300
Category 2 - $ 200
Category 3 - $ 150
Wheelchair - $ 75

The Finals (Match No 64)
Category 1 - $ 900
Category 2 - $ 600
Category 3 - $ 400
Wheelchair - $ 150

Tickets Sales Phases and Dates for the World Cup Football

Dates for World Cup Football Ticket Sales

Here are the schedules of 5 different phases as per FIFA for getting the tickets to watch 2010 world cup football championship being held in South Africa. The Sales phases have already started and the last one will be around the tournament schedule in July.

World cup Tickets First sales phase: 20 February 2009 to 31 March 2009
World cup Tickets Second sales phase: 4 May 2009 to 20 November 2009
World cup Tickets Third sales phase: 5 December 2009 to 22 January 2010
World cup Tickets Fourth sales phase: 9 February 2010 to 7 April 2010
World cup Tickets Final / Last Minute sales phase: 15 April 2010 to 11 July 2010 (NOTE: Ticket transactions at the point of sale)

World Cup Ticketing Centers

More information:
http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/organisation/ticketing/salesphases.html

As you see currently the third phase is on for the ticket sales. Kindly plan for your vacation and see that you book the tickets well in advance.

To know the pricing and Ticket Categories see below:
2010 World Cup Football Ticket prices

Tickets for 2010 World Cup Football in South Africa

How can I get the tickets to watch 2010 World cup Football matches?

If you are planning to watch the 2010 World Cup Football Championship in South Africa and want know how to get the tickets for the tournament then here is some information that can help you in this regard. FIFA world cup authorities have made extensive arrangements to ensure that fans get to watch their favorite teams playing in South Africa.

All the information related to the world cup football ticketing can be had from:
http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/organisation/ticketing/applyfor/index.html

You can start your application from here:
https://fwctickets.fifa.com/Welcome.aspx?language=en

You can view your application from the above page

More related links about - how do I get tickets for 2010 World Cup Football/Soccer Championship in South Africa
http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/organisation/ticketing/applyfor/index.html

All the best, and I hope that you get the tickets to watch your teams playing and winning the matches.

To know the pricing and Ticket Categories see below:
2010 World Cup Football Ticket prices

Complete Schedule of 2010 World cup Football matches in South Africa

Fixtures and Schedule of 2010 World cup Football Matches in South Africa

Here is the complete day by day schedule and football match fixtures of 2010 World Cup Football Championships to be played in South Africa. As you all know there are 8 groups playing in this tournament with 4 nations in each group. The matches will be played across South Africa in different stadiums and various venues. Check this to know more about this -

Stadiums and Venues of 2010 World cup Football Championships.

These are matches to be played only at the initial stage. The complete schedule of Stage of these games will be posted later. There are total 48 matches that will be played at this stage. With 6 matches in each group.

Group A Fixtures and Schedule
11-June 16:00 Johannesburg South Africa vs Mexico
11-June 20:30 Cape Town Uruguay vs France
16-June 20:30 Tshwane/Pretoria South Africa vs Uruguay
17-June 20:30 Polokwane France vs Mexico
22-June 16:00 Rustenburg Mexico vs Uruguay
22-June 16:00 Mangaung/Bloemfontein France vs South Africa

Group B Fixtures and Schedule
12-June 16:00 Johannesburg Argentina vs Nigeria
12-June 13:30 Nelson Mandela Bay/Port Elizabeth Korea Republic vs Greece
17-June 16:00 Mangaung/Bloemfontein Greece vs Nigeria
17-June 13:30 Johannesburg Argentina vs Korea Republic
22-June 20:30 Durban Nigeria vs Korea Republic
22-June 20:30 Polokwane Greece vs Argentina

Group C Fixtures and Schedule
12-June 20:30 Rustenburg England vs USA
13-June 13:30 Polokwane Algeria vs Slovenia
18-June 16:00 Johannesburg Slovenia vs USA
18-June 20:30 Cape Town England vs Algeria
23-June 16:00 Nelson Mandela Bay/Port Elizabeth Slovenia vs England
23-June 16:00 Tshwane/Pretoria USA vs Algeria

Group D Fixtures and Schedule
13-June 20:30 Durban Germany vs Australia
13-June 16:00 Tshwane/Pretoria Serbia vs Ghana
18-June 13:30 Nelson Mandela Bay/Port Elizabeth Germany vs Serbia
19-June 16:00 Rustenburg Ghana vs Australia
23-June 20:30 Johannesburg Ghana vs Germany
23-June 20:30 Nelspruit Australia vs Serbia

Group E Fixtures and Schedule
14-June 13:30 Johannesburg Netherlands vs Denmark
14-June 16:00 Mangaung/Bloemfontein Japan vs Cameroon
19-June 13:30 Durban Netherlands vs Japan
19-June 20:30 Tshwane/Pretoria Cameroon vs Denmark
24-June 20:30 Rustenburg Denmark vs Japan
24-June 20:30 Cape Town Cameroon vs Netherlands

Group F Fixtures and Schedule
14-June 20:30 Cape Town Italy vs Paraguay
15-June 13:30 Rustenburg New Zealand vs Slovakia
20-June 13:30 Mangaung/Bloemfontein Slovakia vs Paraguay
20-June 16:00 Nelspruit Italy vs New Zealand
24-June 16:00 Johannesburg Slovakia vs Italy
24-June 16:00 Polokwane Paraguay vs New Zealand

Group G Fixtures and Schedule
15-June 16:00 Nelson Mandela Bay/Port Elizabeth Côte d'Ivoire vs Portugal
15-June 20:30 Johannesburg Brazil vs Korea DPR
20-June 20:30 Johannesburg Brazil vs Côte d'Ivoire
21-June 13:30 Cape Town Portugal vs Korea DPR
25-June 16:00 Durban Portugal vs Brazil
25-June 16:00 Nelspruit Korea DPR vs Côte d'Ivoire

Group H Fixtures and Schedule
16-June 13:30 Nelspruit Honduras vs Chile
16-June 16:00 Durban Spain vs Switzerland
21-June 16:00 Nelson Mandela Bay/Port Elizabeth Chile vs Switzerland
21-June 20:30 Johannesburg Spain vs Honduras
25-June 20:30 Tshwane/Pretoria Chile vs Spain
25-June 20:30 Mangaung/Bloemfontein Switzerland vs Honduras

2010 World Cup Football Venues, Stadium details

Location, Venues and stadium details of the matches that will be played during 2010 world cup football tournament in South Africa. Earlier there were 13 venues identified but later on this list was reduced to 10 venues.

Johannesburg - Soccer City - Capacity: 94,900
Durban - Moses Mabhida Stadium - Capacity: 70,000
Cape Town - Cape Town Stadium - Capacity: 69,070
Johannesburg - Ellis Park Stadium - Capacity: 62,567
Pretoria - Loftus Versfeld Stadium Capacity: 51,760
Port Elizabeth - Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium - Capacity: 48,000
Bloemfontein - Free State Stadium - Capacity: 48,070
Polokwane - Peter Mokaba Stadium - Capacity: 46,000
Nelspruit - Mbombela Stadium - Capacity: 44,000
Rustenburg - Royal Bafokeng Stadium - Capacity: 42,000

Some of these stadiums are being newly built. Organizers are doing their best to ensure that everything is fine and the players, officials and fans will have all the facilities at these venues.

Detailed Fixtures and Schedule -
2010 World Cup Football match by match schedule

Opening Ceremony Schedule and Events of World Cup Football

2010 World cup Football Groups and Teams

List of groups for 2010 world cup football and the nations belonging to each group. As you know there are 32 teams that are participating in this years world cup football tournament in South Africa. Accordingly the organizers have teamed 4 nations in each group. The groups are named alphabetically starting from A to H.

Hosts South Africa are in group A and the defending champions Italy are in group F.

Group Wise Points Table and Team Standings

Classification of Groups for 2010 World Cup Football - Check on the links of the respective groups to find the schedule of matches for each group, analysis, players to watch and also what are the chances of these teams from each group to reach the next levels.

Group A Teams
South Africa, Mexico, Uruguay and France

Group B Teams
Argentina, Nigeria, Korea Republic and Greece

Group C Teams
England, United States, Algeria and Slovenia

Group D Teams
Germany, Australia, Serbia and Ghana

Group E Teams
Netherlands, Denmark, Japan and Cameroon

Group F Teams
Italy, Paraguay, New Zealand and Slovakia

Group G Teams
Brazil, Korea DPR, Cote d'Ivoire and Portugal

Group H Teams
Spain, Switzerland, Honduras and Chile

Mascot and Match ball for 2010 World Cup

Here are the details on the Mascot and Match Ball for the coming 2010 World Cup Football Championships being played in South Africa. The mascot is named as Zakumi and the match ball will be named as Jabulani.

2010 FIFA World Cup Football Mascot Zakumi means anthropomorphic leopard (with a green hair - environment friendly !!). The Mascot has been designed to match the host nations playing strip which is in Yellow and Green. As you all know ZA is the international abbreviation for South Africa and Kumi means ten.



The match ball Jabulani for 2010 World Cup Football is made by Adidas. This word also means bringing joy to everyone - needless to stay this once in a 4 year event for sure will bring excitement, entertainment and happiness to the millions of soccer loving people across the world.

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List of teams qualified for 2010 world cup football

After a series of FIFA football qualification matches over the past few months, we now have the final list of 32 nations who will be playing the next years FIFA world cup football.

Below is the list of 32 nations based on the region for 2010 World Cup

Asian Football Confederation (AFC) - 4 teams
* Australia
* Japan
* Korea DPR - North
* Korea Republic - South

Confederation of African Football (CAF) - 5 + 1 teams
* Algeria
* Cameroon
* Côte d'Ivoire
* Ghana
* Nigeria
* South Africa (host nation)

CONCACAF (Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football) - 3 Teams
* Honduras
* Mexico
* United States

CONMEBOL (South American Football Confederation) - 5 Teams
* Argentina
* Brazil
* Chile
* Paraguay
* Uruguay

Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) - 1 Team
* New Zealand

UEFA - European Zone - 13 Teams
* Denmark
* England
* France
* Germany
* Greece
* Italy
* Netherlands
* Portugal
* Serbia
* Slovakia
* Slovenia
* Spain
* Switzerland

See this below to know how these teams are placed in different groups
2010 World Cup Football Groups and Teams

Alphabetical List of Teams for this years World cup

2006 World Cup Football Team Rankings

As we come near the 2010 World Cup Football lets go back and see how the teams performed in the previous 2006 world cup football. There were a total of 32 teams that participated in the last year world cup.

Team rankings in 2006 world cup - Italy was the winner of 2006 World Cup Football.

Rank - Nation - Points
1 Italy 17
2 France 15
3 Germany 16
4 Portugal 13
5 Brazil 12
6 Argentina 11
7 England 11
8 Ukraine 7
9 Spain 9
10 Switzerland 8
11 Netherlands 7
12 Ecuador 6
13 Ghana 4
14 Sweden 5
15 Mexico 4
16 Australia 4
17 Korea Republic 4
18 Paraguay 3
19 Côte d'Ivoire 3
20 Czech Republic 3
21 Poland 3
22 Croatia 2
23 Angola 2
24 Tunisia 1
25 Iran 1
25 United States 1
27 Trinidad and Tobago 1
28 Japan 3 1
28 Saudi Arabia 1
30 Togo 0
31 Costa Rica 0
32 Serbia and Montenegro 0

World Cup Football Results of defending champions

Only two times in the history of world cup football the defending champions managed to retain the coveted trophy. Italy managed to do this in 1938 and Brazil in 1962. Surprisingly other than these two performances none of the defending champions managed to even enter the semi finals of any World cup tournament while defending the trophy.

Defending Champions and their performance in World Cup Football Championships.

1930 Initial version of World Cup Football
1934 Uruguay Did not enter
1938 Italy Champions
1950 Italy Round 1
1954 Uruguay Fourth place
1958 West Germany Fourth place
1962 Brazil Champions
1966 Brazil Round 1
1970 England Quarterfinals
1974 Brazil Fourth place
1978 West Germany Quarterfinals
1982 Argentina Round 2
1986 Italy Round 2
1990 Argentina Runners-up
1994 Germany Quarterfinals
1998 Brazil Runners-up
2002 France Round 1
2006 Brazil Quarterfinals
2010 Italy ***Let us see how Italy will perform in 2010 world cup***

Host Nations performance in world cup football championships

Hosting Football world championships is like a dream come true for many nations. And many citizens consider this as once in a life time opportunity. It takes tremendous amount of dedication and preparation to host such a big event. As football fans see their own country playing in front of them in their own land it will be a great moment to many soccer fans.

And what if the host nation wins a match !! enters finals !! and wins the World cup football finals !!!

Now, here is the performance of host nations in all the world cup football championships from 1930 till date. Only the items in bold are the years when the Football world cup hosting nation has managed to win the Championships.

Read as Year - Host Nation - Finish
1930 Uruguay Champions
1934 Italy Champions
1938 France Quarterfinals
1950 Brazil Runners-up
1954 Switzerland Quarterfinals
1958 Sweden Runners-up
1962 Chile Third place
1966 England Champions
1970 Mexico Quarterfinals
1974 West Germany Champions
1978 Argentina Champions
1982 Spain Round 2
1986 Mexico Quarterfinals
1990 Italy Third place
1994 United States Round 2
1998 France Champions
2002 Korea Republic Fourth place and Japan Round of 16
2006 Germany Third place
2010 South Africa *** Lets Wait and See ***

World cup Football performance by top nations

As I start putting things together about world cup football records, just wanted to share how top football playing nations performed at the world cup football championships.

Read as, along with the years mentioned (Won - Runners up - Third Place - Fourth Place)

Brazil 5 wins (1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002) - 2 (1950, 1998) - 2 (1938, 1978) - 1 (1974)
Italy 4 wins (1934, 1938, 1982, 2006) - 2 (1970, 1994) - 1 (1990) - 1 (1978)
Germany 3 wins (1954, 1974, 1990) - 4 (1966, 1982, 1986, 2002) - 3 (1934, 1970, 2006) - 1 (1958)
Argentina 2 wins (1978, 1986) - 2 (1930, 1990)
Uruguay 2 wins (1930, 1950) 2 (4th Place) (1954, 1970)
France 1 Win (1998) - 1 (2006) - 2 (1958, 1986) - 1 (1982)
England 1 Win (1966) 1 (4th place) (1990)

So it clearly the Latin American team of Brazil that has won the championships maximum number of times. Let us see if Italy can win this years tournament in South Africa and equal the world record of Brazil.

History of World Cup Football

Here is some history and details about previous world cup football championships. The first ever football championships was started in 1930 with Uruguay being the winners. And since then this tournament has attracted people all over the world and is now the most popular sporting event. As we come near the 2010 FIFA world cup soccer championships in South Africa here is my effort in bringing you the legacy and some facts about FIFA world cup football tournament.

Details of World Cup football history

1930 - Venue Uruguay
Uruguay 4 - 2 Argentina

1934 - Venue Italy
Italy 2 - 1 Czechoslovakia

1938 - Venue France
Italy 4 - 2 Hungary

1950 Venue Brazil
Uruguay Brazil based on points

1954 Venue Switzerland
West Germany 3 - 2 Hungary

1958 Venue Sweden
Brazil 5 - 2 Sweden

1962 Venue Chile
Brazil 3 - 1 Czechoslovakia

1966 Venue England
England 4 - 2 West Germany

1970 Venue Mexico
Brazil 4 - 1 Italy

1974 Venue West Germany
West Germany 2 - 1 Netherlands

1978 Venue Argentina
Argentina 3 - 1 Netherlands

1982 Venue Spain
Italy 3 - 1 West Germany

1986 Venue Mexico
Argentina 3 - 2 West Germany

Belgium 1990 Venue Italy
West Germany 1 - 0 Argentina

1994 Venue United States
Brazil 0 - 0 (3 - 2) Italy

1998 Venue France
France 3 - 0 Brazil

2002 Venue Korea Republic & Japan
Brazil 2 - 0 Germany

2006 Venue Germany
Italy 1 - 1 (5 - 3 pens) France

Also See
World Cup Football History