Tournament Details



Details:
Host country: South Africa
Dates: 11-June-2010 to 11-July-2010
Teams: 32
Tournament stats

Stages:
Round 1: 32 teams split in 8 groups of 4
Group A | Group B | Group C | Group D | Group E | Group F | Group G | Group H
Round 2: 16 Team Playoff
Playoffs

Qualification:
      Countries qualified       Country failed to qualify       Countries that did not enter       Country not a member
Notes:
  • The first African host of the finals

  • Team Placing:
    Placing Team Starting ELO Rating Current ELO Rating GF GA GD Region
    1 Spain 2112 2245 (+133) 8 2 +6 UEFA
    2 Netherlands 2043 2137 (+94) 12 6 +6 UEFA
    3 Germany 1958 2210 (+252) 16 5 +11 UEFA
    4 Uruguay 1845 1948 (+103) 11 8 +3 CONMEBOL
    5 Brazil 2110 2095 (-15) 9 4 +5 CONMEBOL
    5 Argentina 1921 1904 (-17) 10 6 +4 CONMEBOL
    5 Paraguay 1765 1837 (+72) 3 2 +1 CONMEBOL
    5 Ghana 1688 1764 (+76) 5 4 +1 CAF
    9 Portugal 1876 1903 (+27) 7 1 +6 UEFA
    9 Chile 1887 1866 (-21) 3 5 -2 CONMEBOL
    9 England 2001 1864 (-137) 3 5 -2 UEFA
    9 Mexico 1900 1838 (-62) 4 5 -1 CONCACAF
    9 Japan 1681 1758 (+77) 4 2 +2 AFC
    9 USA 1786 1757 (-29) 5 5 0 CONCACAF
    9 South Korea 1766 1724 (-42) 6 8 -2 AFC
    9 Slovakia 1671 1679 (+8) 5 7 -2 UEFA
    17 Italy 1938 1793 (-145) 4 5 -1 UEFA
    17 Switzerland 1762 1790 (+28) 1 1 0 UEFA
    17 Serbia 1842 1783 (-59) 2 3 -1 UEFA
    17 Ivory Coast 1740 1780 (+40) 4 3 +1 CAF
    17 Australia 1777 1767 (-10) 3 6 -3 OFC
    17 France 1861 1709 (-152) 1 4 -3 UEFA
    17 Slovenia 1686 1706 (+20) 3 3 0 UEFA
    17 Denmark 1779 1698 (-81) 3 6 -3 UEFA
    17 Greece 1737 1698 (-39) 2 5 -3 UEFA
    17 Honduras 1716 1689 (-27) 0 3 -3 CONCACAF
    17 South Africa 1595 1661 (+66) 3 5 -2 CAF
    17 Nigeria 1716 1657 (-59) 3 5 -2 CAF
    17 New Zealand 1531 1619 (+88) 1 1 0 OFC
    17 Cameroon 1697 1604 (-93) 2 5 -3 CAF
    17 Algeria 1542 1535 (-7) 0 1 -1 CAF
    17 North Korea 1539 1450 (-89) 1 12 -11 AFC
    Top goal scorers:

    5 goals David Villa
    5 goals Diego Forlán
    5 goals Thomas Müller
    5 goals Wesley Sneijder
    4 goals Gonzalo Higuaín
    4 goals Miroslav Klose
    4 goals Róbert Vittek
    3 goals Asamoah Gyan
    3 goals Landon Donovan
    3 goals Luís Fabiano
    3 goals Luis Suárez
    2 goals Andrés Iniesta
    2 goals Arjen Robben
    2 goals Brett Holman
    2 goals Carlos Tévez
    2 goals Elano
    2 goals Javier Hernández
    2 goals Kalu Uche
    2 goals Keisuke Honda
    2 goals Lee Chung-Yong
    2 goals Lee Jung-Soo
    2 goals Lukas Podolski
    2 goals Robinho
    2 goals Samuel Eto'o
    2 goals Tiago
    1 goal Álvaro Pereira
    1 goal Antolín Alcaraz
    1 goal Antonio Di Natale
    1 goal Arne Friedrich
    1 goal Bongani Khumalo
    1 goal Cacau
    1 goal Carles Puyol
    1 goal Clint Dempsey
    1 goal Cristian Riveros
    1 goal Cristiano Ronaldo
    1 goal Cuauhtémoc Blanco
    1 goal Daniele De Rossi
    1 goal Dennis Rommedahl
    1 goal Didier Drogba
    1 goal Dimitris Salpigidis
    1 goal Dirk Kuyt
    1 goal Edinson Cavani
    1 goal Enrique Vera
    1 goal Fabio Quagliarella
    1 goal Florent Malouda
    1 goal Gabriel Heinze
    1 goal Gelson Fernandes
    1 goal Giovanni van Bronckhorst
    1 goal Hugo Almeida
    1 goal Jean Beausejour
    1 goal Jermain Defoe
    1 goal Ji Yun-Nam
    1 goal Jon Dahl Tomasson
    1 goal Juan
    1 goal Kamil Kopúnek
    1 goal Katlego Mphela
    1 goal Kevin-Prince Boateng
    1 goal Klaas-Jan Huntelaar
    1 goal Kolo Touré
    1 goal Liédson
    1 goal Maicon
    1 goal Marcell Jansen
    1 goal Mark González
    1 goal Marko Pantelic
    1 goal Martín Demichelis
    1 goal Martín Palermo
    1 goal Matthew Upson
    1 goal Maxi Pereira
    1 goal Mesut Özil
    1 goal Michael Bradley
    1 goal Milan Jovanovic
    1 goal Nicklas Bendtner
    1 goal Park Chu-Young
    1 goal Park Ji-Sung
    1 goal Rafael Márquez
    1 goal Raul Meireles
    1 goal Robert Koren
    1 goal Robin van Persie
    1 goal Rodrigo Millar
    1 goal Romaric
    1 goal Salomon Kalou
    1 goal Sami Khedira
    1 goal Shane Smeltz
    1 goal Shinji Okazaki
    1 goal Simão
    1 goal Siphiwe Tshabalala
    1 goal Steven Gerrard
    1 goal Sulley Muntari
    1 goal Tim Cahill
    1 goal Valter Birsa
    1 goal Vasilis Torosidis
    1 goal Vincenzo Iaquinta
    1 goal Winston Reid
    1 goal Yakubu Aiyegbeni
    1 goal Yasuhito Endo
    1 goal Zlatan Ljubijankic


    Own goal scorers:

    1 goal Daniel Agger
    1 goal Park Chu-Young