FIFA World Cup 2010
South Africa · 11 Jun 2010 – 11 Jul 2010
SpainChampionNetherlandsRunner-up
32Teams
64Matches
145Goals
Tournament summary
The FIFA World Cup 2010 was played in South Africa from 11 June 2010 to 11 July 2010. 32 teams took part, playing 64 matches with 145 goals (2.27 per match).
Spain won the title (their 1st), beating Netherlands 1–0 in the final in Johannesburg.
David Villa (Spain), Diego Forlán (Uruguay), Thomas Müller (Germany) and Wesley Sneijder (Netherlands) shared the scoring lead with 5 goals each.
Participants
Shading by points won; the champion is highlighted in gold.
Team statistics
| Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Netherlands | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 6 | +6 |
| Spain | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | +6 |
 Germany | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 5 | +11 |
 Argentina | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | +4 |
 Uruguay | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | +3 |
 Brazil | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | +5 |
 Ghana | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 |
 Japan | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 |
 Paraguay | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 |
 Chile | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 |
 Portugal | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 | +6 |
 United States | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
 England | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -2 |
 Ivory Coast | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 |
 Slovenia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
 Switzerland | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
 Mexico | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -1 |
 South Korea | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -2 |
 Slovakia | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -2 |
 South Africa | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -2 |
 Australia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -3 |
 New Zealand | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
 Serbia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | -1 |
 Denmark | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -3 |
 Greece | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -3 |
 Italy | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -1 |
 Nigeria | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 |
 Algeria | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -2 |
 France | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -3 |
 Honduras | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -3 |
 Cameroon | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -3 |
 North Korea | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 12 | -11 |
Aggregated over all matches of the tournament (group stage and knock-outs).
All results
Friday 11 June 2010
- South Africa 1–1 MexicoJohannesburg
- Uruguay 0–0 FranceCape Town
Saturday 12 June 2010
- Argentina 1–0 NigeriaJohannesburg
- England 1–1 United StatesRustenburg
- South Korea 2–0 GreecePort Elizabeth
Sunday 13 June 2010
Monday 14 June 2010
Tuesday 15 June 2010
- Brazil 2–1 North KoreaJohannesburg
- Ivory Coast 0–0 PortugalPort Elizabeth
- New Zealand 1–1 SlovakiaRustenburg
Wednesday 16 June 2010
- Honduras 0–1 ChileNelspruit
- South Africa 0–3 UruguayPretoria
- Spain 0–1 SwitzerlandDurban
Thursday 17 June 2010
Friday 18 June 2010
- England 0–0 AlgeriaCape Town
- Germany 0–1 SerbiaPort Elizabeth
- Slovenia 2–2 United StatesJohannesburg
Saturday 19 June 2010
Sunday 20 June 2010
- Brazil 3–1 Ivory CoastJohannesburg
- Italy 1–1 New ZealandNelspruit
- Slovakia 0–2 ParaguayBloemfontein
Monday 21 June 2010
- Chile 1–0 SwitzerlandPort Elizabeth
- Portugal 7–0 North KoreaCape Town
- Spain 2–0 HondurasJohannesburg
Tuesday 22 June 2010
- Greece 0–2 ArgentinaPolokwane
- Mexico 0–1 UruguayRustenburg
- Nigeria 2–2 South KoreaDurban
- South Africa 2–1 FranceBloemfontein
Wednesday 23 June 2010
- Australia 2–1 SerbiaNelspruit
- Ghana 0–1 GermanyJohannesburg
- Slovenia 0–1 EnglandPort Elizabeth
- United States 1–0 AlgeriaPretoria
Thursday 24 June 2010
- Cameroon 1–2 NetherlandsCape Town
- Denmark 1–3 JapanRustenburg
- Paraguay 0–0 New ZealandPolokwane
- Slovakia 3–2 ItalyJohannesburg
Friday 25 June 2010
- Chile 1–2 SpainPretoria
- North Korea 0–3 Ivory CoastNelspruit
- Portugal 0–0 BrazilDurban
- Switzerland 0–0 HondurasBloemfontein
Saturday 26 June 2010
- Uruguay 2–1 South KoreaPort Elizabeth
- United States 1–2 GhanaRustenburg
Sunday 27 June 2010
Monday 28 June 2010
- Brazil 3–0 ChileJohannesburg
- Netherlands 2–1 SlovakiaDurban
Tuesday 29 June 2010
Friday 2 July 2010
- Netherlands 2–1 BrazilPort Elizabeth
- Uruguay 1–1 GhanaUruguay won on penalties · Johannesburg
Saturday 3 July 2010
Tuesday 6 July 2010
- Uruguay 2–3 NetherlandsCape Town
Wednesday 7 July 2010
Saturday 10 July 2010
Sunday 11 July 2010
- Netherlands 0–1 SpainJohannesburg