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2010 FIFA World Cup

19th FIFA World Cup, held in South Africa
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Summary

2010 FIFA World Cup is a sports season[1]. It ranks in the top 0.065% of sports season entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (43,779 views/month, #24 of 36,855).[2]

Key Facts

  • Winner: Spain men's national football team[3]
  • Country: South Africa[4]
  • League or competition: FIFA World Cup[5]
  • Follows: 2006 FIFA World Cup[6]
  • Followed by: 2014 FIFA World Cup[7]
  • Location: Soccer City Stadium[8], Peter Mokaba Stadium[9], Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium[10], Ellis Park Stadium[11], Mbombela Stadium[12], Royal Bafokeng Stadium[13], Loftus Versfeld Stadium[14], Cape Town Stadium[15], Moses Mabhida Stadium[16], Free State Stadium[17]
  • Commons category: 2010 FIFA World Cup[18]
  • Edition number: 19[19]
  • Has part(s): 2010 FIFA World Cup knockout stage[20]
  • Start time: June 11, 2010[21]
  • End time: July 11, 2010[22]
  • Point in time: 2010[23]
  • Sport: association football[24]
  • Organizer: FIFA[25]
  • Participant: Júlio Baptista[26], Carlos Kameni[27]
  • Mascot: Zakami[28]
  • Official website: http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/southafrica2010/[29]
  • Topic's main category: Category:2010 FIFA World Cup[30]
  • Theme music: Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)[31]
  • Attendance: 3,178,856[32]
  • Number of participants: 32[33]
  • Number of matches played/races/starts: 64[34]
  • Number of points/goals/set scored: 145[35]
  • Topic has template: Template:2010 FIFA World Cup[36]
  • Participating team: Denmark men's national football team[37], South Africa men's national association football team[38], Ghana men's national football team[39], Ivory Coast men's national football team[40], Nigeria men's national football team[41], Cameroon men's national football team[42], Algeria men's national football team[43], South Korea men's national football team[44], Japan men's national football team[45], Australia men's national soccer team[46], North Korea men's national football team[47], Portugal men's national football team[48], Brazil men's national football team[49], Paraguay men's national football team[50]

Why It Matters

2010 FIFA World Cup has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[51] It is known by 50 alternative names across languages and contexts.[52]

FAQs

What awards did 2010 FIFA World Cup receive?

Honors received include Spain men's national football team[3].

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [51] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [52] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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