FIFA World Cup 2010 Stadiums
FIFA World Cup 2010 South Africa – in numbers
Teams: 32
Playing venues: 10
Matches: 64
Opening match: Soccer City
Final: Soccer City
Average venue capacity: 51,856 seats
Largest venue: Soccer City (88,460 seats)
Smallest venue: Royal Bafokeng Stadium (38,646 seats)
Average no. of matches per venue: 6.4
Johannesburg
Soccer City | Capacity: 88,460 seats | Opening: 1989
Matches:
Group A – South Africa 1-1 Mexico (opening match)
Group E – Netherlands 2-0 Denmark
Group B – Argentina 4-1 Korea Republic
Group G – Brazil 3-1 Cote d’Ivoire
Group D – Ghana 0-1 Germany
Round of 16 – Argentina 3-1 Mexico
Quarter-final – Uruguay 0-0 Ghana
Final – Netherlands 0-1 Spain
Cape Town
Green Point Stadium | Capacity: 64,100 seats | Opening: 2009
Matches:
Group A – Uruguay 0-0 France
Group F – Italy 1-1 Paraguay
Group C – England 0-0 Algeria
Group G – Portugal 7-0 Korea DPR
Group E – Cameroon 1-2 Netherlands
Round of 16 – Spain 1-0 Portugal
Quarter-final – Argentina 0-4 Germany
Semi-final – Uruguay 2-3 Netherlands
Durban
Moses Mabhida Stadium | Capacity: 62,760 seats | Opening: 2009
Matches:
Group D – Germany 4-0 Australia
Group H – Spain 0-1 Switzerland
Group E – Netherlands 1-0 Japan
Group B – Nigeria 2-2 Korea Republic
Group G – Portugal 0-0 Brazil
Round of 16 – Netherlands 2-1 Slovakia
Semi-final – Germany 0-1 Spain
Port Elizabeth
Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium | Capacity: 42,486 seats | Opening: 2009
Matches:
Group B – Korea Republic 2-0 Greece
Group G – Côte d’Ivoire 0-0 Portugal
Group D – Germany 0-1 Serbia
Group H – Chile 1-0 Switzerland
Group C – Slovenia 0-1 England
Round of 16 – Uruguay 2-1 Korea Republic
Quarter-final – Netherlands 2-1 Brazil
Third-place – Uruguay 2-3 Germany
Johannesburg
Ellis Park Stadium | Capacity: 55,686 seats | Opening: 1928
Matches:
Group B – Argentina 1-0 Mexico
Group G – Brazil 2-1 Korea DPR
Group C – Slovenia 2-2 USA
Group H – Spain 2-0 Honduras
Group F – Slovakia 3-2 Italy
Round of 16 – Brazil 3-0 Chile
Quarter-final – Paraguay 0-1 Spain
Tshwane – Pretoria
Loftus Versfeld Stadium | Capacity: 42,858 seats | Opening: 1923
Matches:
Group D – Serbia 0-1 Ghana
Group A – South Africa 0-3 Uruguay
Group E – Cameroon 1-2 Denmark
Group C – USA 1-0 Algeria
Group H – Chile 1-2 Spain
Round of 16 – Paraguay 0-0 Japan
Mangaung – Bloemfontein
Free State Stadium | Capacity: 40,911 seats | Opening: 1995
Matches:
Group D – Japan 1-0 Cameroon
Group B – Greece 2-1 Nigeria
Group F – Slovakia 0-2 Paraguay
Group A – France 1-2 South Africa
Group H – Switzerland 0-0 Honduras
Round of 16 – Germany 4-1 England
Rustenburg
Royal Bafokeng Stadium | Capacity: 38,646 seats | Opening: 1999
Matches:
Group C – England 1-1 USA
Group F – New Zealand 1-1 Slovakia
Group D – Ghana 1-1 Australia
Group A – Mexico 0-1 Uruguay
Group E – Denmark 1-3 Japan
Round of 16 – USA 1-2 Ghana
Polokwane
Peter Mokaba Stadium | Capacity: 41,733 seats | Opening: 2010
Matches:
Group C – Algeria 0-1 Slovenia
Group A – France 0-2 Mexico
Group B – Greece 0-2 Argentina
Group F – Paraguay 0-0 New Zealand
Nelspruit
Mbombela Stadium | Capacity: 40,929 seats | Opening: 2001
Matches:
Group H – Honduras 0-1 Chile
Group F – Italy 1-1 New Zealand
Group D – Australia 2-1 Serbia
Group G – Korea DPR 0-3 Côte d’Ivoire