(Image: Wikipedia)The FIFA World Cup is the most widely-viewed single sport event in the world with the final match of the 2006 World Cup being viewed by over 715 million people all over the world. Whether you plan to be watching the games in a stadium or fan park on the southern tip of Africa, or on the screen back home, here’s a collection of quick information on the tournament, and the host country, to help enhance your experience. The 2010 Fifa World Cup™ is about to take place in South Africa. Somali-born poet, musician and rapper, K. EA SPORTS 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa captures the sounds and history of the musical landscape in Africa with a rhythmic, tribal blend of 28 songs that, through mass exposure to football, videogame and music fans, will become synonymous with the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa worldwide.
Will South Africa benefit from the World Cup? What’s the difference between football and soccer? Has South Africa hosted big events before? BBC Sport football blogs BBC World Cup Photo Album Fifa World Cup 2010. Have Your Say: Join the BBCs global football conversation. Post a 24-man Executive Committee meeting at the Robben Islands, FIFA President Sepp Blatter announced that the winners or champions of the 2010 FIFA World Cup tournament will receive a cash award of US 30 million.
The 2006 World Cup in Germany was the most extensively viewed event in television history. And in case I need to escape for a bit?Has South Africa hosted big events before?South Africa regularly hosts major international sporting events, and since 1994 has successfully managed some of the biggest – including the 1995 Rugby World Cup, 2003 Cricket World Cup, A1 Grand Prix (2006-), 2009 Indian Premier League, and 2009 Fifa Confederations Cup.But the Fifa World Cup™, the world’s biggest single-code sporting event – in terms of television audience, bigger than the Olympic Games – is in a class of its own.For four weeks starting 11 June 2010, South Africa will be the centre of the world. Other than watch football, what else is there to do? Where can I watch if I can’t get tickets? Where can I find photos of the stadiums?
The sound it makes is something between the bellow of a constipated elephant and the buzzing of a giant swarm of baritone bees, but South Africans like it.Will South Africa benefit from the World Cup?It has been estimated that the 2010 Fifa World Cup will sustain an estimated 695 000 jobs and have a gross impact of R93-billion on South Africa’s economy. It’s a big plastic trumpet, brightly coloured, and is blown with gusto by all fans at every football match in the country. While the game is largely known as football in Europe, in the former British colonies – including South Africa, the US and Australia – it’s mostly still called soccer (from the British Football As sociation, best known for the FA Cup).Some would say it’s South Africa’s national musical instrument. Since the end of apartheid and South Africa’s sporting isolation, Bafana Bafana have twice qualified – in 19 – for the Fifa World Cup.What’s the difference between football and soccer?Nothing. The nickname comes from the fans’ cry that went up during the team’s triumph at the 1996 African Nations Cup (also hosted in South Africa). The eyes of billions of television viewers, millions of international visitors and the cream of the world’s sporting media will be focused on the southern tip of Africa.Our national football team is known as Bafana Bafana – “the boys, the boys” in isiZulu.
Five of the 10 stadiums already existed but were upgraded, with Johannesburg’s Soccer City – venue of the opening and final match – undergoing a major upgrade. Together, the 10 stadiums will host 64 matches and seat more than 570 000 people during the course of tournament. Download the World Cup guide to official marks (PDF, 1.5 MB)In which stadiums are the games being played?2010 Fifa World Cup matches will be held in 10 stadiums: two in Johannesburg and one in each of the other eight host cities. A successful World Cup will help change the perceptions that a large number of foreign investors hold of Africa.Only accredited Fifa partners and sponsors are allowed to use the 2010 Fifa World Cup logo in their publicity and advertising.
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BrandSouthAfrica.com: Quick city profile For full information, see BrandSouthAfrica.com: 2010 Fifa World Cup host citiesThe economic hub of Africa, Johannesburg is a bustling, sprawling city of contrasts, spread across the small but densely populated province of Gauteng. For very quick info and links, see below. Quick, free registration gets you access to the library.Nine South African cities will stage the 2010 Fifa World Cup. BrandSouthAfrica.com: 2010 Fifa World Cup stadiumsThere are hundreds of photos of stadiums – plus fans and host cities – in the BrandSouthAfrica.
World Cup matches: five first-round matches, one second-round match, one quarterfinal and the third-place playoff.The former capital of a Boer republic and now capital of the Free State, Mangaung/Bloemfontein – the Afrikaans name means “flower fountain” – is a pretty city with thousands of rose bushes and some poignant memorials.Its tranquil Jacaranda-lined streets belie the fact that the Rustenburg area in North West province is one of the world’s most heavily mined regions, with a wealth of platinum underground. World Cup stadium: Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium Nearest airport: Port Elizabeth Airport Nelson Mandela Bay/Port Elizabeth 2010 website World Cup matches: five first-round matches, one second-round match.Known as the Friendly City, Port Elizabeth lies in Nelson Mandela Bay on the windswept Wild Coast of the Eastern Cape province. World Cup stadium: Loftus Versfeld Stadium
World Cup matches: four first-round matches World Cup stadium: Peter Mokaba Stadium Nearest airport: Polokwane International Airport World Cup matches: five first-round matchesThe capital of Limpopo province is ideally situated near the border of the wildlife-rich, world-famous Kruger National Park. Nearest airport: Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport World Cup matches: four first-round matches, one second-round match.The capital of Mpumalanga province lies in the fertile valley of the Crocodile River, about 330km east of Johannesburg.
Fans who can’t make it to the stadium will be able to catch the excitement and atmosphere of World Cup football at official Fan Fests across the country. The final round of sales is under way: for information on availability, how to buy, and types of ticket, see:Where can I watch if I can’t get tickets?The 2010 tournament is guaranteed to be, as South Africans say, a jol (a party). Also see BrandSouthAfrica.com’s 2010 teams guideYes – but they’re running out fast! More than 95% of the 2.88-million purchasable tickets for the 64 matches of the 2010 Fifa World Cup had been sold by 28 May.
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