Origins of the FIFA World Cup

South África 2010

Travelling to South Africa

Travelling to South Africa is easy and convenient. Numerous international carriers service the country, flying direct to its 3 international airports. Self-drive visitors on overland safaris in neighbouring countries can access South Africa through its many border posts, some of which are open 24 hours a day.

The country boasts 3 international airports in Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban, but the lion's share of international airlines operating to this country do so to and from O R Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg, or Ortia for short. The airport is one of the busiest in Africa. All 3 airports are managed by the Airports Company of South Africa

South African stadiums

South Africa is in the midst of building the stadium in Green Point, one of the most popular areas of Cape Town and is situated between the town and beaches. A stadium of more than 70,000 seats and be prepared to withstand the harshest weather conditions, especially when the wind "Cape Doctor" in cloud cover Table Mountain.
Johannesburg

Ellis Park Stadium is one of the two stadiums in Johannesburg and to remodel its 55,000 villages give way to more than 60,000. It's basically a Rugby Stadium has been witness to great events

The King's Park, located near the port, has a capacity of 52,000 seats. The South African national team, Bafana Bafana, played at King's Park, against Cameroon in 1992, his first international match after apartheid. After reform, the campus will seat with 60,000 locations.
Bloemfontein

Free State Stadium, built in 1952, is one of the stages of the matches of the FIFA World Cup South Africa 2010. To do this, you receive the addition of a second grandstand seats. After its renovation for the competition, offering a total capacity of 40,000 for seating. It is the home of Bloemfontein Celtics
Nelspruit

The Mbombela Stadium will be a new facility built especially for FIFA World Cup South Africa 2010. Nelspruit will thus acquire a site that will become the king of sports legacy for the people of Mpumalanga. The stadium will be located about seven kilometers from the city center and will seat 40,000 spectators.
Polokwane

Peter Mokaba Stadium was remodeled to host the FIFA World Cup 2010. This room is named after Peter Mokaba, a political activist during apartheid said his fighting spirit and leadership.

Puerto Elizabeth

Port Elizabeth has been the scene of many football matches, including Nelson Mandela Party 2005, which pitted two African giants: South Africa and Senegal. It will build a new exhibition dedicated to the football stadium Nelson Mandela Bay for the FIFA World Cup South Africa 2010
Pretoria

Loftus Versfeld, a stadium with capacity for seating for 50,000, is located right in the heart of Pretoria. The site requires very little modification to host the FIFA World Cup South Africa 2010. The spot where now stands the Loftus Versfeld was first used as a sports center in 1903.
Rustenburg

The stage of the FIFA World Cup South Africa 2010 is the Royal Bafokeng Sports Palace. The stadium, owned by the Bafokeng Tribe has a total capacity of 40,000.

Religion

Most of the population is Christian. Tribal beliefs in a 13. In the cities there are also churches, synagogues and mosques.

Typical foods

South African meals are of a "wide variety" ... The diversity of cultures in the country is well represented in the varied eating habits and culinary tastes of South Africans.

Local dishes with rich meat of African wildlife: Starting with restaurants and Reserves and National Parks, there will have the opportunity to taste typical foods, with ostrich meat, buffalo, kudu, impala, crocodile, etc.

The traditional potjiekos (stew style), boerewors (sausage) and biltong (like jerky) the kitchen afrikaaner (origin Netherlands).

 

Ikra eggplant
A rich eggplant salad with tomatoes and peppers, very typical Russian food.





 

Lamb chops with potatoes
 Lamb chops served with a side dish very typical of Spanish cuisine.

Orange Salad
A surprising mix, oranges, onions, peppers, oil and salt, but delicious and 
refreshing salad typical of our precious land "Extremadura".

5 Places To Visit

Pretoria Church Square

The Church Square is the center of the city of Pretoria, capital of South Africa. Surrounded by several historic and architecturally famous buildings such as the Palace of Justice, the former Capitol Theatre, the Tudor Room. The Tower of the Palace of Justice was the scene of the most famous political trial in the history of South Africa, where he was accused of treason and was detained the leader of the liberation struggle of Nelson Mandela and other characters.

 Pretoria and The Jacaranda Trees

During the last months of the year, in midsummer, the jacaranda trees are blooming and purple paint the landscape of this administrative capital of South Africa. This attractive personality would be diluted and becomes an invitation to know more deeply. It is a very pleasant and attractive, also known as the Jacaranda City. Founded in 1840, is older than its bustling neighbor Johannesburg.

 Port Elizabeth

A beautiful city located in southeastern South Africa, Algoa Bay, known among locals as PE, is one of the best ports. It has a modern stadium called Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, which is located in Nelson Mandela Bay. In his beautiful Boardwalk (coastal species) have istalado most restaurants and pubs of the city.

 Jeffreys Bay

Also known as J-Bay is a bay belonging to the Eastern Cape. In the Bay mix the warm currents from the Indian Ocean with the Atlantic, creating a very unusual sea conditions. He held the traditional big Billabong Pro Championship, a tournament which brings together the 44 best surfers in the world.

 Cliffs of Cape Town

Cape Town is situated on the northern tip of the Cape Peninsula and is surrounded by almost vertical cliffs as the Devil's Peak and Lion's Head. Maditerráneo climate has a cold with average temperatures inviero 7th and summer is hot and dry.

World Cup 2010

This is the first time that the tournament has been hosted by an African nation, after South Africa was selected over Morocco and Egypt  in an all-African bidding process. Italy is the defending champion, having won the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany. The draw for the finals took place on 4 December 2009 in Cape Town, South Africa.

Africa was chosen as the host for the 2010 World Cup as part of a short-lived policy, abandoned in 2007,  to rotate the event among football confederations. Five African nations placed bids to host the 2010 World Cup

List Of Qualified Teams


The following 32 teams qualified for the final tournament.




Asian Football Confederation (AFC) 

•  Australia
•  Japan
•  Korea DPR
•  Korea Republic

Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF)

•  Honduras
•  Mexico
•  United States

Union of European Football Associations  (UEFA)

•  Denmark
•  England
•  France
•  Germany
•  Greece
•  Italy
•  Netherlands
•  Portugal
•  Serbia
•  Slovakia
•  Slovenia
•  Spain
•  Switzerland

Confederation of African Football (CAF)

•  Algeria
•  Cameroon
•  Côte d'Ivoire
•  Ghana
•  Nigeria
•  South Africa    

 South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL)

•  Argentina
•  Brazil
•  Chile
•  Paraguay
•  Uruguay

Oceania Football Confederation (OFC)

•  New Zealand

First World Cup

Estadio Centenario, the location of the first World Cup final in 1930 in Montevideo, Uruguay

Due to the success of the Olympic football tournaments, FIFA, with President Jules Rimet the driving force, again started looking at staging its own international tournament outside of the Olympics. On 28 May 1928, the FIFA Congress in Amsterdam decided to stage a world championship organised by FIFA. With Uruguay now two-time official football world champions (as 1924 was the start of FIFA's professional era) and to celebrate their centenary of independence in 1930, FIFA named Uruguay as the host country of the inaugural World Cup tournament.

The national associations of selected nations were invited to send a team, but the choice of Uruguay as a venue for the competition meant a long and costly trip across the Atlantic Ocean for European sides. Indeed, no European country pledged to send a team until two months before the start of the competition. Rimet eventually persuaded teams from Belgium, France, Romania, and Yugoslavia to make the trip. In total thirteen nations took part: seven from South America, four from Europe and two from North America.

FIFA World Cup

The FIFA World Cup is an international association football competition contested by the men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The championship has been awarded every four years since the first tournament in 1930, except in 1942 and 1946 when it was not contested because of the Second World War.

The current format of the tournament involves 32 teams competing for the title at venues within the host nation(s) over a period of about a month – this phase is often called the World Cup Finals. A qualification phase, which currently takes place over the preceding three years, is used to determine which teams qualify for the tournament together with the host nation(s).