National Teams : 32
Stadiums: 10
Games: 64
Goals: 147
Goal average: 2.27
Top scorer:
Diego Forlán (Uruguay) - 5 goals
Thomas Mueller (Germany) - 5 goals
Wesley Sneijder (Holland) - 5 goals
David Villa (Spain) - 5 goals
Largest win:
Portugal 7 - 0 North Korea
Match with more goals:
Portugal 7 - 0 North Korea
Red cards : 17 |
The 19th Soccer World Cup was played between June 11 and July 11, 2010 in South Africa.
All the Champions were there: Brazil, Germany, Italy, Argentina, England, France and Uruguay, while the only National team to play in a World Cup for the first time was Slovakia.
Everybody witnessed the end of a negative streak for one of the most traditional national soccer teams. Playing great soccer Spain took the trophy home for the first time in history.
With a goal scored by Iniesta in the final game, Spain defeated Holland, a team that forgot to play an though that aggression was the right strategy. But they did nothing but lost their third World Cup final. |