World Cup 2010 Group Stage Fixtures and Venues

The 2010 World Cup will be played in South Africa. Group Stages run from Friday June 11th until Friday June 25th. 48 football matches will be played over 15 days.

Friday 11th June
Match 1: South Africa v Mexico, Johannesburg, Soccer City 16:00
Match 2: Uruguay v France, Cape Town 20:30

Saturday June 12th
Match 3: Argentina v Nigeria, Johannesburg, Ellis Park 13:30
Match 4: South Korea v Greece, Port Elizabeth 16:00
Match 5: England v USA, Rustenburg 20:30

Sunday 13th June
Match 6: Algeria v Slovenia, Polokwane, 13:30
Match 7: Germany v Australia, Durban, 16:00
Match 8: Serbia v Ghana, Pretoria, 20:30

Monday 14th June
Match 9: Netherlands v Denmark, Johannesburg, Soccer City, 13:30
Match 10: Japan v Cameroon, Bloemfontein, 16:00
Match 11: Italy v Paraguay, Cape Town, 20:30

Tuesday 15th June
Match 12: New Zealand v Slovakia, Rustenburg, 13:30
Match 13: Ivory Coast v Portugal, Port Elizabeth, 16:00
Match 14: Brazil v North Korea, Johannesburg, Ellis Park, 20:30

Wednesday 16th June
Match 15: Honduras v Chile, Nelspruit, 13:30
Match 16: Spain v Switzerland, Durban, 16:00
Match 17: South Africa v Uruguay, Pretoria, 20:30

Thursday 17th June
Match 18: France v Mexico, Polokwane, 13:30
Match 19: Greece v Nigeria, Bloemfontein, 16:00
Match 20: Argentina v South Korea, Johannesburg, Soccer City, 20:30

Friday 18th June
Match 21: Germany v Serbia, Port Elizabeth, 13:30
Match 22: Slovenia v USA, Johannesburg, Ellis Park, 16:00
Match 23: England v Algeria, Cape Town, 20:30

Saturday 19th June
Match 24: Ghana v Australia, Rustenburg, 13:30
Match 25: Netherlands v Japan, Durban, 16:00
Match 26: Cameroon v Denmark, Pretoria, 20:30

Sunday 20th June
Match 27: Slovakia v Paraguay, Bloemfontein, 13:30
Match 28: Italy v New Zealand, Nelspruit, 16:00
Match 29: Brazil v Ivory Coast, Johannesburg, Soccer City, 20:30

Monday 21st June
Match 30: Portugal v North Korea, Cape Town, 13:30
Match 31: Chile v Switzerland, Port Elizabeth, 16:00
Match 32: Spain v Honduras, Johannesburg, Ellis Park, 20:30

Tuesday 22nd June
Match 33: Mexico v Uruguay, Rustenburg, 16:00
Match 34: France v South Africa, Bloemfontein, 16:00
Match 35: Nigeria v South Korea, Durban, 20:30
Match 36: Greece v Argentina, Polokwane, 20:30

Wednesday 23rd June
Match 37: Slovenia v England, Port Elizabeth, 16:00
Match 38: USA v Algeria, Pretoria, 16:00
Match 39: Ghana v Germany, Johannesburg, Soccer City, 20:30
Match 40: Australia v Serbia, Nelspruit, 20:30

Thursday 24th June
Match 41: Slovakia v Italy, Johannesburg, Ellis Park, 16:00
Match 42: Paraguay v New Zealand, Polokwane, 16:00
Match 43: Denmark v Japan, Rustenburg, 20:30
Match 44: Cameroon v Netherlands, Cape Town, 20:30

Friday 25th June
Match 45: Portugal v Brazil, Durban, 16:00
Match 46: North Korea v Ivory Coast, Nelspruit, 16:00
Match 47: Chile v Spain, Pretoria, 20:30
Match 48: Switzerland v Honduras, Bloemfontein, 20:30

Venues:
Johannesburg, Soccer City.
Johannesburg, Ellis Park.
Nelspruit, Mbombela.
Rustenburg, Royal Bafokeng.
Manguang/Blomfontein, Free State.
Cape Town, Green Point.
Durban, Durban.
Polokwane, Peter Mokoba.
Nelson Madela Bay/Port Elisabeth, Nelson Mandela Bay.
Tshwane/Pretoria, Loftus Versfeld.
E&OE.
Venues and times may be subject to change.

2010 Football World Cup Seedings Announced

Seedings for the 2010 World Cup have been announced by FIFA. The decision was taken by FIFA to base the seedings for South Africa on the FIFA world rankings as of October 2009. This means that the seeded teams are South Africa as hosts and Brazil, Spain, Holland, Italy , Germany, Argentina and England on the basis of their FIFA rankings.
If FIFA had decided to use the world rankings from November 2009 then England would have missed out to France. Obviously FIFA's decision had nothing to do with the Henry handball controversy, or did it?