2010 FIFA World Cup
Match summary
The 32 national teams involved in the tournament together played a total of 64 matches starting from the group stage matches and progressing to the knockout stage matches, with teams eliminated through the various progressive stages.

2010 FIFA World Cup

Section Title: Match summary
Table Section Text: The 32 national teams involved in the tournament together played a total of 64 matches starting from the group stage matches and progressing to the knockout stage matches, with teams eliminated through the various progressive stages.

Day	Time	Venue	Stage	Team 1	Result	Team 2

Thursday 10 June	Preliminary events

20:00	Soweto	FIFA Kick-off Celebration Concert

Friday 11 June	14:00	Johannesburg (SC)	Opening ceremony

First round of group stage matches

16:00	Johannesburg (SC)	Group A	South Africa	1–1	Mexico

20:30	Cape Town	Uruguay	0–0	France

Saturday 12 June	13:30	Port Elizabeth	Group B	South Korea	2–0	Greece

16:00	Johannesburg (EP)	Argentina	1–0	Nigeria

20:30	Rustenburg	Group C	England	1–1	United States

Sunday 13 June	13:30	Polokwane	Algeria	0–1	Slovenia

16:00	Pretoria	Group D	Serbia	0–1	Ghana

20:30	Durban	Germany	4–0	Australia

Monday 14 June	13:30	Johannesburg (SC)	Group E	Netherlands	2–0	Denmark

16:00	Bloemfontein	Japan	1–0	Cameroon

20:30	Cape Town	Group F	Italy	1–1	Paraguay

Tuesday 15 June	13:30	Rustenburg	New Zealand	1–1	Slovakia

16:00	Port Elizabeth	Group G	Ivory Coast	0–0	Portugal

20:30	Johannesburg (EP)	Brazil	2–1	North Korea

Wednesday 16 June	13:30	Nelspruit	Group H	Honduras	0–1	Chile

16:00	Durban	Spain	0–1	Switzerland

Second round of group stage matches

20:30	Pretoria	Group A	South Africa	0–3	Uruguay

Thursday 17 June	13:30	Johannesburg (SC)	Group B	Argentina	4–1	South Korea

16:00	Bloemfontein	Greece	2–1	Nigeria

20:30	Polokwane	Group A	France	0–2	Mexico

Friday 18 June	13:30	Port Elizabeth	Group D	Germany	0–1	Serbia

16:00	Johannesburg (EP)	Group C	Slovenia	2–2	United States

20:30	Cape Town	England	0–0	Algeria

Saturday 19 June	13:30	Durban	Group E	Netherlands	1–0	Japan

16:00	Rustenburg	Group D	Ghana	1–1	Australia

20:30	Pretoria	Group E	Cameroon	1–2	Denmark

Sunday 20 June	13:30	Bloemfontein	Group F	Slovakia	0–2	Paraguay

16:00	Nelspruit	Italy	1–1	New Zealand

20:30	Johannesburg (SC)	Group G	Brazil	3–1	Ivory Coast

Monday 21 June	13:30	Cape Town	Portugal	7–0	North Korea

16:00	Port Elizabeth	Group H	Chile	1–0	Switzerland

20:30	Johannesburg (EP)	Spain	2–0	Honduras

Tuesday 22 June	Third round of group stage matches

16:00	Rustenburg	Group A	Mexico	0–1	Uruguay

16:00	Bloemfontein	France	1–2	South Africa

20:30	Durban	Group B	Nigeria	2–2	South Korea

20:30	Polokwane	Greece	0–2	Argentina

Wednesday 23 June	16:00	Port Elizabeth	Group C	Slovenia	0–1	England

16:00	Pretoria	United States	1–0	Algeria

20:30	Johannesburg (SC)	Group D	Ghana	0–1	Germany

20:30	Nelspruit	Australia	2–1	Serbia

Thursday 24 June	16:00	Johannesburg (EP)	Group F	Slovakia	3–2	Italy

16:00	Polokwane	Paraguay	0–0	New Zealand

20:30	Rustenburg	Group E	Denmark	1–3	Japan

20:30	Cape Town	Cameroon	1–2	Netherlands

Friday 25 June	16:00	Durban	Group G	Portugal	0–0	Brazil

16:00	Nelspruit	North Korea	0–3	Ivory Coast

20:30	Pretoria	Group H	Chile	1–2	Spain

20:30	Bloemfontein	Switzerland	0–0	Honduras

Saturday 26 June	Knockout stage matches

16:00	Port Elizabeth	Round of 16	Uruguay	2–1	South Korea

20:30	Rustenburg	United States	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Ghana

Sunday 27 June	16:00	Bloemfontein	Germany	4–1	England

20:30	Johannesburg (SC)	Argentina	3–1	Mexico

Monday 28 June	16:00	Durban	Netherlands	2–1	Slovakia

20:30	Johannesburg (EP)	Brazil	3–0	Chile

Tuesday 29 June	16:00	Pretoria	Paraguay	0–0 (a.e.t.) (5–3 p)	Japan

20:30	Cape Town	Spain	1–0	Portugal

Wednesday 30 June	Rest days

Thursday 1 July

Friday 2 July	16:00	Port Elizabeth	Quarter-finals	Netherlands	2–1	Brazil

20:30	Johannesburg (SC)	Uruguay	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p)	Ghana

Saturday 3 July	16:00	Cape Town	Argentina	0–4	Germany

20:30	Johannesburg (EP)	Paraguay	0–1	Spain

Sunday 4 July	Rest days

Monday 5 July

Tuesday 6 July	20:30	Cape Town	Semi-finals	Uruguay	2–3	Netherlands

Wednesday 7 July	20:30	Durban	Germany	0–1	Spain

Thursday 8 July	Rest days

Friday 9 July

Saturday 10 July	20:30	Port Elizabeth	Third place match	Uruguay	2–3	Germany

Sunday 11 July	18:30	Johannesburg (SC)	Closing ceremony

20:30	Final	Netherlands	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Spain

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