# 2010 FIFA World Cup Group F

Group F of the 2010 FIFA World Cup began on 14 June 2010 and ended on 24 June 2010. The group consisted of 2006 winner Italy, Paraguay, New Zealand and Slovakia. Italy and Paraguay previously met in the first round of the 1950 tournament, with Italy winning 2–0; neither qualified for the next round.
Italy were eliminated from the group with just two points, behind underdogs New Zealand, who drew all three of their matches to finish on three points. New Zealand ended up being the only unbeaten team at this World Cup, thanks in part to eventual champions Spain losing to Switzerland in their Group H game. Italy placed last, making it the first time since 1974 that the Italians did not advance beyond the first round.

## Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Paraguay | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Slovakia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | New Zealand | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| 4 | Italy | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 2 | |
* Paraguay advanced to play Japan (runner-up of Group E) in the round of 16.
* Slovakia advanced to play Netherlands (winner of Group E) in the round of 16.

## Matches

All times local (UTC+2)

### Italy vs Paraguay

| Italy | Paraguay |
| GK | 1 | Gianluigi Buffon | | 46' |
| RB | 19 | Gianluca Zambrotta |
| CB | 5 | Fabio Cannavaro (c) |
| CB | 4 | Giorgio Chiellini |
| LB | 3 | Domenico Criscito |
| CM | 6 | Daniele De Rossi |
| CM | 22 | Riccardo Montolivo |
| AM | 15 | Claudio Marchisio | | 59' |
| RW | 7 | Simone Pepe |
| LW | 9 | Vincenzo Iaquinta |
| CF | 11 | Alberto Gilardino | | 72' |
| Substitutions: ||
| GK | 12 | Federico Marchetti | | 46' |
| MF | 16 | Mauro Camoranesi | 70' | 59' |
| FW | 10 | Antonio Di Natale | | 72' |
| Manager: ||
| Marcello Lippi ||
| GK | 1 | Justo Villar (c) |
| RB | 6 | Carlos Bonet |
| CB | 21 | Antolín Alcaraz |
| CB | 14 | Paulo da Silva |
| LB | 3 | Claudio Morel |
| DM | 15 | Víctor Cáceres | 62' |
| RM | 13 | Enrique Vera |
| CM | 16 | Cristian Riveros |
| LM | 17 | Aureliano Torres | | 60' |
| SS | 18 | Nelson Valdez | | 68' |
| CF | 19 | Lucas Barrios | | 76' |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 11 | Jonathan Santana | | 60' |
| FW | 9 | Roque Santa Cruz | | 68' |
| FW | 7 | Óscar Cardozo | | 76' |
| Manager: ||
| Gerardo Martino ||
* Man of the Match:
* Antolín Alcaraz (Paraguay)
* Assistant referees:
* Héctor Vergara (Canada)
* Marvin Torrentera (Mexico)
* Fourth official:
* Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)
* Fifth official:
* Juan Zumba (El Salvador)

### New Zealand vs Slovakia

| New Zealand | Slovakia |
| GK | 1 | Mark Paston |
| RB | 4 | Winston Reid | 90+3' |
| CB | 6 | Ryan Nelsen (c) |
| CB | 5 | Ivan Vicelich | | 78' |
| LB | 19 | Tommy Smith |
| RM | 11 | Leo Bertos |
| CM | 7 | Simon Elliott |
| LM | 3 | Tony Lochhead | 42' |
| RW | 14 | Rory Fallon |
| LW | 10 | Chris Killen | | 72' |
| CF | 9 | Shane Smeltz |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 20 | Chris Wood | | 72' |
| MF | 21 | Jeremy Christie | | 78' |
| Manager: ||
| Ricki Herbert ||
| GK | 1 | Ján Mucha |
| RB | 5 | Radoslav Zabavník |
| CB | 16 | Ján Ďurica |
| CB | 3 | Martin Škrtel |
| LB | 4 | Marek Čech |
| DM | 6 | Zdeno Štrba | 55' |
| RM | 7 | Vladimír Weiss | | 90+1' |
| CM | 9 | Stanislav Šesták | | 81' |
| LM | 17 | Marek Hamšík (c) |
| CF | 11 | Róbert Vittek | | 84' |
| CF | 18 | Erik Jendrišek |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 13 | Filip Hološko | | 81' |
| MF | 15 | Miroslav Stoch | | 84' |
| MF | 19 | Juraj Kucka | | 90+1' |
| Manager: ||
| Vladimír Weiss ||
* Man of the Match:
* Róbert Vittek (Slovakia)
* Assistant referees:
* Celestin Ntagungira (Rwanda)
* Enock Molefe (South Africa)
* Fourth official:
* Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)
* Fifth official:
* Rafael Ilyasov (Uzbekistan)

### Slovakia vs Paraguay

| Slovakia | Paraguay |
| GK | 1 | Ján Mucha |
| RB | 2 | Peter Pekarík |
| CB | 3 | Martin Škrtel |
| CB | 21 | Kornel Saláta | | 83' |
| LB | 16 | Ján Ďurica | 42' |
| DM | 6 | Zdeno Štrba |
| CM | 17 | Marek Hamšík (c) |
| RW | 9 | Stanislav Šesták | 47' | 70' |
| LW | 7 | Vladimír Weiss | 84' |
| SS | 8 | Ján Kozák |
| CF | 11 | Róbert Vittek |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 13 | Filip Hološko | | 70' |
| MF | 15 | Miroslav Stoch | | 83' |
| Manager: ||
| Vladimír Weiss ||
| GK | 1 | Justo Villar (c) |
| RB | 6 | Carlos Bonet |
| CB | 14 | Paulo da Silva |
| CB | 21 | Antolín Alcaraz |
| LB | 3 | Claudio Morel |
| DM | 15 | Víctor Cáceres |
| CM | 13 | Enrique Vera | 45' | 88' |
| CM | 16 | Cristian Riveros |
| AM | 18 | Nelson Valdez | | 68' |
| SS | 9 | Roque Santa Cruz |
| CF | 19 | Lucas Barrios | | 82' |
| Substitutions: ||
| DF | 17 | Aureliano Torres | | 68' |
| FW | 7 | Óscar Cardozo | | 82' |
| MF | 8 | Édgar Barreto | | 88' |
| Manager: ||
| Gerardo Martino ||
* Man of the Match:
* Enrique Vera (Paraguay)
* Assistant referees:
* Evarist Menkouande (Cameroon)
* Bechir Hassani (Tunisia)
* Fourth official:
* Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)
* Fifth official:
* Juan Zumba (El Salvador)

### Italy vs New Zealand

| Italy | New Zealand |
| GK | 12 | Federico Marchetti |
| RB | 19 | Gianluca Zambrotta |
| CB | 5 | Fabio Cannavaro (c) |
| CB | 4 | Giorgio Chiellini |
| LB | 3 | Domenico Criscito |
| RM | 7 | Simone Pepe | 46' |
| CM | 6 | Daniele De Rossi |
| CM | 22 | Riccardo Montolivo |
| LM | 15 | Claudio Marchisio | 61' |
| SS | 9 | Vincenzo Iaquinta |
| CF | 11 | Alberto Gilardino | 46' |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 16 | Mauro Camoranesi | 46' |
| FW | 10 | Antonio Di Natale | 46' |
| FW | 20 | Giampaolo Pazzini | 61' |
| Manager: ||
| Marcello Lippi ||
| GK | 1 | Mark Paston |
| RB | 4 | Winston Reid |
| CB | 6 | Ryan Nelsen (c) | 87' |
| CB | 5 | Ivan Vicelich | | 81' |
| LB | 19 | Tommy Smith | 28' |
| RM | 11 | Leo Bertos |
| CM | 7 | Simon Elliott |
| LM | 3 | Tony Lochhead |
| RW | 14 | Rory Fallon | 14' | 63' |
| LW | 10 | Chris Killen | | 90+3' |
| CF | 9 | Shane Smeltz |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 20 | Chris Wood | | 63' |
| MF | 21 | Jeremy Christie | | 81' |
| MF | 13 | Andrew Barron | | 90+3' |
| Manager: ||
| Ricki Herbert ||
* Man of the Match:
* Daniele De Rossi (Italy)
* Assistant referees:
* Leonel Leal (Costa Rica)
* Carlos Pastrana (Honduras)
* Fourth official:
* Koman Coulibaly (Mali)
* Fifth official:
* Redouane Achik (Morocco)

### Slovakia vs Italy

| Slovakia | Italy |
| GK | 1 | Ján Mucha | 82' |
| RB | 2 | Peter Pekarík | 50' |
| CB | 3 | Martin Škrtel |
| CB | 16 | Ján Ďurica |
| LB | 5 | Radoslav Zabavník |
| RM | 17 | Marek Hamšík (c) |
| CM | 6 | Zdeno Štrba | 16' | 87' |
| CM | 19 | Juraj Kucka |
| LM | 15 | Miroslav Stoch |
| SS | 11 | Róbert Vittek | 40' | 90+2' |
| CF | 18 | Erik Jendrišek | | 90+4' |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 20 | Kamil Kopúnek | | 87' |
| MF | 9 | Stanislav Šesták | | 90+2' |
| DF | 22 | Martin Petráš | | 90+4' |
| Manager: ||
| Vladimír Weiss ||
| GK | 12 | Federico Marchetti |
| RB | 19 | Gianluca Zambrotta |
| CB | 5 | Fabio Cannavaro (c) | 31' |
| CB | 4 | Giorgio Chiellini | 67' |
| LB | 3 | Domenico Criscito | | 46' |
| DM | 6 | Daniele De Rossi |
| CM | 8 | Gennaro Gattuso | | 46' |
| CM | 22 | Riccardo Montolivo | | 56' |
| RW | 7 | Simone Pepe | 76' |
| LW | 10 | Antonio Di Natale |
| CF | 9 | Vincenzo Iaquinta |
| Substitutions: ||
| DF | 2 | Christian Maggio | | 46' |
| FW | 18 | Fabio Quagliarella | 83' | 46' |
| MF | 21 | Andrea Pirlo | | 56' |
| Manager: ||
| Marcello Lippi ||
* Man of the Match:
* Róbert Vittek (Slovakia)
* Assistant referees:
* Darren Cann (England)
* Michael Mullarkey (England)
* Fourth official:
* Stéphane Lannoy (France)
* Fifth official:
* Eric Dansault (France)

### Paraguay vs New Zealand

| Paraguay | New Zealand |
| GK | 1 | Justo Villar |
| RB | 4 | Denis Caniza (c) |
| CB | 5 | Julio Cáceres |
| CB | 14 | Paulo da Silva |
| LB | 3 | Claudio Morel |
| DM | 15 | Víctor Cáceres | 10' |
| RM | 16 | Cristian Riveros |
| LM | 13 | Enrique Vera |
| AM | 9 | Roque Santa Cruz | 41' |
| AM | 18 | Nelson Valdez | | 67' |
| CF | 7 | Óscar Cardozo | | 66' |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 19 | Lucas Barrios | | 66' |
| FW | 10 | Édgar Benítez | | 67' |
| Manager: ||
| Gerardo Martino ||
| GK | 1 | Mark Paston |
| RB | 4 | Winston Reid |
| CB | 6 | Ryan Nelsen (c) | 56' |
| LB | 19 | Tommy Smith |
| CM | 7 | Simon Elliott |
| CM | 5 | Ivan Vicelich |
| RM | 11 | Leo Bertos |
| LM | 3 | Tony Lochhead |
| AM | 10 | Chris Killen | | 79' |
| AM | 9 | Shane Smeltz |
| CF | 14 | Rory Fallon | | 69' |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 20 | Chris Wood | | 69' |
| MF | 22 | Jeremy Brockie | | 79' |
| Manager: ||
| Ricki Herbert ||
* Man of the Match:
* Roque Santa Cruz (Paraguay)
* Assistant referees:
* Toru Sagara (Japan)
* Jeong Hae-sang (South Korea)
* Fourth official:
* Koman Coulibaly (Mali)
* Fifth official:
* Inácio Cândido (Angola)