World Cup 2010 opening ceremony live streaming coverage online

World Cup 2010 opening ceremony live streaming coverage online

The opening ceremony for the FIFA World Cup is June 10, 2010 and will be staged at the newly refurbished Orlando Stadium in Soweto, Johannesburg.Big Music Stars will be performing in the Official Kickoff Celebration Concert.Shakira, John Legend, Angelique Kidjo, Alicia Keys and Black Eyed Peas will perform at a concert in South Africa.

Performing Stars at opening ceremony

Alicia Keys
Amadou & Mariam
Angélique Kidjo
Black Eyed Peas
BLK JKS, John Legend
Juanes, Shakira
The Parlotones
Tinariwen
Vieux Farka Touré
Vusi Mahlasela

Nigerian artistes to perform at the ceremony include Khaled and Osibisa.
Nigerian musician to perform at World Cup opening ceremony

2010 FIFA World Cup Schedule and fixture

FIFA 2010 World Cup Schedule – FIFA 2010 World Cup Matches – FIFA 2010 World Cup Fixtures. The 2010 FIFA World Cup will be the 19th FIFA World Cup, the premier international football tournament. It is scheduled to take place between 11 June and 11 July 2010 in South Africa.

Group A

Match Date - Time Venue Matches between
1 11/6/2010 16:00 Johannesburg - JSC South Africa Mexico
2 11/6/2010 20:30 Cape Town Uruguay France
17 16/06 20:30 Tshwane/Pretoria South Africa Uruguay
18 17/06 20:30 Polokwane France Mexico
33 22/06 16:00 Rustenburg Mexico Uruguay
34 22/06 16:00 Mangaung / Bloemfontein France South Africa


Group B

Match Date - Time Venue Matches between
3 12/6/2010 16:00 Johannesburg - JEP Argentina Nigeria
4 12/6/2010 13:30 Nelson Mandela Bay/Port Elizabeth Korea Republic Greece
19 17/06 16:00 Mangaung / Bloemfontein Greece Nigeria
20 17/06 13:30 Johannesburg - JSC Argentina Korea Republic
35 22/06 20:30 Durban Nigeria Korea Republic
36 22/06 20:30 Polokwane Greece Argentina

Group C

Match Date - Time Venue Matches between
5 12/6/2010 20:30 Rustenburg England USA
6 13/06 13:30 Polokwane Algeria Slovenia
22 18/06 16:00 Johannesburg - JEP Slovenia USA
23 18/06 20:30 Cape Town England Algeria
37 23/06 16:00 Nelson Mandela Bay/Port Elizabeth Slovenia England
38 23/06 16:00 Tshwane/Pretoria USA Algeria

Group D

Match Date - Time Venue Matches between
7 13/06 20:30 Durban Germany Australia
8 13/06 16:00 Tshwane/Pretoria Serbia Ghana
21 18/06 13:30 Nelson Mandela Bay/Port Elizabeth Germany Serbia
24 19/06 16:00 Rustenburg Ghana Australia
39 23/06 20:30 Johannesburg - JSC Ghana Germany
40 23/06 20:30 Nelspruit Australia Serbia

Group E

Match Date - Time Venue Matches between
9 14/06 13:30 Johannesburg - JSC Netherlands Denmark
10 14/06 16:00 Mangaung / Bloemfontein Japan Cameroon
25 19/06 13:30 Durban Netherlands Japan
26 19/06 20:30 Tshwane/Pretoria Cameroon Denmark
43 24/06 20:30 Rustenburg Denmark Japan
44 24/06 20:30 Cape Town Cameroon Netherlands

Group F

Match Date - Time Venue Matches between
11 14/06 20:30 Cape Town Italy Paraguay
12 15/06 13:30 Rustenburg New Zealand Slovakia
27 20/06 13:30 Mangaung / Bloemfontein Slovakia Paraguay
28 20/06 16:00 Nelspruit Italy New Zealand
41 24/06 16:00 Johannesburg - JEP Slovakia Italy
42 24/06 16:00 Polokwane Paraguay New Zealand


Group G

Match Date - Time Venue Matches between
13 15/06 16:00 Nelson Mandela Bay/Port Elizabeth Côte d'Ivoire Portugal
14 15/06 20:30 Johannesburg - JEP Brazil Korea DPR
29 20/06 20:30 Johannesburg - JSC Brazil Côte d'Ivoire
30 21/06 13:30 Cape Town Portugal Korea DPR
45 25/06 16:00 Durban Portugal Brazil
46 25/06 16:00 Nelspruit Korea DPR Côte d'Ivoire

Group H

Match Date - Time Venue Matches between
15 16/06 13:30 Nelspruit Honduras Chile
16 16/06 16:00 Durban Spain Switzerland
31 21/06 16:00 Nelson Mandela Bay/Port Elizabeth Chile Switzerland
32 21/06 20:30 Johannesburg - JEP Spain Honduras
47 25/06 20:30 Tshwane/Pretoria Chile Spain
48 25/06 20:30 Mangaung / Bloemfontein Switzerland Honduras

Round of 16

Match Date - Time Venue Matches between
49 26/06 16:00 Nelson Mandela Bay/Port Elizabeth 1A 2B
50 26/06 20:30 Rustenburg 1C 2D
51 27/06 16:00 Mangaung / Bloemfontein 1D 2C
52 27/06 20:30 Johannesburg 1B 2A
53 28/06 16:00 Durban 1E 2F
54 28/06 20:30 Johannesburg 1G 2H
55 29/06 16:00 Tshwane/Pretoria 1F 2E
56 29/06 20:30 Cape Town 1H 2G

Quarter-Finals

Match Date - Time Venue Matches between
57 2/7/2010 16:00 Nelson Mandela Bay/Port Elizabeth W53 W54
58 2/7/2010 20:30 Johannesburg W49 W50
59 3/7/2010 16:00 Cape Town W52 W51
60 3/7/2010 20:30 Johannesburg W55 W56

Semi-Finals

Match Date - Time Venue Matches between
61 6/7/2010 20:30 Cape Town W58 W57
62 7/7/2010 20:30 Durban W59 W60

Match for Third Place

Match Date - Time Venue Matches between
63 10/7/2010 20:30 Nelson Mandela Bay/Port Elizabeth L61 L62

Final

Match Date - Time Venue Matches between
64 11/7/2010 20:30 Johannesburg W61 W62

2010 FIFA World Cup venues - 2010 FIFA World Cup Stadiums

2010 FIFA World Cup venues - 2010 FIFA World Cup Stadiums

The organisers released 2010 FIFA World Cup will be staged at 10 venues across nine South African cities: Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban, Port Elizabeth, Nelspruit, Polokwane, Bloemfontein, Rustenburg and Pretoria.

South Africa 2010 World Cup
The Final 10 Stadiums

• Green Point Stadium, Cape Town
• Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban
• Nelson Mandela Stadium, Port Elizabeth
• Mbombela Stadium, Nelspruit
• Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg
• Soccer City, Johannesburg
• Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria
• Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein
• Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg
• Peter Mokaba Stadium, Polokwane

Soccer City Stadium, Johannesburg

Soccer City stadium (FNB Stadium) is located in the Soweto area of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is the largest stadium in Africa with a capacity of 94,700. The stadium will hold the opening match South Africa vs. Mexico, 4 more first-round matches, 1 second-round match, 1 quarter-final, and the final of the world cup 2010.

Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban

The Moses Mabhida Stadium is located in Durban, South Africa. It has a planned capacity of 70,000 during the World Cup and 54,000 after wards. The stadium will host 5 group games, 1 second round game, 1 quarter-final and a semi-final match of the 2010 fifa world cup.

Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town

The Cape Town Stadium (Green Point Stadium) is located in Green Point, between Signal Hill and the Atlantic Ocean, close to the Cape Town city center and to the Victoria & Alfred Waterfront, a popular tourist and shopping venue. The stadium will have a capacity of 68,000. In the Fifa World Cup 2010, it will host 5 first round matches, 1 second round, 1 quarter-final and 1 semi-final.

Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria

Loftus Versfeld Stadium is located in Pretoria, South Africa. The stadium has a capacity of 51,762 and is an all seater venue. It is a venue for first and second round matches for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg

Coca-Cola Park Stadium (Ellis Park Stadium), is located in Johannesburg, Gauteng Province, South Africa. It has a capacity to seat 60,000 people. Coca-Cola Park will host 5 group games, 1 second round game and 1 quarter-final of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, for which its capacity will be increased by 5,000 seats on the northern side only, to 65,000.

Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth

Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium is located Port Elizabeth. It is a 46,500 seat stadium (44,000 after the 2010 FIFA World Cup). The stadium will host 8 games during the tournament. It will host 5 group games, as well as knock out games. A round of 16 game, a quarterfinal and the 3rd/4th playoff will be played at the stadium.

Mbombela Stadium, Nelspruit

Mbombela Stadium is a new 43,500-seat stadium currently under construction as one of the ten venues for the FIFA World Cup 2010. It will be located on open land six kilometers west of Nelspruit, South Africa.
Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein

The Free State Stadium (Vodacom Park), is located in Bloemfontein, South Africa. It has a seating capacity of 45,000. The first World Cup match is scheduled to take place on 14 June 2010, Japan v. Cameroon.

Peter Mokaba Stadium, Polokwane

The Peter Mokaba Stadium is located in Polokwane (formerly Pietersburg), South Africa. It has a capacity of 46,000.


Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg

The Royal Bafokeng Sports Palace is a stadium located in Phokeng near Rustenburg, South Africa. The capacity of the stadium was increased from 38,000 to 42,000 to be able to host four first and two second round matches at the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

FIFA World Cup 2010 qualifying groups

FIFA World Cup 2010 qualifying groups

South Africa qualified automatically for the tournament. Nonetheless South Africa participated in World Cup qualifiers because the CAF qualifiers also served as the qualifying tournament for the 2010 African Cup of Nations. They were the first host since 1934 to participate in preliminary qualifying. As happened in the previous tournament, the defending champions were not given an automatic berth, and Italy had to participate in qualification.

Hosts - South Africa
From Europe/UEFA - Denmark
From Europe/UEFA - England
From Europe/UEFA - France
From Europe/UEFA - Germany
From Europe/UEFA - Greece
From Europe/UEFA - Italy
From Europe/UEFA - Netherlands
From Europe/UEFA - Portugal
From Europe/UEFA - Serbia
From Europe/UEFA - Slovakia
From Europe/UEFA - Slovenia
From Europe/UEFA - Spain
From Europe/UEFA - Switzerland
From South America - Argentina
From South America - Brazil
From South America - Chile
From South America - Uruuay
From South America - Paraguay
From Africa - Ghana
From Africa - Ivory Coast
From Concacaf - Honduras
From Concacaf - Mexico
From Concacaf - United States
From Asia/AFC - Australia
From Asia/AFC - Japan
From Asia/AFC - South Korea
From Asia/AFC - North Korea From Oceania - New Zealand

2010 FIFA World Cup Live streaming - Football World Cup South Africa

2010 FIFA World Cup Live streaming - Football World Cup South Africa

2010 FIFA World Cup will be the 19th FIFA World Cup, the premier international football tournament. It is scheduled to take place between 11 June and 11 July 2010 in South Africa. The 2010 FIFA World Cup will be the culmination of a qualification process that began in August 2007 and involved 204 of the 208 FIFA national teams. As such, it matches the 2008 Summer Olympics as the sports event with the most competing nations.

The tournament will begin on 11 June, 2010 and will climax to a glorious final on 11 July, 2010. The matches of the FIFA 201O World Cup in South Africa will be held in the cities of Cape Town, Durban, Johannesburg, Nelspruit, Polokwane, Rustenburg, Mangaung/Bloemfontein, Nelson Mandela Bay/Port Elizabeth and Nelson Mandela Bay/Port Elizabeth. South Africa even boasts of five stadia that have been promoted to international standards and five stadia that have been built particularly for the purpose of hosting the 2010 FIFA World Cup matches.