2010 FIFA World Cup south africa football blog
The Most awaited 2010 FIFA World Cup will be the 19th FIFA World Cup, an international tournament for soccer , that is scheduled to take place between 11 June and 11 July 2010 in South Africa.
This will be the 19th fifa soccer worldcup to be played by 32 teams at 10 venues in 9 cities.
Egypt , Libya / Tunisia (co-hosting) , Morocco, South Africa were in the race to win the bid to host the 2010 fifa soccer worldcup but in the end South africa won the bid.
The official mascot for the 2010 FIFA World Cup is Zakumi, a leopard with green hair. His name comes from “ZA”, the international abbreviation for South Africa, and “kumi”, a word that means “ten” in various African languages.