FIFA World Cup, 2010 (President Dukakis)

2010 FIFA World Cup, 2010
Tournament details
Host country	Spain
Dates	June 11 – July 11, 2010
Teams	32
Venue(s)	10 (in 16 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Uruguay (3th tittle)
Runners-up	Germany
Third place	Spain
Fourth place	Netherlands
Tournament statistics
Matches played	64
Goals scored	150 (2.34 per match)
Top scorer(s)	5 Goals David Villa; Thomas Müller;
Best player	Diego Forlán
Best young player	Thomas Müller
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FIFA World Cup, 2010 it was the 19th edition of the Cup, which took place from June 11th to July 11th. The event was held in Spain. 32 national teams were qualified to participate in this edition of the championship, 13 of them being European, 9 American, 5 African, 5 Asian (including Australia) and 1 oceanic. The 2010 Edition was the tenth European venue, and the second time that a country in the Iberian region was hosted, the first being in 1982 in Spain itself. With an estimated cost of over $8.2 billion, it was the most expensive World Cup until the 2018 World Cup.

In the final, Uruguay defeated European champions Germany 1-0 in overtime with a goal by Cavani. Uruguay became champion after 60 years without winning, being the world champion the longest without winning another cup. Spain was the selection with the best defense, with only 2 goals, making Iker Cassilas chosen as the tournament's best goalkeeper. On June 15, in the match between Mexico and England, there was the first official goal using the system.

With 5 goals, David Villa became the best top scorer at the World Cup, tied with Suarez with 5. Diego Forlán won the tournament's best player award, nearly tying Thomas Müller (who was 21 at the time).

Host selection[]

Epsanha was chosen as the host of the 2010 World Cup in the 2004 draw in Switzerland. Before the result was: Brazil, Spain and Germany, Spain ended up winning by 11 votes, 2 behind Germany,

Teams[]

World cup, 2010 Qualification (President Dukakis) — blue: Qualified, Yellow: Did not qualify, Black: Disqualified, Cinze: Not a FIFA member

For the first time in the history of the FIFA World Cup, all eligible nations - the 209 FIFA member associations, except Spain, the automatically qualified host - have signed up to participate in the qualification process.

Of the 32 nations qualified to play at the FIFA World Cup,2014. Both Togo, Angola, Kingdom of Sudan and Suriname qualified for the first time, with the former becoming the smallest country in terms of population to reach the World Cup.