| Corn FIFA an Domhain 2010 Comhaontas Ceilteach | |
|---|---|
 2010 FIFA World Cup official logo | |
| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Celtic Alliance |
| Dates | 11 June – 11 July 2010 |
| Teams | 16 (from 5 confederations) |
| Venue(s) | 8 (in 7 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  ANZC (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  Celtic Alliance |
| Third place |  Brazil |
| Fourth place |  Paraguay |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 32 |
| Goals scored | 116 (3.63 per match) |
| Attendance | 1,419,000 (44,344 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Kaká (9 goals) |
| Best player | Kaká |
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The 2010 FIFA World Cup was held in the Celtic Alliance, the first time the event was held in Europe since Doomsday.
2010 World Cup[]
Dates[]
The tournament was played from Friday June 11 through Sunday July 11 at various locales in the Celtic Alliance.
Pool play was scheduled for June 11-29, with rest days on June 30 and July 1. The quarterfinals were July 2-3, the semifinals July 6-7, the third-place match July 10 and the final on July 11 at Croke Park in Dublin.
Venues[]
The following cities and stadia were chosen as sites for the matches of the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
| Croke Park | Semple Stadium | Lansdowne Road | Gaelic Grounds |
| Capacity: 82,500 | Capacity: 55,000 | Capacity: 50,000 | Capacity: 49,500 |
| Páirc Uí Chaoimh | Fitzgerald Stadium | St Tiernach's Park | Racecourse Ground |
| Capacity: 43,500 | Capacity: 43,120 | Capacity: 36,000 | Capacity: 30,000 |
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Draw[]
December 4, 2009, 8:24pm UTC: Draw for 2010 World Cup complete: DUBLIN, Celtic Alliance - The draw for next year's World Cup football tournament in the Celtic Alliance was held tonight. The 16 qualifying clubs were drawn into four groups, with the champion and runner-up from each group advancing to the knockout stage.
Celtic Alliance, as the host nation, drew the first spot in Group A; the Celts will be joined in the group by the East Caribbean Federation, Paraguay and Singapore.
Uruguay, one of four seeded sides, drew the top spot in Group B, and will be joined by the ANZC, Pais del Oro and Greece.
Defending World Cup champion Brazil, the top-ranked side in the FIFA World Rankings, drew top honors in Group C, and will be joined by the USSR (Siberia), the Dominion of South Africa (DSA), and the Kingdom of Cleveland.
Mexico, the second-ranked nation according to the current FIFA World Rankings, drew first in Group D and will be joined by Chile, Alpine Confederation and the Sicilian Republic.
Celtic Alliance and the East Caribbean Federation will play the opening match on June 11 at Croke Park in Dublin. Group play will go through June 27, with rest days on June 28, 29, 30 and July 1. The quarterfinals are scheduled for July 2-3, the semifinals July 6-7, the third-place match July 10 and the final on July 11 at Croke Park in Dublin.
Group stage[]
Group A[]
Team
|
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paraguay
|
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 7 |
| Celtic Alliance
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 6 |
 East Caribbean Federation
|
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
 Singapore
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 0 |
12 June 2010
16:00 |
| Paraguay
|
4-2 | Singapore
|
|---|---|---|
Barrios  12', 58'Valdez 34'Cáceres 70'
|
Fazrul 44' Alam Shah 64'
|
Group B[]
Team
|
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANZC
|
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 9 |
 Uruguay
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 6 |
 Greece
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
 Pais del Oro
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 0 |
Group C[]
Team
|
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil
|
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 5 | +8 | 9 |
 Cleveland
|
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
 DSA
|
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 2 |
 USSR
|
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 1 |
15 June 2010
18:00 |
| Brazil
|
6-2 | USSR
|
|---|---|---|
| Kaká 15', 29', 84' Ramires 22', 59'Robinho 30'
|
Kharitonov 65' Garidmagnai 71' (pen.)
|
24 June 2010
17:00 |
| Brazil
|
4-2 | DSA
|
|---|---|---|
| Thiago Silva 24' Grafite 46'Kaká 51' (pen.), 79'
|
van Heerden 42' Erasmus 75'
|
Group D[]
Team
|
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Chile
|
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 7 |
 Mexico
|
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 7 |
 Alpine Confederation
|
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 1 |
 Italy and San Marino
|
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 1 |
27 June 2010
16:00 |
| Chile
|
4-2 | Alpines
|
|---|---|---|
| Isla 20' Suazo 35'Vidal 69'Sanchez 81' (pen.)
|
Lacroix 57' Buchel 87'
|
Knockout stage[]
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 2 July - Limerick | ||||||||||
| Paraguay
|
1 | |||||||||
| 7 July - Liverpool | ||||||||||
| Mexico
|
0 | |||||||||
| Paraguay
|
1 | |||||||||
| 3 July - Killarney | ||||||||||
| Celtic Alliance
|
3 | |||||||||
| Chile
|
2 (3) | |||||||||
| 11 July - Dublin (Croke) | ||||||||||
| Celtic Alliance (pen.)
|
2 (4) | |||||||||
| Celtic Alliance
|
2 (3) | |||||||||
| 2 July - Glasgow | ||||||||||
| ANZC (pen.)
|
2 (4) | |||||||||
| ANZC
|
3 | |||||||||
| 6 July - Thurles | ||||||||||
| Cleveland
|
1 | |||||||||
| ANZC
|
2 | Third place | ||||||||
| 3 July - Cork | ||||||||||
| Brazil
|
1 | |||||||||
| Brazil
|
3 | Paraguay
|
2 | |||||||
| Uruguay
|
2 | Brazil
|
4 | |||||||
| 10 July - Dublin (Lansdowne) | ||||||||||
Quarterfinals[]
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3 July 2010
17:00 |
| Chile
|
2-2 (a.e.t.) | Celtic Alliance
|
|---|---|---|
| Tello 54', 100'
|
Ramsey 79' Keane 116'
| |
| Penalties | ||
Suazo  Sanchez  Millar Tello Jara
|
3-4 | Keane Doyle Hoolahan Whelan Ramsey
|
Semifinals[]
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Third place playoff[]
10 July 2010
18:00 |
| Paraguay
|
2-4 | Brazil
|
|---|---|---|
| Caceres 44' Cardozo 49'
|
Kaká 21', 64' Thiago Silva 33'Robinho 81'
|
Final[]
11 July 2010
18:00 |
| Celtic Alliance
|
2-2 (a.e.t.) | ANZC
|
|---|---|---|
| Hoolahan 91' Keane 99'
|
Kennedy 95' Elliott 114'
| |
| Penalties | ||
| Keane Doyle Hoolahan Whelan Ramsey
|
3-4 | Kennedy Killen Fallon Valeri
|
Goalscorers[]
- 9 goals
- 6 goals
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
Marco Kofler- Leo Lacroix
- Ricardo Rodriguez
- Christian Schilling
- Simon Elliott
- Rory Fallon
- Chris Killen
- Carl Valeri
- Luke Wilkshire
- Grafite
- Luís Fabiano
- Luisão
- Maicon
- Kevin Doyle
- Aiden McGeady
- Aaron Ramsey
- Jonathan Walters
- Mauricio Isla
- Humberto Suazo
- Jorge Valdivia
- Arturo Vidal
- Chris Brown
- Steve Burton
- Jonathan Hogg
- Jon Parkin
- Ricardo Fuller
- Kenwyne Jones
- Yohance Marshall
- Je-Vaughn Watson
- Giorgos Karagounis
- Kostas Katsouranis
- Georgios Samaras
- Cuauhtémoc Blanco
- Israel Castro
- Giovani dos Santos
- Guillermo Franco
- Andrés Guardado
- Guillermo Ochoa
- David Silva
- Édgar Benítez
- Claudio Morel
- Cristian Riveros
- Roque Santa Cruz
- Nelson Valdez
- Mario Balotelli
- Nicola Bellomo
- Carmine Coppola
- Noh Alam Shah
- Shahril Ishak
- Fazrul Nawaz
- Edinson Cavani
- Ángel Di María
- Gonzalo Higuaín
- Lionel Messi
- Luis Suárez
- Bayasgalangiin Garidmagnai
- Juri Judt
- Aleksandr Kharitonov
- Igor Larionov
- Own goals
- Pedro (against ANZC)
Tournament team rankings[]
| Pos |
Team
|
G |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ANZC
|
B | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 16 |
| 2 | Celtic Alliance
|
A | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 10 | +3 | 10 |
| 3 | Brazil
|
C | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 11 | +10 | 15 |
| 4 | Paraguay
|
A | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 12 | +1 | 10 |
| Eliminated in the quarterfinals | ||||||||||
| 5 | Chile
|
D | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 8 |
| 6 | Mexico
|
D | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 7 |
| 7 | Uruguay
|
B | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
| 8 | Cleveland
|
C | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 4 |
| Eliminated in the group stage | ||||||||||
| 9 | East Caribbean Federation
|
A | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 10 | Greece
|
B | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | DSA
|
C | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 2 |
| 12 | Alpine Confederation
|
D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 1 |
| 13 | Italy and San Marino
|
D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 1 |
| 14 | USSR
|
C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 1 |
| 15 | Pais del Oro
|
B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 0 |
| 16 | Singapore
|
A | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 0 |
Qualifying tables and playoff results[]
Given the number of nations that resumed their national football associations and competition in international competitions, FIFA scrapped the invitational format it had used since 1990 and decided to resume the old qualifying format for 2010 and subsequent World Cup competition.
In February 2009, FIFA announced the format for the 2010 World Cup to be held in the Celtic Alliance. 16 teams will compete in four groups of four teams apiece next summer, with an eight-team knockout round leading up to a championship match in Dublin. Two of those teams received automatic byes: the Celtic Alliance as the host country, and the Alpine Confederation as the 2006 champion. Nations in the five recognized regions by FIFA competed for the other 14 berths. The list of nations that have qualified are:
- Celtic Alliance (host country)
- Alpine Confederation (Europe Group A winner)
- Pais del Oro (Africa Group A winner)
- DSA (Africa Group B winner)
- Brazil (defending champion)
- Paraguay (South America winner)
- Chile (qualified from South America)
- Mexico (CONCACAF winner)
- East Caribbean Federation (qualified from CONCACAF)
- Uruguay (qualified from South America)
- Kingdom of Cleveland (Europe Group B winner)
- Italy and san Marino (European playoff winner)
- ANZC (Asia/Oceania winner)
- Siberia (Asia/Oceania runner up)
- Greece (European playoff winner)
- Singapore (Asian/South American playoff winner)
PLAYOFF SERIES[]
Nov. 11 - Iceland 0 Greece 0; Singapore 2 Argentina 2
Nov. 18 - Greece 1 Iceland 0; Argentina 1 Singapore 1, Singapore wins 8-7 on penalty kicks
SOUTH AMERICA[]
Top three qualify, fourth-place team (Argentina) advances to play-in series.
| Team | GP | W | D | L | Pts |
| Paraguay | 18 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 34 |
| Chile | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 33 |
| Uruguay | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 33 |
| Argentina | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 28 |
| Ecuador | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 24 |
| Venezuela | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 23 |
| Colombia | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 22 |
| Bolivia | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 23 |
| Peru | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 15 |
| Guyana | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 13 |
EUROPE[]
Group winners and runners-up qualify, third-runners-up play for berth.
Group A[]
| Team | GP | W | D | L | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine Confederation | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 |
| Norway | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
| Greece | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Denmark | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
3 |
Round 1: Greece 1-0 Alpine Confederation Denmark 1-2 Norway Round 2: Norway 3-0 Greece Alpine Confederation 0-0 Denmark Round 3: Denmark 0-0 Greece Alpine Confederation 2-1 Norway Round 4: Norway 0-2 Alpine Confederation Greece 1-1 Denmark Round 5: Alpine Confederation 3-0 Greece Norway 3-1 Denmark Round 6: Denmark 0-2 Alpine Confederation Greece 0-1 Norway
Group B[]
| Team | GP | W | D | L | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 |
| Sicily | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12 |
| Iceland | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| Sweden | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
Round 1: Sweden 1-2 Cleveland Iceland 0-0 Sicily Round 2: Cleveland 2-0 Iceland Sicily 3-0 Sweden Round 3: Sweden 2-1 Iceland Cleveland 0-0 Sicily Round 4: Iceland 1-0 Sweden Sicily 2-2 Cleveland Round 5: Sicily 1-0 Iceland Cleveland 1-0 Sweden Round 6: Sweden 2-3 Sicily Iceland 0-1 Cleveland
CONCACAF[]
Top two qualify.
| Team | GP | W | D | L | Pts. |
| Mexico | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 22 |
| East Caribbean Federation | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 21 |
| Nicaragua | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 15 |
| Cuba | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 |
| Dominican Republic | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| Puerto Rico | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 |
October 10: Mexico 3 Cuba 2; Dominican Republic 1 East Caribbean 4; Puerto Rico 0 Nicaragua 4
October 17: Cuba 1 Dominican Republic 1; East Caribbean 3 Puerto Rico 0; Nicaragua 1 Mexico 2
ASIA/OCEANIA[]
Top two qualify; third-place Singapore advances to play-in series.
| Team | GP | W | D | L | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANZC | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 20 |
| Soviet Socialist Siberia | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 |
| Singapore | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 16 |
| Philippines | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 |
| Indonesia | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 12 |
| French Rep. | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
October 17: Siberia 1 Indonesia 2; ANZC 1 Singapore 2; French Rep. 0 Philippines 3
October 31: Philippines 1 Siberia 3; Indonesia 0 ANZC 1; Singapore 0 French Rep. 0
AFRICA/MIDDLE EAST[]
Group winners qualify.
Group A[]
| Team | GP | W | D | L | Pts |
| Pais del Oro | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
| Algeria | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 |
| Iran | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| Assyria | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
October 11: Algeria 1 Iran 1; Assyria 0 Pais del Oro 5
October 18: Pais del Oro 0 Algeria 1; Iran 1 Assyria 1
Group B[]
| Team | GP | W | D | L | Pts. |
| DSA | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| RZA | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| Zaire | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Republic of Angola | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
October 10: DSA Zaire 1; Republic of Angola 2 RZA 2.
October 17: RZA 1 DSA 2; Zaire 2 Republic of Angola 2.
News[]
n October 21, FIFA announced the selection for the 2014 World Cup, previously scheduled for Oct. 28 in Dublin, has been pushed back to December 4 to coincide with FIFA's World Congress and to allow for the final play-in series to be fully contested. Brazil is considered the overwhelming favorite, over the ANZC and Siberia, primarily due to the number of and quality of venues in the country, along with sufficient national infrastructure and expected large fan support for each match. Brazil also plans to use World Cup 2014 as a test-run for another major international sporting event it is pursuing: the 2016 Summer Olympics.
The FIFA World Congress, scheduled for December 2-4 in Dublin, features not only the selection of the host nation for the 2014 World Cup, but the following other items:
- The draw for World Cup 2010
- Awards for FIFA's 2009 World Footballer of the Year
- The entrance of several new members (such as Prussia and Canada) into the five regional confederations
- Voting on the expansion of the field from 16 to 24 teams and preliminary discussions on a new, permanent host site for FIFA's world headquarters, with presentations from Luque, Paraguay; Singapore; and Zurich, Alpine Confederation.
Official anthem[]
"Wild Dances" by USSR pop singer Ruslana was selected by FIFA in 2009 as the official World Cup anthem.