The 2010 FIFA World Cup will be the 19th FIFA World Cup. The FIFA World Cup is the premier international football tournament. In Australia we call football as soccer and football is the Aussie Rules kind. It's a totally different game but has the same name.
The FIFA World Cup for 2010 is going to take place next month. It is going to take place between 11th of June 2010 till 11th of July 2010. The country that is hosting the World Cup is South Africa. South Africa has never hosted the tournament before. It will be the first African nation to host the tournament. Morocco and Egypt will beaten by South Africa in the bidding process. The Oceania Football Confederation is the only confederation yet to host the FIFA Cup.
The qualification process for the 2010 Football Cup began back in August 2007. There are 208 FIFA national teams and 204 took part in the qualifications for this years World Cup. The 2010 World Cup matches the 2008 Summer Olympics in terms of the number of competing nations in the sports event. Australia has qualified for this years cup and I will be supporting them all the way. Thirty two teams got through to the final tournament.
The Asian Football Confederation has 4 teams that have qualified for the final tournament. They are Australia, Japan, Korea DPR and Korea Republic. The Confederation of African Football has 6 teams. These 6 teams are Algeria, Cameroon, Cote d'lvoire, Ghana, Nigeria and South Africa. The Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football has 3 teams which qualify. These 3 teams are Honduras, Mexico and United States. The South American Football Confederation has 5 teams which qualify for the 2010 World Cup. They are: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay. The Oceania Football Confederation has the New Zealand team which qualified. The most teams that qualify are from the Union of European Football Associations. A total of 13 teams qualify from UEFA. These teams are Denmark, England, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain and Switzerland.
Italy won their fourth cup title in the previous 2006 FIFA World Cup. How far they can progress this year is a mystery.
Australia is up against Germany in its first match on the 13th of June. It will play Ghana next on the 19th of June. On the 23rd of June Australia will play against Serbia. Australia plays in Group D and will be up against Germany, Ghana and Serbia. Australia has a chance and in progressing though this tough group draw.
The 2010 World Cup is up there as one of the best sporting events this year. Millions of people from around the world will be watching and cheering on their countries. Free to air TV in Australia will be broadcasting this event and many people will be stuck at home in front of the televisions watching this major sporting event that will take place from June till July.
In conclusion, this year will be an amazing year for soccer or football for fans of this sport around the world. The cup will be won by the best country playing this year and many countries have high hopes for their teams. I am rooting for the Australian team in this year.
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