Federation Internationale de Football Association or FIFA World Cup also known as the Football World Cup or Soccer World Cup is usually also referred as World Cup. This event, which is said to be the World Cup, is the most viewed sporting event. The first tournament happened in the year 1930.

The current format of the said tournament usually being participated by 32 teams competing for the title of being the champion at venues within the specific host nation(s) over a period of about a month and this phase is often called the World Cup Finals. The tournament happens every four years in a certain venue. The current FIFA World Cup was last 2006 and held in Germany where 715.1 Million people have watched it which proves the claimed as the most viewed sporting event.

Since 2006 was the last event, 2010 is the next World Cup tournament which happens to be this year. The event is scheduled and it will be held in South Africa on the month of June starting in the day 11 until July 11, 2010.

Africa is divided in two, the north and the south. The Republic of South Africa is a country from the south which has three capital cities which are the Pretoria (executive), Bloemfontein (judicial), and the Cape Town (legislative). The largest city has said to be the Johannesburg as of the year 2006.

Venues of the World Cup in South Africa will be hosted in nine cities from which will consist of overall ten stadiums.

Cape Town. The newly-built Green Point Stadium, one of the most artistic football venues in South Africa, is situated in one of the capital cities in South Africa which is the Cape Town.

Another one is the Durban City. Moses Mabhida Stadium, a newly-built stadium, is the venue for one of the semi-finals of the FIFA World Cup 2010 in the City of Durban.

The largest city named Johannesburg will render two venues for the event. The Ellis Park Stadium which was built in the year 1982 and said to have the long and distinguished history in sports. The first and final matches of the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa will be hosted in the newly reconstructed stadium named Soccer City Stadium which is one of the most artistic and breathtaking football venues on the African continent.

Free State Stadium would be likely the center of attention during the FIFA World Cup and it is located at Mangaung also known as Bloemfontein which said to be home of some most fanatical group of supporters in the country.

The first football stadium in the city of Nelson Mandela Bay also known as Port Elizabeth named Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium will host the third and quarter-final with a total of eight matches.

Mbombela Stadium in Nelspruit city is another newly-built stadium for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

In Polokwane, the newly-built Peter Mokaba Stadium is another venue of World Cup in South Africa.

Another stadium is the Royal Bafokeng Sports Palace in Rustenburg which was named after the Bafokeng people who live there.

Lastly, would be in one of the oldest stadium in South Africa which is the Loftus Versfeld Stadium in Tshwane/ Pretoria.

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