|
Match Number |
Date Game Played |
Teams Playing and
Goals Scored |
Winner
|
Score |
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1 |
11 June
|
South Africa (1) -
Mexico (1) |
TIE |
1-1 |
|
2 |
11 June |
Uruguay (0) - France (0) |
TIE |
0-0 |
|
3 |
12 June |
Argentina (1) - Nigeria (0) |
Argentina |
1-0 |
| 4 |
12 June |
Korea Republic (2) - Greece (0) |
Korea Republic |
2-0 |
| 5 |
12 June |
England (1) - USA (1) |
TIE |
1-1 |
| 6 |
13 June |
Algeria (0) - Slovenia (1) |
Slovenia |
1-0 |
| 7 |
13 June |
Germany (4) - Australia (0) |
Germany |
4-0 |
| 8 |
13 June |
Serbia (0) - Ghana (1) |
Ghana |
1-0 |
| 9 |
14 June |
Netherlands (2) - Denmark (0) |
Netherlands |
2-0 |
| 10 |
14 June |
Japan (1) - Cameroon (0) |
Japan |
1-0 |
| 11 |
14 June |
Italy (1) - Paraguay (1) |
TIE |
1-1 |
| 12 |
15 June |
New Zealand (1) - Slovakia (1) |
TIE |
1-1 |
| 13 |
15 June |
Cote d'Ivorie (0) - Portugal (0) |
TIE |
0-0 |
| 14 |
15 June |
Brazil (2) - Korea DPR (1) |
Brazil |
2-1 |
| 15 |
16 June |
Honduras (0) - Chile (1) |
Chile |
1-0 |
| 16 |
16 June |
Spain (0) - Switzerland (1) |
Switzerland |
1-0 |
| 17 |
16 June |
Uruguay (3) - South Africa (0) |
Uruguay |
3-0 |
| 18 |
17 June |
France (0) - Mexico (2) |
Mexico |
2-0 |
| 19 |
17 June |
Greece (2) - Nigeria (1) |
Greece |
2-1 |
| 20 |
17 June |
Argentina (4) - Korea Republic (1) |
Argentina |
4-1 |
| 21 |
18 June |
Germany (0) - Serbia (1) |
Serbia |
1-0 |
| 22 |
18 June |
USA (2) - Slovenia (2) |
TIE |
2-2 |
| 23 |
18 June |
England (0) - Algeria (0) |
TIE |
0-0 |
| 24 |
19 June |
Ghana (1) - Australia (1) |
TIE |
1-1 |
| 25 |
19 June |
Netherlands (1) - Japan (0) |
Netherlands |
1-0 |
| 26 |
19 June |
Cameroon (1) - Denmark (2) |
Denmark |
2-1 |
| 27 |
20 June |
Paraguay (2) - Slovakia (0) |
Paraguay |
2-0 |
| 28 |
20 June |
Italy (1) - New Zealand (1) |
TIE |
1-1 |
| 29 |
20 June |
Brazil (3) - Cote d'Ivorie (1) |
Brazil |
3-1 |
| 30 |
21 June |
Portugal (7) -
Korea DPR (0) |
Portugal |
7-0 |
| 32 |
21 June |
Chile (1) -
Switzerland (0) |
Chile |
1-0 |
| 32 |
21 June |
Spain (2) -
Honduras (0) |
Spain |
2-0 |
| 33 |
22 June |
* Mexico (0) -
Uruguay (1) * |
Uruguay |
1-0 |
| 34 |
22 June |
France (1) - South
Africa (2) |
South Africa |
2-1 |
| 35 |
22 June |
Nigeria (2) - Korea
Republic (2) * |
TIE |
2-2 |
| 36 |
22 June |
Greece (0) - Argentina (2)
* |
Argentina |
2-0 |
| 37 |
23 June |
Slovenia (0) -
England (1) * |
England |
1-0 |
| 38 |
23 June |
* USA (1)
- Algeria (0) |
USA |
1-0 |
| 39 |
23 June |
*Ghana (0) - Germany
(1) * |
Germany |
1-0 |
| 40 |
23June |
Australia (2) -
Serbia (1) |
Australia |
2-1 |
| 41 |
24June |
* Slovakia (3) -
Italy (2) |
Slovakia |
3-2 |
| 42 |
24June |
* Paraguay (0)
- New Zealand (0) |
TIE |
0-0 |
| 43 |
24June |
Denmark (1) -
Japan (3) * |
Japan |
3-1 |
| 44 |
24June |
Cameroon (1) -
Netherlands (2) * |
Netherlands |
2-1 |
| 45 |
25 June |
* Portugal (0) -
Brazil (0) * |
TIE |
0-0 |
| 46 |
25 June |
Korea DPR (0) - Cote d'Ivorie
(3) |
Cote d'Ivorie |
3-0 |
| 47 |
25 June |
* Chile (1) - Spain
(2) * |
Spain |
2-1 |
| 48 |
25 June |
Switzerland (0) -
Honduras (0) |
TIE |
0-0 |
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End of First
Elimination Round |
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*
Denotes Qualified For Second Elimination Round |
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Round Two
(16 of the Above Qualifying
Teams Compete for 8 Slots -- Losing Team Below is Automatically
Eliminated)
|
|
Match Number |
Date Game Played |
Teams Playing and
Goals Scored |
Winner
|
Score |
| |
|
|
|
|
| 49 |
26 June |
Uruguay (2) - Korea Republic (1) |
* Uruguay |
2-1 |
| 50 |
26 June |
USA (1) - Ghana (2) |
* Ghana |
2-1 |
| 51 |
27 June |
Argentina (3) - Mexico (1) |
* Argentina |
3-1 |
| 52 |
27 June |
Germany (4) - England (1) |
* Germany |
4-1 |
| 53 |
28 June |
Netherlands (2) - Slovakia (1) |
* Netherlands |
2-1 |
| 54 |
28 June |
Brazil (3) - Chile (0) |
* Brazil |
3-0 |
| 55 |
29June |
Paraguay (5) - Japan (3) --
(0-0, Then 5-3 per Overtime/Penalty Shots) |
* Paraguay |
5-3 |
| 56 |
29 June |
Spain (1) - Portugal (0) |
* Spain |
1-0 |
| |
End of Second
Elimination Round |
|
| *
Denotes Qualified For Third Elimination Round |
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An American
commentary: As an American living in Costa Rica, I have thoroughly
enjoyed watching the World Cup games, but have reservations. Unlike
"North American Football", where instant replay allows a team's coach to
challenge a referee's call and have the referee's decision reviewed and
possibly reversed immediately, the World Cup has no such mechanism and
in fact allows a referee to make a very bad score-non score call without
having to explain to anyone during the game why the call was made. It
was very disheartening to see the American and English teams clearly
score goals, have the television coverage verify that the goals were
scored, but have the game official disallow the goals without
explanation. Not only were the non-goal calls clearly wrong for the
whole world to see, but it opens up the World Cup to speculation that it
is possible for a corrupt official to be bought by corrupt worldwide
gamblers and wrongly affect the outcome of the World Cup. This is not
only wrong, but it totally destroys the credibility of the World Cup
games and even the eventual winner, through no fault of their own.
Obviously, FIFA, the organization that puts on the World Cup games, must
make "instant replay" part of the game, using similar technology and
some of the rules used in the USA for the National Football League. At
the very least, when cameras clearly showed that the ball in the
Germany-England June 27 game landed inside the Germany goal net area,
England deserved to be awarded the goal.
There can be no excuse for FIFA
to support World Cup rules that would clearly be supported by corrupt
gambling syndicates, but not by millions and millions of fair-minded
World Cup fans who love the game.
Unfortunately, all of the advertisers of the World Cup games (Coca Cola,
Visa, Sony, etc.) are also smeared. Perhaps the advertisers might
recognize that a corrupted World Cup may not serve their own interests.
Perhaps millions of World Cup fans could let the advertisers know that
unless the possible corruption factor is dealt with in the next World
Cup in 2014, it will not be necessary to purchase their products and it
might not be necessary for advertisers to pay millions of dollars to
sponsor the World Cup. Money talks, whether it involves advertisers, the
World Cup, referees, and/or corrupt gambling syndicates. Get this mess
straightened out once and for all and it will be more difficult for
corrupt gambling syndicates to try and influence the outcome of the
World Cup. The Game is too beautiful to allow incompetence or corruption
to dominate its outcome. - Peter James, an American in Costa Rica.
27 June 2010 |
Round Three -- Quarter-Finals
(8 of the Above Round Two Qualifying
Teams Compete for 4 Slots -- Losing Team Below is Automatically
Eliminated) |
|
Match Number |
Date Game Played |
Teams Playing and
Goals Scored |
Winner
|
Score |
|
|
| 57 |
2 July |
Netherlands (2) - Brazil (1) |
* Netherlands |
2-1 |
| 58 |
2 July |
Uruguay (4) - Ghana (2)
(1-1, Then 4-2 per Overtime/Penalty Shots) |
* Uruguay |
4-2 |
| 59 |
3 July |
Argentina (0) - Germany (4) |
* Germany |
4-0 |
| 60 |
3 July |
Paraguay (0) - Spain (1) |
* Spain |
1-0 |
| |
End of Third
Elimination Round
(Quarter-Finals) |
|
| *
Denotes Qualified For Fourth Elimination Round -- Semi-Finals |
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Round Four -- Semi-Finals
(4 of the Above Round Three Qualifying
Teams Compete for 2 Slots -- Losing Team Below is Automatically
Eliminated) |
|
Match Number |
Date Game Played |
Teams Playing and
Goals Scored |
Winner
|
Score |
| |
| 61 |
6 July |
Uruguay (2) - Netherlands (3) |
* Netherlands |
3-2 |
| 62 |
7 July |
Germany (0) - Spain (1) |
* Spain |
1-0 |
| |
End of Fourth
Elimination Round
(Semi-Finals) |
|
| *
Denotes Qualified For FINAL Elimination Round |
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Match
for Third and Fourth Place -- World Cup
(2 of the Above Round Four LOSING Teams Compete for
Third and Fourth Place -- the 2010 World Cup Games in South Africa |
|
Match Number |
Date Game Played |
Teams Playing and
Goals Scored |
Winner
|
Score |
| |
| 63 |
10 July |
Uruguay (2) - Germany (3) |
Germany |
3-2 |
|
Congratulations to Germany and Uruguay for their Third and Fourth Place
2010 World Cup Finishes! |
| |
Final Match |
|
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http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/index.html
FOR OFFICIAL WORLD CUP INFORMATION |
|
Match Number |
Date Game Played |
Teams Playing and
Goals Scored |
Winner
|
Score |
| |
| 64 |
11 July 2010 |
Spain (1) - Netherlands (0) |
SPAIN |
1-0 |
Congratulations to Spain and Netherlands for their First and Second Place
2010 World Cup Finishes!
And, Congratulations to FIFA for Selecting a World Class Officiating
Crew for the Final Match!! |
Congratulations!
SPAIN
2010
World Cup Winner and Champion
An American
commentary: What a pleasure it has been to watch most all of the
above 2010 World Cup games on television in Costa Rica. My wife and
friends watched the World Cup final match between Spain and the
Netherlands on the giant screen at the
Marriott in Los Suenos
and I found myself wishing that my American friends could have been
there. Being a National Football League fan who has watched the NFL
games just about every Sunday beginning in the 1950's with the Cleveland
Browns, Otto Graham, Jim Brown (and company), I think it is time that we
Americans take this "other football" sport more seriously. It will take
"real" television coverage in the States to get this sport the
popularity that it deserves, but this may be the real problem: The
international sport of football that we call "soccer" in the States does
not have "time outs" as we do in the States. Once the clock starts
during "kickoff" it runs continuously until the first half (45 minutes)
is over. Then after about a fifteen minute halftime break, the second
half begins and the clock runs continuously again for 45 more minutes.
In short, there is no real advertising "space" for television
advertisers as we have for professional football or baseball because
they don't stop the clock as we do. If our networks and cable television
can solve this problem, international football that is enjoyed
throughout the world can "take off" in the States. On the other hand,
perhaps our television industry should return to providing quality
programming without so much advertising anyway -- the way it used to be.
Peter James, An American in Costa Rica
11 July 2010 |
