2010 FIFA World Cup at a Glance

 

Tournament Details
Host Country	South Africa
Dates	June 11 to July 11
Teams	32 (from 6 confederations)
Venue (s)	10 (in 9 host cities)
Final Positions
Champions	Spain (1st Title)
Runner up	Netherlands
Third Place	Germany
Fourth Place	Uruguay
Tournament Stastics
Matches Played	64
Attendance	3,178,856 (49,670 per match)
Top Scorer/s	Thomas miller, David Villa, Wesley Sneijder, Diego Forlan (6 goals)
Best Player	Diego Forlan
Past Winners
Brazil	1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002
Itali	1934, 1938, 1982, 2006,
Germany	1954, 1974, 1990
Uruguay	1930, 1950
Argentina	1978, 1986
England	1966
France	1998
Award Winners
Golden Ball for Best Player	Diego Forlan (Uruguay)
Golden Boot for Top Scorer	Thomas Mueller (Germany)
Best Young Player	Thomas Mueller (Germany)
Golden Glove for Besl Goalkeeper	Iker Casillas (Spain)
FIFA Fair Play Award	Spain

 Spain won its first ever FIFA World Cup on July 11, 2010 with 1-0 victory over the Netherlands at Socccer city Stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Both Spain and Netherland had never won the title before and it was the time to welcome a new champion this year and Soain won the cup amongh much cheer. Netherland had played in the final twice before in 1974 and 1978 but were unlucky both the times and this time too, the Dutch stars Arjen Robben and Wesley Sneijder failed to turned the result into their favour. Andres Iniesta scored the title winning goal for Spain in the 116th minute in front of 84, 490 spectators at Soccer City Stadium in Johannesburg. Spain became the eighth world champion in World Cup history joining Brazil, Italy, Germany, Argentina, Uruguay, England and France.