2010 Soccer World Cup in South Africa

The World Cup is the most significant tournament in international soccer and this is organized by FIFA, the tournament is experienced every four years, this year the World Cup 2010 will be hosted by South Africa. People all over the world are anticipated to watch the month long event between the world's 32 top soccer playing nations.

This spectacular and great extravaganza will take place in South Africa and the first game of the Soccer World Cup will be on 11 June 2010. It is the first time that any African nation will be hosting this premier event. The games will be played at Cape Town, Johannesburg, Port Elizabeth, Durban, Bloemfontein, Rustenburg, Pretoria, Polokwane and Nelspruit.

The World Cup will provide an opportunity for the National government to improve infrastructure, increase tourism through global exposure, create permanent and casual jobs and focus on promoting entrepreneurship. Major preparations are underway for this great event. such as upgrading of international airports to cater for the traffic inflow expected. Improving and renovating major roads and freeways, new Stadiums are being built in the major cities where the games will be played and hospitality establishments are stepping up the pace to offer world class accommodation. The world cup organizing body, as well as Government and Business in South Africa are making tremendous progress in this regard. The whole country is focused on making this event, the best world cup the world has experienced. South Africa has proved to be up to the task, as it hosted successful Rugby and Cricket world cups.

Various South African cities will be hosting games and this is a perfect opportunity to experience the world renowned Winelands, the South African Rainbow culture, the Western Cape beaches and mountain ranges. open spaces in the Free State, mountains, mist and sites of amazing natural beauty in Mpumalanga, battlefields and beaches in Kwazulu Natal, peaceful and warm culture of the Eastern Cape, as well as the world's big five wild animals in various National parks. South Africa will be ready to welcome the world and to enjoy and savor its accommodation, dining and other experiences.

To make the tournament more accessible to the local South African community, fifa has made available a number of tickets (120000).The South African market will have first chance to secure the priceless 2010 World cup tickets. For the rest of the world tickets will go on sale in September 2008. Purchasing a hospitality package would be the perfect way to enjoy the World Cup Finals. However, if this is out with your budget tickets for the final will go on sale in February 2009.World wide tour operators and travel companies are to receive a number of tickets so that they can arrange special travel packages.

The 2010 world cup is a major tournament and is not just about the match you will see. It is about the experience of visiting a new city and experiencing the local culture, its natural inviroment, meeting the local people, tasting traditional gourmet and being part of this vibrant major event which captures the imagination of the whole world. This tournament will contribute to the upliftment of the local previously disadvantaged population and create long term prosperity.

2010: World Cup Soccer in South Africa

South Africa is not exactly one of those places where people plan a vacation and, therefore, with the 2010 World Cup Soccer tournament to take place in South Africa, a great deal is being done to help prepare for an onslaught of visitors to the area. World Cut Soccer is, on many levels, something like the Olympics and baseball's World Series rolled into one; teams from around the world are already counting down and competing with their eyes on the World Cup in 2010 and fans are already looking into learning more about places to stay and even driving rules in South Africa.

All of this - fans looking into lodging and travel, teams playing for a shot at making the tournament - is already taking place. Even with almost two years to go before the 2010 World Cup Soccer tournament in South Africa, the official web site is documenting the way that teams are playing and that features a countdown to the event (with well over 600 days to go). So far, there are two hundred teams that have entered into the competition; two hundred teams that are aiming to be one of the thirty-one teams that will compete.

Teams from Spain, England, France, Germany and Italy are all competing as representatives of European nations. Africa has a total of fifty-three teams that are working their way through the preliminaries, with Zimbabwe, Nigeria, Zambia, Swaziland, Togo and other nations participating. Asian nations that hope to be in thirty one teams who will compete for the 2010 World Cup Soccer title in South Africa include Korea, Iran and Saudi Arabia. New Zealand and Fiji are both vying for a position from Oceania.

On the other side of the globe, teams from North and Central America as well as the nations of the Caribbean are competing and preparing for a spot in the 2010 World Cup Soccer tournament in South Africa. So far, teams from the United States, Mexico, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Trinidad and Tobago and Honduras are leading the way. From South America, thus far, Paraguay, Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay have taken the lead.

While it is far too soon to tell which nations will ultimately be among the thirty one spots in the 2010 World Cup tournament finals in South Africa, one thing is sure: each of the preliminary matches is grabbing the interest of soccer fans worldwide - all of whom are hoping that their nation or their favorite team will ultimately be represented. Photos of matches are available online, match details have been made available and these are just the first steps: the 2010 World Cup in South Africa will also offer live streaming coverage of the matches that are played; likewise, some preliminary matches will be aired live online.

The road to the 2010 World Cup Soccer tournament in South Africa is still long and winding, however that does nothing to slow down the ways in which players and fans have planned to travel it to reach their destination.