FIFA Worldcup 2010,SouthAfrica:Specialities
Zakumi the official mascot will dance infront of a huge audiance in a couple of days. Teams are on there way, some of them started warm ups to adjust to the conditions. Adidas Jabulani will roll in South Africa on June 11th officially. 2010 FIFA worldcup is the 19th of its kind. The event started in August 2007 when the qualifiers started, 204 teams participated. And 32 nation qualified, and South Africa became the first African nation to host the event. This is the first world cup which has no first time qualifiers. As part of preparations for world cup 5 new stadiums were built in South Africa and 5 existing ones were renovated.
The qualifiying stages witnessed a couple of controversies, one was France-Ireland match in which the french captain Thierry Henry handled the ball which went unseen by the referee, another was Costa Rica-Uruguay match in which Costa Rica complained over the winning goal of Uruguay. The match ball is manufactured by the German sport equipment maker Adidas and is named JABULANI which means ” bringing joy to everyone“.The ball also got a number of specialities: its the 11th ball made by adidas for the worldcup event, it has 11 colors in it each featuring a player in field, there are 11 official languages in south Africa, the event starts on 11th of June and ends on 11th of July.The balls aero dynamics has already invited a few criticisms from various sides.
QUALIFIED TEAMS:
| A | B | C | D |
| South Africa | Argentina | England | Germany |
| Mexico | Nigeria | USA | Australia |
| Uruguay | Korea Republic | Algeria | Serbia |
| France | Greece | Slovenia | Ghana |
| E | F | G | H |
| Netherlands | Italy | Brazil | Spain |
| Denmark | Paraguay | Korea | Switzerland |
| Japan | New Zealand | Côte d’Ivoire | Honduras |
| Cameroon | Slovakia | Portugal | Chile |
Total prize money and stage level prizes are being announced by FIFA. A total of $420 million is almost 60% more than the last world cup.Teams exiting at group stages will get $9 million of which $1 million is given in advance as preparation costs. $18 and $20 million for quarter and semi- finalists respectively. Runners up will be getting $24 million and winners will get $30 million.
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