| South Africa plays host to the 2010 FIFA World Cup in | | | | point for a draw. No points are awarded if the team |
| 2010. Nations from across the world have taken part in | | | | loses. |
| the qualifications round and thirty two nations have | | | | There has been a lot of talk about how will win the |
| come out the other end. The finals will be held from | | | | World Cup in 2010. There is a lot of prize money up |
| 11th of June till 11th of July. | | | | for grabs from FIFA for the teams that win. $30 million |
| This year South Africa will hold the 19th cup. The | | | | has been allocated to the winner of the cup. Teams |
| country has had a massive overhaul of stadiums, | | | | that exit the group stage get paid $8 million. Runners |
| construction of new stadiums and around the main | | | | up get paid $24 million. There is a total of $420 million in |
| cities. The premier international football tournament is | | | | prize money. |
| as big as the Olympic games with 204 nations taking | | | | Spain is currently has the best odds of winning the cup. |
| part in qualifications. | | | | Brazil is closely second in terms of betting odds. |
| August 2007 marked the start of the qualification | | | | England and Argentina are shortly behind in odds. So |
| process. Nations like Germany, Italy, Australia and | | | | the current odds for these four countries mean that a |
| United States have passed the qualification rounds. | | | | lot of people are picking them as favourites to take |
| In South Africa there will be ten venues where the | | | | out the cup. Since I am Australian, I am going to place |
| soccer matches will be played. Roads to the stadiums | | | | my bets on Australia to take out the cup. |
| have been vastly improved. | | | | United States has pretty long odds at roughly 70 to 1. |
| Thirty two teams have been separated into eight | | | | When it comes to choosing who will win the World |
| groups of four teams. The groups are labelled A to H. | | | | Cup it is pretty hard because there are a lot of great |
| The groups are like so: | | | | teams playing. Every team is going to try their very |
| Group A: South Africa, Mexico, Uruguay and France | | | | best and put their best players forward. |
| Group B: Argentina, Nigeria, Korea Republic and | | | | I am excited that the amazing sporting event is going |
| Greece | | | | to be played out soon. I am going to support my |
| Group C: England, United States, Algeria and Slovenia | | | | favourite team Australia. There are soccer jerseys |
| Group D: Germany Australia, Serbia and Ghana | | | | that people can sport during the cup event. Sporting a |
| Group E: Netherlands, Denmark, Japan and Cameroon | | | | soccer jersey can show your support to your |
| Group F: Italy, Paraguay, New Zealand and Slovakia | | | | favourite nation. |
| Group G: Brazil, Korea DPR, Cote d'lvoire and Portugal | | | | In conclusion, Spain and Brazil are currently looking like |
| Group H: Spain, Switzerland, Honduras and Chile | | | | favourites to win the cup. South Africa is going be the |
| Only two teams can make it through each of the | | | | host nation and Germany who was the host nation in |
| groups. The two teams will be the top two teams in | | | | the previous cup finished up third. Will South Africa |
| each group based on points. Points are awarded for a | | | | follow suit and do just as well. |
| win or a draw. Teams get 3 points for a win and a | | | | |