2010 Football / Soccer World Cup - South Africa information dedicated to England and all football fans worldwide
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For England's World Cup qualifying fixtures and a full Group 6 timetable/schedule click here
WORLD CUP 2010 SOUTH AFRICA LATEST NEWS
6/03/08 Latest 2010 World Cup ticket news - South African residents will be able to secure hospitality packages to watch World Cup matches from June, sales agents Match Hospitality have announced. Speaking in Johannesburg at the launch of the hospitality program, Chief Operating Officer Pascal Portes said, 'We want to give priority to the domestic market'.
There will be five hospitality packages on sale at an average price of US$1450 (around £750). The packages included a Big Six Series costing US$1750 a person, a Gauteng Series at between US$1400 and US$1750, a Venue Series for US$380 to US$1400, a Follow Your Team Series for US$1500 to US$1750 and a Final Round Series for US$3500 to US$6000.
The hospitality packages are expected to go on sale to the rest of the world from September 2008. Individual tickets will be available from February 2009.
For all latest ticket news and prices click here
16/01/08 Northern Ireland qualifiers decided - A full timetable for Group 3 of European World Cup qualifying was released today. Following their heroics in almost qualifying for Euro 2008, Northern Ireland were rewarded with a place in one of the toughest groups for 2010 World Cup qualification. Poland, Czech Republic and Slovakia all stand in the way of the Irish in their attempts to reach South Africa. Group 3 fixtures schedule
15/01/08 Republic of Ireland qualifiers announced - The dates for Group 8 in Europe have been revealed and the Republic of Ireland kick off the campaign with a tough test away to Georgia on 6th September. Ireland's qualifiers against Italy take place away on 1st April 2009 and at home on 10th October 2009. Group 8 timetable/schedule
14/01/08 England World Cup qualifying fixtures revealed - New England boss Fabio Capello was in Zagreb today to thrash out the dates for England's 2010 World Cup qualifying campaign. First up for England is a trip to minnows Andorra on 6th September 2008. Four days later, England must travel to Croatia to face their Euro 2008 qualifying demons. All England fans will be hoping automatic qualification is in the bag before the last round of fixtures on 14th October 2009. The big hitters in the group have relatively easy fixtures last up while England entertain Belarus.
Group 6 table/fixtures/timetable
10/01/08 Wales World Cup qualifying dates and fixtures revealed - Following a meeting in Frankfurt today, the Group 4 qualifying timetable was announced. Wales have a tough job on their hands to qualify for South Africa, sharing a group with Germany, Russia and Finland. Follow Group 4 matches here
14/12/07 Scotland World Cup qualifying fixtures announced - Matches in Group 9 of European qualifying were revealed today. The Scots have a tough challenge on their hands to make South Africa after being lumped in the small group and must beat Holland to the top spot to qualify. Scotland begin their campaign on 6th September 2008 with a trip to Macedonia before another away day in Iceland 4 days later. The final game of qualifying could see a Hampden Park blockbuster - Scotland v Holland on 9th September 2009.
25/11/07 England have a chance for revenge following the World Cup draw in Durban - Croatia knocked England out of Euro 2008 just 4 days ago but the two nations were drawn together again for World Cup qualifying. England were drawn in Group 6 and must also face Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan and minnows Andorra.
Groups were drawn in Europe, Asia and Africa. The qualifying draw for North and Central America (CONCACAF) was also made. World Cup draw details
22/11/07 All eyes on the World Cup draw in Durban as World Cup qualifiers break for the winter - Paraguay top the South American World Cup qualifying group following the latest round of matches. They thumped Chile in Santiago and move on to 10 points from their opening 4 games. Brazil squeaked past Uruguay at home and sit in third place. Argentina lost their 100% record, going down 2-1 in Colombia and drop to second in the group.
New Zealand look comfortable in Oceania World Cup qualifying. They have now won all of their opening 3 games as they strive for the right to challenge the fifth place qualifier in Asia for a place in the 2010 World Cup. Results
18/11/07 Latest South American World Cup qualifiers see Argentina win, Brazil held - Argentina maintained their 100% record in the South American World Cup qualifying group with a 3-0 win over Bolivia in Buenos Aires on Saturday. Colombia and Paraguay also won to take 2nd and 4th place in the group respectively. In Sunday's games, Brazil moved into 3rd place in the group with a draw in Peru while Uruguay disappointed again as they could only draw at home to Chile.
The second phase of Asian qualifying was also completed over the weekend. The lowest 8 seeded teams after the first knockout phase were drawn together in a second, 2 legged preliminary phase to whittle down the field for the group stages.
Results from Asia World Cup qualifiers
18/08/07 Argentina top the South American World Cup qualifying group - Two wins out of two for Argentina see them go top of the group after the second round of games in South American World Cup qualifying. They travelled to Venezuela to claim all three points with a 2-0 win. Barcelona's mercurial whizkid Lionel Messi and defender Gabriel Milito bagged the goals in the first half.
Brazil go second courtesy of a win over 2006 World Cup qualifiers Ecuador. Much more impressive on their home turf than in the recent qualifier with Colombia, Brazil notched five goals without reply to leave Ecuador bottom of the group.
In other matches Colombia played out their second goalless draw in 5 days in Bolivia, while there were home wins for Paraguay and Chile against Uruguay and Peru respectively.
15/08/07 South America World Cup qualifiers begin - Uruguay top the South American World Cup qualifying group after thumping Bolivia 5-0 in Montevideo. In other games, two wonder goals from Riquelme inspired Argentina to a 2-0 home victory against Chile, while Venezuela travelled to Ecuador and took all three points to go third in the group. Brazil were uninspiring in a 0-0 draw against Colombia in Bogota while Peru and Paraguay played out the same result in Lima.
27/08/07 2010 World Cup qualification process kicks off in Samoa - With over 1000 days to go until the South Africa World Cup, qualifying for the tournament has begun at the South Pacific Games in Samoa. There was no shortage of goals on the first day of the first phase of Oceania qualifying, where the mighty Fiji hit 16 past hapless Tuvalu and the Solomon Islands racked up a 12-1 win against American Samoa. A total of 34 goals were scored in the opening 4 games on match day 1 as New Caledonia edged past Tahiti 1-0 and Vanuatu thumped hosts Samoa 4-0.
Keep an eye on Oceania qualifying at the South Pacific Games here
The 2010 World Cup will be held in South Africa after FIFA decided to host the competition on the African continent for the first time. South Africa won the nomination from unlucky bidders Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia and Libya.
9 cities will host the games. Johannesburg, which will have two venues, will stage matches along with Cape Town, Durban, Pretoria, Port Elizabeth, Bloemfontein, Nelspruit, Polokwane and Rustenburg.
2010 World Cup Qualifying begins in 2008. The Qualification process involves six FIFA continental zones - Europe, Asia, Africa, South America, North America and Oceania.
32 teams will qualify for the final stages of the competition.
South Africa World Cup 2010 Host Cities
Follow England's progress in the Euro 2008 qualifiers at england2008.co.uk. All the latest Euro 2008 news and group tables as well as host city travel and tourist information and a full Euro 2008 timetable. click here
Additional information provided by Kevin Wilyman