2010 WORLD CUP FINALS venue south africa. FIFA world cup 2010 will be start 11 june and will be finish 11 july.South africa arrange biggest football tournament on the world which gets under way on friday in johannesburg.Johannesburg's 94,000-capacity Soccer City hosts the opening ceremony, with the first game getting under way at 1500 BST when South Africa face Mexico.president Nelson Mandela is set to attend part of the festivities. He will be present on Friday, but will not attend the entire opening game.The World Cup kicks off with a 40-minute opening ceremony at Soccer City starting at 1300 BST.The global TV audience for the tournament will be made up of viewers in more than 215 countries and will run into hundreds of millions."South Africa has come alive, and will never be the same after this World Cup," said Zuma.
The World Cup dedicate Nelson Mandela.The festivities begin in earnest on Thursday, with Shakira among the artists at a pre-tournament concert in Soweto from 1900 BST that is expected to draw 30,000 fans.The Colombian pop star will perform the official World Cup song Waka Waka and will be joined by a cast of international stars, including the Black Eyed Peas and Alicia Keys, alongside African stars Amadou & Mariam and Hugh Masekela.There are 64 games in total, with the final taking place at Soccer City on Sunday, 11 July.There have been concerns about ticketing policy and security in the run-up to the tournament.Football's world governing body has made a number of tickets exclusively available to South Africans and announced on Wednesday that 97% of the 3.1m tickets had been sold, allaying fears of empty stadiums.Fifa president Sepp Blatter insists the World Cup will be a success. "Everywhere, one can feel, I hope, that this World Cup
is very special, the first on African soil," he said. "We find ourselves in a position of indescribable anticipation."More importantly, this competition will prove that South Africa, and the African continent in general, is capable of organising an event of this magnitude."Some of the world's best players will be on display in South Africa, among them Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Wayne Rooney.But some big names will be missing because of injury, such as England duo Rio Ferdinand and David Beckham, Germany skipper Michael Ballack and Ghana midfielder Michael Essien.
Brazil won the tournament a record five times.FIFA President Joseph S. Blatter saying that he had been impressed by Brazil's plans for 2014 despite the fact they were the only bidders following Colombia's withdrawal."The task was not easy - for us it was a real big challenge to have the same list of requirements and the same conditions for only one candidate than if we had two and perhaps we put the bar higher than if we had two," said Blatter.
Brazil president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said, "I would just like to say how happy I am to see Brazil's name on that card.""Organising the World Cup is a huge task and we have far more responsibility weighing on our shoulders than when we arrived here. But we will organise a great World Cup and I am very happy."
