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FIFA World Cup 2010 Fact File
| Teams |
32 |
| Venues
(number of matches in brackets) |
(10)
Johannesburg(15), Durban(8), Cape Town(9), Pertoria(5), Port
Elizabeth(8), Bloemfontein(6), Polokwane(4), Rustenburg(5),
Nelspruit(4). |
| Price
Money |
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| Participating
Teams |
$1
Million |
| Team
Exiting in the Group Stages |
$8
Million |
| Round
of 16 |
$9
Million |
| Quarterfinals |
$18
Million |
| Semifinals |
$20
Million |
| Runners-up |
$24
Million |
| Winners |
$30
Million |
| Total |
$420
Million |
| FIFA
to Clubs |
$31.6
Million (amounting to just under $1200 per Player per Day |
| Over
all Matches |
64 |
| Official
Song |
Waka
Waka |
| Mascot |
Zakumi
( A leopard with green hair, presented on 22 September 2008).His
name comes from 'ZA', the international abbreviation for South
African Languages. Andries Odendaal, From Cape Town, Created the
original design. |
| The
Trophy |
The
Current World Cup trophy, designed by Italian artist Silvio
Gazzaniga stands 36.5 centimeters tall and is made of 5 kg of 18
carat(75%) solid gold with a base (13 centimeters in diameter)
containing two layers of malachite. produced by Bertoni, Milano,
it weighs 6.175kg (13.6lb) in total and depicts tow human
figures holding up the earth. It was commissioned for the 1974
world cup after Brazil took permanent possession of the Jules
Rimet Trophy, the original prize for World Cup winners, after
winning it three times. |
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