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The FIFA 2010 Soccer World Cup will be the 19th FIFA tournament on schedule for June 11 to July 11, 2010, in South Africa. This is the first time that the host of the competition will be a nation of the Confederation of African Football. The African continent has been chosen as the host as part of a new policy that the organization FIFA Cup must be attributed to rotation confederations. However, this system was later abandoned in October 2007.

Within the African Confederation, there were five nations bidding to host the Cup: Egypt, Morocco, South Africa and Libya-Tunisia (co-organization). The FIFA Executive Committee decided not to allow the organization of the tournament by two countries simultaneously and the joint bid of Libya and Tunie has been withdrawn. The country remained in the race, the winner was named as voted FIFA's Executive Committee. Sepp Blatter, the FIFA president, has announced the name of the host country at a press conference May 15, 2004, in Zurich.

Below is a list of approximate stages announced by FIFA for the conduct of the Football World Cup held in South Africa: Soccer City (Johannesburg) - 94,700 seats, Moses Mabhida Stadium (Durban) - 70,000 seats Green Point Stadium - 69,070 seats, Coca-Cola Park (Johannesburg) - 62,567 seats Loftus Versfeld Stadium (Pretoria) - 51,760-seat Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium (Port Elizabeth) - 48,000 seats, Free State Stadium (Bloemfontein) - 48,070 seats Peter Mokaba Stadium (Polokwane) - 46,000 seats, Mbombela Stadium (Nelspruit) - 44,000 seats and Royal Bafokeng Stadium (Rustenburg) - 42,000 seats.

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