The World Cup of football is literally a matter of life and death for many people…
Wars have been known to come to a halt as soldiers stop fighting to watch World Cup matches on TV sets propped up on their tanks.
A Colombian player was murdered for scoring an own goal to lose against the USA in the 1994 World Cup.
A Korean fan committed suicide so his spirit could help the national team during the 2002 World Cup held in Korea.
It’s the Biggest show on earth, with a cool Billion people watching the Final match.
The 2010 World Cup in South Africa was the first World Cup to be held in the African continent.
32 teams played 64 games from June 11 to July 11.
It was the 19th edition of the World Cup – a tournament based on the Olympic Games football competition, and held every four years since 1930 except for World War II interruptions.
Spain won World Cup 2010 in an ugly, foul filled Final against The Netherlands.
It was Spain’s first World Cup title in its history, becoming only the eighth nation to ever win a World Cup.
The win gave Europe the lead in World Cup titles with 10, compared to South America’s nine titles.
Tiny New Zealand was the 2010 tournament’s only undefeated team, finishing with three draws and topping Italy in Group F standings.
Uruguay were the surprise package of the tournament, making the semi-finals.
Diego Forlan of Uruguay was named the best player of the World Cup.
20 year-old Thomas Müller of Germany won the Golden Boot for most goals.
Several players including Muller scored 5 goals, but Müller won the award because he had the most assists of the group.
The two finalists of the 2006 World Cup, France and Italy, both crashed out in the Group stage, finishing dead last in their Groups.