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1 day ago · Africa was chosen as the host for the 2010 World Cup as part of a short-lived rotation policy, abandoned in 2007, to rotate the event among football confederations. Five African nations placed bids to host the 2010 World Cup: Egypt, Morocco, South Africa and a joint bid from Libya and Tunisia.
4 days ago · The hosts for both World Cups were announced by the FIFA Executive Committee on 2 December 2010. Russia was selected to host the 2018 FIFA World Cup, making it the first time that the World Cup will be hosted in Eastern Europe and making it the biggest country geographically to host the World Cup.
1 day ago · World Cup, in football (soccer), quadrennial tournament of men’s national teams that determines the sport’s world champion. It is likely the most popular sporting event in the world, drawing billions of television viewers every tournament.
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- The World Cup in football (soccer) is a quadrennial tournament of 32 men’s national teams that is organized by the Fédération Internationale de Foo...
- The World Cup happens every four years in order to have enough time for the qualification tournaments and playoffs among national teams to take pla...
- Qualifying for the World Cup is a long process during the years between each quadrennial tournament. Each of the Fédération Internationale de Footb...
- World Cup prize money comes from the earnings of the nonprofit Fédération Internationale de Football Association. FIFA’s revenue is generated by hi...
- The men’s World Cup all-time top scorer is Miroslav Klose of the German national football (soccer) team. He scored a total of 16 goals across four...
16 hours ago · This page provides the summaries of the CAF second round matches for the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification and the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations. The 48 qualifiers (45 direct entrants plus 3 winners of the first round ) were split into 12 groups of four in the draw held in Durban , South Africa, on 25 November 2007.
3 days ago · 10 - 18 November 2025, CAF Play-off tournament is scheduled to take place. FIFA Play-Off Tournament. The FIFA Play-off tournament will see six sides play each other for the two remaining places at the 2026 FIFA World Cup.The six teams will comprise: The four lowest-ranked nations will meet in the bracket semi-finals.
1 day ago · Amir Rrahmani made two appearances for Albania in 2014 and 2015, but has represented Kosovo at international level ever since the nation was accepted by UEFA and FIFA in 2016. The centre-back, who ...
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2 days ago · On his post on LinkedIn page, former Football Association of Malawi (FAM) president, Walter Nyamilandu Manda — who is chairperson of the COSAFA technical & development committee — said the regional grouping took note that the last time a COSAFA team qualified to the FIFA World Cup was in 2006 and 2010 through Angola and South Africa respectively.
