User:Quidster4040/sandbox/2010 FIFA Rimet Cup

2010 FIFA Rimet Cup
Tournament details
Host country	Canada
Dates	14 May – 8 June (25 days)
Teams	48 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)	8 (in 8 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Croatia
Runners-up	Ukraine
Third place	Sweden
Fourth place	Russia
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The 2010 FIFA Rimet Cup was the 10th edition of FIFA Rimet Cup, a quadrennial world championship for men's national football teams organized by FIFA, for the top teams in FIFA World Cup qualification that do not qualify for the FIFA World Cup. It will took place in Canada from 14 May to 8 June 2010, after the country was awarded the hosting rights in 2009.

Qualification

Direct bye to group stage

Sixteen teams earned a direct bye to the group stage based on their performance in qualification. 6 UEFA, 2 CONMEBOL, 1 OFC, 2 AFC, 2 CONCACAF, 3 CAF

Team	Method of qualification	Date of qualification
New Caledonia	2008 OFC Nations Cup Runners-Up	10 September 2008
Canada	Hosts	30 March 2009
Bahrain	AFC Fourth Round Group A 3rd place	10 June 2009
Saudi Arabia	AFC Fourth Round Group B 3rd place	17 June 2009
Burkina Faso	CAF Third Round Group E Runners-Up	5 September 2009
Norway	UEFA Group 9 Runners-Up	9 September 2009
Ecuador	CONMEBOL 6th place	14 October 2009
Colombia	CONMEBOL 7th place	14 October 2009
Costa Rica	CONCACAF Fourth Round 4th place	14 October 2009
El Salvador	CONCACAF Fourth Round 5th place	14 October 2009
Tunisia	CAF Third Round Group B Runners-Up	14 November 2009
Bosnia and Herzegovina	UEFA Play-off Runners-Up	18 November 2009
Republic of Ireland	UEFA Play-off Runners-Up	18 November 2009
Russia	UEFA Play-off Runners-Up	18 November 2009
Ukraine	UEFA Play-off Runners-Up	18 November 2009
Egypt	CAF Third Round Group C Runners-Up	18 November 2009

Participate in the qualifying round

Thirty-two teams played in a two-legged affair in March prior to the Rimet Cup based on their performance in qualification. The winners of the two-legged series would qualify for the main tournament.

Team	Method of qualification	Date of qualification	Finals appearance	Consecutive appearances	Previous best performance	FIFA Ranking^{[nb 2]}
Sweden	UEFA Group 1 3rd place
Latvia	UEFA Group 2 3rd place
Czech Republic	UEFA Group 3 3rd place
Finland	UEFA Group 4 3rd place
Turkey	UEFA Group 5 3rd place
Croatia	UEFA Group 6 3rd place
Austria	UEFA Group 7 3rd place
Bulgaria	UEFA Group 8 3rd place
Scotland	UEFA Group 9 3rd place
Hungary	UEFA Group 1 4th place
Israel	UEFA Group 2 4th place
Northern Ireland	UEFA Group 3 4th place
Wales	UEFA Group 4 4th place
Lithuania	UEFA Group 7 4th place
Venezuela	CONMEBOL 8th place
Bolivia	CONMEBOL 9th place
Fiji	2008 OFC Nations Cup 3rd place
Vanuatu	2008 OFC Nations Cup 4th place
Qatar	AFC Fourth Round Group A 4th place
Uzbekistan	AFC Fourth Round Group A 5th place
Iran	AFC Fourth Round Group B 4th place
United Arab Emirates	AFC Fourth Round Group B 5th place
Syria	AFC Third Round Group 5 3rd place
Oman	AFC Third Round Group 2 3rd place
Trinidad and Tobago	CONCACAF Fourth Round 6th place
Jamaica	CONCACAF Third Round Group 2 3rd place
Guatemala	CONCACAF Third Round Group 1 3rd place
Haiti	CONCACAF Third Round Group 3 3rd place
Mali	CAF Third Round Group D 3rd place
Togo	CAF Third Round Group A 3rd place
Mozambique	CAF Third Round Group B 3rd place
Zambia	CAF Third Round Group C 3rd place

Venues

Schedule

Draw

The draw was held on 25 March 2010, at 18:00 CEST, at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre in Toronto. The 32 teams were drawn into eight groups of four.

For the draw, the teams were allocated to four pots based on the FIFA World Rankings of February 2010. Pot 1 contained the hosts Canada (who were automatically assigned to Position A1) and the best seven teams, Pot 2 contained the next best eight teams, and so on for Pots 3 and 4. Teams from the same confederation were not drawn against each other for the group stage, except for UEFA where each group contained up to two teams.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Canada (62) (hosts) Croatia (11) Russia (12) Egypt (17) Ukraine (24) Israel (26) Norway (33) Ecuador (37)	Colombia (38) Republic of Ireland (39) Turkey (41) Sweden (42) Costa Rica (44) Latvia (47) Bosnia and Herzegovina (49) Venezuela (49)	Burkina Faso (51) Mali (54) Tunisia (55) Saudi Arabia (57) Lithuania (60) Bahrain (63) Iran (67) El Salvador (72)	Uzbekistan (75) Wales (76) Jamaica (77) Mozambique (84) Trinidad and Tobago (85) Syria (101) Fiji (130) New Caledonia (145)

Squads

Qualifying round

The first legs were played on 24 February 2010 and the second legs were played on 3 March 2010.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
AFC Cluster
Oman	0–4	Iran	0–2	0–2
Syria	5–2	Qatar	1–0	4–2
United Arab Emirates	2–4	Uzbekistan	1–0	1–4
CAF Cluster
Mali	3–1	Togo	2–1	1–0
Zambia	0–1	Mozambique	0–0	0–1
CONCACAF Cluster
Jamaica	4–3	Guatemala	2–1	2–2
Haiti	1–1 (1–3 p)	Trinidad and Tobago	1–0	0–1 (a.e.t.)
CONMEBOL Cluster
Bolivia	2–3	Venezuela	1–0	1–3
OFC Cluster
Vanuatu	1–4	Fiji	0–0	1–4
UEFA Cluster
Israel	2–0	Czech Republic	2–0	0–0
Wales	3–3 (a)	Austria	1–1	2–2
Northern Ireland	3–4	Latvia	1–3	2–1
Bulgaria	1–7	Turkey	1–1	0–6
Hungary	1–4	Sweden	1–4	0–0
Lithuania	2–1	Finland	0–0	2–1
Scotland	3–5	Croatia	2–2	1–3

Group Stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sweden	3	3	0	0	9	0	+9	9	Advance to knockout round
2	Canada	3	1	1	1	3	5	−2	4	Advance to knockout round
3	Bahrain	3	0	2	1	2	4	−2	2
4	Mozambique	3	0	1	2	2	7	−5	1

Source: FIFA.com

14 May 2010

Canada	0–3	Sweden
		Ibrahimović 9', 56' Svensson

BMO Field, Toronto

Attendance: 20,189

14 May 2010

Bahrain	1–1	Mozambique
Al-Dakeel 15'		Sonito 63'

Canad Inns Stadium, Winnipeg

Attendance: 9,812

18 May 2010

Canada	1–1	Bahrain
De Rosario 54'		Aaish 48'

Empire Field, Vancouver

Attendance: 18,955

18 May 2010

Mozambique	0–4	Sweden
		Elmander 12' Toivonen 33' Ibrahimović 60' (pen.) Hysén 68'

Huskies Stadium, Halifax

Attendance: 11,736

22 May 2010

Mozambique	1–2	Canada
Dominguês 27'		Ricketts 44' (pen.) Klukowski 90+2'

Saputo Stadium, Montreal

Attendance: 20,394

22 May 2010

Sweden	2–0	Bahrain
Toivonen 59' Elmander 67'

Griffiths Stadium, Saskatoon

Attendance: 6,171

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	Pts	Qualification
1	Turkey	3	2	1	0	7	Advance to knockout round
2	Burkina Faso	3	1	2	0	5	Advance to knockout round
3	Jamaica	3	1	1	1	4
4	Israel	3	0	0	3	0

Source: FIFA.com

14 May 2010

Turkey	0–0	Burkina Faso

BMO Field, Toronto

Attendance: 20,189

14 May 2010

Jamaica	1–0	Israel
Shelton 40'

Huskies Stadium, Halifax

Attendance: 7,600

18 May 2010

Turkey	3–1	Jamaica
Yılmaz 53' Turan 68' Şentürk 85'		Cummings 27'

Empire Field, Vancouver

Attendance: 18,955

18 May 2010

Israel	0–2	Burkina Faso
		Bancé 81', 84'

Saputo Stadium, Montreal

Attendance: 11,593

22 May 2010

Israel	2–4	Turkey
Golan 49' Yitzhaki 73'		Şentürk 10', 46' Erdinç 60' İnan 76'

McMahon Stadium, Calgary

Attendance: 10,684

22 May 2010

Burkina Faso	3–3	Jamaica
Nakoulma 10' Traoré 53', 77'		Johnson 17' Daley 30' Johnson 83'

King George V Park, St. John's

Attendance: 10,000

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3	3	0	10	2	+8	9	Advance to knockout round
2	Ecuador	3	2	1	7	4	+3	6	Advance to knockout round
3	Fiji	3	1	2	2	8	−6	3
4	Lithuania	3	0	3	2	7	−5	0

Source: FIFA.com

15 May 2010

Ecuador	3–1	Lithuania

Empire Field, Vancouver

15 May 2010

Fiji	0–5	Bosnia and Herzegovina

McMahon Stadium, Calgary

19 May 2010

Ecuador	2–0	Fiji

Canad Inns Stadium, Winnipeg

19 May 2010

Bosnia and Herzegovina	2–0	Lithuania

Griffiths Stadium, Saskatoon

23 May 2010

Bosnia and Herzegovina	3–2	Ecuador

BMO Field, Toronto

23 May 2010

Lithuania	1–2	Fiji

Empire Field, Vancouver

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Russia	3	2	0	1	8	3	+5	6	Advance to knockout round
2	Iran	3	1	2	0	4	3	+1	5	Advance to knockout round
3	Trinidad and Tobago	3	1	1	1	2	3	−1	4
4	Latvia	3	0	1	2	2	7	−5	1

Source: FIFA.com

15 May 2010

Russia	2–3	Iran

Saputo Stadium, Montreal

15 May 2010

Trinidad and Tobago	2–1	Latvia

Frank Clair Stadium, Ottawa

19 May 2010

Russia	2–0	Trinidad and Tobago

McMahon Stadium, Calgary

19 May 2010

Latvia	1–1	Iran

Canad Inns Stadium, Winnipeg

23 May 2010

Latvia	0–4	Russia

BMO Field, Toronto

23 May 2010

Iran	0–0	Trinidad and Tobago

Empire Field, Vancouver

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Egypt	3	3	0	0	7	1	+6	9	Advance to knockout round
2	Colombia	3	1	1	1	6	4	+2	4	Advance to knockout round
3	Wales	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
4	El Salvador	3	0	0	3	1	9	−8	0

Source: FIFA.com

16 May 2010

Egypt	3–0	Colombia

BMO Field, Toronto

16 May 2010

El Salvador	1–2	Wales

McMahon Stadium, Calgary

20 May 2010

Egypt	2–0	El Salvador

Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton

20 May 2010

Wales	1–1	Colombia

Ivor Wynne Stadium, Hamilton

24 May 2010

Wales	1–2	Egypt

King George V Park, St. John's

24 May 2010

Colombia	5–0	El Salvador

Canad Inns Stadium, Winnipeg

Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ukraine	3	3	0	6	1	+5	9	Advance to knockout round
2	Republic of Ireland	3	1	2	5	6	−1	3	Advance to knockout round
3	Syria	3	1	2	3	4	−1	3
4	Mali	3	1	2	3	6	−3	3

Source: FIFA.com

16 May 2010

Ukraine	2–1	Republic of Ireland

Griffiths Stadium, Saskatoon

16 May 2010

Mali	0–2	Syria

BMO Field, Toronto

20 May 2010

Ukraine	2–0	Mali

Ivor Wynne Stadium, Hamilton

20 May 2010

Syria	1–2	Republic of Ireland

Frank Clair Stadium, Ottawa

24 May 2010

Syria	0–2	Ukraine

Huskies Stadium, Halifax

24 May 2010

Republic of Ireland	2–3	Mali

Saputo Stadium, Montreal

Group G

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Norway	3	2	1	10	2	+8	6	Advance to knockout round
2	Saudi Arabia	3	2	1	9	3	+6	6	Advance to knockout round
3	Costa Rica	3	2	1	10	5	+5	6
4	New Caledonia	3	0	3	1	20	−19	0

Source: FIFA.com

17 May 2010

Saudi Arabia	1–0	Norway

Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton

17 May 2010

Costa Rica	6–1	New Caledonia

King George V Park, St. John's

21 May 2010

Saudi Arabia	2–3	Costa Rica

Canad Inns Stadium, Winnipeg

21 May 2010

New Caledonia	0–8	Norway

Saputo Stadium, Montreal

25 May 2010

New Caledonia	0–6	Saudi Arabia

Frank Clair Stadium, Ottawa

25 May 2010

Norway	2–1	Costa Rica

BMO Field, Toronto

Group H

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Tunisia	3	2	1	0	3	1	+2	7	Advance to knockout round
2	Croatia	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3	6	Advance to knockout round
3	Uzbekistan	3	0	2	1	4	6	−2	2
4	Venezuela	3	0	1	2	1	4	−3	1

Source: FIFA.com

17 May 2010

Croatia	4–2	Uzbekistan

Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton

17 May 2010

Tunisia	1–0	Venezuela

Griffiths Stadium, Saskatoon

21 May 2010

Croatia	0–1	Tunisia

King George V Park, St. John's

21 May 2010

Venezuela	1–1	Uzbekistan

Saputo Stadium, Montreal

25 May 2010

Venezuela	0–2	Croatia

Ivor Wynne Stadium, Hamilton

25 May 2010

Uzbekistan	1–1	Tunisia

BMO Field, Toronto

Knockout stage

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

27 May – St. John's

Sweden

3

30 May – Vancouver

Iran

1

Sweden (a.e.t.)

2

27 May – Edmonton

Bosnia and Herzegovina

1

Bosnia and Herzegovina

1

4 June – Ottawa

Burkina Faso

0

Sweden

1 (3)

27 May – Montreal

Croatia (pen.)

1 (4)

Egypt

1

30 May – Hamilton

Croatia (a.e.t.)

2

Croatia

2

27 May – Ottawa

Republic of Ireland

0

Norway

2

8 June – Toronto

Republic of Ireland

3

Croatia

2

28 May – Toronto

Ukraine

0

Russia (a.e.t.)

1

1 June – Edmonton

Canada

0

Russia

1

28 May – Halifax

Turkey

0

Turkey (pen.)

1 (5)

4 June – Vancouver

Ecuador

1 (4)

Russia

0

28 May – Saskatoon

Ukraine

2

Third place

Tunisia

0

1 June – Calgary

7 June – Montreal

Colombia

1

Colombia

2

Sweden

4

28 May – Winnipeg

Ukraine

3

Russia

3

Ukraine

4

Saudi Arabia

1

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