Free State Stadium
Bloemfontein
Capacity: 48,000
Altitude: 1400m
Province: Free State (Population: 400 000)
Facts: The stadium will hold the final and opening matches, five
first-round matches, one second-round match and one quarter-final.
Distance from Cape Town: 997 km
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Greenpoint Stadium
Cape Town
Capacity: 70,000
Altitude: 0m
Province: Western Cape (Population: 1,3 million)
Facts: It will host six first round matches, one second round, one quarter-final
and one semi-final
Distance from Cape Town: 0 km
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Moses Mabhida Stadium
Durban
Capacity: 70,000
Altitude: 0m
Province: KwaZulu-Natal (Population: 3 million)
Facts: The stadium will probably be host to a semi-final match
Distance from Cape Town: 1606 km
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Ellis Park Stadium
Johannesburg
Capacity: 74,000
Altitude: 1753 m
Province: Gauteng Province (Population: 3,2 millio)n
Facts: Ellis Park Stadium will host one of the semi-finals of the
2010 FIFA World Cup,
Distance from Cape Town: 1393 km
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Soccer City
Johannesburg
Capacity: 104,000
Altitude: 1753 m
Province: Gauteng Province (Population: 3,2 million)
Facts: The stadium will hold the final and opening matches,
five first-round matches, one second-round match and one quarter-final.
Distance from Cape Town: 1393 km
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Mbombela Stadium
Nelspruit
Capacity: 46,000
Altitude: 1741 m
Province: Mpumalanga (Population: 21,541)
Facts: The roof supports have been designed to resemble a giraffe.
Distance from Cape Town: 1393 km
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Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium
Port Elizabeth
Capacity: 50,000
Altitude: 0 m
Province: Eastern Cape Province (Population: 1,005 million)
Facts: The stadium boasts 150 VIP suites, 60 business suites, 500 parking bays
and is scheduled for completion in December 2008.
Distance from Cape Town: 765 km
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Peter Mokaba Stadium
Polokwane
Capacity: 46,000
Altitude: 1312 m
Province: Limpopo Province (Population: 832,000)
Facts: Initial plans to upgrade the current Peter Mokaba Stadium were abandoned in favor of the estimated R1.1 bn (ZAR) new Peter Mokaba stadium.
Distance from Cape Town: 765 km
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Loftus Verfeld
Pretoria
Capacity: 50,000
Altitude: 1370 m
Province: Gauteng (Population: 1,9 million)
Facts: South Africa achieved their first victory over a European opposition at Loftus Versfeld, beating Sweden 1-0.
Distance from Cape Town: 1,464 km
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Royal Bafokeng Sports Palace
Rustenburg
Capacity: 42,000
Altitude: 1500 m
Province: North West (Population: 395,000)
Facts: The stadium is only a 25 minute drive to Sun City and 30 minutes to
the Pilansberg.
Distance from Cape Town: 1,464 km
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