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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19 May 2012 at 4:13am
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17 May 2012 at 7:04pm
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Cahill returns to Australia squad
15 May 2012 at 3:17am
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Strong All Whites squad for Brazil 2014 campaign
14 May 2012 at 8:53pm
South Africa 2010 surprise packets New Zealand will begin their tilt for the 2014 FIFA World Cup™ next month, with a strong and experienced squad named by coach Rick Herbert.
Works hitting the heights in Brazil
11 May 2012 at 12:37pm
Construction work on the FIFA Confederations Cup venues has reached the stadiums’ higher levels, with workers busy installing roofing and upper rows of seating.
Yingli brings solar power to the Maracana
11 May 2012 at 7:55am
Yingli Solar has taken a significant step in the drive to make the 2014 FIFA World Cup the most environmentally friendly of all time, with today’s announcement that the iconic Maracana football stadium will be powered by solar energy for the 2014 event.
Abramov: We can reach Brazil
10 May 2012 at 11:35pm
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Redemption time for Solomon Islands
10 May 2012 at 5:39am
After treading new ground in their 2006 FIFA World Cup™ campaign, Solomon Islands are aiming to put recent disappointment aside when the football-obsessed Oceania nation hosts the continent’s Brazil 2014 qualifiers next month.
Bani Yaseen: Jordan full of determination
10 May 2012 at 1:40am
As Jordan prepare to make their debut appearance in the fourth round of Asian qualifiers for Brazil 2014, FIFA.com spoke to their captain, Bashar Bani Yaseen.
Tejada: Panama primed for history
9 May 2012 at 9:21am
Seasoned Panama forward Luis Tejada spoke to FIFA.com about the challenge of attempting to reach the FIFA World Cup™ finals for the first time in his country’s history.