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The 2010 FIFA World Cup was a [[Association football|football]] tournament hosted by [[South Africa (football)|South Africa]]. The 19th edition of the tournament, it began on Friday, 11 June 2010 and ended on Sunday, 11 July 2010 when the final was played at the [[Soccer City Stadium]] in [[Johannesburg]]. The winners were [[Spain (football)|Spain]], who defeated the [[Netherlands (football)|Netherlands]] 1–0 in the final with a 116th minute (extra time) goal by [[Andrés Iniesta]] of [[Fútbol Club Barcelona|Barcelona]]. A total of 204 countries entered teams into the qualifying stage which began in August 2007 and 32, including South Africa who were exempt from pre-qualification, took part in the 2010 tournament.

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