2010 FIFA World Cup - Venues

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In 2005, the organisers released a provisional list of thirteen venues to be used for the World Cup: Bloemfontein, Cape Town, Durban, Johannesburg (two venues), Kimberley, Klerksdorp, Nelspruit, Orkney, Polokwane, Port Elizabeth, Pretoria, and Rustenburg. This was narrowed down to the ten venues that were officially announced by FIFA on 17 March 2006.

The altitude of several venues affected the motion of the ball and player performance, although FIFA's medical chief downplayed this consideration. Six of the ten venues were over 1200m above sea level, with the two Johannesburg stadiums (Soccer City and Ellis Park) the highest at approximately 1750m. The stadiums in order of altitude are: Soccer City and Ellis Park Stadium, 1753m; Royal Bafokeng Stadium, 1500m; Free State Stadium, 1400m; Peter Mokaba Stadium, 1310m; Loftus Versfeld Stadium, 1214m; Mbombela Stadium, 660m; Cape Town Stadium, Moses Mabhida Stadium and Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium near sea level.

Johannesburg Cape Town Durban Johannesburg
Soccer City1 Cape Town Stadium2 Moses Mabhida Stadium3 Ellis Park Stadium
Capacity: 84,490 Capacity: 64,100 Capacity: 62,760 Capacity: 55,686
Pretoria Johannesburg Durban Cape Town Pretoria
Port Elizabeth Bloemfontein Polokwane Rustenburg Nelspruit 2010 FIFA World Cup (South Africa)
Port Elizabeth
Loftus Versfeld Stadium Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium
Capacity: 42,858 Capacity: 42,486
Polokwane Nelspruit Bloemfontein Rustenburg
Peter Mokaba Stadium Mbombela Stadium Free State Stadium Royal Bafokeng Stadium
Capacity: 41,733 Capacity: 40,929 Capacity: 40,911 Capacity: 38,646
  • ^1 As Soccer City
  • ^2 As Green Point Stadium
  • ^3 As Durban Stadium

The following stadiums were all upgraded to meet FIFA specifications:

  • Cecil Payne Stadium
  • Dobsonville Stadium
  • Gelvandale Stadium
  • Giant Stadium
  • HM Pitje Stadium
  • King Zwelithini Stadium
  • Olympia Park Stadium
  • Orlando Stadium
  • Princess Magogo Stadium
  • Rabie Ridge Stadium
  • Rand Stadium
  • Ruimsig Stadium
  • Seisa Ramabodu Stadium
  • Sugar Ray Xulu Stadium
  • Super Stadium

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