The most awaited premier international football tournament is fast approaching. Interested about the details? Here you will find the thorough information concerning the upcoming 19th FIFA World Cup of the year.

This particular event is believed to be the result of the culmination during the qualification process which had began almost three years ago in the month of August.

This distinguished event seems to match the 2008 Summer Olympics since it embraced 204 out of 208 national teams for the FIFA World Cup, almost beating the said sports event which was considered to have the most number of competing nations.

Nonetheless, when and where will this tournament transpire? Check out the following for you to be fully aware of the most-awaited event of 2010:

2010 FIFA World Cup Details

The 2010 FIFA World Cup was scheduled to take place between June 11 and July 11, year 2010 in South Africa. But why South Africa? There was an agreed all-African bidding process and it was South Africa which was able to beat Morocco and Egypt when the new policy was materialized regarding the rotation of hosting among the six confederations. Showing us that among the African countries, it is South Africa that is believed to be the best for the big hosting opportunity.

Indeed, this is going to be the first time where in the tournament will be hosted by an African nation. However, everyone seems to be very excited on the novel yet astonishing sportsmanship touch of our African brothers.

Further, the event will be involving 32 teams from the 6 confederations. The rosters are the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), Confederation of African Football (CAF), Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF), South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL or CSF), Oceanic Football Confederation (OFC), and the UEFA European Football.

The 32 lucky nations who were able to qualify for the final tournament are Australia, Japan, Korea DPR, and Korea Republic from the AFC; Algeria, Cameroon, Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Nigeria, and South Africa from the CAF; Honduras, Mexico and United States from CONCACAF; Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay from the CONMEBOL; New Zealand from OFC; and finally, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain and Switzerland from the UEFA.

Each confederation got their respective winners  who will be qualifying for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, as well their coach to do the training and extensive assistance.

Now, the question is, where will the players of these teams be having their tournament? The proposed venues for the World Cup are the famous Soccer City, Johannesburg; Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban; Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town; Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg; Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria; Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth; Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein; Peter Mokaba Stadium, Nelspruit; and the Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg. These ten venues were finalized last March 17, 2006 from being thirteen on the original proposal.

Minor Soccer Facts

The 2010 FIFA World Cup’s official mascot is Zakumi. It’s a 15 year old anthromorphised leopard which has a green hair. The mascot’s colours-green and yellow reflects the South African playing strip. Zakumi’s official motto is “Zakumi’s Game is Fair Play” which will appear during the tournament.

Finally, the name Jabulani which means in Zulu as “Bringing joy to everyone” will be the 2010 FIFA World Cup’s official match ball made by Adidas.

Everyone is excited for this year’s legendary sports event. All of us are certainly wondering which world cup teams will top the rest? Well, the championship trophy is just waiting there to be taken. Good luck to every participant in this year's most exciting soccer tournament!