The football (soccer) world cup 2010 started on 11 June 2010 at Johannesburg, South Africa. There were 32 teams in all, divided into 8 groups. Brazil, Spain, Argentina, England were the favourites at the start. Group A: Uruguay, Mexico, South Africa, France Group B: Argentina, Korea Republic, Greece, Nigeria Group C: USA, England, Slovenia, Algeria Group D: Germany, Ghana, Australia, Serbia Group E: Netherlands, Japan, Denmark, Cameroon Group F: Paraguay, Slovakia, New Zealand, Italy Group G: Brazil, Portugal, Ivory Coast, Korea DPR Group H: Spain, Chile, Switzerland, Honduras Last edition's (2006) champions (Italy) and runners-up (France) were among those teams that were eliminated in the Group stages. Uruguay, Mexico, Argentina, South Korea, USA, England, Germany, Ghana, Netherlands, Japan, Brazil, Portugal, Spain, Chile progressed to the Round of 16. At this stage, Argentina, Brazil were the favourites. Round of 16 started on 26 June and ended on 29 June with tw...