The eyes of soccer fans around Mzansi will be on South Africa's national team Bafana Bafana in this group...
Group A will promise to be a most fiercely contested and exciting group since host country South Africa’s Bafana Bafana will officially open the world cup with the first match in this Group against team 2 in the same group. [Opening Match FIFA 2010]
The opening match of group A will be played in the revamped Soccer City stadium in Johannesburg on Friday 11 June.
2010 Match Schedule Group A South Africa (first team in this group) A2 means team on position 2 from final draw A3 means team on position 3 from final draw A4 means team on position 4 from final draw
11 June 2010 – Soccer City Stadium Host city: Johannesburg South Africa – Team A2 Time: 16:00
11 June 2010 – Green Point Stadium Host city: Cape Town Team: A3 – Team A4 Time: 20:30
16 June 2010 – Loftus Versfeld Stadium Host city: Tshwane(Pretoria) Team: A1 – Team A3 Time: 20:30
17 June 2010 - Peter Mokaba Stadium Host City: Polokwana Team: A4 - A2 Time: 13:30
22 June 2010 – Royal Bafokeng Stadium Host city: Rustenburg Team: A2 – Team A3 Time: 16:00
22 June 2010 – Free State Stadium Host city: Mangaung (Bloemfontein) Team 4 – South Africa Time: 16:00
The final results from the games in the certainly hotly contested Group A will place number 1 team from group A against the No.2 team from Group B on 26 June in Port-Elizabeth’s Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium.
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