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.


The final teams for group A will be known
after the Final Draw for FIFA 2010.

Read more on the match schedule of each specific group:

Group A | Group B | Group C | Group D |
Group E | Group F | Group G | Group H |

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