Editing 2010 FIFA World Cup (section)

==Host selection==
{{Main|FIFA World Cup hosts#2010 FIFA World Cup}}

Africa was chosen as the host for the 2010 World Cup as part of a short-lived rotation policy, abandoned in 2007,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://za.mg.co.za/article/2007-10-29-fifa-end-world-cup-rotation-policy|title=FIFA end World Cup Rotation|publisher=Mail & Guardian Online|date=29 October 2007|access-date=20 June 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100720070353/http://za.mg.co.za/article/2007-10-29-fifa-end-world-cup-rotation-policy|archive-date=20 July 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref> to rotate the event among football confederations. Five African nations placed bids to host the 2010 World Cup: Egypt, Morocco, South Africa and a joint bid from Libya and Tunisia.

Following the decision of the FIFA Executive Committee not to allow co-hosted tournaments, Tunisia withdrew from the bidding process. The committee also decided not to consider Libya's solo bid as it no longer met all the stipulations laid down in the official ''List of Requirements''.

The winning bid was announced by FIFA president [[Sepp Blatter]] at a media conference on 15 May 2004 in [[Zürich]]; in the first round of voting, South Africa received 14 votes, Morocco received 10 and Egypt no votes. South Africa, which had narrowly [[2006 FIFA World Cup#Host selection|failed to win the right to host the 2006 event]], was thus awarded the right to host the tournament.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/worldcup/germany2006/news/newsid=25395.html |title=Host nation of 2010 FIFA World Cup – South Africa |date=15 May 2004 |publisher=[[FIFA]] |access-date=8 January 2006 }}{{dead link|date=October 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> Campaigning for South Africa to be granted host status, [[Nelson Mandela]] had previously spoken of the importance of football in his life, stating that while incarcerated in [[Maximum Security Prison, Robben Island|Robben Island]] prison playing football "made us feel alive and triumphant despite the situation we found ourselves in".<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/23851559 "Nelson Mandela: How sport helped to transform a nation"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150104064612/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/23851559 |date=4 January 2015 }}. BBC. Retrieved 6 December 2013</ref> With South Africa winning their bid, an emotional Mandela raised the [[FIFA World Cup Trophy]].<ref>[https://www.fifa.com/aboutfifa/organisation/president/news/newsid=881662/ "Blatter presents Mandela with a special FIFA World Cup Trophy"]  {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402153846/https://www.fifa.com/aboutfifa/organisation/president/news/newsid%3D881662/ |date=2 April 2015 }}. FIFA.com. Retrieved 5 December 2013</ref>

During 2006 and 2007, rumours circulated in various news sources that the 2010 World Cup could be moved to another country.<ref name="harding">{{cite web |first=Luke |last=Harding |title=Doubt over South Africa 2010 |date=12 June 2006 |work=The Guardian |location=London |url=http://football.guardian.co.uk/worldcup2006/story/0,,1818166,00.html |access-date=29 August 2006 |archive-date=10 April 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080410215639/http://football.guardian.co.uk/worldcup2006/story/0,,1818166,00.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Jermaine |last=Craig |title=Fifa denies SA may lose 2010 World Cup |date=3 July 2006 |work=[[The Star (South Africa)|The Star]] |url=http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?click_id=19&art_id=vn20060703014312923C258638&set_id= |access-date=30 August 2006 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20060827152341/http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?click_id=19&art_id=vn20060703014312923C258638&set_id=| archive-date= 27 August 2006 | url-status= live}}</ref> [[Franz Beckenbauer]], [[Horst R. Schmidt]], and, reportedly, some [[FIFA]] executives expressed concern over the planning, organisation, and pace of South Africa's preparations.<ref name="harding"/><ref>{{cite news |title=Beckenbauer issues 2010 warning |date=20 September 2006 |work=BBC Sport |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/5362504.stm |access-date=19 October 2006 |archive-date=29 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181129131538/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/5362504.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> FIFA officials repeatedly expressed their confidence in South Africa as host, stating that a contingency plan existed only to cover natural catastrophes, as had been in place at previous FIFA World Cups.<ref name="yoong">{{cite news|first=Sean |last=Yoong |title=FIFA says South Africa 'definitely' will host 2010 World Cup |date=8 May 2007 |agency=Associated Press |url=https://sports.yahoo.com/sow/news;_ylt=Ah.1PkVLAGTpuoi3rG.VSMgmw7YF?slug=ap-fifa-wcup2010&prov=ap&type=lgns |access-date=15 May 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20080626002544/http://sports.yahoo.com/sow/news;_ylt=Ah.1PkVLAGTpuoi3rG.VSMgmw7YF?slug=ap-fifa-wcup2010&prov=ap&type=lgns |archive-date=26 June 2008 }}</ref>

===Bribery and corruption===
On 28 May 2015, media covering the [[2015 FIFA corruption case]] reported that high-ranking officials from the South African bid committee had secured the right to host the World Cup by paying US$10 million in bribes to then-FIFA Vice President [[Jack Warner (football executive)|Jack Warner]] and to other FIFA Executive Committee members.<ref>[http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20121006015957/http://touch.latimes.com/ "South Africa is shaken by FIFA corruption probe"], ''Los Angeles Times'', 28 May 2015.</ref>

On 4 June 2015, FIFA executive [[Chuck Blazer]], having co-operated with the [[FBI]] and the Swiss authorities, confirmed that he and the other members of FIFA's executive committee were bribed in order to promote the South African 1998 and 2010 World Cup bids. Blazer stated, "I and others on the FIFA executive committee agreed to accept bribes in conjunction with the selection of South Africa as the host nation for the 2010 World Cup."<ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/sepp-blatter/11647665/Sepp-Blatter-FBI-investigation-live.html Vicki Hodges, Giles Mole, JJ Bull, Luke Brown and Rob Crilly, "Fifa whistleblower Chuck Blazer – bribes accepted for 1998 and 2010 World Cups: as it happened", ''The Telegraph'', 3 June 2015] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160115133016/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/sepp-blatter/11647665/Sepp-Blatter-FBI-investigation-live.html |date=15 January 2016 }}. Retrieved 4 June 2015</ref><ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/jun/03/fifa-chuck-blazer-bribes-world-cup Owen Gibson, Paul Lewis, "Fifa informant Chuck Blazer: I took bribes over 1998 and 2010 World Cups", ''The Guardian'', 3 June 2015] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160411205843/http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/jun/03/fifa-chuck-blazer-bribes-world-cup |date=11 April 2016 }}. Retrieved 4 June 2015</ref>

On 6 June 2015, ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'' reported that [[Morocco]] had actually won the vote, but [[South Africa]] was awarded the tournament instead.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/fifa/11657442/Fifa-in-crisis-Morocco-won-2010-World-Cup-vote-not-South-Africa.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/fifa/11657442/Fifa-in-crisis-Morocco-won-2010-World-Cup-vote-not-South-Africa.html |archive-date=10 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live | title=Fifa in crisis: 'Morocco won 2010 World Cup vote – not South Africa' | work=The Telegraph | date=6 June 2015 | access-date=7 June 2015 | location=London}}{{cbignore}}</ref>