Redigerer VM i fotball 2010 (avsnitt)

== Baner og spillesteder ==
I 2005 ga arrangørene en foreløpig liste over 13 baner som skulle brukes i VM: [[Bloemfontein]], [[Cape Town]], [[Durban]], [[Johannesburg]] (to baner), [[Kimberley (Sør-Afrika)|Kimberley]], [[Nelspruit]], [[Orkney]], [[Polokwane]], [[Port Elizabeth]], [[Pretoria]] og [[Rustenburg]]. Dette antallet ble redusert til 10 spillesteder, og beslutningen ble offisielt kunngjort av [[FIFA]] den 17. mars 2006.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/showthreaded.php?Cat=0&Board=EarthSports&Number=944685&fpart=&PHPSESSID= |title=locations 2010 in Google Earth |accessdate=11. juli 2007 |archive-date=2008-06-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080602083938/http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/showthreaded.php?Cat=0&Board=EarthSports&Number=944685&fpart=&PHPSESSID= |url-status=yes }}</ref>

Det ble rapportert at høyden over havet på av flere av banene påvirket bevegelsen til ballen<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34277552/ns/technology_and_science-science/ |publisher=MSNBC |title=Altitude will have impact on World Cup ball |date=4. desember 2009 |accessdate=13. juni 2010}}</ref> og spillernes ytelse,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.altitude.org/football.php |title=Altitude training and physical performance for high altitude football |accessdate=29. juni 2010 |tittel=Arkivert kopi |besøksdato=2010-06-29 |arkivurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100715090344/http://www.altitude.org/football.php |arkivdato=2010-07-15 |url-status=død |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100715090344/http://www.altitude.org/football.php |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/jun/07/world-cup-2010-england-altitude-usa |work=The Guardian|title=World Cup 2010: England's altitude training will be tested against USA |date=7. juni 2010 |accessdate=13. juni 2010 | location=London | first=Jamie | last=Jackson}}</ref> selv om [[FIFA]]s medisinske sjef bagatelliserte dette.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/africa/8530930.stm |publisher=BBC |work=BBC Sport |title=Fifa medical chief downplays World Cup altitude effect |date=23. februar 2010 |accessdate=13. juni 2010}}</ref> Seks av ti baner lå over 1200m over havnivået, med de to banene i [[Johannesburg]] ([[Soccer City]] og [[Ellis Park]]) på det høyeste (1750 m).<ref name="racingpost">{{Cite news |url=http://www.racingpost.com/news/sport/quick-guide-to-the-grounds/726811/ |publisher=Centurycomm |work=Racing Post |title=Quick guide to the ten World Cup grounds |accessdate=13. juni 2010 |archivedate=2011-05-13 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110513065728/http://www.racingpost.com/news/sport/quick-guide-to-the-grounds/726811/ |url-status=yes }}</ref><ref name="SoccerAmerica">{{Cite web |url=http://www.socceramerica.com/article/35615/and-the-city-to-avoid.html |publisher=Soccer America |title=And the city to avoid... |date=3. september 2009 |accessdate=13. juni 2010 |archive-date=2010-06-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100601150829/http://www.socceramerica.com/article/35615/and-the-city-to-avoid.html |url-status=yes }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! [[Johannesburg]]
! [[Durban]]
! [[Cape Town]]
! [[Johannesburg]]
! [[Pretoria]]
|-
| [[Soccer City]]
| [[Moses Mabhida Stadium]]
| [[Green Point Stadium]]
| [[Ellis Park]]
| [[Loftus Versfeld Stadium]]
|-
| Kapasitet: '''94&nbsp;700'''
| Kapasitet: '''70&nbsp;000'''
| Kapasitet: '''69&nbsp;070'''
| Kapasitet: '''62&nbsp;567'''
| Kapasitet: '''51&nbsp;762'''
|-
| [[Fil:First game of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, South Africa vs Mexico.jpg|150px]]
| 
| 
| [[Fil:FIFA World Cup 2010 Slovakia Italy.jpg|150px]]
| [[Fil:Loftus-Stadion.JPG|150px]]
|-
! [[Port Elizabeth]]
! [[Bloemfontein]]
! [[Polokwane]]
! [[Nelspruit]]
! [[Rustenburg]]
|-
| [[Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium]]
| [[Free State Stadium]]
| [[Peter Mokaba Stadium]]
| [[Mbombela Stadium]]
| [[Royal Bafokeng Stadium]]
|-
| Kapasitet: '''48&nbsp;459'''
| Kapasitet: '''48&nbsp;070'''
| Kapasitet: '''46&nbsp;000'''
| Kapasitet: '''43&nbsp;500'''
| Kapasitet: '''42&nbsp;000'''
|-
| [[Fil:Nelson Mandela Stadium in Port Elizabeth.jpg|150px]]
| [[Fil:Free State Stadium1.jpg|150px]]
| [[Fil:Mokaba stadium (4739619696).jpg|150px]]
| [[Fil:FIFA World Cup 2010 Italy New Zealand.jpg|150px]]
| [[Fil:Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Phokeng.jpg|150px]]
|}

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[[Image:South Africa 2010 FIFA World Cup.svg|500px|]]
{{Image label|x=0.80 |y=0.415 |scale=500|text=[[Durban]]}}
{{Image label|x=0.555 |y=0.605|scale=500|text=[[Port Elizabeth]]}}
{{Image label|x=0.47 |y=0.215 |scale=500|text=[[Rustenburg]]}}
{{Image label|x=0.80 |y=0.21 |scale=500|text=[[Nelspruit]]}}
{{Image label|x=0.67 |y=0.23 |scale=500|text=[[Pretoria]]}}
{{Image label|x=0.58 |y=0.38 |scale=500|text=[[Bloemfontein]]}}
{{Image label|x=0.655|y=0.25 |scale=500|text=[[Johannesburg]]}}
{{Image label|x=0.22 |y=0.61 |scale=500|text=[[Cape Town]]}}
{{Image label|x=0.73 |y=0.14 |scale=500|text=[[Polokwane]]}}
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