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from The Mini Page © 2010 Universal Uclick The Tournament
Thirty-two nations have qualified for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, and several hundred of the world’s best soccer players will participate. A total of 63 matches will be played to determine the champion. The first part, or stage, of the tournament is made up
The 69,000-seat Cape Town Stadium is an example of South Africa’s love of soccer and its ability to host this global sporting event.
of group matches. The 32 teams are divided into eight groups of four teams. From June 11 to June 25, each team will play only the other members of its group. In the group stage, a team is awarded three points for a win and one point for a draw, or tie. The top two teams in each group advance to the
second part, known as the “knockout stage.” A team that wins in this stage advances to play again, while the losing team is eliminated, or knocked out, from the tournament.
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Ready Resources The Mini Page provides ideas for Web sites,
books or other resources that will help you learn more about this week’s topics.
On the Web: •
www.fifa.com/worldcup •
www.southafrica.info/2010 •
www.mediaclubsouthafrica.com/images/stories/ april2010/2010_Fan_Guide.pdf
At the library: • “Soccer” by Hugh Hornby • “U.S. Soccer Superstars: The Women Are Winners!” by
Sydelle Kramer TM Soccer
PLAYING SOCCER IS A BALL!
North America
North Pacific
North Atlantic
Africa
South America
South Pacific
South Atlantic
Indian Ocean
Europe Asia
North Pacific
© 2010 Universal Uclick June 6, 2010 You Say ‘Football,’We Say ‘Soccer’ Australia Antarctica Group
Group A
South Africa
Mexico Uruguay France
Group
Group E
Nether- lands
Denmark Japan
Cameroon Group
Group B
Argentina Nigeria
South Korea Greece
Group
Group F
Italy
Paraguay New
Zealand Slovakia
Group
Group C
England USA
Algeria Slovenia
Group
Group G
Brazil N. Korea
Ivory Coast
Portugal Group
Group D
Germany Australia Serbia Ghana
Group
Group H
Spain
Switzer- land
Honduras Chile
Zakumi the
leopard is the official mascot of the
2010 FIFA World Cup. His name comes from the combination of ZA (the international abbreviation for South Africa) and “Kumi,” which means “10.”
Help Zakumi figure out which continent is home to the most teams. Use a map or atlas for help.
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TRY ’N FIND
Words that remind us of the World Cup are hidden in the block below. Some words are hidden backward or diagonally, and some letters are used twice. See if you can find: AFRICA, APARTHEID, CONFEDERATION, CUP, DIAMONDS, FAN, FIFA, FOOTBALL, GOLD, GROUP, HEMISPHERE, KNOCKOUT, MANDELA, NATION, NELSON, SOCCER, SOUTH, SPORT, TEAM, TOURNAMENT, WORLD, ZAKUMI.
TN E M A N RU O T C N A F D W O M K N O CK O U TC Q I I H S A N E R EH P S I M EH A I L N O G J PU O R G H DK M M E D I O M B C F
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UN E T L A C A G R Z U R I N KV L A D E L L A B T O O F D AX A N R T S P O R T S W A S ZJ N O I T A R E D E
The 2010 World Cup will be the first time this event has been held on the continent of Africa.
from The Mini Page © 2010 Universal Uclick World Cup Fires Up Fans
Millions of people will watch the FIFA World Cup on television or in person. More than 700 million TV viewers tuned in to the final game of the 2006 World Cup.
This month, one of the biggest and
most popular sporting events in the world begins in South Africa. The FIFA World Cup™is an international soccer tournament that is held every four years. It lasts for an entire month. In this issue, The Mini Page will
look at this unique competition, which takes place in 2010 from June 11 to July 11.
What
Americans call
“soccer” is called “football” in other parts of
F N O C
the world. American football is a much different sport. How many differences can you think of?
A long journey to South Africa Just making it to the World Cup
is a big deal. More than 200 nations tried to qualify to be included in this event. Qualifying games started in 2007, when teams began play in their regional confederation (kon-FEH- der-AY-shun). A confederation is a group of nations located in the same part of the world. There are six confederations that
make up FIFA, or the International Federation of Association Football, which is in charge of the World Cup.
While it will be summer for us, it will be winter in South Africa during the World Cup. South Africa is in the Southern Hemisphere.
Look in your newspaper’s weather section to see what the temperature will be in South Africa today.
There are 208 member nations in FIFA—more than belong to the United Nations. Each confederation gets
a certain number of teams that qualify for the World Cup. For example, South America will send five teams, while Central America and North America combined will send three. The South African national team is
the only team to automatically qualify, since it is hosting the tournament.
photo credit Rodger Bosch,
MediaClubSouthAfrica.com
photo credit 2010 FIFA World Cup Organising Committee South Africa
photo credit Chris Kirchoff,
MediaClubSouthAfrica.com
Basset Brown The News Hound’s
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