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FIFA 2010 World Cup Statistics
Final Tournament Standings:
Champions: Spain (1st title)
Runners-up: Netherlands
Third place: Germany
Fourth place: Uruguay
Prize money:
Winner: USD30 million
Runners-up: USD24 million
Third placed: USD20 million
Fourth placed: USD18 million
Quarter-finalists: USD14 million (4 teams)
Round of 16: USD9 million (8 teams)
Group stage: USD8 million (16 teams)
Awards:
Adidas Golden Ball: Diego Forlan (Uruguay)
Did you know why he win Golden Ball award?
He played 654 minutes better than his rivals Wesley Sneijder of Netherlands playing his 652 minutes and David Villa of Spain playing his 635 minutes
Golden Boot: Thomas Mueller (Germany)
Did you know why he win Golden Boot who shares his top scorers with 5 goals?
Mueller scored his 5 goals had 3 assists compared to 1 for the 3 others.
Silver Boot: David Villa (Spain)
Bronze Boot: Wesley Sneijder (Netherlands)
Golden Glove: Iker Casillas (Spain)
Best Young Player: Thomas Mueller (Germany)
FIFA Fair Play: Spain
Top goalscorers:
5 goals - Thomas Muller (Germany), Wesley Sneijder (Netherlands), David Villa (Spain), Diego Forlan (Uruguay)
Scoring:
Total number of goals: 145 goals
Average goals per match: 2.27 (145 goals/64 matches)
Total number of hat-tricks: 1 (Gonzalo Higuain, Argentina)
Total number of penalty kicks awarded: 15
Total number of penalty kicks scored: 9
Most goals scored, team: 16 - Germany
Most goals scored, individual: 5 - David Villa, Wesley Sneijder, Thomas Muller, Diego Forlan
Most assists given: 3 - Mesut Ozil, Dirk Kuyt, Kaka, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Thomas Muller
Most goals and assists: 8 - Thomas Muller
Fewest goals scored: 0 - Algeria, Honduras
Most goals conceded: 12 - Korea DPR
Fewest goals conceded: 1 - Portugal, Switzerland
Best goal difference: +11 - Germany
Worst goal difference -11 - Korea DPR
Most goals, match, both teams: 7 - Portugal (7) and Korea DPR (0)
Most goals, match, one team: 7 - Portugal against Korea DPR
Most goals, match, losing team: 2 - Italy against Slovakia (3); Uruguay against Netherlands (3); Uruguay against (3)
Biggest margin of victory: 7 - Portugal 7–0 Korea DPR
Most clean sheets: 5 - Spain
Fewest clean sheets: 0 - Australia, Cameroon, Denmark, Greece, Italy, Korea DPR, Nigeria, Slovakia, South Africa
Most clean sheets (by opponents): 3 - Algeria, Honduras, Paraguay, Portugal
Fewest clean sheets (by opponents): 0 - Italy, Korea Republic, United States
First goal of the tournament: Siphiwe Tshabalala for South Africa against Mexico
37th goal of the tournament: Javier Hernandez for Mexico against France (This goal is a milestone goal as it marks the 2100th goal overall in the FIFA World Cup.)
137th goal of the tournament: Arjen Robben for Netherlands against Uruguay (This goal is a milestone goal as it marks the 2100th goal overall in the FIFA World Cup.)
First hat-trick of the tournament: Gonzalo Higuain for Argentina against Korea Republic
Fastest goal in a match from kickoff: 3rd minute (2:38) - Thomas Muller for Germany against Argentina
Fastest goal in a match by a substitute: 2 minutes - Cacau for Germany against Australia, Rodrigo Millar for Chile against Spain, and Kamil Kopunek for Slovakia against Italy
Latest goal in a match without extra time: 90+5 minute - Alvaro Pereira for Uruguay against South Africa
Latest winning goal in a match without extra time: 90+1 minute - Landon Donovan for United States against Algeria
Latest winning goal in a match with extra time: 116 minute - Andres Iniesta for Spain against the Netherlands
Most goals scored by one player in a match: 3 - Gonzalo Higuain for Argentina against Korea Republic
Own goals scored: 2 - Park Chu-Young and Daniel Agger
Oldest goal scorer: 37 years and 151 days old - Cuauhtemoc Blanco for Mexico against France
Youngest goal scorer: 20 years and 273 days old - Thomas Muller for Germany against Australia
Most Man of the match awards:
Wesley Sneijder (Netherlands) - 4 awards (vs Uruguay, vs Brazil, vs Japan, vs Denmark)
Wins and losses:
Most wins: 6 - Spain, Netherlands
Fewest wins: 0 - Algeria, Cameroon, France, Honduras, Italy, Korea DPR, New Zealand, Nigeria
Most losses: 3 - Cameroon, Korea DPR
Fewest losses: 0 - New Zealand
Most draws: 3 - New Zealand, Paraguay
Fewest draws: 0 - Argentina, Cameroon, Chile, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Korea DPR, Netherlands, Serbia, Spain
Most points in group stage: 9 - Argentina, Netherlands
Fewest points in group stage: 0 - Cameroon, Korea DPR
Disciplinary statistics:
Total number of yellow cards: 260
Average yellow cards per match: 4.07
Total number of red cards: 17
Average red cards per match: 0.26
First yellow card: Efrain Juarez for Mexico against South Africa
First red card: Nicolas Lodeiro for Uruguay against France
Fastest yellow card from kick off: 1:20 minutes - Humberto Suazo for Chile against Switzerland
Fastest yellow card after coming on as substitute: 1 minute - Abdelkader Ghezzal for Algeria against Slovenia
Latest yellow card in a match without extra time: 90+5 minutes - Hassan Yebda for Algeria against Slovenia, Mark van Bommel for Netherlands against Uruguay
Fastest dismissal from kick off: 24 minutes - Harry Kewell for Australia against Ghana
Fastest dismissal of a substitute: 15 minutes - Abdelkader Ghezzal for Algeria against Slovenia
Latest dismissal in a match without extra time: 90+3 minutes - Antar Yahia for Algeria against United States
Latest dismissal in a match with extra time: 120+1 minutes - Luis Suarez for Uruguay against Ghana
Least time difference between two yellow cards given to the same player: 3 minutes - Kaka for Brazil against Cote d'Ivoire (Kaka was booked in the 85th minute and again in the 88th resulting in his dismissal.)
Most yellow cards (team): 25 - Netherlands
Most red cards (team): 2 - Australia, Algeria, Brazil, Uruguay
Fewest yellow cards (team): 2 - Korea DPR
Most yellow cards (player): 3 - Kaka, Aleksandar Lukovic, John Heitinga
Most red cards (player): 1 – (16 players) Abdelkader Ghezzal, Kaka, Miroslav Klose, Nicolas Lodeiro, Aleksandar Lukovic, Tim Cahill, Sani Kaita, Harry Kewell, Itumeleng Khune, Valon Behrami, Yoann Gourcuff, Antar Yahia, Marco Estrada, Ricardo Costa, Felipe Melo, Luis Suarez
Most yellow cards (match): 14 - Netherlands vs Spain
Most red cards (match): 1 – 17 different matches
Fewest yellow cards (match): 0 - Korea DPR vs Cote d'Ivoire, Germany vs Spain
Most cards in one match: 14 yellow cards and 1 red card - Netherlands vs Spain
Team Rankings:
1. Spain
2. Netherlands
3. Germany
4. Uruguay
5. Argentina
6. Brazil
7. Ghana
8. Paraguay
9. Japan
10. Chile
11. Portugal
12. United States
13. England
14. Mexico
15. Korea Republic
16. Slovakia
17. Cote d'Ivoire
18. Slovenia
19. Switzerland
20. South Africa
21. Australia
22. New Zealand
23. Serbia
24. Denmark
25. Greece
26. Italy
27. Nigeria
28. Algeria
29. France
30. Honduras
31. Cameroon
32. Korea DPR
Champions: Spain (1st title)
Runners-up: Netherlands
Third place: Germany
Fourth place: Uruguay
Prize money:
Winner: USD30 million
Runners-up: USD24 million
Third placed: USD20 million
Fourth placed: USD18 million
Quarter-finalists: USD14 million (4 teams)
Round of 16: USD9 million (8 teams)
Group stage: USD8 million (16 teams)
Awards:
Adidas Golden Ball: Diego Forlan (Uruguay)
Did you know why he win Golden Ball award?
He played 654 minutes better than his rivals Wesley Sneijder of Netherlands playing his 652 minutes and David Villa of Spain playing his 635 minutes
Golden Boot: Thomas Mueller (Germany)
Did you know why he win Golden Boot who shares his top scorers with 5 goals?
Mueller scored his 5 goals had 3 assists compared to 1 for the 3 others.
Silver Boot: David Villa (Spain)
Bronze Boot: Wesley Sneijder (Netherlands)
Golden Glove: Iker Casillas (Spain)
Best Young Player: Thomas Mueller (Germany)
FIFA Fair Play: Spain
Top goalscorers:
5 goals - Thomas Muller (Germany), Wesley Sneijder (Netherlands), David Villa (Spain), Diego Forlan (Uruguay)
Scoring:
Total number of goals: 145 goals
Average goals per match: 2.27 (145 goals/64 matches)
Total number of hat-tricks: 1 (Gonzalo Higuain, Argentina)
Total number of penalty kicks awarded: 15
Total number of penalty kicks scored: 9
Most goals scored, team: 16 - Germany
Most goals scored, individual: 5 - David Villa, Wesley Sneijder, Thomas Muller, Diego Forlan
Most assists given: 3 - Mesut Ozil, Dirk Kuyt, Kaka, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Thomas Muller
Most goals and assists: 8 - Thomas Muller
Fewest goals scored: 0 - Algeria, Honduras
Most goals conceded: 12 - Korea DPR
Fewest goals conceded: 1 - Portugal, Switzerland
Best goal difference: +11 - Germany
Worst goal difference -11 - Korea DPR
Most goals, match, both teams: 7 - Portugal (7) and Korea DPR (0)
Most goals, match, one team: 7 - Portugal against Korea DPR
Most goals, match, losing team: 2 - Italy against Slovakia (3); Uruguay against Netherlands (3); Uruguay against (3)
Biggest margin of victory: 7 - Portugal 7–0 Korea DPR
Most clean sheets: 5 - Spain
Fewest clean sheets: 0 - Australia, Cameroon, Denmark, Greece, Italy, Korea DPR, Nigeria, Slovakia, South Africa
Most clean sheets (by opponents): 3 - Algeria, Honduras, Paraguay, Portugal
Fewest clean sheets (by opponents): 0 - Italy, Korea Republic, United States
First goal of the tournament: Siphiwe Tshabalala for South Africa against Mexico
37th goal of the tournament: Javier Hernandez for Mexico against France (This goal is a milestone goal as it marks the 2100th goal overall in the FIFA World Cup.)
137th goal of the tournament: Arjen Robben for Netherlands against Uruguay (This goal is a milestone goal as it marks the 2100th goal overall in the FIFA World Cup.)
First hat-trick of the tournament: Gonzalo Higuain for Argentina against Korea Republic
Fastest goal in a match from kickoff: 3rd minute (2:38) - Thomas Muller for Germany against Argentina
Fastest goal in a match by a substitute: 2 minutes - Cacau for Germany against Australia, Rodrigo Millar for Chile against Spain, and Kamil Kopunek for Slovakia against Italy
Latest goal in a match without extra time: 90+5 minute - Alvaro Pereira for Uruguay against South Africa
Latest winning goal in a match without extra time: 90+1 minute - Landon Donovan for United States against Algeria
Latest winning goal in a match with extra time: 116 minute - Andres Iniesta for Spain against the Netherlands
Most goals scored by one player in a match: 3 - Gonzalo Higuain for Argentina against Korea Republic
Own goals scored: 2 - Park Chu-Young and Daniel Agger
Oldest goal scorer: 37 years and 151 days old - Cuauhtemoc Blanco for Mexico against France
Youngest goal scorer: 20 years and 273 days old - Thomas Muller for Germany against Australia
Most Man of the match awards:
Wesley Sneijder (Netherlands) - 4 awards (vs Uruguay, vs Brazil, vs Japan, vs Denmark)
Wins and losses:
Most wins: 6 - Spain, Netherlands
Fewest wins: 0 - Algeria, Cameroon, France, Honduras, Italy, Korea DPR, New Zealand, Nigeria
Most losses: 3 - Cameroon, Korea DPR
Fewest losses: 0 - New Zealand
Most draws: 3 - New Zealand, Paraguay
Fewest draws: 0 - Argentina, Cameroon, Chile, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Korea DPR, Netherlands, Serbia, Spain
Most points in group stage: 9 - Argentina, Netherlands
Fewest points in group stage: 0 - Cameroon, Korea DPR
Disciplinary statistics:
Total number of yellow cards: 260
Average yellow cards per match: 4.07
Total number of red cards: 17
Average red cards per match: 0.26
First yellow card: Efrain Juarez for Mexico against South Africa
First red card: Nicolas Lodeiro for Uruguay against France
Fastest yellow card from kick off: 1:20 minutes - Humberto Suazo for Chile against Switzerland
Fastest yellow card after coming on as substitute: 1 minute - Abdelkader Ghezzal for Algeria against Slovenia
Latest yellow card in a match without extra time: 90+5 minutes - Hassan Yebda for Algeria against Slovenia, Mark van Bommel for Netherlands against Uruguay
Fastest dismissal from kick off: 24 minutes - Harry Kewell for Australia against Ghana
Fastest dismissal of a substitute: 15 minutes - Abdelkader Ghezzal for Algeria against Slovenia
Latest dismissal in a match without extra time: 90+3 minutes - Antar Yahia for Algeria against United States
Latest dismissal in a match with extra time: 120+1 minutes - Luis Suarez for Uruguay against Ghana
Least time difference between two yellow cards given to the same player: 3 minutes - Kaka for Brazil against Cote d'Ivoire (Kaka was booked in the 85th minute and again in the 88th resulting in his dismissal.)
Most yellow cards (team): 25 - Netherlands
Most red cards (team): 2 - Australia, Algeria, Brazil, Uruguay
Fewest yellow cards (team): 2 - Korea DPR
Most yellow cards (player): 3 - Kaka, Aleksandar Lukovic, John Heitinga
Most red cards (player): 1 – (16 players) Abdelkader Ghezzal, Kaka, Miroslav Klose, Nicolas Lodeiro, Aleksandar Lukovic, Tim Cahill, Sani Kaita, Harry Kewell, Itumeleng Khune, Valon Behrami, Yoann Gourcuff, Antar Yahia, Marco Estrada, Ricardo Costa, Felipe Melo, Luis Suarez
Most yellow cards (match): 14 - Netherlands vs Spain
Most red cards (match): 1 – 17 different matches
Fewest yellow cards (match): 0 - Korea DPR vs Cote d'Ivoire, Germany vs Spain
Most cards in one match: 14 yellow cards and 1 red card - Netherlands vs Spain
Team Rankings:
1. Spain
2. Netherlands
3. Germany
4. Uruguay
5. Argentina
6. Brazil
7. Ghana
8. Paraguay
9. Japan
10. Chile
11. Portugal
12. United States
13. England
14. Mexico
15. Korea Republic
16. Slovakia
17. Cote d'Ivoire
18. Slovenia
19. Switzerland
20. South Africa
21. Australia
22. New Zealand
23. Serbia
24. Denmark
25. Greece
26. Italy
27. Nigeria
28. Algeria
29. France
30. Honduras
31. Cameroon
32. Korea DPR
FIFA 2010 World Cup Highlights: Day 31 - Final
Netherlands vs Spain highlights
Netherlands 0-1 Spain
ESP - Iniesta (116')
Man of the match - Andres Iniesta (ESP) Midfielder
ESP - Iniesta (116')
Man of the match - Andres Iniesta (ESP) Midfielder
Sunday, 11 July 2010
FIFA 2010 World Cup Highlights: Day 30 - 3rd place
Uruguay vs Germany highlights
URU - Cavani (28'), Forlan (51'), GER - Mueller (19'), Jansen (56'), Khedira (82')
Man of the match - Thomas Mueller (GER) Midfielder
Friday, 9 July 2010
Korean Drama: Take Care of the Young Lady aka My Fair Lady
Kang Hye-na, the only successor of Kang-san Group, is the owner of the ‘Lady Castle’ and lives a ‘princess-like’ life with her servants. Hye-na’s parents died from a plane accident and her grandfather brought her up. Hye-na is strong-headed, selfish and world revolves around her; it is because she could not experience the warmth of family when she grew up.Until one day, out of pure coincidence, she comes across Seo Dong-Chan who turns her life upside down. Not only does he make her do community service, he even kidnapped her... and now he's the new household manager!!! Even after stepping on him, crushing him and biting him, he still doesn't run away. She may have finally met her match...
http://allkoreandrama.com/my-fair-lady
The casts are:
Yoon Eun Hye as Kang Hye-Na
Yoon Sang Hyun as Seo Dong-Chan
Jung Il Woo as Lee Tae-Yoon
Moon Chae Won as Yeo Eui-Joo
Yoon Ye Hee as Jo Mi-Ok
Jang Ah Young as Kang Soo-Ah
Thursday, 8 July 2010
FIFA 2010 World Cup Highlights: Day 27 - Semi-Final 2
Germany vs Spain highlights
Germany 0-1 Spain
ESP - Puyol (73')
Man of the match - Xavi (ESP) Midfielder
ESP - Puyol (73')
Man of the match - Xavi (ESP) Midfielder
Wednesday, 7 July 2010
FIFA 2010 World Cup Highlights: Day 26 - Semi-Final 1
Uruguay vs Netherlands highlights
Uruguay 2-3 Netherlands
NED - Van Bronckhorst (18'), Sneijder (70'), Robben (73'), URU - Forlan (41'), Pereira (90'+2)
Man of the match - Wesley Sneijder (NED) Midfielder
NED - Van Bronckhorst (18'), Sneijder (70'), Robben (73'), URU - Forlan (41'), Pereira (90'+2)
Man of the match - Wesley Sneijder (NED) Midfielder
Monday, 5 July 2010
Wimbledon Open 2010
Congrats to world no.2 & 2nd seed Rafael Nadal of Spain by beating world no. 13 & 12th seed Tomas Berdych of Czech Republic (6-3, 7-5, 6-4) in tennis Wimbledon 2010 men's singles final. Thanks to 6th time Wimbledon champion & world no. 1 Roger Federer of Switzerland bowed out in quarter-final lost to Tomas. With a Grand Slam win at Wimbledon, Nadal returned his status to be world no. 1 again and his 2nd Wimbledon & 10th Grand Slam title.
In men's doubles, unseeded Jurgen Melzer (Austria)/Philipp Petzschner (Germany) beat 16th seed Robert Lindstedt (Sweden)/Horia Tecau (Romania) 6-1, 7-5, 7-5.
In women's singles, world no.1 & top seed Serena Williams of USA defeated world no.21 & 21st seed Vera Zvonareva of Russia 6-3, 6-2. Congrats to Serena for winning her 4th Wimbledon & 13th Grand Slam title.
In women's doubles, unseeded Vania King (USA)/Yaroslava Shvedova (Kazakhstan) defeated unseeded Elena Vesnina/Vera Zvonareva (Russia) 7-6 (6), 6-2.
In men's doubles, unseeded Jurgen Melzer (Austria)/Philipp Petzschner (Germany) beat 16th seed Robert Lindstedt (Sweden)/Horia Tecau (Romania) 6-1, 7-5, 7-5. 
In women's singles, world no.1 & top seed Serena Williams of USA defeated world no.21 & 21st seed Vera Zvonareva of Russia 6-3, 6-2. Congrats to Serena for winning her 4th Wimbledon & 13th Grand Slam title.
In women's doubles, unseeded Vania King (USA)/Yaroslava Shvedova (Kazakhstan) defeated unseeded Elena Vesnina/Vera Zvonareva (Russia) 7-6 (6), 6-2.
Sunday, 4 July 2010
FIFA 2010 World Cup Highlights: Day 23 - Quarter-Finals 2
Argentina vs Germany highlights
GER - Mueller (3'), Klose (68', 89'), Friedrich (74')
Man of the match - Bastian Schweinsteiger (GER) Midfielder
Paraguay vs Spain highlights
ESP - Villa (83')
Man of the match - Andres Iniesta (ESP) Midfielder
GER - Mueller (3'), Klose (68', 89'), Friedrich (74')
Man of the match - Bastian Schweinsteiger (GER) Midfielder
Paraguay vs Spain highlights
ESP - Villa (83')
Man of the match - Andres Iniesta (ESP) Midfielder
FIFA 2010 World Cup Highlights: Day 22 - Quarter-Finals 1
Uruguay vs Ghana highlights
URU - Forlan (55'), GHA - Muntari (45'+2)
Man of the match - Diego Forlan (URU) Forward
URU - Forlan (55'), GHA - Muntari (45'+2)
Man of the match - Diego Forlan (URU) Forward
Netherlands vs Brazil highlights
NED - Sneijder (53', 68'), BRA - Robinho (10')
Man of the match - Wesley Sneijder (NED) Midfielder
NED - Sneijder (53', 68'), BRA - Robinho (10')
Man of the match - Wesley Sneijder (NED) Midfielder
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