Venues
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In 2005, the organisers released a provisional list of twelve venues to be used for the World Cup:
Bloemfontein,
Cape Town,
Durban,
Johannesburg (two venues),
Kimberley,
Nelspruit,
Orkney,
Polokwane,
Port Elizabeth,
Pretoria, and
Rustenburg. This was narrowed down to the ten venues
[14] that were officially announced by FIFA on 17 March 2006.
It is claimed that the altitude of several venues will affect the motion of the ball
[15] and impact player performance,
[16] although FIFA's medical chief has denied this.
[17] Six of the ten venues are over 1200m above sea level, with the two Johannesburg stadia (Soccer City and Ellis Park) the highest at approximately 1750m.
[18][19] The stadia in order of altitude are:
Soccer City and
Ellis Park Stadium, 1753m;
Royal Bafokeng Stadium, 1500m;
Free State Stadium, 1400m;
Peter Mokaba Stadium, 1310m;
Loftus Versfeld Stadium, 1214m;
Mbombela Stadium, 660m;
Cape Town Stadium,
Moses Mabhida Stadium and
Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium near sea level.
| Johannesburg | Durban | Cape Town | Johannesburg | Pretoria |
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| Soccer City | Moses Mabhida Stadium1 | Cape Town Stadium2 | Ellis Park Stadium | Loftus Versfeld Stadium |
 26°14′5.27″S 27°58′56.47″E / 26.2347972°S 27.9823528°E / -26.2347972; 27.9823528 (Soccer City) | 29°49′46″S 31°01′49″E / 29.82944°S 31.03028°E / -29.82944; 31.03028 (Moses Mabhida Stadium) | 33°54′12.46″S 18°24′40.15″E / 33.9034611°S 18.4111528°E / -33.9034611; 18.4111528 (Cape Town Stadium) | 26°11′51.07″S 28°3′38.76″E / 26.1975194°S 28.0607667°E / -26.1975194; 28.0607667 (Ellis Park Stadium) | 25°45′12″S 28°13′22″E / 25.75333°S 28.22278°E / -25.75333; 28.22278 (Loftus Versfeld Stadium) |
| Capacity: 88,460[20] | Capacity: 62,760[21] | Capacity: 64,100[22] | Capacity: 55,686[23] | Capacity: 42,858[24] |
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| Port Elizabeth | Bloemfontein | Polokwane | Rustenburg | Nelspruit |
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| Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium | Free State Stadium | Peter Mokaba Stadium | Royal Bafokeng Stadium | Mbombela Stadium |
| 33°56′16″S 25°35′56″E / 33.93778°S 25.59889°E / -33.93778; 25.59889 (Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium) | 29°07′02.25″S 26°12′31.85″E / 29.1172917°S 26.2088472°E / -29.1172917; 26.2088472 (Free State Stadium) | 23°55′29″S 29°28′08″E / 23.924689°S 29.468765°E / -23.924689; 29.468765 (Peter Mokaba Stadium) | 25°34′43″S 27°09′39″E / 25.5786°S 27.1607°E / -25.5786; 27.1607 (Royal Bafokeng Stadium) | 25°27′42″S 30°55′47″E / 25.46172°S 30.929689°E / -25.46172; 30.929689 (Mbombela Stadium) |
| Capacity: 42,486[25] | Capacity: 40,911[26] | Capacity: 41,733[27] | Capacity: 38,646[28] | Capacity: 40,929[29] |
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Durban
Port Elizabeth
Nelspruit
Rustenburg
Pretoria
Bloemfontein
Johannesburg
Cape Town
Polokwane
- ^1 As Durban Stadium
- ^2 As Green Point Stadium
The following stadiums have all been upgraded to meet FIFA specification.
- Cecil Payne Stadium[30]
- Dobsonville Stadium[30]
- Gelvandale Stadium[31]
- Giant Stadium[32]
- HM Pitje Stadium[32]
- King Zwelithini Stadium
- Olympia Park Stadium
- Orlando Stadium[30]
| - Princess Magogo Stadium[33]
- Rabie Ridge Stadium[30]
- Rand Stadium[30]
- Ruimsig Stadium[30]
- Seisa Ramabodu Stadium[34]
- Sugar Ray Xulu Stadium[33]
- Super Stadium[32]
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