World Cup 2010 Groups. Egypt morocco south africa and a joint bid from libya and tunisia. Group a of the 2010 fifa world cup began on 11 june and ended on 22 june 2010.
France and uruguay previously met at the 2002 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 to rotate the event among football confederations. 4 7 points.
South africa made a valiant effort in its win over france but fell short due to goal differential with mexico.
On that occasion nigeria topped the group while neither argentina nor greece made it through to the round of 16 both losing out to bulgaria. Argentina greece and nigeria three of the four members of 2010 group b all featured in the same group at the 1994 fifa world cup. Five african nations placed bids to host the 2010 world cup. Africa was chosen as the host for the 2010 world cup as part of a short lived rotation policy abandoned in 2007 to rotate the event among football confederations.
