FORZA AZZURRI STATISTICS |
www.forza-azzurri.info A web site by PIERRE BONELLO |
All the information about the Azzurri team and its participation in the 2010 World Cup |
History: |
WORLD CUP 2010 |
FIFA WORLD CUP The 19th Edition South Africa, June - July 2010 |
FIFA is once again organizing the football World Cup, a competition which joins all the national teams in the world in trying to qualify for the final stages of the tournament, which then crowns one nation as the World Champion - the current World Champions are Italy. The 2010 will be the 19th edition of the competition. The first edition of the World Cup was held in 1930 in Uruguay but a lot of European nations boycotted the competition on the grounds that it was not being held in Europe (football's birth place) and due to the long distance to travel by sea to arrive at the hosting venues (at least a month travel). |
THE WORLD CHAMPIONS |
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Since that edition the competition was held every four years with the exception of the 12 year period (1938-1950) of the Second World War. For the first nine editions (1930-1970) the price was the Rimet Cup, named after the father of the competition - Jules Rimet. In the 1970 the cup was won by Brazil for the third time and therefore they won the cup for ever. Since then a new cup was made - the FIFA cup. For the first time, the World Cup is being hosted by South Africa. This will be the first time that the World Cup will be held in the African continent. After Europe - with ten editions (1934, 1938, 1954, 1958, 1966, 1974, 1982, 1990, 1998, 2006), South America - with six editions (1930, 1950, 1962, 1970, 1978, 1986), North America - with one edition (1994) and Asia - with one edition (2002), Africa will be the fifth continent to host this competition. |
Qualification, European Group 8 - Results and Standings |
06-09-2008 Cyprus vs Italy 06-09-2008 Georgia vs Ireland 06-09-2008 Montenegro vs Bulgaria 10-09-2008 Italy vs Georgia 10-09-2008 Montenegro vs Ireland 11-10-2008 Bulgaria vs Italy 11-10-2008 Georgia vs Cyprus 15-10-2008 Italy vs Montenegro 15-10-2008 Ireland vs Cyprus 15-10-2008 Georgia vs Bulgaria 11-02-2009 Ireland vs Georgia 28-03-2009 Montenegro vs Italy 28-03-2009 Cyprus vs Georgia 28-03-2009 Ireland vs Bulgaria 01-04-2009 Italy vs Ireland |
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01-04-2009 Bulgaria vs Cyprus 01-04-2009 Georgia vs Montenegro 06-06-2009 Cyprus vs Montenegro 06-06-2009 Bulgaria vs Ireland 05-09-2009 Georgia vs Italy 05-09-2009 Cyprus vs Ireland 05-09-2009 Bulgaria vs Montenegro 09-09-2009 Italy vs Bulgaria 09-09-2009 Montenegro vs Cyprus 10-10-2009 Ireland vs Italy 10-10-2009 Cyprus vs Bulgaria 10-10-2009 Montenegro vs Georgia 14-10-2009 Italy vs Cyprus 14-10-2009 Ireland vs Monenegro 14-10-2009 Bulgaria vs Georgia |
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POINTS GAMES WINS DRAWS LOST GOALS+ GOALS- |
ITALY BULGARIA IRELAND CYPRUS GEORGIA MONTENEGRO |
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The Final Positions of the Azzurri in the World Cup |
EDITION 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 |
YEAR 1930 1934 1938 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 |
HOST Uruguay Italy France Brazil Switzerland Sweden Chile England Mexico West Germany Argentina Spain Mexico Italy U.S.A. France Japan/S.Korea Germany South Africa |
WINNER Uruguay Italy Italy Uruguay West Germany Brazil Brazil England Brazil West Germany Argentina Italy Argentina West Germany Brazil France Brazil Italy ? |
ITALY (Final Position) No Participation World Champions World Champions First Round First Round Qualification Round First Round First Round Final First Round 3/4 Place Final World Champions Second Round 3/4 Place Final Final Quarter Finals Second Round World Champions ? |
RANK -- 1st 1st 7th 9th -- 9th 9th 2nd 10th 4th 1st 12th 3rd 2nd 5th 11th 1st ? |
