The information below is for the 10 stadiums that have been selected for the South Afria World Cup.

Information on each individual stadium is below that, with links where practical  for each city or area.

Ten stadiums will be used for the 2010 tournament (clockwise from top left): Soccer City in Johannesburg, Gauteng; Ellis Park in Johannesburg, Gauteng; Royal Bafokeng Stadium in Rustenburg, North West; Peter Mokaba Stadium in Polokwane, Limpopo; Mbombela Stadium in Nelspruit, Mpumalanga; Loftus Versveld in Pretoria, Gauteng; King Senzangakhona Stadium in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal; Nelson Mandela Stadium in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape; Greenpoint Stadium in Cape Town, Western Cape; and Free State Stadium in Bloemfontein, Free State.

(Map and graphic: Mary Alexander. Photos: South Africa 2010 Local Organising Committee

 The Ten stadiums

The 10 stadiums that will be used for the Fifa Soccer World Cup in 2010 have been announced.

There will be five new stadiums, while five existing stadiums will be upgraded for the world’s most popular sporting event, said Deputy Sport and Recreation Minister Gert Oosthuizen at a media briefing in Cape Town on Monday.

Three existing stadiums in South Africa’s major metropolis, Gauteng, will be upgraded. These are Soccer City (FNB stadium), Ellis Park in Johannesburg, and Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria. The Royal Bafokeng stadium in North West will be upgraded, as will Vodacom Park in Mangaung (Bloemfontein) in the Free State.

Five new stadiums will be built or rebuilt. In Limpopo, the Peter Mokaba stadium in Polokwane will host 2010 games.

New facilities
New stadiums will be built at Mbombela in Mpumalanga, and in the Nelson Mandela Metro (encompassing Port Elizabeth) in the Eastern Cape.

Kings Park stadium in Durban will be rebuilt for the event, becoming a multi-sports facility.

In the Western Cape, Cape Town’s Green Point stadium will be rebuilt, becoming a "totally new" multi-purpose sports facility complete with a dome that can be opened and closed. The dome is necessary for Cape Town’s unpredictable weather, said Oosthuizen.