BW is a FIFA fan !

FUTBOL! Better known as soccer here in the states. If you don't know what FIFA is, then you've probably been living under a rock with Patrick and Sponge Bob in Bikini Bottom. The Federation Internationale de Football Association's World Cup, which is being held in South Africa, has been going on since June 11 and ends on July 11. The competition is currently down to the quarter finals from a round of 16, with 8 teams left. Those 8 teams are Argentina vs Germany, Paraguay vs Spain, Uruguay vs Ghana and Netherlands vs Brazil. Soccer is by far one of the more popular sports around the world.





Here are some FIFA 2010 World Cup related interesting facts :

22,000 jobs were created during the construction of the football stadiums

415,000 were indirectly created due to the World Cup event

There are a total of 10 stadiums built for the round of 16 competition

The Cape Town Stadium costs the most of the 10 stadiums, at $600 Million

The Soccer City stadium is known to be the largest stadium in Africa and has been built specifically to host football matches. It can accommodate the most fans at 94,700 seats.

The first World Cup was held in Uruguay in 1930.

The youngest player to play in a World Cup match was Northern Ireland's Norman Whiteside against Yugoslavia in 1982. He was 17 years, 41 days old.

A total of 200 teams entered the race for one of the 31 places at the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa.

FIFA World Cup 2010 is being anticipated as the most viewed and broad casted sports event in history.