2010 FIFA World Cup Host City

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2010 FIFA World Cup - Host City

From 11 June to 11 July 2010, Nelson Mandela Bay will be hosting the largest sporting event in the World: the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa™. Eight games, including a third and fourth place playoff and a quarter final, will take place at the Nelson Mandela Bay stadium, the first to be completed in South Africa for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, is situated in the heart of Port Elizabeth, adjacent to the North End Lake.

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Whether you’re a resident or visiting Nelson Mandela Bay, if you need to access any municipal services related to tourism, beaches, waste management, electricity, water & sanitation, traffic, storm-water or environmental health call the Host City Hotline 0860 041 000.

Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium - Port Elizabeth

Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium

From 11 June to 11 July 2010, Nelson Mandela Bay will be hosting the largest sporting event in the World: the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa™. Eight games, including a third and fourth place playoff and a quarter final, will take place at the Nelson Mandela Bay stadium, the first to be completed in South Africa for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, is situated in the heart of Port Elizabeth, adjacent to the North End Lake.

The stadium’s main attraction will be its eye-catching, unique roof-structure and the spectacular view overlooking the sea board. Very few stadiums in the world can lay claim to being specially designed and constructed, to be next to a...

2010 FIFA World Cup Teams

2010 FIFA World Cup Teams playing in Nelson Mandela Bay

Nelson Mandela Bay (Port Elizabeth) is proud to be a host city for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. We warmly welcome all the countries that will be playing in our city and want to make your fans and your stay in our area as enjoyable as we can.

Nelson Mandela Bay offers excellent and varied sporting facilities and the city hosts numerous exciting sports events all year round. The many different sport clubs cater for a variety of all-year or seasonal sport activities such as: squash, volleyball, badminton, tennis, roller hockey, cricket, motor-racing, horse-racing, soccer, hockey, golf, bowls and rugby.

2010 Safety & Security

Safety & Security

South Africa’s comprehensive plan for the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa™ involves providing a blanket security of the event. Safety has already received a funding boost, with the 2007 Budget including an additional R6,8 billion for crime prevention and justice services. South Africa’s ability to manage the security for an event of this magnitude has been endorsed by FIFA.

South Africa has hosted several high-level global events, which include:

World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) in 2002
Non-Aligned Movement Summit in 1998
Rugby World Cup in 1995
African Cup of Nations in...

2010 Transport

Transport

Stadium

The Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium is situated in North End, Port Elizabeth. There are a number of entry points to the stadium and a number of security check points in and around the stadium perimeter and on the roads leading up to it. For the duration of the tournament, certain roads around the stadium will be traffic free zones and only accredited vehicles will be allowed to make use of them.

The transport pick-up and drop-off points will be along Harrower Road. Refer to the map and be on the lookout for road signs indicating road closures during the tournament. There are also signs up around the city directing people to the stadium, Fan Park, park and...

Homestays

REGISTERED HOMESTAYS - NELSON MANDELA BAY MUNICIPALITY

Looking for accommodation in Port Elizabeth, Uitenhage, Despatch and surrounding areas during the world cup. For a list of registered homestays please download this document.

Click here to download a list of registered homestay accommodation.

For formal accommodation click here: http://www.nmbt.co.za/accommodation_port_elizabeth.html

FIFA Fan Fest

Nelson Mandela Bay/Port Elizabeth FIFA Fan Fest™

Venue: St Georges Park Cricket Ground, St Georges Park, Port Elizabeth

Opening times: 11H00 – 24H00 from the 11th June – 11th July (except rest days)

Admission is free

Capacity 25,000.00

All matches shown live on a huge 75m² screen

Live entertainment between matches, show casing local performers and featured national headline acts. Other attractions will include great Sponsors activations and competitions, 5-a-side soccer tournaments that mirror the world cup (teams adopt a world cup qualifying team and play their group matches on the same day as the actual teams group matches).

Lots of Food stalls