The 2010 FIFA World Cup will be the 19th FIFA World Cup, an international tournament for football, which is scheduled to take place between 11 June and 11 July, 2010 in South Africa. It will be the first time that the tournament has been hosted by an African nation. Italy is the defending champions, although they do not automatically qualify for the final tournament.
2010年世界杯足球赛将是第19届世界杯，这是一项定于2010年 6月11日至7月11日在南非举行的国际比赛。这将是第一次由非洲国 家主办的世界杯。尽管意大利队没有自动晋级到决赛,但它已是卫 冕冠军。
Following the decision of the FIFA Executive Committee not to allow co-hosted tournaments, Tunisia withdrew from the bidding process. The committee also decided not to consider Libya’s solo bid as it no longer met all the stipulations laid down in the official List of Requirements.
因为国际足联执行委员会已经规定不可以联合举办世界杯,所 以突尼斯不得不退出竞标。委员会还决定不审议利比亚的单独投 标,因其不再具备官方规定的全部条件。
After one round of voting, the winning bid was announced by FIFA president Sepp Blatter at a media conference on 15 May 2004, in Zurich. South Africa was awarded the rights to host the tournament, defeating Morocco and Egypt.
经过一轮投票,2004年5月15日国际足联主席塞普.布拉特在 苏黎世的媒体会上宣布了竞标的投票结果。南非击败了摩洛哥和埃 及,贏得了比赛的主办权。
As the host nation, South Africa qualifies automatically for the tournament. However, South Africa is the first host since 1934 to participate in World Cup qualifiers. This is because the CAF qualifiers also serve as the qualifying tournament for the 2010 African Cup of Nations, for which South Africa had to qualify separately. Like the previous tournament, the defending champions Italy do not qualify automatically.
作为主办国,南非自动具备参赛资格。然而，南非是1934年以来 世界杯预选赛参赛者中的第一个主办国。因为取得世界杯主办资格 的国家也可以举办2010年的非洲杯,但南非必须重新取得非洲杯的 参赛资格。与以前一样,卫冕冠军意大利队没有自动具备世界杯参赛 资格。
The preliminary draw for the 2010 World Cup was held in Durban, South Africa, on 25 November, 2007. The Final draw for the 2010 FIFA World Cup will be staged in Cape Town, South Africa, on 4 December 2009 at the Cape Town International Convention Centre.
2007年11月25日，2010年世界杯预选赛抽签仪式在南非的德班 举行,而决赛的抽签将于2009年12月4日在南非开普敦的国际会议 中心举行。
Five new stadiums are to be built for the tournament (three new match venues and two new practice grounds), and five of the existing venues are to be upgraded. Construction costs are expected to be R8.4bn. In addition to the stadiums being built and upgraded, South Africa is also planning to improve its current public transport infrastructure within the various cities, with projects such as the Gautrain and the new Bus Rapid Transit system (BRT) titled Rea Vaya. Danny Jordaan, the president of the 2010 World Cup Organizing Committee has said that he expects all stadiums for the tournament to be completed by October 2009.
南非将为比赛兴建5个新体育场馆(3个在比赛场地,2个在试验 场地），对5个现有场馆进行改造。建筑费用预计会达到84亿南非兰 特。除了正在建设和改造的体育场馆,南非还计划改善各市区内现 有的公共交通基础设施,如Gautrain捷运和新的ReaVaya快速公交 (BRT)系统。2010年世界杯足球赛组委会主席丹尼.乔丹曾预计， 用于比赛的体育场馆将在2009年10月全部竣工。
The country is also going to implement special measures to ensure the safety and security of local and international tourists attending the matches in accordance with standard FIFA requirements.
南非也将实行特别措施,确保参观比赛的国内外游客的安全以 符合国际足联的标准。
70,000 construction workers who were supposed to be working on the new stadiums walked off their jobs on 8 July 2009. The majority of the workers receive R 2,500 per month (about ￡ 192. 224 or $ 313), but the unions allege that some workers are grossly underpaid~some receiving as little as R 40 (￡ 3.11) a week. A spokesperson for the National Union of Mineworkers said to the SABC that the “no work no pay” strike would go on until FIFA assesses penalties on the organizers. Other unions threatened to strike into 2011. The World Cup organizing committee downplayed the strike and is still confident the stadiums will be ready.
2009年7月8日，7万建筑工人从本该工作的新场馆走了出来,进行罢工。大多数工人每月领取2500兰特(约192 ? 224英镑或313美元）,但工会声称,有的工人的工资 严重过低，有的一周才40兰特(3 ? 11英镑)。南非全国矿工联盟的发言人对南非广播公司说“没有工 作，没有收人”，罢工将继续下去,直到国际足联组织者作出处罚。其他工会威胁要罢工到2011年。 世界杯组委会缓和了罢工形势,表示仍有信心准备好比赛场馆。
Germany is significantly assisting in South Africa’s preparations for the 2010 FIFA World Cup through a number of initiatives, German ambassador to South Africa Dieter Haller tells Engineering News.
德国驻南非大使迪特尔_哈勒告诉《工程新闻》,德国将通过一系列的措施全力协助南非筹备 2010年世界杯足球赛。
Haller explains that Germany is involved particularly in four initiatives: establishing a twinning programme between Germany and South Africa; establishing a study and expert fund; initiating a Youth Development Through Football (YDF) program; and establishing multifunctional sports fields in disadvantaged neighborhoods in the non-host South African cities.
哈勒解释说，德国主要在4个方面参与筹备:建立一个德国和南非的双联项目方案;建立一个 研究专门基金,启动青年发展足球(YDF)计划,以及在南非的其他非主办城市的不发达地区建造 多功能运动场地。