Passionate Fan on Fifa World Cup 2010

There will be 12 cities to host the games in the upcoming World Cup. In the next postings; we shall be looking and analyzing every game to be played in each of these areas. For now, below is the list of these cities:

North

HAMBURG
Stadium: FIFA World Cup stadium (AOL-Arena)
Capacity: 45,442
Matches: Five – four in first round and one quarter-final.

HANOVER
Stadium: FIFA World Cup Stadium (AWD-Arena)
Capacity: 39,297
Matches: Five – four in first round and one last-16 match

East

BERLIN
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Capacity: 66,021
Matches: six – four in first round, one quarter-final and the final

LEIPZIG
Stadium: Zentralstadion
Capacity: 38,898
Matches: Five – four in first round, one in last 16

Central

GELSENKIRCHEN
Stadium: FIFA World Cup Stadium (Veltins-Arena)
Capacity: 48,426
Matches: Five – four in the first round and one quarter-final

DORTMUND
Stadium: Westfalenstadion
Capacity: 60,285
Matches: six – four in the first round, one in last 16, one semi-final

West

COLOGNE
Stadium: FIFA World Cup Stadium (RheinEnergie Stadion)
Capacity: 40,590
Matches: Five – four in first round, one in last 16

FRANKFURT
Stadium: Waldstadion
Capacity: 43,324
Matches: Five – four in first round and one quarter-final

South-West

KAISERSLAUTERN
Stadium: Fritz-Walter Stadion
Capacity: 41,513
Matches: Five – four in first round and one in last 16

STUTTGART
Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler Stadion
Capacity: 47,757
Matches: Six – four in first round, one in last 16 and third-place playoff

South

NUREMBERG
Stadium: Frankenstadion
Capacity: 41,926
Matches: Five – four in first round and one in last 16

MUNICH
Israeli athletes and coaches
Stadium: FIFA World Cup Stadium (Allianz-Arena)
Capacity: 59,416
Matches: Six – four in first round including opening match, one in last 16 and one semi-final.