Royal Bafokeng Stadium

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Silver Stars

  • Qualification for Soccer World Cup 2002
  • Confederations Cup 2009
  • Football World Cup 2010

The Royal Bafokeng Stadium (also Royal Bafokeng Sports Palace ) is a sports stadium in Phokeng in Rustenburg, in the North West Province of South Africa.

  • 3.1 Group Games
  • 3.2 knockout round

History

The stadium was named after the tribe of the Royal Bafokeng Nation, in whose possession it is. It has a capacity of 42,000 seats and is one of the most modern stadiums in Africa. Originally planned for the Rugby Union World Cup in 1995, the stadium was completed in 1999. Therefore, the Rugby World Cup was, among other things in the Olympic Park about eleven kilometers away place in Rustenburg, which is sometimes confused with the Royal Bafokeng Stadium.

The Royal Bafokeng Stadium was the venue for several international soccer games. Among other things, here played Burkina Faso against South Africa as part of the qualification for the World Cup 2002. Too games of the Confederations Cup in 2009 where they were held. The stadium was also one of the venues for the football World Cup in 2010. To this end, only relatively minor modifications were necessary. Among other things, a new video wall was installed, the floodlight system was strengthened and the capacity was increased by 3,000 to 42,000 seats.

Games of the Confederations Cup 2009 in Rustenburg

Group Games

  • Group A - June 14, 2009, 20:30 Clock: New Zealand New Zealand - Spain 0:5 ( 0:4 )
  • Group A - June 17, 2009, 16:00 clock: South Africa South Africa - New Zealand New Zealand 2-0 (1-0 )
  • Group B - June 21, 2009, 20:30 clock: Egypt Egypt - United States USA 0:3 ( 0:1)

3rd Place Match

  • June 28, 2009, 15:00 clock: Spain - South Africa South Africa 3:2 aet ( 2:2, 0:0)

Games of the Soccer World Cup 2010 in Rustenburg

Group Games

  • Group C - June 12, 2010, 20:30 clock: England England - United States USA 1:1 ( 1:1)
  • Group F - June 15, 2010, 13:30 Clock: New Zealand New Zealand - Slovakia Slovakia 1-1 (0-0 )
  • Group D - June 19, 2010, 16:00 clock: Ghana Ghana - Australia 1:1 ( 1:1)
  • Group A - June 22, 2010, 16:00 clock: Mexico Mexico - Uruguay Uruguay 0:1 ( 0:1)
  • Group E - June 24, 2010, 20:30 clock: Denmark Denmark - Japan Japan 1:3 ( 0:2 )

Second round

  • June 26, 2010, 20:30 clock: United States United States - Ghana Ghana 1:2 aet (1:1, 0:1)
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