As it is the most popular watched game , just for a few figures for you. In the 2006 world cup 2.2 billion people watched the world cup, but in 2010 it is 3 billion people world wide.
2.2 billion people around the world watched the 2010 world cup final match
1,000,000 in total
28.2 million viewers watched game 7 of the 2010 NBA finals, making it the most-watched game since game 6 of the 1998 NBA finals, when Michael Jordan led the Chicago Bulls to their sixth championship. Except for the Olympics, the game was the most-watched show on network TV in the summertime since the finale of the first "Survivor" season in August 2000.
2 billion
Football world cup 2010 has about 715.1 million people who watched the final. It is the world's most widely viewed sports event today.
A total of 145 goals were scored in the 64 games played at the 2010 world cup finals.
Netherlands and Spain
Slovenia reached the World Cup finals in 2002. They will also be participating in 2010.
In the 2010 world cup, Spain, Holland, Uruguay and Germany played in the semi finals, Holland and Spain went to the finals.
They are not in the 2014 FIFA World Cup finals, but did qualify for the 1982 and 2010 finals.
700 million give or take.
I think 17 world cup finals were held. 2010 will be the 19th edition of the World Cup.