This will be the first time that the FIFA World Cup has been hosted by an African nation.
About 15 times i think!
Argentina have hosted the world cup once in 1986.
Italy and France have hosted the world cup twice. others have hosted once only
The World Cup is the top prize of International Soccer organization FIFA. South Africa has not won the cup to date.
Mexico, France, Germany and Italy each have hosted the world cup 2 times
this years 2010 world cup is the first time an African country has hosted it
The World Cup has been hosted on every continent except Oceania. It has been hosted in North America three times, South America five times, Europe ten times, Asia once and Africa once.
Once. Spain won the world cup in 2010, hosted by South Africa.
They hosted it once jointly with South Korea in 2002.
Only onceThe 2010 FIFA World Cup was the 19th FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national association football teams. It took place in South Africa from 11 June to 11 July 2010.
The world cup was hosted in Asia only once in 2002 . When Japan and south Korea shared it.
South Africa is a country that is a member of FIFA. As such it can try to qualify for the World Cup Finals and host it. In 2010 they hosted it and so had automatic qualification to play in the finals tournament. They also qualified in 1998 and 2002. So they have played in the finals tournament 3 times. Prior to 2010, no African country had ever hosted the World Cup. It had been decided in 2007 that an African country would host it. Egypt, Morocco, South Africa and a joint bid from Libya and Tunisia were made for the 2010 World Cup, and South Africa were awarded the tournament.
south africa never won the world cup
South Africa have yet to win the world cup in cricket.
osaka has hosted world expositon 2 times.
osaka has hosted world expositon 2 times.
Once in 2010 (south africa) If you mean how many times has Spain WON the World Cup, then it's once, in 2010. But if you mean how many times Spain has held (as in hosted) the World Cup, then it's also once, in 1982.