Libya excluded from vote
2004-05-15 12:35
Zurich, Switzerland - Fifa awarded South Africa the 2010 World Cup of soccer on Saturday.
Fifa's executive committee picked the rainbow nation ahead of Morocco and Egypt for the first World Cup to be staged in Africa.
Figa President Sepp Blatter made the announcement at a media conference at the World Trade Centre in Zurich.
Tunisia's decision to withdraw on the final day of campaigning reduced the field to four on Friday. The field dropped to three on Saturday when Fifa excluded Libya from the vote because it did not meet "all relevant conditions."
List of World Cup hosts after football's world body Fifa awarded the 2010 finals to South Africa here on Saturday:
1930 - Uruguay
1934 - Italy
1938 - France
1950 - Brazil
1954 - Switzerland
1958 - Sweden
1962 - Chile
1966 - England
1970 - Mexico
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1974 - West Germany
1978 - Argentina
1982 - Spain
1986 - Mexico
1990 - Italy
1994 - United States
1998 - France
2002 - South Korea and Japan
2006 - Germany
2010 - South Africa
- AP