Libya excluded from vote
15/05/2004 12:35  - (SA)  

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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 >p> 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

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