City:Port Elizabeth (Nelson Mandela Bay)
Stadium: Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium
Port Elizabeth is one of the largest cities in South Africa, situated in the Eastern Cape Province, 770 km east of Cape Town. The city, often shortened to PE and nicknamed “The Friendly City” or “The Windy City”, stretches for 16 km along Algoa Bay, and is one of the major seaports in South Africa.
Located at the end of the picturesque Garden Route along the Cape coast, the city is one of South Africa’s major destinations for tourists, many of whom come simply to enjoy the many fine beaches in and near the city. Commonly as the watersports capital of South Africa and boasts an ever increasing number of watersports events annually. Algoa bay is home to scuba diving, game fishing charters, surfing, windsurfing, kiteboarding to name but a few.
However it is in the wider area surrounding where you will find some of the areas best attractions, namely the many malaria free safari destinations such as Shamwari, Kichaka and Kwandwe to name just a few.
The Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, set on the shores of the North End Lake is the first football dedicated stadium in the city or surrounding areas. The stadium, one of the newly-built stadiums for the 2010 FIFA World Cup™, was completed a year prior to the commencement of the world’s greatest show on earth and a capacity of 48 000.
Games in Port Elizabeth
12 June – 13:30 | Group B | Korea Republic | v | Greece |
15 June – 16:00 | Group G | Côte d’Ivoire | v | Portugal |
18 June – 13:30 | Group D | Germany | v | Serbia |
21 June – 16:00 | Group H | Chile | v | Switzerland |
23 June – 16:00 | Group C | Slovenia | v | England |
26 June – 16:00 | Round of 16 | 1A | v | 2B |
02 July – 16:00 | Quarter-finals | 5 | v | 7 |
10 July – 20:30 | Match for 3rd | L1 | v | L2 |
World Cup on RhinoAfrica:
https://www.rhinoafrica.com/2010_fifa_world_cup_tm
https://www.rhinoafrica.com/2010_fifa_world_cup_tm/2010_fifa_world_cup_tm_packages/