Below is the 2010 World Cup TV schedule for the American soccer fans that won't be heading to South Africa to see the action live.
A little about the schedule and the format of play in the World Cup: The 32 teams are broken up into eight four-team groups, A-H, where each team plays every other team in its group once. The top two teams from each group then advance to the "Round of 16", so "1A-2B" in the schedule below means the No. 1 finisher from Group A plays against the No. 2 finisher from Group B.
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2010 World Cup TV Schedule
Date/Time (ET)
Group
Teams
Location
U.S. TV Network
June 11 10 AM
A
South Africa-Mexico
Johannesburg (Soccer City)
ESPN
June 11 2:30 PM
A
Uruguay-France
Cape Town
ESPN
June 12 7:30 AM
B
South Korea-Greece
Port Elizabeth
ESPN
June 12 10 AM
B
Argentina-Nigeria
Johannesburg (Ellis Park)
ESPN
June 12 2:30 PM
C
England-USA
Rustenburg
ABC
June 13 7:30 AM
C
Algeria-Slovenia
Polokwane
ESPN
June 13 10 AM
D
Serbia-Ghana
Pretoria
ESPN
June 13 2:30 PM
D
Germany-Australia
Durban
ABC
June 14 7:30 AM
E
Netherlands-Denmark
Johannesburg (Soccer City)
ESPN
June 14 10 AM
E
Japan-Cameroon
Bloemfontein
ESPN
June 14 2:30 PM
F
Italy-Paraguay
Cape Town
ESPN
June 15 7:30 AM
F
New Zealand-Slovakia
Rustenburg
ESPN
June 15 10 AM
G
Ivory Coast-Portugal
Port Elizabeth
ESPN
June 15 2:30 PM
G
Brazil-North Korea
Johannesburg (Ellis Park)
ESPN
June 16 7:30 AM
H
Honduras-Chile
Nelspruit
ESPN
June 16 10 AM
H
Spain-Switzerland
Durban
ESPN
June 16 2:30 PM
A
South Africa-Uruguay
Pretoria
ESPN
June 17 7:30 AM
B
Argentina-South Korea
Johannesburg (Soccer City)
ESPN
June 17 10 AM
B
Greece-Nigeria
Bloemfontein
ESPN
June 17 2:30 PM
A
France-Mexico
Polokwane
ESPN2
June 18 7:30 AM
D
Germany-Serbia
Port Elizabeth
ESPN
June 18 10 AM
C
Slovenia-USA
Johannesburg (Ellis Park)
ESPN
June 18 2:30 PM
C
England-Algeria
Cape Town
ESPN2
June 19 7:30 AM
E
Netherlands-Japan
Durban
ESPN
June 19 10 AM
D
Ghana-Australia
Rustenburg
ESPN
June 19 2:30 PM
E
Cameroon-Denmark
Pretoria
ABC
June 20 7:30 AM
F
Slovakia-Paraguay
Bloemfontein
ESPN
June 20 10 AM
F
Italy-New Zealand
Neslpruit
ESPN
June 20 2:30 PM
G
Brazil-Ivory Coast
Johannesburg (Soccer City)
ABC
June 21 7:30 AM
G
Portugal-North Korea
Cape Town
ESPN
June 21 10 AM
H
Chile-Switzerland
Port Elizabeth
ESPN
June 21 2:30 PM
H
Spain-Honduras
Johannesburg (Ellis Park)
ESPN
June 22 10 AM
A
Mexico-Uruguay
Rustenburg
ESPN
June 22 10 AM
A
France-South Africa
Bloemfontein
ESPN2
June 22 2:30 PM
B
Nigeria-South Korea
Durban
ESPN2
June 22 2:30 PM
B
Greece-Argentina
Polokwane
ESPN
June 23 10 AM
C
Slovenia-England
Port Elizabeth
ESPN2
June 23 10 AM
C
USA-Algeria
Pretoria
ESPN
June 23 2:30 PM
D
Ghana-Germany
Johannesburg (Soccer City)
ESPN
June 23 2:30 PM
D
Australia-Serbia
Nelspruit
ESPN2
June 24 10 AM
F
Slovakia-Italy
Johannesburg (Ellis Park)
ESPN
June 24 10 AM
F
Paraguay-New Zealand
Polokwane
ESPN2
June 24 2:30 PM
E
Denmark-Japan
Rustenburg
ESPN
June 24 2:30 PM
E
Cameroon-Netherlands
Cape Town
ESPN2
June 25 10 AM
G
North Korea-Ivory Coast
Nelspruit
ESPN2
June 25 10 AM
G
Portugal-Brazil
Durban
ESPN
June 25 2:30 PM
H
Switzerland-Honduras
Bloemfontein
ESPN2
June 25 2:30 PM
H
Chile-Spain
Pretoria
ESPN
Round of 16
June 26 10 AM
-
Uruguay (1A) vs. South Korea (2B)
Port Elizabeth
ESPN2
June 26 2:30 PM
-
United States (1C) vs. Ghana(2D)
Rustenburg
ABC
June 27 10 AM
-
Germany (1D) vs. England (2C)
Bloemfontein
ESPN
June 27 2:30 PM
-
Argentina (1B) vs. Mexico (2A)
Johannesburg (Soccer City)
ABC
June 28 10 AM
-
Netherlands (1E) vs. Slovakia (2F)
Durban
ESPN
June 28 2:30 PM
-
Brazil (1G) vs. Chile(2H)
Johannesburg (Ellis Park)
ESPN
June 29 10 AM
-
Paraguay (1F) vs. Japan (2E)
Pretoria
ESPN
June 29 2:30 PM
-
Spain(1H)-Portugal (2G)
Cape Town
ESPN
Quarterfinals
July 2 10 AM
-
Netherlands(1E)-Brazil(1G)
Port Elizabeth
ESPN
July 2 2:30 PM
-
Uruguay(1A)-Ghana(2D)
Johannesburg (Soccer City)
ESPN
July 3 10 AM
-
Argentina(1B)-Germany(1D)
Cape Town
ABC
July 3 2:30 PM
-
Paraguay(1F)-Spain(1H)
Johannesburg (Ellis Park)
ABC
Semifinals
July 6 2:30 PM
-
Uruguay(1A)-Netherlands(1E)
Cape Town
ESPN
July 7 2:30 PM
-
Germany(1D)-Spain(1H)
Durban
ESPN
Third Place
July 10 2:30 PM
-
Uruguay(1A)-Germany(1D)
Port Elizabeth
ABC
Final
July 11 2:30 PM
-
Netherlands(1E)-Spain(1H)
Johannesburg (Soccer City)
ABC