Group A

 Main article: 2010 FIFA World Cup Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Uruguay	3	2	1	0	4	0	+4	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Mexico	3	1	1	1	3	2	+1	4
3	South Africa (H)	3	1	1	1	3	5	−2	4
4	France	3	0	1	2	1	4	−3	1

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria
(H) Hosts

11 June 2010

16:00

South Africa	1–1	Mexico
Tshabalala  55'	Report	Márquez  79'

Soccer City, Johannesburg

Attendance: 84,490

Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)^[78]

11 June 2010

20:30

Uruguay	0–0	France
	Report

Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town

Attendance: 64,100

Referee: Yuichi Nishimura (Japan)^[78]

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16 June 2010

20:30

South Africa	0–3	Uruguay
	Report	Forlán  24', 80' (pen.) Á. Pereira  90+5'

Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria

Attendance: 42,658

Referee: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)^[78]

17 June 2010

20:30

France	0–2	Mexico
	Report	Hernández  64' Blanco  79' (pen.)

Peter Mokaba Stadium, Polokwane

Attendance: 35,370

Referee: Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)^[78]

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22 June 2010

16:00

Mexico	0–1	Uruguay
	Report	Suárez  43'

Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg

Attendance: 33,425

Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)^[78]

22 June 2010

16:00

France	1–2	South Africa
Malouda  70'	Report	Khumalo  20' Mphela  37'

Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein

Attendance: 39,415

Referee: Óscar Ruiz (Colombia)^[78]