The opening game will be played on 11 June 2010 at Johannesburg's 94, 000-seater Soccer City Stadium.

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The final is scheduled to take place at the refurbished Soccer City stadium in Johannesburg, which will also host other matches at Ellis Park.

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At the end of normal time, the game remained scoreless, as the dropping temperatures and deadlock in the match served to quiet the sell-out crowd in the Soccer City Stadium.

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