11 is a big number that relates to the "JABULANI" ball as it sports an impressive 11 different colors. This was chosen for the 11 players who take the field for every team during the tournament, the 11 official languages of South Africa, (isiZulu is spoken by 25% of the people), and the 11 South African tribes that make the country extremely diverse.
-the world cup ball is of adidas and it is named JABULANI this means to celebrate.
-in isizulu the adidas ball will be the only one used in the moth-long tournament.
-the ball's disign was created to "lend the ball a unique appearace in African Sprit
Africa was chosen as the host for the 2010 World Cup as part of a new policy to rotate the event between football confederations (which was later abandoned in October 2007). Five African nations placed bids to host the 2010 World Cup:
-"FIFA world cup will be in south africa"
-"The Golden Ball (currently commercially termed "adidas Golden Ball") for best player"
-"The Yashin Award for best goalkeeper (first awarded in 1994)"
-"The Golden Shoe (also known as the Golden Boot, since 1982 commercially termed "adidas Golden Shoe") was first awarded in 1930 for top goal scorer"