Rugby World Cup 2011 Opening Ceremony Live Stream Webcast from Eden Park

The 2011 Rugby World Cup will be the seventh Rugby World Cup, a quadrennial international rugby union competition inaugurated in 1987. The International Rugby Board (IRB) selected New Zealand as the host country in preference to Japan and South Africa.

This live feed is in New Zealand for the Rugby World Cup, including opening ceremony:

Rugby World Cup Opening Ceremony Live Stream

Event Information:

It will be the largest sporting event ever held in New Zealand, eclipsing the 1987 Rugby World Cup, 1990 Commonwealth Games, 1992 Cricket World Cup, 2003 America's Cup and 2005 British and Irish Lions tour to New Zealand. The organisers expect 95,000 visitors from overseas to travel to New Zealand for the event.
The schedule of games runs over seven weeks starting on 9 September 2011. The final will be played on Sunday 23 October 2011, a date chosen because it falls on a long weekend caused by the New Zealand public holiday of Labour Day (Monday, 24 October 2011). The final is scheduled to be played in Auckland at Eden Park.

After speculation that the number of participating teams would be reduced to 16, the IRB announced on 30 November 2007 that the 2011 tournament would again feature 20 teams. Twelve teams qualified as a result of finishing in the top three in each pool in the 2007 tournament. The remaining eight berths were determined by regional qualifying tournaments. Due to damage to Stadium Christchurch and many other facilities in Christchurch caused by the earthquake on 22 February 2011, it was announced on 16 March that the matches to be played in the city would be relocated. The two quarter-finals scheduled would be moved to Auckland, while the five group matches will move to other centres. Despite setbacks, International Rugby Board Chairman Bernard Lapasset told news outlet Around the Rings that the world cup "will be fantastic because this is not just Rugby World Cup for the New Zealand people. It will be the Rugby World Cup for all countries."

Cricket World Cup 2011 Opening Ceremony Bangladesh Live Feed Bangabandhu National Stadium

The opening ceremony of the 2011 Cricket World Cup will be held in Bangladesh at Bangabandhu National Stadium in Dhaka. The event will take place on February 17, 2011, 2 days prior to the first match of the World Cup.

This live feed will have coverage of the opening ceremony:

Cricket World Cup Live Feed

Event Information:

The Opening Ceremony will be held in Bangladesh. The venue for the opening ceremony is Bangabandhu National Stadium in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The event will take place on February 17, 2011, 2 days prior to the first match of the World Cup. All the Indian stadiums for the 2011 World Cup had been finalized earlier, and the venues of Bangladesh and Sri Lanka were finalised in late October 2009. All the venues of the 2011 Cricket World Cup were announced on 2 November 2009 in Mumbai by the International Cricket Council. Two new stadiums in Sri Lanka are being constructed exclusively for the 2011 World Cup. They are located in Kandy and Hambantota.

The 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup will be the tenth Cricket World Cup and will be hosted by three South Asian Test cricket playing countries: India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. It will be Bangladesh's first time co-hosting a Cricket World Cup. The World Cup will use cricket's One Day International format, with fourteen national cricket teams scheduled to compete. The World Cup will take place between February and early April 2011, with the first match to be played on 19 February 2011 with co-hosts India and Bangladesh facing off at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur, Dhaka. The opening ceremony will be held on 17 February 2011, two days before the start of the tournament, with the final on 2 April 2011 at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai.

Madrid Webcam - Torre Caja Madrid Web Cam

Madrid city skyline, Chamartín railway station, and Torre Caja de Madrid

After a tournament lasting a full month, the World Cup 2010 finally crowned their champions last night, with European Champions Spain emerging as worthy winners.

The morning after has dawned bright as the the country wakes up to their new status as Champions of the World.

This is the live view of the Torre Caja Madrid (Spanish: Caja Madrid Tower), a skyscraper located in the Cuatro Torres Business Area in Madrid, Spain. With a height of 250 m (820 ft) and 45 floors, it is the tallest of the four buildings in the Cuatro Torres Business Area complex, surpassing Torre de Cristal by less than a metre.

Designed by Lord Foster, it was first known as Torre Repsol and would have served as headquarters for Repsol YPF oil and gas company. During the construction of the tower, Repsol decided to change the location of its future headquarters and the financial institution Caja Madrid purchased the building for €815 million in August 2007. Cuatro Torres Business Area (CTBA) (Spanish for Four Towers Business Area) is a business park located in the Paseo de la Castellana in Madrid (Spain), on the former Ciudad Deportiva of Real Madrid.

The area contain the tallest skyscrapers in Madrid and Spain (Torre Espacio, Torre de Cristal, Torre Sacyr Vallehermoso and Torre Caja Madrid). The construction of the buildings finished in 2008. Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain.[3] The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million (as of December 2009); the entire population of the metropolitan area (urban area and suburbs) is calculated to be 6,386,932. It is the third-most populous municipality in the European Union

World Cup Final Web Cam

The showpiece moment of the the biggest sporting event on the plant is finally here, and after a month of some of the most fantastic footballing events the final is here.

Whatever happens we will have a new winner as Spain and Holland, neither of who have won the Jules Rimet Trophy previously, will contest the final. As an additional incentive, the Golden Boot is also up for grabs, with David Villa or Wesley Sneijder the moist likely recipients.

This live webcam view takes you to Johannesburg on the day of the final:

Johannesburg city skyline, Soccer City World Cup stadium

Live view from Johannesburg and the Soccer City Stadium by webcam as the city prepares for the 2010 FIFA World Cup Final between Spain and The Netherlands

Soccer City Webcam - Ready for the World Cup Final

The opening ceremony of the 2010 World Cup seems like a lifetime ago, but it was only a single month, since which we have witnessed a veritable feast of football, with colourful scenes, memorable goals and one of the best attended and friendly, trouble-free World Cup tournaments in memory. Plus of course the unmistakable sound of the vuvuzela!

Attention now turns to the showpiece final, and whatever happens there will be a new name on the winners' roll as both Spain and Holland look to win the Jules Rimet Trophy for the very first time in their history.

One of the most popular webcams featured by My World Webcams throughout June and July has been the view of the Johannesburg, and the night of the final should prove no exception:

Johannesburg city skyline, Soccer City World Cup stadium

England v Slovenia - Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth

Live view from the stadium, sitting right on the coast in the picturesque city of Port Elizabeth as England's fans gather for the crucial World Cup clash with Slovenia:

Port Elizabeth City Skyline and Nelson Mandela Bay World Cup Stadium


Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium is a 48,000-seater stadium in Port Elizabeth. The five-tier, R2 billion (approximately US$270million) Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium was built overlooking the North End Lake, at the heart of the city. It is one of three coastal stadium built in anticipation of the 2010 FIFA World Cup. It regularly hosts large scale football and rugby matches. The stadium has also been used as a concert venue. The stadium hosted 8 games during the 2010 FIFA World Cup tournament. It will host 5 group games, as well as a round of 16 game, a quarterfinal and the 3rd/4th playoff will be played at the stadium.

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.

Johannesburg Webcam, Soccer City World Cup 2010 Stadium Web

Johannesburg city skyline, Soccer City World Cup stadium

Soccer City, formerly known as the FNB Stadium, is a stadium located in the Soweto area of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is located next to the South African Football Association headquarters (SAFA House) where both the FIFA offices and the Local Organising Committee for the 2010 FIFA World Cup are housed.

A football-specific stadium, Soccer City is currently the largest stadium in Africa with a capacity of 94,700. Most of the largest football events in South Africa are played at Soccer City and the venue is better suited to these events than the Ellis Park Stadium, where the final for the Rugby World Cup in 1995 was held. Soweto and the National Exhibition Centre in Nasrec are nearby.

It was the site of Nelson Mandela's first speech in Johannesburg after his release from prison. It was also the site of Chris Hani's funeral.

World Cup Webcams

Our range of webcam views from around the football stadiums and cities of South Africa are proving especially popular during the FIFA World Cup tournament.

Most viewed webcams over the first 5 days of the tournament have been:

Green Point Cape Town soccer stadium, venue for World Cup 2010 South Africa

Johannesburg city skyline, Soccer City World Cup stadium

Peter Mokaba Complex, South Africa World Cup 2010 football stadium

England Gathers to Watch the World Cup

England expects as the world cup finally gets underway for the 3 lions, and in homes, pubs and clubs across the country people are gathering to watch England's first game of the tournament against the United States.

Some of the more popular venues are the big screens popping up across the country, allowing big crowds to gather and enjoy the summer sunshine while watching the match in plenty of like minded company.

My World Webcams has webcams on a few of these locations, including:

Millenium Square in Leeds city centre

London's very busy Trafalgar Square

FIFA World Cup 2010 Webcams - live views from South Africa

A number of live views from cities and stadiums across South Africa now featured in conjunction with the ongoing world cup tournament.

Some fantastic games in store today, with England getting their campaign underway against the USA, and a great match expected as Maradona's Argentina meet the Nigeria Super Eagles.

South Africa World Cup Webcams

World Cup Opening Ceremony

The opening ceremony will be held at the newly-renovated Orlando Stadium, Johannesburg at 8:00 p.m. local time (GMT+2). The concert will feature musical performances by most popular African artists that include queen of pop Shakira. Shakira is expected to sing the official song of the World Cup 2010 — “Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)”.

The video is of the song “Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)” is currently available on the web. The video also features Portugal’s star Cristiano Ronaldo and Argentina’s Lionel Messi.

Besides Shakira, a long list of celebrities including past and present football legends will be present at the auspicious occasion.

Football fever has started spreading among the fans. The entire world is looking forward to the World Cup Opening Ceremony 2010, so as I. Friends, please share your ideas about World Cup 2010.

Johannesburg city skyline and World Cup stadium