World Cup history: Spain victorious at South Africa 2010 with extra-time win over Dutch

Despite suffering defeat in their opening game, Spain claimed their first World Cup trophy at South Africa 2010.

Vicente Del Bosque's men were the favourites entering the tournament and, although the early Group H defeat by Switzerland cast doubts over their powers, they soon showed the world why they had become such a force.

The hosts captured the World Cup spirit perfectly in Johannesburg with a stunning opening ceremony followed by a pulsating 1-1 draw with Mexico in which Siphiwe Tshabalala netted one of the tournament's finest goals.

2006's beaten finalists, France, then got their campaign off to an underwhelming start with a 0-0 draw against Uruguay to bring day one to a close

South Africa failed to build on the promise shown in their first game as Uruguay cruised to a 3-0 win in Pretoria, while France's struggles continued with another disappointing showing in the 2-0 defeat to Mexico.

In the final round of group fixtures, Luis Suarez secured a 1-0 win for Uruguay over Mexico which ensured both sides progressed and France capped off a miserable showing with a 2-1 defeat to South Africa.

Group B proved to be a formality for Argentina as they saw off South Korea, Nigeria and Greece to win all three of their games.

South Korea got their tournament off to a strong start as they eased past Greece with a 2-0 win, while Argentina just edged out Nigeria 1-0 as Diego Maradona's men adjusted to the climate.

A Gonzalo Higuain hat-trick helped Argentina brush aside South Korea in a resounding 4-1 win and Greece picked up their only three points of the tournament, beating Greece 2-1.

Second place remained up for grabs as the teams entered the final set of group games, but Argentina's 2-0 win over Greece ensured that a dramatic 2-2 draw against Nigeria was enough for South Korea to progress.

England faced USA, Algeria and Slovenia in Group C but made hard work of qualifying for the knock-out stages as Robert Green's blunder cancelled out Steven Gerrard's opener to gift USA a 1-1 draw in their first game.

Slovenia beat Algeria 1-0 thanks to Robert Koren's strike in their opening fixture and they then fought out a thrilling 2-2 draw with the USA as they emerged as dark horses to progress.

England again failed to impress in a forgettable 0-0 draw with Algeria, meaning that a win in their final group game was vital in order to avoid crashing out.

Jermain Defoe was the hero as his goal was enough to see off Slovenia, but Fabio Capello's men had to settle for second place after Landon Donovan netted a stoppage-time winner over Algeria to clinch a 1-0 win for USA which meant that they won the group on goals scored.

As expected, Germany dominated Group D, although a 1-0 defeat to Serbia provided a brief hiccup after powering to a 4-0 demolition of Australia in their first game.

Australia recovered by holding Ghana to a 1-1 draw before beating Serbia 2-1, but Ghana claimed second place on goal difference and Serbia finished bottom.

Despite being faced with a potentially tricky draw in Group E, the Netherlands joined Argentina in becoming the only other team to enjoy a 100 per cent record in the group stages.

Victories over Denmark, Japan and Cameroon sealed their progression and Japan joined them in the last 32.

Similarly to France in Group A, holders Italy also endured a dismal tournament as the