The 2010 World Cup draw, which took place on 4 December 2009, placed Spain in Group H, alongside Switzerland, Honduras, and Chile. Spain lost its first group stage match against Switzerland, 0–1. In their second match they defeated Honduras by 2 goals from David Villa. Their next match against Chile on 25 June was won 2–1. They advanced to the knock-out stage to defeat Portugal 1–0, reaching the quarter-finals, in which they defeated Paraguay 1-0, scoring off of a goal by David Villa who put the ball in the back of the net after struck the ball off the post, reaching the last four for the first time since 1950. They then advanced to the final for the first time ever by defeating Germany 1-0 via a headed goal from Carles Puyol.
Spanish players (Iker Casillas, Juan Mata and Javi Martínez) celebrate with the World Cup trophy.
In the second half of extra time during the World Cup final against the Netherlands, Andrés Iniesta scored a single goal from a pass given by Cesc Fabregas, winning the World Cup for Spain for the first time in their history. In this match Spain received 5 yellow cards, while the "Oranje" received 9. Spain won the World Cup by only scoring 8 goals and conceding 2, which is the lowest by any World Cup winner in both cases. Also, they are the only team not to have conceded a goal in the last four games of the tournament. Spain are the only team that has won the World Cup title after losing its opening game. Spain are only the second team to win a World Cup outside their own continent, following Brazil's wins in Sweden and Japan, which also makes Spain the first European team to win the World Cup outside of Europe. Spain and Brazil are also the only teams to never win the World Cup whilst hosting the event, Spain having been eliminated in the second round in 1982
The 2010 FIFA World Cup squad won the FIFA fair play award while some of its players also won awards.[21] Goalkeeper Iker Casillas won the golden glove for only conceding two goals during the tournament. David Villa won the bronze ball and silver boot with a total of 5 goals and 1 assist.
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