The ball is white, accentuated with bold black lines and detailed with typical Ndebele designs in red, yellow, green and blue.

Originally, Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth was also chosen as a venue.

On 8 July 2008, however, Port Elizabeth withdrew as a host city because its stadium was deemed unlikely to meet the 30 March 2009 deadline for completion.

[8] The Nelson Mandela Bay stadium was subsequently completed before the Confederations Cup and was opened on 7 June 2009.

Source: FIFA[12] Tim Howard Joan Capdevila Carles Puyol Lúcio Maicon Kaká Mohamed Aboutrika Clint Dempsey David Villa Fernando Torres Luís Fabiano Source: FIFA[13] Luís Fabiano received the Golden Shoe award for scoring five goals.