The FIFA World Cup, often simply called the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the. Loto-Tonga Soka Centre Field 1. Atele. 04 Sep The draw for the 2018 FIFA World Cup™ Preliminary Competition for the African Zone took place on 25 July in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The 2010 FIFA World Cup was the 19th FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national association football teams. It took place in South Africa from 11 June.