自1986年墨西哥后,世界杯赛事又一次来到了高海拔地区。在南非,九个主办城市中有五个位于高海拔地区(见后表),其中决赛举办地约翰内斯堡的海拔最高,接近1800米。尽管和墨西哥的海拔无法相比,但这次南非却给32强出了一个新的难题——由于还有三座城市的比赛是在海平面进行(伊丽莎白港、德班、开普敦),一座城市的比赛在低海拔地区(内尔斯普雷特),这意味着一些球队从小组赛开始就不得不在不同海拔和气候的地区来回奔波。 Since 1986 in Mexico, the World Cup once again came to high altitude. In South Africa, five of the nine host cities are located in high altitudes (see table below), with Johannesburg, the finals host, having the highest elevation of almost 1800 meters. Although not comparable with Mexico’s altitude, this time South Africa has given the 32 strong new challenge - as there are three more cities at sea level (Port Elizabeth, Durban, Cape Town) City races at low altitudes (Nelspruit) mean that some teams have had to go back and forth in different altitudes and climates from the start of the group stage.