Match | Date | Time | Venue / Stadium | Attendance |
| 35 | 22 June 2010 | 20:30 | Durban / Durban Stadium | 61874 |
Referee Olegario BENQUERENCA (POR) | Assistant Referee 1 Jose CARDINAL (POR) | |
Fourth Official Marco RODRIGUEZ (MEX) | Assistant Referee 2 Bertino MIRANDA (POR) | |
Match Commissioner Romer OSUNA (BOL) | Fifth Official Jose Luis CAMARGO (MEX) |
| Nigeria (NGA) | Statistics | Korea Republic (KOR) |
| 11 | Shots | 16 |
| 4 | Shots on goal | 8 |
| 22 | Fouls Committed | 12 |
| 1 | Corner kicks | 7 |
| 1 | Direct Free Kicks to Goal | 3 |
| 0 | Indirect Free Kicks to Goal | 1 |
| 1 / 1 | Penalty Kicks | 0 / 0 |
| 1 | Offsides | 2 |
| 0 | Own Goals | 0 |
| 3 | Cautions | 1 |
| 0 | Expulsions due to Second Caution | 0 |
| 0 | Direct Expulsions | 0 |
| 45% | Possession (%) | 55% |
| 30 | Actual playing time | 36 |
| Nigeria (NGA) | Ball Possession Heat Map | Korea Republic (KOR) |
| 5% | 14% | 5% |
| 13% | 19% | 13% |
| 6% | 16% | 9% |

| 5% | 22% | 12% |
| 8% | 14% | 9% |
| 6% | 14% | 10% |

| # | Name | Pos | Min | GF | GA | SG/S | PK | Fouls | Y | 2Y=R | R | |
| FC | FS | |||||||||||
| 1 | Vincent ENYEAMA | GK | 90 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| 2 | Joseph YOBO | D | 46 | |||||||||
| 4 | Nwankwo KANU | M | 57 | 1 | 4 | |||||||
| 5 | Rabiu AFOLABI | D | 90 | 1 | ||||||||
| 6 | Danny SHITTU | D | 90 | 3 | ||||||||
| 8 | Yakubu AYEGBENI | F | 70 | 1 | 1/2 | 1/1 | 5 | 2 | ||||
| 12 | Kalu UCHE | M | 90 | 1 | 2/3 | 2 | ||||||
| 13 | Yussuf AYILA | M | 90 | 5 | 1 | |||||||
| 17 | Chidi ODIAH | D | 90 | |||||||||
| 19 | Chinedu OGBUKE OBASI | F | 90 | 1/2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| 20 | Dickson ETUHU | M | 90 | 3 | ||||||||
| Substitutes | ||||||||||||
| 9 | Obafemi MARTINS | F | 33 | 0/1 | 1 | |||||||
| 18 | Victor OBINNA | F | 20 | 0/3 | ||||||||
| 21 | Uwa ECHIEJILE | D | 44 | 1 | ||||||||
| Total | 2 | 2 | 4/11 | 1/1 | 22 | 12 | 3 | |||||
| # | Name | Pos | Min | GF | GA | SG/S | PK | Fouls | Y | 2Y=R | R | |
| FC | FS | |||||||||||
| 18 | JUNG Sungryong | GK | 90 | 2 | 1 | |||||||
| 4 | CHO Yong Hyung | D | 90 | 4 | ||||||||
| 7 | PARK Ji Sung | M | 90 | 0/1 | 1 | 5 | ||||||
| 8 | KIM Jung Woo | M | 90 | 0/2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||
| 10 | PARK Chuyoung | F | 90 | 1 | 3/5 | 2 | ||||||
| 12 | LEE Young Pyo | D | 90 | 2/2 | 1 | |||||||
| 14 | LEE Jung Soo | D | 90 | 1 | 1/1 | 3 | 4 | |||||
| 16 | KI Sungyueng | M | 87 | 0/1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| 17 | LEE Chung Yong | M | 90 | 1/2 | 1 | |||||||
| 19 | YEOM Ki Hun | M | 64 | 1/1 | ||||||||
| 22 | CHA Du Ri | D | 90 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Substitutes | ||||||||||||
| 5 | KIM Nam Il | M | 26 | 0/1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| 13 | KIM Jae Sung | M | 3 | |||||||||
| 15 | KIM Dong Jin | D | 90 | |||||||||
| Total | 2 | 2 | 8/16 | 12 | 20 | 1 | ||||||
| a.e.t.: | After extra time | (C): | Captain | PSO: | Penalty Shoot-out |
| GK: | Goalkeeper | N: | Not eligible to play | I: | Injured |
| Y: | Yellow cards | Pos: | Positions | A: | Absent |
| D: | Defender | M: | Midfielder | Min: | Minutes played |
| GF: | Goals for | GA: | Goals against | PK: | Penalty Kicks |
| FC: | Fouls Committed | FS: | Fouls Suffered | R: | Direct Expulsions |
| F: | Forward | SG/S: | Shots on Goal/Shots | Y: 2Y=R: | Yellow cards Expulsions due to Second Caution |