| Uruguay | 2 - 3 | Netherlands | ||
| Diego Forlan, 41 | (1-1) | Giovanni Van Bronckhorst, 18 | ||
| Maximiliano Pereira, 90+2 | Wesley Sneijder, 70 | |||
| Arjen Robben, 73 | ||||
| 01 Muslera | 01 Stekelenburg | |||
| 03 Godin | 03 Heitinga | |||
| 06 Victorino | 04 Mathijsen | |||
| 16 Pereira Yellow card | 05 Van Bronckhorst Captain | |||
| 22 Caceres Yellow card | 12 Boulahrouz Yellow card | |||
| 05 Gargano | 06 Van Bommel Yellow card | |||
| 11 Pereira (13 Abreu, 78) | 10 Sneijder Yellow card | |||
| 15 Perez | 14 De Zeeuw (23 Van der Vaart, 46) | |||
| 17 Arevalo Rios | 07 Kuyt | |||
| 07 Cavani | 09 Van Persie | |||
| 10 Forlan Captain (21 S Fernandez, 84) | 11 Robben (17 Elia, 90) | |||
| Venue: Green Point Stadium, Cape Town | Tuesday 6th July 2010 | |||
| Referee: Irmatov (Ukraine) | Semi Final 1 of 2 | |||
| Attendance: 62,479 | Finals Match 61 | |||