JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA - JUNE 11: Francisco Rodriguez of Mexico challenges Teko Modise of South Africa during the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa Group A match between South Africa and Mexico at Soccer City Stadium on June 11, 2010 in Johannesburg, South Africa. (Photo by Christof Koepsel/Getty Images)
Here's a summary of passing in games that didn't end in a tie so far:
| Cmplt | Incl | Cmpl% | Cmplt | Incl | Cmpl% | |||
| Denmark | 221 | 87 | 71.8 | Holland | 470 | 85 | 84.7 | |
| Greece | 316 | 115 | 73.3 | South Korea | 306 | 110 | 73.6 | |
| Nigeria | 228 | 99 | 69.7 | Argentina | 477 | 87 | 84.6 | |
| Uruguay | 312 | 100 | 75.7 | South Africa | 452 | 104 | 81.3 | |
| Switzerland | 183 | 96 | 65.6 | Spain | 629 | 110 | 85.1 | |
| Ghana | 323 | 95 | 77.3 | Serbia | 337 | 94 | 78.2 | |
| Cameroon | 360 | 127 | 73.9 | Japan | 257 | 109 | 70.2 | |
| Australia | 422 | 78 | 84.4 | Germany | 561 | 66 | 89.5 | |
| Slovenia | 387 | 105 | 78.7 | Algeria | 348 | 100 | 77.7 | |
| North Korea | 205 | 78 | 72.4 | Brazil | 604 | 88 | 87.3 | |
| Chile | 394 | 110 | 78.2 | Honduras | 193 | 116 | 62.5 | |
| Winners | 4274 | 1051 | 80.3 | Losers | 3711 | 1108 | 77.0 | |
| % Pass | 52.5 | % Pass | 47.5 |
The winning team has completed 80.3% of their passes to the losers 77.0%, which I don't think tells us very much. However, the winning teams attempted 10% more passes than the losers, which probably does mean something (more on that later.)
Individual passing is dominated by South Africa, who have played two games:
| First | Last | Country | Passes |
| Teko | Modise | South Africa | 116 |
| Siboniso | Pa Gaxa | South Africa | 113 |
| Samir | Handanovic | Slovenia | 110 |
| Kagisho | Dikgacoi | South Africa | 108 |
| Danny | Shittu | Nigeria | 102 |
| Lucas | Neill | Australia | 101 |
| Danny | Shittu | Nigeria | 98 |
| Taye | Taiwo | Nigeria | 98 |
| Francisco | Rodriguez | Mexico | 95 |
| Diego | Forlan | Uruguay | 92 |
South Africa significantly outpassed Uruguay in their loss, for what that's worth; against Mexico, they were outpassed 2-1.
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