As the World Cup players from the top 32 nations have been training hard for the last four years to take the glory it appears that there have also been thousands of web designers and developers slogging away over pixels and code in preparation for this once in four year event!

It seems if your website does not contain a /worldcup/ micro-site it's just not cricket! Let's run through some of the best and strangest websites that have been built for the world cup:

Officialdom

FIFA - http://www.fifa.com

Official South African site - http://www.sa2010.gov.za

Official world cup good news - http://www.shine2010.co.za/community/

World cup blog - http://www.worldcupblog.org

Official car - http://fifaworldcup.hyundai.com

Official oil - http://www.castrolfootball.com

Official fuel - http://www.bp.com/genericarticle.do?categoryId=9018984&contentId=7052991

The latest news

SBS - http://theworldgame.sbs.com.au

ABC - http://www.abc.net.au/worldcup/2010/

EA Sports - http://fifa-world-cup.easports.com

ESPN - http://soccernet.espn.go.com/world-cup/

Fairfax - http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/world-cup/

Fox - http://www.foxsports.com.au/football/worldcup2010/

MSN - http://wwos.ninemsn.com.au/world-cup/

Guardian - http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/worldcup2010/

Guardian - http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/world-cup-match-replay/

BBC - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/world_cup_2010/

Bigpond - http://www.bigpondsport.com/Football/WorldCup2010/tabid/83/Default.aspx

Yahoo - http://g.au.sports.yahoo.com/football/world-cup/

The apps

Mashable Top 6 - http://www.mashable.com/2010/06/05/world-cup-iphone-apps/

Vuvu iPhone - http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/vuvuzela-2010/id326630627?mt=8

Countdown - http://itunes.apple.com/au/app/world-cup-countdown/id345557848?mt=8#

ESPN App - http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/espn-2010-fifa-world-cup/id342370555?mt=8&ign-mpt=uo%3D2

Live football - http://itunes.apple.com/app/world-football-live-ifootball/id303125984?mt=8#

Schedule - http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ap-2010-world-cup-coverage/id374307645?mt=8

History of the cup - http://itunes.apple.com/app/world-cup-factoids-history/id372533796?mt=8#

Trivia - http://itunes.apple.com/app/world-cup-trivia-challenge/id333254222?mt=8

The promotions

Nike

Campaign home - http://www.nike.com/nikefootball/home/?locale=en_AU

Twitter - http://www.twitter.com/#search?q=nikefuture

Facebook - http://apps.facebook.com/nikefuture/

Blog - http://inside.nike.com/blogs/nikesoccer/

Adidas

http://www.adidas.com/campaigns/unite/content/web/

Coke

Campaign home - http://celebrations.coca-cola.com/Site/

YouTube channel - http://www.youtube.com/cocacola

McDonalds

Maccas Australia - http://www.mcdonalds.com.au/#/home/promo4

Maccas South Africa - http://www.mcdonalds.co.za/fifa_2010/fifa_2010.html

Sony

Sony - http://www.sony.net/united/football/

Sony Ericsson - http://www.sonyericsson.com/extraman/main.aspx?cc=global&lc=en

Random promotions

Budweiser house!! (32 people from each world cup nation) - http://www.youtube.com/budunited/

Brown goods - http://www.bigbrownbox.com.au/specials/world-cup-promotion/

Electrical - http://www.cashforgoals.co.uk/game/

Nandos - http://www.myheartsonfire.com.au

Official song - http://www.worldcupsong.com

Official friday - http://www.footballfridays.co.za

Crazy Europeans

If England win the world cup you get a free mobility wheelchair!

http://www.discountmobilityshop.co.uk

If Slovenia win the world cup you get a free holiday to Slovenia!

http://www.slovenia.info/worldcup/

Madness!

Getting in on the action.. why not!

Google - http://www.google.com/worldcup/

Google chrome - http://www.google.com/intl/en/worldcup/chrome/

Twitter - http://www.twitter.com/worldcup/

Yahoo - http://g.au.sports.yahoo.com/football/world-cup/

Mashable - http://www.mashable.com/2010/06/11/world-cup-hub/worldcup/

Cinemas - http://www.eventcinemas.com.au/worldcup/

Optus - http://www.optuszoo.com.au/worldcup/

Instant replay - http://www.mashable.com/2010/06/16/world-cup-lego/

Wallpapers - http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2010/06/06/fifa-football-world-cup-2010-wallpapers-for-minimalism-lovers/

The Vuvuzela!

Vuvu your website! - http://www.vuvuzela-time.co.uk

iPhone app - http://www.virtualvuvuzela.com

iPhone app - http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/vuvuzela-2010/id326630627?mt=8

Wimbledon has banned them! - http://www.wimbledon.org/en_GB/news/articles/2010-06-17/201006171276772513646.html

Finally.. booooo

http://www.apple.com/worldcup/

http://www.microsoft.com/worldcup/

Wow!

We've got a feeling this is only scratching the surface of World Cup websites. Have you seen any others? Let us know of any we've missed in the comments below...

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