Champions of Europe and now champions of the world.

Spain captured football's most revered trophy for the first time with a 1-0 victory over the Netherlands. Andres Iniesta’s 116th-minute strike at Soccer City shot the Spaniat to this glorious feat. 

The solitary goal came with penalties looming as substitutes Fernando Torres and Cesc Fabregas combined to play in Iniesta and the little Barcelona midfielder drove emphatically across Maarten Stekelenburg and into the far corner. With this victory – their fourth successive single-goal win in South Africa – Spain became the eighth name on the FIFA World Cup™ Trophy and also the first European team to have triumphed on a different continent.