Jordaan: Never a chance of South Africa losing WC

Published Nov. 9, 2009 6:24 p.m. ET

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World Cup organizer Danny Jordaan said Monday there was never an emergency plan to move the 2010 tournament if South Africa was not ready.

FIFA president Sepp Blatter said two years ago that the United States was among countries that could host at short notice, but Jordaan contends that the only way that could have happened was in the event of a natural disaster.