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The 2006 FIFA World Cup is the current FIFA World Cup, the finals of which are being held in Germany. The FIFA World Cup is the football (soccer) world championship, contested by men's national football teams, and organised by FIFA, the international governing body for football. The championship cycle culminates every four years in a finals tournament to decide which country's men's football team will be awarded the FIFA World Cup title. The host country and football federation for the 2006 FIFA World Cup finals tournament is Germany, who in June 2000, won the right to host the event, beating bids from South Africa (which will host the 2010 World Cup), Brazil, England and Morocco.

The 2006 FIFA World Cup, the eighteenth such championship, began in December 2003 with 198 countries entering the draw for a series of qualification tournaments and play-offs that resulted in 32 national teams qualifying for the finals tournament.

The finals tournament of the 2006 World Cup began on 9 June, 2006 and is scheduled to end on 9 July, 2006. A total of 64 games will be played. The first stage was the Group stage, where the 32 teams were divided into 8 groups of 4 teams each. The teams in these groups of four competed in three-round round-robin tournaments to find two teams from each group (a total of 16) to advance to the knock-out stage. The Group stage was completed on 23 June, 2006. The knockout stage started on 24 June, 2006, and progressive elimination of teams through quarter-finals and semi-finals, will finish with the World Cup Final, the final match on 9 July, 2006. The World Cup Final played in Berlin will determine the World Cup champion.

Match schedule

Teams

For details, see 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification.

For details of the seeding system, see 2006 FIFA World Cup seeding

Thirty-two teams from six FIFA confederations play in the 2006 FIFA World Cup. Only the host nation is given an automatic berth; all other teams, including the defending champion, had to qualify.

Venues

Twelve cities were selected to host World Cup finals matches.

Squads

National associations had until 15 May 2006 to confirm their team of twenty-three players. Of these twenty-three, three players had to be goalkeepers. In the event of injury or other incapacitation, a player was allowed to be replaced up until twenty-four hours before the team's first game.

Groups

Seeds

The seeded teams for the 2006 cup were announced on December 5, 2005. The top eight seeds composed Pot A in the draw. Pot B contained the unseeded qualifiers from South America, Africa and Oceania; Pot C contained eight of the nine remaining European sides, excluding Serbia and Montenegro. Pot D contained unseeded sides from the CONCACAF region and Asia. A special pot contained Serbia and Montenegro: this was done to ensure that no group contained three European teams. In the special pot, Serbia and Montenegro (white ball) was drawn first, then their group was drawn (black ball) from the three seeded non-European nations, Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico.

It had been predetermined that as hosts, Germany would be placed in Group A, thus being assured of the venues of their group matches in advance of the draw. FIFA had also announced in advance that Brazil (the defending champions) would be allocated to group F.

On December 9, 2005 the draw was held and the group assignments and order of fixtures were determined. After the draw was completed, many football commentators remarked that groups C and E appeared to be the groups of death in the cup.

Point system

The first stage, or group stage, saw the 32 teams divided into eight groups of four teams. Each group was a round-robin of six games, where each team played one match against each of the other teams in the same group. There were three points for a win, one point for a draw and none for a defeat. The teams coming first and second in each group qualified for the second round.

The ranking of each team in each group was determined as follows, in order of priority:

1. Greatest number of points obtained in all three group matches;
2. Goal difference in all three group matches;
3. Greatest number of goals scored in all three group matches.
   1. If any two teams cannot be separated by criteria 1–3;
      1. Team that won the match between the two teams in the tie;
   2. If three teams cannot be separated by criteria 1–3;
      1. Greatest number of points obtained in the group matches between the three teams in the tie;
      2. Goal difference resulting from the group matches between the three teams in the tie;
      3. Greater number of goals scored in all group matches between the three teams in the tie;
4. Drawing of lots by the Organising Committee for the FIFA World Cup.

These tie-breaking criteria were changed from an older version of the rules. As of 20 June 2006, with the group stage in progress, older versions of the rules were still available on FIFA and UEFA websites, causing some confusion among those trying to identify the correct criteria. In the event, only two ties actually occurred (in Groups C and H), both decided on criterion 2: goal difference in all three group matches. In addition, because the teams involved in the ties drew with each other, the older set of tie-breaking criteria would have produced the same tie-breaking results for these two ties.

Group stage results

In the following tables:

• Pts = total points accumulated
• Pld = total games played
• W = total games won
• D = total games drawn (tied)
• L = total games lost
• GF = total goals scored (goals for)
• GA = total goals conceded (goals against)
• GD = goal difference (GF−GA)

In the game results, goal scorers are listed below their country name with the time in minutes into the game that it was scored. A + sign indicates that the goal occurred during stoppage time. The teams placed first and second (shaded in green) qualified to the Round of 16.

Group A

All times local (UTC+2)

Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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Group E

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Group F

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Group G

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Group H

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Knockout stage

The knockout stage is a single-elimination tournament involving the 16 teams that qualified from the Group stage of the tournament. There are four rounds of matches, with each round eliminating half of the teams entering that round. The successive rounds are: Round of 16, Quarter-finals, Semi-finals, Final. There is also a play-off to decide 3rd/4th place. For each game in the knockout stage, a draw is followed by 30 minutes of extra time (two 15 minute halves); if scores are still level there is a penalty shootout to determine the winner. Scores after extra time are indicated by (AET). Penalty shoot out (PEN) will be indicated in parentheses.

The knockout stage started on June 24, 2006 and was completed on June 27, 2006. The quarter finals will start on June 30, 2006.

Round of 16

All times local (UTC+2).

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Quarter-finals

All times local (UTC+2)

Friday 30 June 2006

Saturday 1 July 2006

Semi-finals

All times local (UTC+2)

Tuesday 4 July 2006

Wednesday 5 July 2006

Third place

Local time (UTC+2)

Saturday 8 July 2006

Final

Local time (UTC+2)

Sunday 9 July 2006

Individual scorers

The players in bold typeface are still active in the tournament.

See also

• 2006 FIFA World Cup schedule
• 2006 FIFA World Cup disciplinary record
• 2006 FIFA World Cup officials
• 2006 FIFA World Cup crime concerns
• List of 2006 FIFA World Cup broadcasting rights
• 2006 FIFA World Cup sponsorship
• 2006 FIFA World Cup miscellany
• 2006 FIFA World Cup controversies
• FIFA World Cup records

References and footnotes

1. During the World Cup, many of the stadia will be officially known by different names, as FIFA prohibits sponsorship of stadium names unless the stadium sponsors are also official FIFA sponsors. For example, Allianz Arena will be known during the competition as "FIFA World Cup Stadium, Munich" (or in German: "FIFA WM-Stadion München"). On the Allianz Arena in Munich even the letters of the company Allianz have to be removed or covered.These new names are reflected in the table. Some of the stadia also have a lower capacity for the World Cup, as FIFA regulations ban standing room. Of the twelve hosting stadia, only Zentralstadion in Leipzig is in the former German Democratic Republic (East Germany).
2. Please note that the links to location maps are linked to an external site.
3. Seated capacity. Some stadia have greater capacity for German league games due to standing room.
4. "Regulations: 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany" (PDF). FIFA. Retrieved 2006-06-26.
5. Wilson, Paul (2005-12-11). "An easy group? Draw your own conclusions". The Observer. Retrieved 2006-06-26. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
6. Palmer, Kevin (2006-05-24). "Group C Tactics Board". Retrieved 2006-06-26. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
7. O'Dea, Joseph (2006-05-18). "FIFA changes World Cup tie-breaking rules". Retrieved 2006-06-26. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

External links

• Official FIFA World Cup site
• Official World Cup Charity (confirmation at FIFA website)
• BBC 2006 World Cup coverage
• ESPN 2006 World Cup coverage
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