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2006 FIFA World Cup

FIFA Fussball Weltmeisterschaft Deutschland 2006
2006 FIFA World Cup official logo
Tournament details
Host country	Germany
Dates	June 9 – July 9
Teams	32 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)	12 (in 12 host cities)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	64
Goals scored	147 (2.3 per match)
Attendance	3,353,655 (52,401 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Miroslav Klose (5 goals)
Best player(s)	Zinedine Zidane

The 2006 FIFA World Cup was the eighteenth instance of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament. It was held from 9 June to 9 July 2006 in Germany, which won the right to host the event in July 2000. The tournament was won by Italy, their fourth world championship, defeating France 5–3 in a penalty shootout after extra time finished in a 1–1 draw.

Qualification

One-hundred and ninety-eight teams attempted to qualify for the 2006 World Cup. Hosts Germany were granted automatic qualification with the remaining thirty-one finals places divided among the continental confederations. This was the first World Cup for which the holders were not granted automatic qualification. Thirteen places were contested by UEFA teams (Europe), five by CAF teams (Africa), four by CONMEBOL teams (South America), four by AFC teams (Asia), and three by CONCACAF teams (North and Central America and Caribbean). The remaining two places were decided by playoffs between AFC and CONCACAF and between CONMEBOL and OFC (Oceania).

Eight nations qualified for the finals for the first time: Angola, Côte d'Ivoire, Czech Republic, Ghana, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Ukraine and Serbia & Montenegro. Czech Republic and Ukraine were making their first appearance as independent nations, but had previously been represented as part of Czechoslovakia and the Soviet Union respectively; Serbia & Montenegro had competed as Yugoslavia in 1998, as well as making up part of Yugoslav teams from 1930 to 1990. For the first time since the 1982 World Cup, all six confederations were represented at the finals tournament.

Summary

Although Germany failed to win the Cup, the tournament was considered a great success for Germany in general. The stadia and transportation systems were state-of-the-art, and the German people were lauded for their hospitality and enthusiasm and gained new friends world-wide. One big innovation was the Fan Fests, where millions of people watched the World Cup matches in public viewing areas. South Africa has already declared it will emulate this idea for the 2010 tournament. Germany also experienced a sudden increase in patriotic spirit with unprecedented flag waving, traditionally frowned upon by German society since World War II, whenever the German team played.

Despite early success by Australia, Ecuador and Ghana, the tournament marked a return to dominance of the traditional football powers. Four years after a 2002 tournament in which teams from North America (United States), Africa (Senegal), and Asia (South Korea) made it deep into the knockout stages and Turkey finished third, all eight seeded teams progressed to the knockout stages, and none of the quarter-finalists were from outside Europe or South America. Six former champions took part in the quarter-final round, with Ukraine and Euro 2004 runners-up Portugal as the only relative outsiders. Argentina and Brazil were eliminated in the quarter-finals, leaving an all-European final four for only the fourth time (after the 1934, 1966 and 1982 tournaments).

Despite the early goals that flooded the group stages, the knock-out phase had a much lower goals per match ratio. A prime example of the dearth of goals was Portugal, who only scored in the 23rd minute of the Round of 16, and did not score again until the 88th minute of the third place play-off. Italy, Germany, Argentina, Brazil and France were the only teams to score more than one goal in a knockout match.

Germany's Miroslav Klose scored 5 goals to claim the Golden Boot, the lowest total to win the prize since 1962. No other player scored more than three goals. No player from the winning Italian squad scored more than two goals, though ten different players had scored for them, tying the record for the most goalscorers from any one team.

The final started with each side scoring within the first 20 minutes. Zinedine Zidane opened the scoring by converting a controversial seventh-minute penalty kick, which glanced off the underside of the crossbar and into the goal. Marco Materazzi then levelled the scores in the 19th minute following an Andrea Pirlo corner. Both teams had chances to score the winning goal in normal time - Luca Toni hit the crossbar for Italy, later having a header disallowed for offside, while France were not granted a second penalty in the 53rd minute when Florent Malouda was felled in the box. France appeared to be the better side with over ten more shots than the Italian team. They were unable to capitalise, however, and the score remained at one goal each.

At the end of the regulation 90 minutes, the score was still level at 1–1, and the match was forced into extra time. Italian keeper Gianluigi Buffon made a potentially game-saving save in extra time when he tipped a Zidane header over the crossbar. Further controversy ensued near the end of extra time, when Zidane headbutted Materazzi in the chest in an off-the-ball incident and was sent off. Extra time produced no further goals and a penalty shootout followed, which Italy won 5–3. France's David Trezeguet, the man who scored the Golden Goal against Italy in Euro 2000, was the only player not to score his penalty; his spot kick hit the crossbar. It was the second final (1994 was first, although Italy lost that time) to be decided on penalties. It was also Italy's first world title in 24 years, and their fourth overall, putting them one ahead of Germany/West Germany and only one behind Brazil. The victory also led to Italy topping the FIFA Coca Cola Rankings in February 2007 for the first time since November 1993.

Venues

Twelve cities were selected to host World Cup finals matches:

Squads

For a list of all squads that appeared in the final tournament, see 2006 FIFA World Cup squads.

First Round

Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Germany	9	3	3	0	0	8	2	+6
Ecuador	6	3	2	0	1	5	3	+2
Poland	3	3	1	0	2	2	4	−2
Costa Rica	0	3	0	0	3	3	9	−6

All times local (CEST/UTC+2)

Germany	4 – 2	Costa Rica
Lahm 6' Klose 17' 61' Frings 87'	(Report)	Wanchope 12' 73'

Poland	0 – 2	Ecuador
	(Report)	C. Tenorio 24' Delgado 80'

Germany	1 – 0	Poland
Neuville 90+1'	(Report)

Ecuador	3 – 0	Costa Rica
C. Tenorio 8' Delgado 54' Kaviedes 90+2'	(Report)

Ecuador	0 – 3	Germany
	(Report)	Klose 4' 44' Podolski 57'

Costa Rica	1 – 2	Poland
Gómez 25'	(Report)	Bosacki 33' 65'

Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
England	7	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3
Sweden	5	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1
Paraguay	3	3	1	0	2	2	2	0
Trinidad and Tobago	1	3	0	1	2	0	4	−4

England	1 – 0	Paraguay
Gamarra 3' (o.g.)	(Report)

Trinidad and Tobago	0 – 0	Sweden
	(Report)

England	2 – 0	Trinidad and Tobago
Crouch 83' Gerrard 90+1'	(Report)

Sweden	1 – 0	Paraguay
Ljungberg 89'	(Report)

Sweden	2 – 2	England
Allbäck 51' Larsson 90'	(Report)	J. Cole 34' Gerrard 85'

Paraguay	2 – 0	Trinidad and Tobago
Sancho 25' (o.g.) Cuevas 86'	(Report)

Group C

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Argentina	7	3	2	1	0	8	1	+7
Netherlands	7	3	2	1	0	3	1	+2
Ivory Coast	3	3	1	0	2	5	6	−1
Serbia and Montenegro	0	3	0	0	3	2	10	−8

Argentina	2 – 1	Ivory Coast
Crespo 24' Saviola 38'	(Report)	Drogba 82'

Serbia and Montenegro	0 – 1	Netherlands
	(Report)	Robben 18'

Argentina	6–0	Serbia and Montenegro
Rodríguez 6' 41' Cambiasso 31' Crespo 78' Tévez 84' Messi 88'	(Report)

Netherlands	2 – 1	Ivory Coast
van Persie 23' van Nistelrooy 27'	(Report)	B. Koné 39'

Netherlands	0 – 0	Argentina
	(Report)

Ivory Coast	3 – 2	Serbia and Montenegro
Dindane 37' (pen.) 67' Kalou 86' (pen)	(Report)	Žigić 10' Ilić 20'

Group D

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Portugal	9	3	3	0	0	5	1	+4
Mexico	4	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1
Angola	2	3	0	2	1	1	2	−1
Iran	1	3	0	1	2	2	6	−4

Mexico	3 – 1	Iran
Bravo 28' 76' Zinha 79'	(Report)	Golmohammadi 36'

Angola	0 – 1	Portugal
	(Report)	Pauleta 4'

Mexico	0 – 0	Angola
	(Report)

Portugal	2 – 0	Iran
Deco 63' C. Ronaldo 80' (pen.)	(Report)

Portugal	2 – 1	Mexico
Maniche 6' Simão 24' (pen.)	(Report)	Fonseca 29'

Iran	1 – 1	Angola
Bakhtiarizadeh 75'	(Report)	Flávio 60'

Group E

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Italy	7	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4
Ghana	6	3	2	0	1	4	3	+1
Czech Republic	3	3	1	0	2	3	4	−1
United States	1	3	0	1	2	2	6	−4

United States	0 – 3	Czech Republic
	(Report)	Koller 5' Rosický 36' 76'

Italy	2 – 0	Ghana
Pirlo 40' Iaquinta 83'	(Report)

Czech Republic	0 – 2	Ghana
	(Report)	Gyan 2' Muntari 82'

Italy	1 – 1	United States
Gilardino 22'	(Report)	Zaccardo 27' (o.g.)

Czech Republic	0 – 2	Italy
	(Report)	Materazzi 26' Inzaghi 87'

Ghana	2 – 1	United States
Dramani 22' Appiah 45' (pen.)	(Report)	Dempsey 43'

Group F

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Brazil	9	3	3	0	0	7	1	+6
Australia	4	3	1	1	1	5	5	0
Croatia	2	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1
Japan	1	3	0	1	2	2	7	−5

Australia	3 – 1	Japan
Cahill 84' 89' Aloisi 90+2'	(Report)	Nakamura 26'

Brazil	1 – 0	Croatia
Kaká 44'	(Report)

Croatia	0 – 0	Japan
	(Report)

Brazil	2 – 0	Australia
Adriano 49' Fred 90'	(Report)

Japan	1 – 4	Brazil
Tamada 34'	(Report)	Ronaldo 45+1' 81' Juninho 53' Gilberto 59'

Croatia	2 – 2	Australia
Srna 2' N. Kovač 56'	(Report)	Moore 38' (pen.) Kewell 79'

Group G

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Switzerland	7	3	2	1	0	4	0	+4
France	5	3	1	2	0	3	1	+2
South Korea	4	3	1	1	1	3	4	−1
Togo	0	3	0	0	3	1	6	−5

South Korea	2–1	Togo
Lee Chun-Soo 54' Ahn Jung-Hwan 72'	(Report)	Kader 31'

France	0–0	Switzerland
	(Report)

France	1–1	South Korea
Henry 9'	(Report)	Park Ji-Sung 81'

Togo	0–2	Switzerland
	(Report)	Frei 16' Barnetta 88'

Togo	0–2	France
	(Report)	Vieira 55' Henry 61'

Switzerland	2–0	South Korea
Senderos 23' Frei 77'	(Report)

Group H

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Spain	9	3	3	0	0	8	1	+7
Ukraine	6	3	2	0	1	5	4	+1
Tunisia	1	3	0	1	2	3	6	−3
Saudi Arabia	1	3	0	1	2	2	7	−5

Spain	4–0	Ukraine
Alonso 13' Villa 17', 48' (pen) Torres 81'	(Report)

Tunisia	2–2	Saudi Arabia
Jaziri 23' Jaïdi 92+'	(Report)	Al Qahtani 57' Al Jaber 84'

Saudi Arabia	0–4	Ukraine
	(Report)	Rusol 4' Rebrov 36' Shevchenko 46' Kalynychenko 84'

Spain	3–1	Tunisia
Raúl 71' Torres 76', 90' (pen)	(Report)	Mnari 8'

Saudi Arabia	0–1	Spain
	(Report)	Juanito 36'

Ukraine	1–0	Tunisia
Shevchenko 70' (pen)	(Report)

Knockout stage

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Round of 16

Germany	2 – 0	Sweden
Podolski 4' 12'	(Report)

Argentina	2 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Mexico
Crespo 10' Rodríguez 98'	(Report)	Márquez 6'

England	1 – 0	Ecuador
Beckham 60'	(Report)

Portugal	1 – 0	Netherlands
Maniche 23'	(Report)

Italy	1 – 0	Australia
Totti 90+5' (pen.)	(Report)

Switzerland	0 – 0 (a.e.t.)	Ukraine
	(Report)

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Brazil	3 – 0	Ghana
Ronaldo 5' Adriano 45+1' Zé Roberto 84'	(Report)

Spain	1 – 3	France
David Villa 28' (pen.)	(Report)	Ribéry 41' Vieira 83' Zidane 90+2'

Quarter-finals

Germany	1 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Argentina
Klose 80'	(Report)	Ayala 49'

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Italy	3 – 0	Ukraine
Zambrotta 6' Toni 59' 69'	(Report)

England	0 – 0 (a.e.t.)	Portugal
	(Report)

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Brazil	0 – 1	France
	(Report)	Henry 57'

Semi-finals

Germany	0 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Italy
	(Report)	Grosso 119' Del Piero 120+1'

Portugal	0 – 1	France
	(Report)	Zidane 33' (pen.)

Third place play-off

Germany	3 – 1	Portugal
Schweinsteiger 56' 78' Petit 60' (o.g.)	(Report)	Nuno Gomes 88'

Final

Italy	1 – 1 (a.e.t.)	France
Materazzi 19'	(Report)	Zidane 7' (pen.)

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Awards

2006 World Cup Winners
Italy Fourth title

Golden Shoe Winner:	Golden Ball Winner:	Yashin Award:	Best Young Player:	FIFA Fair Play Trophy:	Most Entertaining Team:
Miroslav Klose	Zinedine Zidane	Gianluigi Buffon	Lukas Podolski	Brazil &  Spain	Portugal

All-star team

Scorers

External links

• Official FIFA World Cup site
• Organizing Committee Site

References and footnotes

1. "Even in losing, Germany a winner". The Miami Herald. 2006-07-10. Retrieved 2006-07-27. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
2. "South African to learn lessons from Germany". The 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany. 2006-07-09. Retrieved 2006-07-27. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
3. "Italy wins World Cup". CBC Sports. 2006-07-09. Retrieved 2006-10-05. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
4. During the World Cup, many of the stadia were known by different names, as FIFA prohibits sponsorship of stadia unless the stadium sponsors were also official FIFA sponsors. For example, Allianz Arena was 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 were removed or covered. These new names are reflected in the table. Some of the stadia also had a lower capacity for the World Cup, as FIFA regulations ban standing room, nonetheless this was accommodated as several stadiums had an UEFA 5-star ranking. Of the twelve hosting stadia, only Zentralstadion in Leipzig is within the boundaries of the former German Democratic Republic (East Germany).
5. Please note that the links to location maps are linked to an external site.
6. Seated capacity. Some stadiums have greater capacity for German league games due to standing room.

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