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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. Germany defeated Portugal 3–1 to finish third.

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.

Venues

Twelve cities were selected to host World Cup finals matches:

Summary

First Round

In the opening match, Germany and Costa Rica played an entertaining game which ended 4-2 for the host. This match set up the highest scoring opening match in the tournament's history. Germany went to win the Group A after edging Poland and breezing past Ecuador 3-0. Despite the heavy defeat, Ecuador also joined the host in the second round after beating Poland and Costa Rica 2-0 and 3-0, respectively.

In Group B, England and Sweden manage to push Paraguay into third place in Group B after unconvincing victories over the South Americans. Trinidad and Tobago earned some international respect after a tie with Sweden in their opening game and managing to hold England scoreless for 83 minutes.

Argentina and Netherlands dominated Group C, with the two-time world champion topping the group on goal difference after hammering Serbia and Montenegro 6-0 and beating Ivory Coast 2-1 while the Dutch picked up 1-0 and 2-1 victories over Serbia and Montenegro and Ivory Coast, respectively. Les Éléphants defeated the Serbia and Montenegro 3-2 but one win wasn't enough to see them through despite their excellent display during the World Cup journey while the Serbians went out pointless.

Portugal coasted through in Group D, picking up maximum points, with Mexico scraping for second. Iran rued missed chances against Mexico in their opening 1-3 defeat and were up against it after that with their match against Portugal. They fought hard against the Portuguese but went down 2-0. However, they managed a tie in their last game against Angola. The Africans had a respectable tournament after earning draws with Mexico and Iran.

In Group E, Italy went through to the second round due to a tough backline, conceding only a single, own goal in the group phase against the United States. The Americans bowed out of the tournament after dissapointing results against the Czech Republic and Ghana despite high expectation. Ghana joined Italy in the second round after victories over United States and Czech Republic.

Group F included the World Champions Brazil, Croatia, Japan, and Australia. Australia made a remarkable comeback to the World Cup after 32 years as they came from behind to defeat Japan 3-1. Despite losing 0-2 to Brazil, a 2-2 tie with Croatia was enough to give The Socceroos a place in the second round, the first Oceanian team to do so. The Brazilians, although they won all three games, were sluggish and lethargic, only just scraping past supposedly weaker opposition. Croatia and Japan went out of the tournament with neither one able to get a win.

France started slowly in the Group G, only managing a tie against Switzerland and South Korea. However, the team's veterans of the Golden Generation (like Zinedine Zidane, Claude Makélélé and Lilian Thuram), who had come out of retirement for the World Cup, combined with the more youthful talents of Florent Malouda and Franck Ribéry, found their form as they came defeated Togo 2-0 to advance to the knockout round. Les Bleus were joined by Switzerland after defeating South Korea 2-0. One win and a tie was not enough to see the Koreans through to the second phase while Togo, a victim of infighting, went out of the tournament without a point.

Spain dominated Group H, picking up maximum points, scoring 8 goals and conceding only 1. Ukraine, after being beaten by Spain 0-4, took advantage of the weak group draw and beat Saudi Arabia 4-0 and scrapped past Tunisia 1-0 thanks to a 70th minute penalty to reach the second round.

Second Round and Quaterfinals

In the second round, conceding two early goals in the first 12 minutes to Germany effectively ended the Swedes' hopes of progressing to the quarter-finals. Argentina struggled to get past Mexico until a Maxi Rodriguez goal in extra time put the Albiceleste in the quaterfinals. In a highly controversial match, Australia's journey ended when Italians were awarded a controversial penalty deep into the remaining seconds of the match. The Italians had spent much of the game with only ten men on the field, following a red card shown to centre-back Marco Materazzi. In a dull 0-0 match, Switzerland failed to convert any of their three penalties against Ukraine to see them exit the competition with an unwanted new record in becoming the first team to fail to convert any penalties in a shoot-out.

Another series of disappointing matches came when England only managed to get past Ecuador thanks to a David Beckham free kick. Despite winning 3-0 over Ghana, the final scoreboard of Brazil's victory wore a hollow look. However, these matches pailed in comparison to an ugly and physical match between Portugal and Netherlands. Portugal defeated the Netherlands 1-0 in one of the ugliest games in World Cup history. The only goal came courtesy of a Maniche strike in an acrimonious match which marked a World Cup record with 16 yellow cards and 4 players being sent off for a second bookable offense. The only real highlight of the second round came when France came from behind to defeat the highly-favored Spain 3-1 thanks to goals from Franck Ribéry, Patrick Vieira, and Zinedine Zidane.

Despite the interesting drawing in the matches, the quaterfinals generally failed to live up to expectations. Germany and Argentina played an entertaining, yet somewhat cautious match, which ended 1-1 after extra time; the hosts edged out the Argentinians on penalties 4-2 to go through to the semifinals. Another ugly and controversial match came in Gelsenkirchen when England and Portugal faced off. In a match which saw Wayne Rooney being sent off, Portugal drew with England 0-0 but won penalty kicks (3-1) to reach their first World Cup semi-final since the days of Eusébio, 40 years earlier.

Italy breezed past newcomers Ukraine 3-0. However the only entertaining quaterfinal saw France eliminate Brazil 1-0 to advance into the semi-finals. Despite the score, France had thoroughly outplayed Brazil in the match, only facing one shot on goal, while Zidane created numerous scoring chances with his dribbles past Brazilian defenders and his free-kick to Thierry Henry resulting in the winning goal. The game made France the first team to have shut out the Brazil in consecutive matches; Fabien Barthez was the keeper in both matches, giving him the distinction of being the only keeper to have defeated Brazil twice. Les Bleus now have a 2-1-1 all-time record against Brazil in World Cup finals play, having shut the Seleção out in the last three meetings (the 1986 match was decided 4-3 on penalties after a 1-1 draw).

With Argentina and Brazil eliminated in the quarter-finals, an all-European final four happened for only the fourth time (after the 1934, 1966 and 1982 tournaments).

Semifinals, the third-place match, and the final

The semifinal between Germany and Italy produced and entertaining extra time period that went scoreless until the 118 minute when Italy netted in both goals through Fabio Grosso and Alessandro Del Piero, putting an end to the Germans' record of never losing a match in Dortmund and continuing their dominace over the Germans. Following the first goal, the Germans, desperate to level, pushed players further up the field, awarding the Italians with the chance to go two goals up.

In the second semifinal, Portugal lost to France (1-0) at Munich. The Portuguese faced a hostile crowd of English and French fans; as Cristiano Ronaldo was accused of unsportsmanlike behavior. As in the semi-finals of Euro 2000, Portugal was again narrowly defeated by France, with the decisive goal being a penalty scored by Zinedine Zidane. Portugal would go on to lose the third-place match to the hosts, 1-3.

Although the final started with each side scoring within the first 20 minutes, both teams were unable to capitalise on further chances and the score remained at one goal each and the match was forced into extra time. Further controversy in the World Cup 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) 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 tournament was notable for the number of yellow and red cards given out. Players received a record-breaking 345 yellow cards and 28 red cards, with Valentin Ivanov handing out 16 yellow and 4 red cards in the round of 16 match between Portugal and the Netherlands. Portugal had two players suspended for each of the quarter-final and semi-final matches, respectively. FIFA President Sepp Blatter hinted that he may allow some rule changes for future tournaments so that earlier accumulated bookings will not force players to miss the final, should their teams make it that far. The tournament also saw English referee Graham Poll mistakenly hand out three yellow cards to Croatia's Josip Šimunić in their match against Australia.

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. Because of this reasons, the 2006 FIFA World Cup has been highly compared, by fans and media alike, to Italy 1990 and is regarded as one of the poorest World Cups ever.

Squads

Squads for the 2006 World Cup consisted of 23 players, same as the previous edition in 2002. Each national association had to confirm its 23-player squad in May 2006.

Results

All kick-off times local (UTC+1)

First Round

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 match

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. 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).
2. Please note that the links to location maps are linked to an external site.
3. Seated capacity. Some stadiums have greater capacity for German league games due to standing room.

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