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Template:Infobox Football World Cup The 2006 FIFA World Cup began on June 9, 2006 and will end on July 9, 2006 when the final match will determine the champion. The 2006 finals are the eighteenth to be contested. In June 2000, Germany won the right to host the event, beating the bids of Brazil, England, Morocco and South Africa (who will host the 2010 World Cup).

Teams

For details, see 2006 FIFA World Cup (qualification).

Starting with the 2006 Cup, FIFA has changed the qualification rules so that the winner of the previous World Cup has to qualify for the Finals; only the host nation is given an automatic berth. This arrangement is expected to continue into future Cups.

The following teams, shown by region, have qualified for the finals. The number in brackets is the country's seeding for the tournament. This value was decided via two factors:

• The side's performances at the two most recent World Cups (in 1998 and 2002)
• Their standings in the FIFA World Rankings over the last years (2003-2006)

These seedings were only relevant for the selection of the top eight sides, and their allocation of one to each group. Other nations were drawn according to geographical factors. That Serbia and Montenegro were regarded as the fourteenth UEFA qualifier and thus placed in a separate pot in the draw was determined purely on positions in the FIFA rankings in November 2005.

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

Venues

A total of twelve German cities have been selected to host the World Cup. The stadium capacities shown are all seated capacities. Many of the stadiums have higher capacities for German domestic football matches as some of the seats are replaced with terraces. Some of the stadium names are changed for the course of the tournament, as FIFA regulations do not allow sponsors of grounds unless the sponsor is a FIFA sponsor. On the Allianz Arena in Munich even the letters of the company Allianz have to be removed or covered.

Game Calendar

See: 2006 FIFA World Cup calendar

Squads

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

Groups

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, and the three non-European seeded teams: 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 Group E and Group C appeared to be the groups of death in the cup.

Point system

The system of play will be the league system, each team playing one match against each of the other teams in the same group, with three points for a win, one point for a draw and none for a defeat.

Tiebreaking criteria

If teams are even on points at the end of group play, the tied teams will be ranked as follows:

1. Goal difference in all group matches.
2. Greatest number of goals scored in all group matches.
3. Greatest number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned.
4. Goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned.
5. Greater number of goals scored in all group matches between the teams concerned.
6. Drawing of lots by the Organising Committee for the FIFA World Cup™.

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)

Group A

All times local (UTC+2)

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

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

Group B

All times local (UTC+2)

Template:ENGf	1–0 (Report)	Paraguay
Gamarra 3' (OG)

Trinidad and Tobago	0–0 (Report)	Sweden

Thursday 15 June 2006

Tuesday 20 June 2006

Group C

All times local (UTC+2)

Argentina	2–1 (Report)	Côte d'Ivoire
Crespo 24' Saviola 38'		Drogba 82'

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

Friday 16 June 2006

Wednesday 21 June 2006

Group D

All times local (UTC+2)

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

Angola	0 – 1 (Report)	Portugal
		Pauleta 4'

Friday 16 June 2006

Saturday 17 June 2006

Wednesday 21 June 2006

Group E

All times local (UTC+2)

USA	0 – 3 (Report)	Czech Republic
		Koller 5' Rosický 36', 76'

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

Saturday 17 June 2006

Thursday 22 June 2006

Group F

All times local (UTC+2)

Australia	3–1 (Report)	Japan
Cahill 84', 89' Aloisi 92+'		Nakamura 26'

Tuesday 13 June 2006

Sunday 18 June 2006

Thursday 22 June 2006

Group G

All times local (UTC+2)

Tuesday 13 June 2006

Sunday 18 June 2006

Monday 19 June 2006

Friday 23 June 2006

Group H

All times local (UTC+2)

Wednesday 14 June 2006

Monday 19 June 2006

Friday 23 June 2006

Knockout stages

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Round of 16

All times local (UTC+2)

Saturday 24 June 2006

Sunday 25 June 2006

Monday 26 June 2006

Tuesday 27 June 2006

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

Goals scored

Top scorers

The top scorer at the conclusion of the tournament will receive the Adidas Golden Shoe Award. Brazil's Ronaldo won the award at the 2002 World Cup and is the only former winner still active.

2 goals

• Omar Bravo
• Tim Cahill
• Miroslav Klose
• Tomáš Rosický
• Paulo Wanchope

1 goal

• John Aloisi
• Hernán Crespo
• Agustín Delgado
• Didier Drogba
• Torsten Frings
• Yahya Golmohammadi
• Vincenzo Iaquinta
• Jan Koller
• Philipp Lahm
• Antonio Naelson
• Shunsuke Nakamura
• Pauleta
• Andrea Pirlo
• Arjen Robben
• Javier Saviola
• Carlos Tenorio

Own goals

• Carlos Gamarra

Disciplinary record

A player receiving a red card will be immediately ejected from the match and suspended for the next match. Also, any player receiving yellow cards during two group stage matches, or two knockout stage matches must serve an one match suspension for the next game. Yellow cards do not carry over from the group stage to the knockout stages. Additional suspensions may also be handed down at the discretion of FIFA. Note: The "Suspensions" category refers to the match in which the player mentioned will serve his suspension.

By team

By individual

Referees

FIFA has listed 26 referees and 52 assistant referees representing all confederations except OFC for the 2006 event.

Crime concerns

Trafficking of women

Some international human rights groups (like the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), the Nordic Council and Amnesty International) have expressed concern that there will be an increase in the trafficking of women up to and during the World Cup in Germany. According to PACE and Amnesty, 30,000 women and girls might be the object of trafficking for the purposes of forced prostitution during the World Cup. They have called upon the German authorities to monitor sex venues during the World Cup and provide support for the victims of trafficking.

Hooliganism

While the German police have expressed satisfaction in their ability to contain and deal with hooliganism, speculation is rife that a number of potential flashpoints exist which may cause widespread public disorder. With a number of routes into the country, amongst them the open land borders which are a consequence of the Schengen agreement, apprehension of known troublemakers and organisers of disturbances looked to be a very real problem. However, during the World Cup, Germany has suspended its rules, granting passport-free travel to EU citizens. As an illustration of this, on June 8, German police apprehended 9 English hooligans attempting to enter the country via the Czech border. Britain has a particularly stringent policy of restricting foreign travel of known football hooligans during periods where the England team are involved. 3,500 banning orders have been served, and by June 8 all but 150 had surrendered their passports. On June 9 Channel 4 news in the UK reported that although there had been no violence, England fans in Frankfurt had been attempting to smash the windows of the city's 600 year old Römer city hall building although local police decided not to take action over this more minor incident and the staff at the Mayor's office apparently took the attempted vandalism in good humour. There has also been concern over hooligans among the 300,000 Polish fans who are travelling to Germany for the tournament.

Racism

It has been claimed that "foreign-looking" people should not visit some areas in former East Germany , after one newspaper reported that neo-Nazi skinheads are planning violence against foreigners. Germany contains a vocal neo-Nazi minority who have engaged in violent attacks against the country's immigrants, as well as foreign visitors, since the fall of the Berlin Wall and subsequent German reunification. According to German police, neo-Nazi hate crime is on the rise and has increased significantly over the last few months.

Two human rights organizations, the Africa Council, based in Berlin, and the International League of Human Rights have advised black and Asian fans to avoid certain areas of eastern Germany during the World Cup.

The far-right NPD, an organisation which the German government tried unsuccessfully to ban five years ago, had planned to march through Gelsenkirchen on June 10, a day after Ecuador met Poland in the city's new purpose-built stadium. This march had first been banned by the German police, but later been admitted by the Gelsenkirchen Administrative Court. Other far-right marches are planned for Frankfurt and Herne during the competition. The 250 NPD marchers were met by over 5000 demonstrants that had gathered under the motto "Für die bunte Vielfalt, gegen braune Einfalt" ("For multi-coloured variety, against brown single-mindedness"; the colour brown is associated with Neonazi organisations in Germany, referring to the uniforms of the SA) to protest the NPD rally.

In March 2006, FIFA significantly toughened its stance on racism. Professional clubs are subject to the possibility of having three points deducted for a first offence, be it by a fan, player or a team official, and six points for a second offence. Further infractions may lead either to disqualification from tournaments or potentially relegation. At the World Cup, teams can have points deducted for remarks by players and officials. A "Football Against Racism" logo will cover each field's center circle until kickoff at all World Cup matches. Prior to every quarter-final match, the captains will read a "declaration against racism" over the PA system.

The European Union launched a campaign against racism prior to the World Cup. Friso Roscam Abbing, spokesman for the EU Justice and Home Affairs Commissioner indicated that the campaign also targeted prostitution rings and human trafficking.

Computer cracking

FIFA's IT provider Avaya has indicated that it expects, and is prepared for, the denial-of-service attacks which were unsuccessfully launched at the IT network for 2002 FIFA World Cup.

Broadcasting rights

The main broadcasting centre for the World Cup, is based in Munich and is called the International Broadcast Centre.

Miscellaneous

• The opening match of the 2006 FIFA World Cup had the most goals of any opening match in FIFA history, with 6 goals (Germany 4; Costa Rica 2) compared to the next-best 1930 opening match with 5 goals (France 4; Mexico 1). Italy's 7-1 victory over the USA in 1934 was one of 8 simultaneous first round matches on the opening day and as such cannot be considered an opening match.
• The 2006 tournament will feature the most national teams, eight, making their first appearance in the World Cup finals since there were ten first-time participants in the second competition in 1934. The eight national teams making their debut are Angola, Cote d'Ivoire, Czech Republic, Ghana, Serbia & Montenegro, Togo, Trinidad & Tobago, and Ukraine.
• This will be the first World Cup with a team representing a country that has ceased to exist prior to the start of the tournament. Serbia and Montenegro split into Serbia and Montenegro in June 2006. The Serbia and Montenegro footballers will play under a flag no longer displayed in their countries. The team contains only one player born in Montenegro, Dragoslav Jevrić (another Montenegrin, Mirko Vučinić, was forced to return home as a result of an injury.)
• Australia is making its first appearance in 32 years, the longest such drought for any qualifier not making its first appearance.
• According to the May 2006 FIFA World Rankings (the last rankings prior to the start of the tournament), the highest ranked teams to fail to qualify were Denmark and Nigeria (tied for 11th).
• Carlos Gamarra's own goal in the match between Paraguay and England was the fastest own goal in World Cup history, and the 1-0 final score is the only 1-0 final score in World Cup history to have been decided by an own goal. The same match also saw the fastest goalkeeper subsitution; Justo Villar suffered a calf injury in the 8th minute clearing a ball and had to be taken out of the game.
• The vocal group, Il Divo, and R&B singer, Toni Braxton, will sing the official song "A Time of Our Lives" . The official album was released in May 2006 which also included a special version of Shakira's newest hit "Hips Don't Lie".
• The mascots for the competition are the lion Goleo VI and Pille, a talking football.
• The official logo design, The Smiling Faces, incorporates the logo of the 2002 FIFA World Cup: a stylised version of the FIFA World Cup Trophy.
• 2006 FIFA World Cup (video game) is the official computer and video game for the World Cup. As with the previous World Cup game, 2002 FIFA World Cup, it is being published by EA Sports.
• adidas will supply personalized match balls for every match of the tournament. On each of these "Teamgeist" balls the date of the match and the names of the national teams involved will appear. The ball used for the final match will be a special gold colour.
• Hyundai Motor Company will supply 32 brand-new buses for use by the teams. To promote the tournament, a contest was held on the tournament's website. If a fan could supply a good slogan for their favorite team's bus, they would win tickets to the opening match. The 32 winning slogans were announced on May 22, 2006 and can be seen here.
• Spanish is the language of 6 represented countries, more than any other language, including 5 countries where it is the official tongue (Argentina, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Paraguay and Spain), and one (Mexico) where it has de facto official status. This is followed by French, which is an official language in 5 (Côte d'Ivoire, France, Switzerland, Tunisia and Togo). English is the official language of 2 nations (Ghana and Trinidad & Tobago) and the de facto official language of an additional 3 (Australia, England, and the USA) for a total of 5. Portuguese is represented by 3 nations (Angola, Brazil and Portugal). German (Germany and Switzerland), Italian (Italy and Switzerland) and Arabic (Saudi Arabia and Tunisia) are each represented in 2. No other language has official status in more than one qualified nation.

References

1. Draw seedings
2. During the World Cup, many of the stadium 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"). 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, all but one (Leipzig) are in the former West Germany.
3. Please note that the links to location maps are linked to an external site.
4. ^ FIFA official tournament rules (PDF)
5. Guardian article on 'Group of Death'
6. FOX Sports article on 'Group of Death'
7. Amnesty International: Public Statement - "Red card to trafficking during World Cup" (Accessed June 7 2006)
8. Council of Europe: Parliamentery Assembly - "Stop trafficking in women before the FIFA World Cup" (Accessed June 7 2006)
9. "World Cup concerns Nordic Council " (Accessed June 7 2006)
10. Independent Catholic News - "Appeal to stop trafficked women being sold for sex at World Cup" (Accessed June 7 2006)
11. About 300,000 Poles may go to finals, says minister, Reuters, June 6, 2006
12. MSNBC - "Neo-Nazis ready to crash World Cup" (Accessed June 7 2006)
13. The Christian Science Monitor - "Tarnished German image on World Cup eve" (Accessed June 7 2006)
14. USA Today - "Germany to beef up patrols during World Cup" (Accessed June 7 2006)
15. The team representing the Czech Republic is considered distinct from the team which represented Czechoslovakia from 1934-1990 and is thus technically making its first appearance.
16. The team playing as Serbia and Montenegro, however, is considered by FIFA to be the successor to the team which competed under the name Yugoslavia in 1998 (but not the same as the team which competed as Yugoslavia from 1930-1990) and thus is technically making its second appearance. With the breakup of the Serbia and Montenegro confederation in June, 2006, it is unclear whether future teams representing either of the new states of Serbia or Montenegro will be considered by FIFA to be the successor to the football history of Serbia and Montenegro.
17. The team representing Ukraine is considered distinct from the team which represented USSR from 1958-1990 and is thus technically making its first appearance
18. In 1938, the Austrian team qualified for the World Cup finals, but withdrew prior to the tournament when Austria ceased to exist following their annexation by Germany in March of that year.
19. Serbia-Montenegro team playing without a country at the World Cup(Accessed June 8, 2006)
20. FIFA report on official song
21. The other represented languages with official status are: Croatian (Croatia), Czech (Czech Republic), Dutch (Netherlands), Guaraní (Paraguay), Japanese (Japan), Korean (South Korea), Persian (Iran), Polish (Poland), Romansh (Switzerland), Serbian (Serbia and Montenegro), and Ukrainian (Ukraine). Swedish is the de facto official language of Sweden. There are of course numerous other languages spoken in each country without official status.

External links

• Official FIFA World Cup site
• FIFA Schedule in one view
• Liveblogging the events
• World Cup news collector
• Germany's Official World Cup Portal
• Official List of World Cup Stadiums

• Official World Cup Charity
• BBC 2006 World Cup coverage
• World Cup Outcome Prediction
• Template:Wikitravel
• Analysis of 2006 World Cup History and Results
• RTÉ 2006 World Cup Coverage

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