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Template:Infobox Football World Cup

For other World cup events in 2006, see 2006 World Cup (disambiguation)

The 2006 FIFA World Cup is an international football tournament which began on 9 June, 2006 and will end on 9 July, 2006. The final match will determine the World Cup champion. The 2006 finals are the eighteenth to be contested. In June 2000, Germany won the right to host the event, beating bids from Brazil, England, Morocco, and South Africa (who will host the 2010 World Cup).

Match schedule

Teams

For details, see 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification.

Only the host nation is given an automatic berth; all other teams, including the defending champion, had to qualify.

The teams that qualified, by continent, and their seeding, are given below.

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

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 is run as a 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.

The ranking of each team in each group will be 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.

The teams coming first and second in each group qualify for the second round.

These tie-breaking criteria are correct, but were changed from an older version of the rules. As of 20 June 2006, with the tournament 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.

For a more extensive summary of qualification scenarios, see the main articles for each group.

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 the the goal occurred in 'added time'.

For a more extensive summary of qualification scenarios, see the main articles for each group.

Group A

All times local (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 91+'	(Report)

Ecuador	3–0	Costa Rica
C. Tenorio 8' Delgado 54' Kaviedes 92+'	(Report)

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

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

Group B

All times local (UTC+2)

England	1–0	Template:PARf
Gamarra 3' (OG)	(Report)

Trinidad and Tobago	0–0	Template:SWEf
	(Report)

England	2–0	Template:TRIf
Crouch 83' Gerrard 91+'	(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' (OG) Cuevas 86'	(Report)

Group C

(Argentina finished in first place due to superior goal difference.)

All times local (UTC+2)

Argentina	2–1	Côte d'Ivoire
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	Côte d'Ivoire
van Persie 23' van Nistelrooy 27'	(Report)	B. Koné 39'

Netherlands	0–0	Argentina
	(Report)

Côte d'Ivoire	3–2	Serbia and Montenegro
Dindane 37' (pen), 67' Kalou 86' (pen)	(Report)	Žigić 10' Ilić 20'

Group D

All times local (UTC+2)

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' 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

All times local (UTC+2)

USA	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	USA
Gilardino 22'	(Report)	Zaccardo 27' (OG)

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

Ghana	2–1	USA
Dramani 22' Appiah 47+' (pen)	(Report)	Dempsey 43'

Group F

All times local (UTC+2)

Australia	3–1	Japan
Cahill 84', 89' Aloisi 92+'	(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 46+', 81' Juninho 53' Gilberto 59'

Croatia	2–2	Australia
Srna 2' Kovač 57'	(Report)	Moore 38' (pen) Kewell 79'

Group G

All times local (UTC+2)

Korea Republic	2–1	Template:TOGf
Lee Chun-Soo 54' Ahn Jung-Hwan 72'	(Report)	Kader 31'

France	0–0	Template:SUIf
	(Report)

France	1–1	Template:KORf
Henry 9'	(Report)	Park Ji-Sung 81'

Togo	0–2	Template:SUIf
	(Report)	Frei 16' Barnetta 88'

Friday 23 June 2006

Group H

All times local (UTC+2)

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'

Friday 23 June 2006

Knockout stages

From the Group Stage the winner (1st) and runner-up (2nd) positions in each group progress to the Round of 16. Initially, all four teams in each group have an equal chance at both positions, but as the group matches proceed, cumulative results will knock some teams out of contention, and guarantee other teams a place in the next round. When there are three or fewer teams left with a chance at a given place, they are shown in the "Round of 16" column. If a position in the "Round of 16" column is blank, all four teams can still qualify.

For a short summary of the qualification conditions, see below. For a more extensive summary of qualification scenarios, see the main articles for each group. Template:Round16-waiting

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

Individual 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, with 8 goals, and is the only former winner still active. Just Fontaine holds the all-time single-tournament scoring record with 13 goals in the 1958 FIFA World Cup while playing for France.

See also

• 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

References and footnotes

1. During the World Cup, many of the stadiums 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 what was 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. FIFA official tournament rules
5. Guardian article on 'Group of Death'
6. ESPN analysis of Group C, which is dubbed the 'Group of Death'
7. http://www.geocities.com/worldcupspreadsheet/rulechange.html
8. http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/w/gshoe/index.html

External links

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