2006 FIFA World Cup

The 2006 FIFA World Cup was a football (soccer) sporting event that was held in Germany from June 9 to July 9, 2006. 32 teams took part from many countries. Italy won the trophy after beating France in the final on penalties.^[1] Portugal got room place at home.

2006 FIFA World Cup

FIFA Fußball-Weltmeisterschaft Deutschland 2006
Tournament details
Host country	Germany
Dates	9 June – 9 July (31 days)
Teams	32 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)	12 (in 12 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Italy (4th title)
Runners-up	France
Third place	Germany
Fourth place	Portugal
Tournament statistics
Matches played	64
Goals scored	147 (2.3 per match)
Attendance	3,359,439 (52,491 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Miroslav Klose (5 goals)
Best player(s)	Zinedine Zidane
Best young player	Lukas Podolski
Best goalkeeper	Gianluigi Buffon
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Map of competing countries and final standings

Participants

Africa

•  Angola (ANG) • Squad
•  Côte d'Ivoire (CIV) • Squad
•  Ghana (GHA) • Squad
•  Togo (TOG) • Squad
•  Tunisia (TUN) • Squad

Asia

•  Australia (AUS) • Squad
•  Iran (IRN) • Squad
•  Japan (JPN) • Squad
•  South Korea (KOR) • Squad
•  Saudi Arabia (KSA) • Squad

Europe

•  Croatia (CRO) • Squad
•  Czech Republic (CZE) • Squad
•  England (ENG) • Squad
•  France (FRA) • Squad
•  Germany (GER) • Squad
•  Italy (ITA) • Squad
•  Netherlands (NED) • Squad
•  Poland (POL) • Squad
•  Portugal (POR) • Squad
•  Serbia and Montenegro (SCG) • Squad
•  Spain (ESP) • Squad
•  Sweden (SWE) • Squad
•   Switzerland (SUI) • Squad
•  Ukraine (UKR) • Squad

North and Central America

•  Costa Rica (CRC) • Squad
•  Mexico (MEX) • Squad
•  Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) • Squad
•  United States (USA) • Squad

South America

•  Argentina (ARG) • Squad
•  Brazil (BRA) • Squad
•  Ecuador (ECU) • Squad
•  Paraguay (PAR) • Squad

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	GER	CRC	POL	ECU	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Note
1	Germany		4–2	1–0	3–0	3	3	0	0	8	2	+6	9	Advances to Round 2
2	Ecuador	0–3	3–0	2–0		3	2	0	1	5	3	+2	6	Advances to Round 2
3	Poland	0–1	2–1		0–3	3	1	0	2	2	4	–2	3	Eliminated
4	Costa Rica	2–4		1–2	0–3	3	0	0	3	3	9	–6	0	Eliminated

Schedule

Date	Time	Venue		Results		Attendance
Friday, 9 June	18:00	FIFA World Cup Stadium, Munich	Germany	4–2	Costa Rica	66,000
Friday, 9 June	21:00	FIFA World Cup Stadium, Gelsenkirchen	Poland	0–2	Ecuador	52,000
Wednesday, 14 June	21:00	FIFA World Cup Stadium, Dortmund	Germany	1–0	Poland	65,000
Thursday, 15 June	15:00	FIFA World Cup Stadium, Hamburg	Ecuador	3–0	Costa Rica	50,000
Tuesday, 20 June	16:00	Olympiastadion	Ecuador	0–3	Germany	72,000
Tuesday, 20 June	16:00	FIFA World Cup Stadium, Hanover	Costa Rica	1–2	Poland	43,000

Group B

Pos	Team	ENG	SWE	PAR	TRI	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Note
1	England		2–2	1–0	2–0	3	2	1	0	5	2	8	7	Advances to Round 2
2	Sweden	2–2		1–0	0–0	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	5	Advances to Round 2
3	Paraguay	0–1	0–1		2–0	3	1	0	2	2	2	+0	3	Eliminated
4	Trinidad and Tobago	0–2	0–0	0–2		3	0	1	2	0	4	-4	1	Eliminated

Group C

Pos	Team	ARG	NED	CIV	SCG	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Note
1	Argentina		0–0	2–1	6–0	3	2	1	0	8	1	+7	7	Advances to Round 2
2	Netherlands	0–0		2–1	1–0	3	2	1	0	3	1	+2	7	Advances to Round 2
3	Ivory Coast	1–2	1–2		3–2	3	1	0	2	5	6	-1	3	Eliminated
4	Serbia and Montenegro	0–6	0–1	2–3		3	0	0	3	2	10	-8	0	Eliminated

Group D

Pos	Team	POR	MEX	ANG	IRN	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Note
1	Portugal		2–1	1–0	2–0	3	3	0	0	5	1	+4	9	Advances to Round 2
2	Mexico	1–2		0–0	3–1	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	4	Advances to Round 2
3	Angola	0–1	0–0		1–1	3	0	2	1	1	2	-1	2	Eliminated
4	Iran	0–2	1–3	1–1		3	0	1	2	2	6	-4	1	Eliminated

Group E

Pos	Team	ITA	GHA	CZE	USA	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Note
1	Italy		2–0	2–0	1–1	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	7	Advances to Round 2
2	Ghana	0–2		2–0	2–1	3	2	0	1	4	3	+1	6	Advances to Round 2
3	Czech Republic	0–2	0–2		3–0	3	1	0	2	3	4	-1	3	Eliminated
4	United States	1–1	1–2	0–3		3	0	1	2	2	6	-4	1	Eliminated

Group F

Pos	Team	BRA	AUS	CRO	JPN	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Note
1	Brazil		2–0	1–0	4–1	3	3	0	0	7	1	+6	9	Advances to Round 2
2	Australia	0–2		2–2	3–1	3	1	1	1	5	5	+0	4	Advances to Round 2
3	Croatia	0–1	2–2		0–0	3	0	2	1	2	3	-1	2	Eliminated
4	Japan	1–4	1–3	0–0		3	0	1	2	2	7	-5	1	Eliminated

Group G

Pos	Team	SUI	FRA	KOR	TOG	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Note
1	Switzerland		0–0	2–0	2–0	3	2	1	0	4	0	+4	7	Advances to Round 2
2	France	0–0		1–1	2–0	3	1	2	0	3	1	+2	5	Advances to Round 2
3	South Korea	0–2	1–1		2–1	3	1	1	1	3	4	-1	4	Eliminated
4	Togo	0–2	0–2	1–2		3	0	0	3	1	6	+5	0	Eliminated

Group H

Pos	Team	ESP	UKR	TUN	KSA	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Note
1	Spain		4–0	3–1	1–0	3	3	0	0	8	1	+7	9	Advances to Round 2
2	Ukraine	0–4		1–0	4–0	3	2	0	1	5	4	+1	6	Advances to Round 2
3	Tunisia	1–3	0–1		2–2	3	0	1	2	3	6	-3	1	Eliminated
4	Saudi Arabia	0–1	0–4	2–2		3	0	1	2	2	7	-5	1	Eliminated

Knockout stage

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

24 June - Munich

Germany

2

30 June - Berlin

Sweden

0

Germany (pen.)

1 (4)

24 June - Leipzig

Argentina

1 (2)

Argentina (aet)

2

4 July - Dortmund

Mexico

1

Germany

0

26 June - Kaiserslautern

Italy (aet)

2

Italy

1

30 June - Hamburg

Australia

0

Italy

3

26 June - Cologne

Ukraine

0

Switzerland

0 (0)

9 July - Berlin

Ukraine (pen.)

0 (3)

Italy (pen.)

1 (5)

25 June - Stuttgart

France

1 (3)

England

1

1 July - Gelsenkirchen

Ecuador

0

England

0 (1)

25 June - Nuremberg

Portugal (pen.)

0 (3)

Portugal

1

5 July - Munich

Netherlands

0

Portugal

0

27 June - Dortmund

France

1

Third place

Brazil

3

1 July - Frankfurt

8 July - Stuttgart

Ghana

0

Brazil

0

Germany

3

27 June - Hanover

France

1

Portugal

1

Spain

1

France

3

Round of 16

Germany	2-0	Sweden
Podolski  4', 12'

24 June 2006

17:00

Allianz Arena, Munich

Attendance: 66,000

Referee: Carlos Eugenio Simon

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Argentina	2-1 (a.e.t.)	Mexico
Crespo  9' Rodríguez  97'		Márquez  5'

24 June 2006

21:00

Zentralstadion, Leipzig

Attendance: 43,000

Referee: Massimo Busacca

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England	1-0	Ecuador
Beckham  60'

25 June 2006

17:00

Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart

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Portugal	1-0	Netherlands
Maniche  23'

25 June 2006

21:00

Frankenstadion, Nuremberg

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

26 June 2006

17:00

Fritz-Walter-Stadion, Kaiserslautern

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Switzerland	0-0 (a.e.t.)	Ukraine
Penalties
Streller Barnetta Cabanas	0-3	Shevchenko Milevskiy Rebrov Husyev

26 June 2006

21:00

FIFA WM Stadion Köln, Cologne

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Brazil	3-0	Ghana
Ronaldo  5' Adriano  45+1' Zé Roberto  84'

27 June 2006

17:00

FIFA WM Stadion Dortmund, Dortmund

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

27 June 2006

21:00

FIFA WM Stadion Hannover, Hanover

Quarter-finals

Germany	1-1 (a.e.t.)	Argentina
Klose  80'		Ayala  49'
Penalties
Neuville Ballack Podolski Borowski	4-2	Cruz Ayala Rodríguez Cambiasso

30 June 2006

17:00

Olympiastadion, Berlin

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Italy	3-0	Ukraine
Zambrotta  6' Toni  59', 69'

30 June 2006

21:00

FIFA WM Stadion Hamburg, Hamburg

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England	0-0 (a.e.t.)	Portugal
Penalties
Lampard Hargreaves Gerrard Carragher	1-3	Simão Viana Petit Postiga Ronaldo

1 July 2006

17:00

FIFA WM Stadion Gelsenkirchen, Gelsenkirchen

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Brazil	0-1	France
		Henry  57'

1 July 2006

21:00

FIFA WM Stadion Frankfurt, Frankfurt

Semi-finals

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

4 July 2006

21:00

FIFA WM Stadion Dortmund, Dortmund

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Portugal	0-1	France
		Zidane  33' (pen.)

5 July 2006

21:00

FIFA WM Stadion München, Munich

Third place play-off

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

8 July 2006

21:00

Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart

Final

Italy	1-1 (a.e.t.)	France
Materazzi  19'		Zidane  7' (pen.)
Penalties
Pirlo Materazzi De Rossi Del Piero Grosso	5-3	Wiltord Trezeguet Abidal Sagnol

9 July 2006

20:00

Olympiastadion, Berlin

2006 FIFA World Cup Winners
Italy 4th title