The 2006
FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup was the 18th
FIFA

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. Teams representing 198 national football
associations from all six populated continents participated in the
qualification process which began in September 2003. Thirty-one teams
qualified from this process, along with the host nation, Germany, for
the finals tournament. It was the second time that
Germany

Germany staged the
competition (the first was in 1974 as West
Germany

Germany and also a re-FIFA
World Cup), and the tenth time that it was held in Europe.
Italy

Italy won the tournament, claiming their fourth World Cup title. They
defeated
France

France 5–3 in a penalty shoot-out in the final, after extra
time had finished in a 1–1 draw.
Germany

Germany defeated
Portugal

Portugal 3–1 to
finish in third place. Angola, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Serbia and
Montenegro, Trinidad and Tobago, and
Togo

Togo made their first appearances
in the finals.
The 2006 World Cup stands as one of the most watched events in
television history, garnering an estimated 26.29 billion
non-unique viewers, compiled over the course of the tournament. The
final attracted an estimated audience of 715.1 million people.[1]
The 2006 World Cup ranks fourth in non-unique viewers, behind the
World Cup in 1994, 2002, and 1990.[2] As the winner,
Italy

Italy represented
the World in the 2009
FIFA

FIFA Confederations Cup.
Contents
1 Host selection
1.1 Bribery and corruption allegations
2 Qualification
2.1 List of qualified teams
3 Venues
3.1 Team base camps
4 Match officials
5 Squads
6 Groups
6.1 Seeds
6.2 Group system
6.2.1 Ranking criteria
7 Finals tournament
7.1 Hosting
7.2 Traditional powers dominate
7.3 Scoring
7.4 Unprecedented number of cards
8 Results
8.1 Group stage
8.1.1 Group A
8.1.2 Group B
8.1.3 Group C
8.1.4 Group D
8.1.5 Group E
8.1.6 Group F
8.1.7 Group G
8.1.8 Group H
8.2 Knockout stage
8.2.1 Round of 16
8.2.2 Quarter-finals
8.2.3 Semi-finals
8.2.4 Third place play-off
8.2.5 Final
9 Statistics
9.1 Goalscorers
9.2 Awards
9.3 All-star team
9.4 Prize money
9.5 Final standings
10 See also
11 References and footnotes
12 External links
Host selection
Main article:
FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup hosts
The vote to choose the hosts of the 2006 tournament was held in July
2000 in Zürich, Switzerland. It involved four bidding nations after
Brazil

Brazil had withdrawn three days earlier: Germany, South Africa,
England

England and Morocco.[3] Three rounds of voting were required, each
round eliminating the nation with the least votes. The first two
rounds were held on 6 July 2000, and the final round was held on 7
July 2000, which
Germany

Germany won over South Africa.
Voting results[4]
Country
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Germany
10
11
12
South Africa
6
11
11
England
5
2
–
Morocco
3
–
–
Bribery and corruption allegations
Accusations of bribery and corruption have marred the success of
Germany's bid from the very beginning. On the very day of the vote, a
hoax bribery affair was made public, leading to calls for a
re-vote.[5] On the night before the vote, German satirical magazine
Titanic sent letters to
FIFA

FIFA representatives, offering joke gifts like
cuckoo clocks and
Black Forest ham

Black Forest ham in exchange for their vote for
Germany. Oceania delegate Charlie Dempsey, who had initially backed
England, had then been instructed to support
South Africa

South Africa following
England's elimination. He abstained, citing "intolerable pressure" on
the eve of the vote.[6] Had Dempsey voted as originally instructed,
the vote would have resulted with a 12–12 tie, and
FIFA

FIFA president
Sepp Blatter, who favoured the South African bid,[7] would have had to
cast the deciding vote.[8]
More irregularities surfaced soon after, including, in the months
leading up to the decision, the sudden interest of German politicians
and major businesses in the four Asian countries whose delegates were
decisive for the vote.[9] Just a week before the vote, the German
government under Chancellor
Gerhard Schröder

Gerhard Schröder lifted their arms
embargo on
Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia and agreed to send grenade launchers to the
country. DaimlerChrysler invested several hundred million Euro in
Hyundai, while one of the sons of the company's founders was a member
of FIFA's executive committee. Both
Volkswagen

Volkswagen and
Bayer
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Bayer announced
investments in
Thailand

Thailand and South Korea, whose respective delegates
Worawi Makudi

Worawi Makudi and Chung Jong-Moon were possible votes for
Germany.[9][10] Makudi additionally received a payment by a company of
German media mogul Leo Kirch, who also paid millions for usually
worthless TV rights for friendly matches of the German team and FC
Bayern Munich.[9][10]
On 16 October 2015, the German news magazine
Der Spiegel

Der Spiegel alleged that
a slush fund with money from then-
Adidas

Adidas CEO
Robert Louis-Dreyfus was
used to influence the vote of four Asian members of the
FIFA

FIFA executive
committee.[11] The sum of 6.7 million Euro was later demanded back by
Dreyfus. In order to retrieve the money, the Organizing Committee paid
an aquivalent sum to the FIFA, allegedly as a German share for the
cost of a closing ceremony, which never materialized.[9] Wolfgang
Niersbach, president of the
German Football Association

German Football Association (DFB), denied
the allegations on 17 October 2015, saying that "the World Cup was not
bought" and that he could "absolutely and categorically rule out the
existence of a slush fund". The DFB announced they would consider
seeking legal action against Der Spiegel.[12] During a press
conference on 22 October 2015, Nierbach repeated his stance,
emphasizing that the 6,7 million were used in 2002 to secure a subsidy
by FIFA.[13] According to Niersbach, the payment had been agreed upon
during a meeting between
Franz Beckenbauer

Franz Beckenbauer and
FIFA

FIFA president Blatter,
with the money being provided by Dreyfus. On the same day, FIFA
contradicted Niersbach's statement, saying: "By our current state of
knowledge, no such payment of 10 million Franks was registered by FIFA
in 2002."[14] The following day, former DFB president Theo Zwanziger
publicly accused Niersbach of lying, saying: "It is evident that there
was a slush fund for the German World Cup application". According to
Zwanziger, the 6.7 million Euros went to Mohamed Bin Hammam, who at
the time was supporting Blatter's campaign for president against Issa
Hayatou.[15]
On 22 March 2016 it was announced that the
FIFA Ethics Committee
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FIFA Ethics Committee was
opening proceedings into the bid.[16][17][18]
Qualification
Main article: 2006
FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup qualification
198 teams attempted to qualify for the 2006 World Cup.[19] Germany,
the host nation, was granted automatic qualification, with the
remaining 31 finals places divided among the continental
confederations. Thirteen places were contested by
UEFA

UEFA teams (Europe),
five by CAF teams (Africa), four by
CONMEBOL
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CONMEBOL teams (South America),
four by AFC teams (Asia), and three by
CONCACAF
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CONCACAF teams (North and
Central America and Caribbean). The remaining two places were decided
by playoffs between AFC and
CONCACAF
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CONCACAF and between
CONMEBOL
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CONMEBOL and OFC
(Oceania).
Eight nations qualified for the finals for the first time: Angola,
Czech Republic, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago,
Ukraine, and Serbia and Montenegro.
Czech Republic

Czech Republic and
Ukraine

Ukraine were
making their first appearance as independent nations, but had
previously been represented as part of
Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakia and the Soviet
Union respectively;
Serbia and Montenegro

Serbia and Montenegro had competed as Yugoslavia
in 1998, as well as making up part of Yugoslav teams from 1930 to
1990. As of 2018, this was the last time Togo, Angola, Czech Republic,
Ukraine

Ukraine and
Trinidad and Tobago

Trinidad and Tobago qualified for a
FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup finals.
Australia

Australia qualified for the first time since 1974. Among the teams who
failed to qualify were 2002 third-placed team Turkey and Euro 2004
winners Greece. Additionally, Belgium failed to qualify for the first
time since 1978, and Cameroon failed to qualify for the first time
since 1986.
France

France had their first successful qualifying campaign
since 1986, as they did not qualify for the 1990 and 1994 World Cups,
in 1998 they were automatically qualified as hosts and in 2002 as
defending champions.
For the first time since the 1982 World Cup, all six confederations
were represented at the finals tournament.
List of qualified teams
The following 32 teams, shown with final pre-tournament rankings,[20]
qualified for the final tournament:
AFC (4)
Iran

Iran (23)
Japan

Japan (18)
Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia (34)
South Korea

South Korea (29)
CAF (5)
Angola

Angola (57)
Ghana

Ghana (48)
Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast (32)
Togo

Togo (61)
Tunisia

Tunisia (21)
CONCACAF
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CONCACAF (4)
Costa Rica
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Costa Rica (26)
Mexico

Mexico (4)
Trinidad and Tobago

Trinidad and Tobago (47)
United States

United States (5)
CONMEBOL
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CONMEBOL (4)
Argentina

Argentina (9)
Brazil

Brazil (1)
Ecuador

Ecuador (39)
Paraguay

Paraguay (33)
OFC (1)
Australia

Australia (42)
UEFA

UEFA (14)
Croatia

Croatia (23)
Czech Republic

Czech Republic (2)
England

England (10)
France

France (8)
Germany

Germany (19) (hosts)
Italy

Italy (13)
Netherlands

Netherlands (3)
Poland

Poland (29)
Portugal

Portugal (7)
Serbia and Montenegro

Serbia and Montenegro (44)
Spain

Spain (5)
Sweden

Sweden (16)
Switzerland

Switzerland (35)
Ukraine

Ukraine (45)
Countries qualified for World Cup
Country failed to qualify
Countries that did not enter World Cup
Country not a
FIFA

FIFA member
Venues
In 2006,
Germany

Germany had a plethora of football stadia that satisfied
FIFA's minimum capacity of 40,000 seats for World Cup matches. The
still-standing Olympiastadion in
Munich

Munich (69,250) was not used even
though FIFA's regulations allow one city to use two stadia;
Düsseldorf's LTU Arena (51,500), Bremen's Weserstadion (43,000) and
Mönchengladbach's
Borussia-Park

Borussia-Park (46,249) were also unemployed during
the tournament.
Twelve stadia were selected to host the World Cup matches. During the
tournament, many of them were known by different names, as FIFA
prohibits sponsorship of stadia unless the stadium sponsors were also
official
FIFA

FIFA sponsors.[21] For example, the
Allianz Arena

Allianz Arena in Munich
was known during the competition as
FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup Stadium,
Munich

Munich (or
in German:
FIFA

FIFA WM-Stadion München), and even the letters of the
company
Allianz

Allianz were removed or covered.[21] Some of the stadia also
had a lower capacity for the World Cup, as
FIFA

FIFA regulations ban
standing room; nonetheless, this was accommodated as several stadia
had an
UEFA

UEFA 5-star ranking. The stadiums in Berlin, Munich, Dortmund
and
Stuttgart

Stuttgart hosted 6 matches each and the other 8 stadiums used
hosted 5 matches each.
Berlin
Dortmund
Munich
Stuttgart
Olympiastadion
Westfalenstadion
(
FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup Stadium, Dortmund)
Allianz

Allianz Arena
(
FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup Stadium, Munich)
Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion
52°30′53″N 13°14′22″E / 52.51472°N 13.23944°E /
52.51472; 13.23944 (Olympiastadion (Berlin))
51°29′33.25″N 7°27′6.63″E / 51.4925694°N
7.4518417°E / 51.4925694; 7.4518417 (Signal Iduna Park)
48°13′7.59″N 11°37′29.11″E / 48.2187750°N
11.6247528°E / 48.2187750; 11.6247528 (
Allianz

Allianz Arena)
48°47′32.17″N 9°13′55.31″E / 48.7922694°N
9.2320306°E / 48.7922694; 9.2320306 (Mercedes-Benz Arena)
Capacity: 72,000[22]
Capacity: 65,000[23]
Capacity: 66,000[24]
Capacity: 52,000[25]
Gelsenkirchen
Berlin
Dortmund
Munich
Stuttgart
Gelsenkirchen
Hamburg
Frankfurt
Cologne
Hanover
Leipzig
Kaiserslautern
Nuremberg
2006
FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup (Germany)
Hamburg
Arena AufSchalke
(
FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup Stadium, Gelsenkirchen)
Volksparkstadion
(
FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup Stadium, Hamburg)
51°33′16.21″N 7°4′3.32″E / 51.5545028°N
7.0675889°E / 51.5545028; 7.0675889 (Arena AufSchalke)
53°35′13.77″N 9°53′55.02″E / 53.5871583°N
9.8986167°E / 53.5871583; 9.8986167 (AOL Arena)
Capacity: 52,000[26]
Capacity: 50,000[27]
Frankfurt
Cologne
Commerzbank-Arena
(
FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup Stadium, Frankfurt)
RheinEnergieStadion
(
FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup Stadium, Cologne)
50°4′6.86″N 8°38′43.65″E / 50.0685722°N
8.6454583°E / 50.0685722; 8.6454583 (Commerzbank Arena)
50°56′0.59″N 6°52′29.99″E / 50.9334972°N
6.8749972°E / 50.9334972; 6.8749972 (RheinEnergie Stadion)
Capacity: 48,000[28]
Capacity: 45,000[29]
Hanover
Leipzig
Kaiserslautern
Nuremberg
Niedersachsenstadion
(
FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup Stadium, Hanover)
Zentralstadion
Fritz-Walter-Stadion
Max-Morlock-Stadion
(Frankenstadion)
52°21′36.24″N 9°43′52.31″E / 52.3600667°N
9.7311972°E / 52.3600667; 9.7311972 (AWD-Arena)
51°20′44.86″N 12°20′53.59″E / 51.3457944°N
12.3482194°E / 51.3457944; 12.3482194 (Zentralstadion)
49°26′4.96″N 7°46′35.24″E / 49.4347111°N
7.7764556°E / 49.4347111; 7.7764556 (Fritz-Walter-Stadion)
49°25′34″N 11°7′33″E / 49.42611°N 11.12583°E /
49.42611; 11.12583 (EasyCredit-Stadion)
Capacity: 43,000[30]
Capacity: 43,000[31]
Capacity: 46,000[32]
Capacity: 41,000[33]
Team base camps
Base camps were used by the 32 national squads to stay and train
before and during the World Cup tournament.
FIFA

FIFA announced the base
camps for each participating team.[34]
National squads' base camps
Team
City
Angola
Celle
Argentina
Herzogenaurach
Australia
Friedrichsruhe
Brazil
Bergisch Gladbach
Costa Rica
Walldorf
Croatia
Bad Brückenau
Czech Republic
Westerburg
Ecuador
Bad Kissingen
England
Baden-Baden
France
Aerzen
Germany
Berlin
Ghana
Würzburg
Iran
Friedrichshafen
Italy
Duisburg
Ivory Coast
Niederkassel
Japan
Bonn
Team
City
Mexico
Göttingen
Netherlands
Hinterzarten
Paraguay
Oberhaching
Poland
Barsinghausen
Portugal
Marienfeld
Saudi Arabia
Bad Nauheim
Serbia and Montenegro
Billerbeck
Spain
Kamen
South Korea
Bergisch Gladbach
Sweden
Bremen
Switzerland
Bad Bertrich
Togo
Wangen im Allgäu
Trinidad and Tobago
Rotenburg an der Wümme
Tunisia
Schweinfurt
Ukraine
Potsdam
United States
Hamburg
Match officials
Confederation
Referee
Assistants
AFC
Toru Kamikawa (Japan)
Yoshikazu Hiroshima (Japan)
Kim Dae-Young (South Korea)
Shamsul Maidin (Singapore)
Prachya Permpanich (Thailand)
Eisa Ghoulom (United Arab Emirates)
CAF
Coffi Codjia (Benin)
Aboudou Aderodjou (Benin)
Célestin Ntagungira (Rwanda)
Essam Abd El Fatah (Egypt)
Dramane Dante (Mali)
Mamadou N'Doye (Senegal)
CONCACAF
Benito Archundia (Mexico)
José Ramírez (Mexico)
Héctor Vergara (Canada)
Marco Rodríguez (Mexico)
José Luis Camargo (Mexico)
Leonel Leal (Costa Rica)
CONMEBOL
Horacio Elizondo (Argentina)
Darío García (Argentina)
Rodolfo Otero (Argentina)
Carlos Simon (Brazil)
Aristeu Tavares (Brazil)
Ednílson Corona (Brazil)
Óscar Ruiz

Óscar Ruiz (Colombia)
José Navia (Colombia)
Fernando Tamayo (Ecuador)
Carlos Amarilla

Carlos Amarilla (Paraguay)
Amelio Andino (Paraguay)
Manuel Bernal (Paraguay)
Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay)
Wálter Rial (Uruguay)
Pablo Fandiño (Uruguay)
OFC
Mark Shield (Australia)
Nathan Gibson (Australia)
Ben Wilson (Australia)
UEFA
Frank De Bleeckere

Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)
Peter Hermans (Belgium)
Walter Vromans (Belgium)
Graham Poll

Graham Poll (England)
Philip Sharp (England)
Glenn Turner (England)
Éric Poulat (France)
Lionel Dagorne (France)
Vincent Texier (France)
Markus Merk

Markus Merk (Germany)
Jan-Hendrik Salver (Germany)
Christian Schraer (Germany)
Roberto Rosetti

Roberto Rosetti (Italy)
Alessandro Stagnelli (Italy)
Cristiano Copelli (Italy)
Valentin Ivanov (Russia)
Nikolay Golubev (Russia)
Evgueni Volnin (Russia)
Ľuboš Micheľ

Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)
Roman Slyško (Slovakia)
Martin Balko (Slovakia)
Luis Medina Cantalejo

Luis Medina Cantalejo (Spain)
Victoriano Giraldez Carrasco (Spain)
Pedro Medina Hernández (Spain)
Massimo Busacca
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Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)
Francesco Buragina (Switzerland)
Matthias Arnet (Switzerland)
Squads
Further information: 2006
FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup squads
Squads for the 2006 World Cup consisted of 23 players, as in the
previous tournament in 2002. Each participating national association
had to confirm its 23-player squad by 15 May 2006.[35]
Groups
Seeds
Further information: 2006
FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup seeding
The eight seeded teams for the 2006 tournament were announced on 6
December 2005. The seeds comprised 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 teams, excluding Serbia
and Montenegro. Pot D contained unseeded teams 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.[36]
In the special pot,
Serbia and Montenegro

Serbia and Montenegro was drawn first, then their
group was drawn from the three seeded non-European nations, Argentina,
Brazil, and Mexico.
It had been predetermined that, as the host,
Germany

Germany would be placed
in Group A, thus being assured of the venues of their group matches in
advance of the draw.
FIFA

FIFA had also announced in advance that Brazil
(the defending champion) would be allocated to Group F.
Pot A
Pot B
Pot C
Pot D
Special

Special Pot
Argentina
Brazil
England
France
Germany
Italy
Mexico
Spain
Angola
Australia
Ecuador
Ghana
Ivory Coast
Paraguay
Togo
Tunisia
Croatia
Czech Republic
Netherlands
Poland
Portugal
Sweden
Switzerland
Ukraine
Costa Rica
Iran
Japan
Saudi Arabia
South Korea
Trinidad and Tobago
United States
Serbia and Montenegro
On 9 December 2005 the draw was held, and the group assignments and
order of matches were determined. After the draw was completed,
commentators remarked that Group C appeared to be the group of death,
while others suggested Group E.[37][38]
Argentina

Argentina and the Netherlands
both qualified with a game to spare with wins over
Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast and
Serbia and Montenegro

Serbia and Montenegro respectively.
Group system
The first round, or group stage, saw the thirty-two teams divided into
eight groups of four teams. Each group was a round-robin of three
games, where each team played one match against each of the other
teams in the same group. Teams were awarded three points for a win,
one point for a draw and none for a defeat. The teams coming first and
second in each group qualified for the Round of 16.
Ranking criteria
If teams were level on points, they were ranked on the following
criteria in order:
Greatest total goal difference in the three group matches
Greatest number of goals scored in the three group matches
If teams remained level after those criteria, a mini-group would be
formed from those teams, who would be ranked on:
Most points earned in matches against other teams in the tie
Greatest goal difference in matches against other teams in the tie
Greatest number of goals scored in matches against other teams in the
tie
If teams remained level after all these criteria,
FIFA

FIFA would hold a
drawing of lots
In the original version of the rules for the final tournament, the
ranking criteria were in a different order, with head-to-head results
taking precedence over total goal difference. The rules were changed
to the above in advance of the tournament, but older versions were
still available on the
FIFA

FIFA and
UEFA

UEFA websites, causing some confusion
among those trying to identify the correct criteria.[39] In any event,
the final tournament saw only two pairs of teams level on points:
Argentina

Argentina and the
Netherlands

Netherlands at 7 points in Group C;
Tunisia

Tunisia and
Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia at 1 point in Group H. Both of these ties were resolved
on total goal difference. Also, in both cases the teams had tied their
match, so the order of ranking criteria made no difference.
Finals tournament
2006
FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup opening ceremony in Munich
The finals tournament of the 2006 World Cup began on 9 June. The
32 teams were divided into eight groups of four teams each,
within which the teams competed in a round-robin tournament to
determine which two of those four teams would advance to the
sixteen-team knock-out stage, which started on 24 June. In total,
64 games were played.
Hosting
Although
Germany

Germany failed to win the Cup, the tournament was considered
a great success for
Germany

Germany in general.
Germany

Germany also experienced a
sudden increase in patriotic spirit with flag waving, traditionally
frowned upon by German society since World War II, whenever the German
team played.[40] For the closing ceremonies, Matthias Keller composed
a work performed simultaneously by the
Munich

Munich Philharmonic Orchestra,
the
Bavarian State Orchestra

Bavarian State Orchestra and the
Bavarian Radio Orchestra with
conductors Christian Thielemann, Zubin Mehta, and Mariss Jansons, and
soloists Diana Damrau,
Plácido Domingo

Plácido Domingo and Lang Lang.
Traditional powers dominate
Despite early success by Australia,
Ecuador

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

Euro 2004 runners-up
Portugal

Portugal as the only relative outsiders.[41]
Argentina

Argentina and
Brazil

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).
Scoring
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, which 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. No player managed to score a hat-trick in this
tournament. Italy, Germany, Argentina,
Brazil

Brazil and
France

France were the only
teams to score more than one goal in a knockout match.
Germany

Germany was one
of the exceptions, tending to play an attacking style of football
throughout the knock-out stage, which was reflected by the fact that
they scored the most number of goals (14), with players from all three
outfield positions (defence, midfield and forward) making the
scoresheet.
Germany's
Miroslav Klose

Miroslav Klose scored five 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 the
team, tying France's record in 1982 for the most goalscorers from any
one team.
For the first time ever in the
FIFA

FIFA World Cup, the first and last
goals of the tournament were scored by defenders. Philipp Lahm, the
German left wingback, scored the opener against
Costa Rica
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Costa Rica after only
5 minutes of the opening match. In the final, Marco Materazzi,
the Italian centre back, out-jumped
Patrick Vieira

Patrick Vieira and headed in the
last goal of the 2006
FIFA

FIFA World Cup.
Unprecedented number of cards
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FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup disciplinary record
The tournament had a record number of yellow and red cards, breaking
the previous record set by the 1998 World Cup. Players received a
record-breaking 345 yellow cards and 28 red cards, with
Russian referee Valentin Ivanov handing out 16 yellow and
4 red cards in the round of 16 match between
Portugal

Portugal and the
Netherlands, in a match known as the Battle of Nuremberg.
Portugal

Portugal had
two players suspended for each of the quarter-final and semi-final
matches, respectively.
FIFA

FIFA President
Sepp Blatter

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

Graham Poll mistakenly hand out three yellow cards to Croatia's Josip
Šimunić in their match against Australia.
The high number of yellow and red cards shown also prompted discussion
about the referees.
FIFA

FIFA Officials and President
Sepp Blatter

Sepp Blatter received
criticism for allegedly making rules too rigid and taking discretion
away from referees.[42]
Results
Group stage
Champion
Runner-up
Third place
Fourth place
Quarter-finals
Round of 16
Group stage
All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2).
In the following tables:
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)
Pts = total points accumulated
Group A
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FIFA World Cup Group A
In the opening match of the tournament,
Germany

Germany and
Costa Rica
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Costa Rica played
a game which ended 4–2 for the host in the highest scoring opening
match in the tournament's history.
Germany

Germany went on to win the Group A
after edging
Poland

Poland and breezing past
Ecuador

Ecuador 3–0. Despite the
defeat,
Ecuador

Ecuador had already joined the host in the Round of 16 having
beaten
Poland

Poland and
Costa Rica
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Costa Rica 2–0 and 3–0, respectively.
Pos
Team
[
v
t
e
]
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification
1
Germany

Germany (H)
3
3
0
0
8
2
+6
9
Advance to knockout stage
2
Ecuador
3
2
0
1
5
3
+2
6
3
Poland
3
1
0
2
2
4
−2
3
4
Costa Rica
3
0
0
3
3
9
−6
0
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria
(H) Host.
9 June 2006
Germany
4–2
Costa Rica
Allianz

Allianz Arena, Munich
Poland
0–2
Ecuador
Arena AufSchalke, Gelsenkirchen
14 June 2006
Germany
1–0
Poland
Signal Iduna Park, Dortmund
15 June 2006
Ecuador
3–0
Costa Rica
AOL Arena, Hamburg
20 June 2006
Ecuador
0–3
Germany
Olympiastadion, Berlin
Costa Rica
1–2
Poland
AWD-Arena, Hanover
Group B
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FIFA World Cup Group B
In Group B,
England

England and
Sweden

Sweden pushed
Paraguay

Paraguay into third place after
narrow victories over the South Americans.
Trinidad and Tobago

Trinidad and Tobago earned
some international respect after a draw with
Sweden

Sweden in their opening
game and managing to hold
England

England scoreless for 83 minutes, until
goals from
Peter Crouch

Peter Crouch and
Steven Gerrard

Steven Gerrard sealed a 2–0 win for the
Three Lions.
Sweden

Sweden qualified for the knockout rounds after drawing
2–2 with
England

England to maintain their 38-year unbeaten record against
them.
Pos
Team
[
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Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification
1
England
3
2
1
0
5
2
+3
7
Advance to knockout stage
2
Sweden
3
1
2
0
3
2
+1
5
3
Paraguay
3
1
0
2
2
2
0
3
4
Trinidad and Tobago
3
0
1
2
0
4
−4
1
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria
10 June 2006
England
1–0
Paraguay
Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt
Trinidad and Tobago
0–0
Sweden
Signal Iduna Park, Dortmund
15 June 2006
England
2–0
Trinidad and Tobago
EasyCredit-Stadion, Nuremberg
Sweden
1–0
Paraguay
Olympiastadion, Berlin
20 June 2006
Sweden
2–2
England
RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne
Paraguay
2–0
Trinidad and Tobago
Fritz-Walter-Stadion, Kaiserslautern
Group C
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FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup Group C
Both
Argentina

Argentina and
Netherlands

Netherlands qualified from Group C with a game
remaining,
Argentina

Argentina topping the group on goal difference having
hammered
Serbia and Montenegro

Serbia and Montenegro 6–0 and beating
Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast 2–1.
The Dutch picked up 1–0 and 2–1 victories over Serbia and
Montenegro and Ivory Coast, respectively.
Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast defeated Serbia
and Montenegro 3–2 in their final game, in Serbia & Montenegro's
last ever international before the break-up of the country.
Pos
Team
[
v
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e
]
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification
1
Argentina
3
2
1
0
8
1
+7
7
Advance to knockout stage
2
Netherlands
3
2
1
0
3
1
+2
7
3
Ivory Coast
3
1
0
2
5
6
−1
3
4
Serbia and Montenegro
3
0
0
3
2
10
−8
0
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria
10 June 2006
Argentina
2–1
Ivory Coast
AOL Arena, Hamburg
11 June 2006
Serbia and Montenegro
0–1
Netherlands
Zentralstadion, Leipzig
16 June 2006
Argentina
6–0
Serbia and Montenegro
Arena AufSchalke, Gelsenkirchen
Netherlands
2–1
Ivory Coast
Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart
21 June 2006
Netherlands
0–0
Argentina
Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt
Ivory Coast
3–2
Serbia and Montenegro
Allianz

Allianz Arena, Munich
Group D
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FIFA World Cup Group D
Portugal

Portugal coasted through in Group D, picking up the maximum number of
points, with
Mexico

Mexico qualifying in second.
Iran

Iran missed chances against
Mexico

Mexico in their opening 1–3 defeat and were eliminated in their
match against Portugal. They fought hard against the Portuguese, but
went down 2–0. Their last game against
Angola

Angola ended in 1–1 draw.
The Africans had a respectable first World Cup tournament after
earning draws with
Mexico

Mexico (0–0) and Iran.
Pos
Team
[
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e
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Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification
1
Portugal
3
3
0
0
5
1
+4
9
Advance to knockout stage
2
Mexico
3
1
1
1
4
3
+1
4
3
Angola
3
0
2
1
1
2
−1
2
4
Iran
3
0
1
2
2
6
−4
1
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria
11 June 2006
Mexico
3–1
Iran
EasyCredit-Stadion, Nuremberg
Angola
0–1
Portugal
RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne
16 June 2006
Mexico
0–0
Angola
AWD-Arena, Hanover
17 June 2006
Portugal
2–0
Iran
Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt
21 June 2006
Portugal
2–1
Mexico
Arena AufSchalke, Gelsenkirchen
Iran
1–1
Angola
Zentralstadion, Leipzig
Group E
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FIFA World Cup Group E
In Group E,
Italy

Italy went through to the Round of 16 conceding just one
goal (an own goal) in the group phase against the United States. The
US bowed out of the tournament after disappointing results against the
Czech Republic

Czech Republic and Ghana, 0–3 and 1–2, respectively, despite a
1–1 draw (finishing with 9 vs 10 men) against Italy. Tournament
debutant
Ghana

Ghana joined
Italy

Italy in the round of 16, following victories
over the
Czech Republic

Czech Republic and the United States.
Daniele De Rossi

Daniele De Rossi was
suspended for 4 games following his sending-off against the United
States.
Pos
Team
[
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e
]
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification
1
Italy
3
2
1
0
5
1
+4
7
Advance to knockout stage
2
Ghana
3
2
0
1
4
3
+1
6
3
Czech Republic
3
1
0
2
3
4
−1
3
4
United States
3
0
1
2
2
6
−4
1
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria
12 June 2006
United States
0–3
Czech Republic
Arena AufSchalke, Gelsenkirchen
Italy
2–0
Ghana
AWD-Arena, Hanover
17 June 2006
Czech Republic
0–2
Ghana
RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne
Italy
1–1
United States
Fritz-Walter-Stadion, Kaiserslautern
22 June 2006
Czech Republic
0–2
Italy
AOL Arena, Hamburg
Ghana
2–1
United States
EasyCredit-Stadion, Nuremberg
Group F
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FIFA World Cup Group F
Group F included the reigning World Champions Brazil, Croatia, Japan,
and Australia. Playing in their first World Cup for 32 years,
Australia

Australia came from behind to defeat
Japan

Japan 3–1, and, despite losing
0–2 to Brazil, a 2–2 draw with
Croatia

Croatia was enough to give the
Australians a place in the Round of 16 in a game where two players
were sent-off for second bookings and one, erroneously, for a third
booking by English referee Graham Poll. The Brazilians won all three
games to qualify first in the group. Their 1–0 win against Croatia
was through a goal late in the first-half by Kaká.
Croatia

Croatia and Japan
went out of the tournament without a single win.
Pos
Team
[
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e
]
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification
1
Brazil
3
3
0
0
7
1
+6
9
Advance to knockout stage
2
Australia
3
1
1
1
5
5
0
4
3
Croatia
3
0
2
1
2
3
−1
2
4
Japan
3
0
1
2
2
7
−5
1
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria
12 June 2006
Australia
3–1
Japan
Fritz-Walter-Stadion, Kaiserslautern
13 June 2006
Brazil
1–0
Croatia
Olympiastadion, Berlin
18 June 2006
Japan
0–0
Croatia
EasyCredit-Stadion, Nuremberg
Brazil
2–0
Australia
Allianz

Allianz Arena, Munich
22 June 2006
Japan
1–4
Brazil
Signal Iduna Park, Dortmund
Croatia
2–2
Australia
Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart
Group G
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FIFA World Cup Group G
France

France only managed a scoreless draw against
Switzerland

Switzerland and a 1–1
draw against South Korea. With captain
Zinedine Zidane

Zinedine Zidane suspended,
their 2–0 win against
Togo

Togo was enough for them to advance to the
knockout round. They were joined by the group winners, Switzerland,
who defeated
South Korea

South Korea 2–0, and did not concede a goal in the
tournament.
South Korea

South Korea won their first World Cup finals match outside
their own country in defeating Togo, but four points were not enough
to see them through to the round of 16 (the only team for which this
was the case), while
Togo

Togo exited without a point.
Pos
Team
[
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e
]
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification
1
Switzerland
3
2
1
0
4
0
+4
7
Advance to knockout stage
2
France
3
1
2
0
3
1
+2
5
3
South Korea
3
1
1
1
3
4
−1
4
4
Togo
3
0
0
3
1
6
−5
0
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria
13 June 2006
South Korea
2–1
Togo
Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt
France
0–0
Switzerland
Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart
18 June 2006
France
1–1
South Korea
Zentralstadion, Leipzig
19 June 2006
Togo
0–2
Switzerland
Signal Iduna Park, Dortmund
23 June 2006
Togo
0–2
France
RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne
Switzerland
2–0
South Korea
AWD-Arena, Hanover
Group H
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FIFA World Cup Group H
Spain

Spain dominated Group H, picking up the maximum number of points,
scoring 8 goals, and conceding only 1. Ukraine, despite being beaten
4–0 by
Spain

Spain in their first World Cup game, took advantage of the
weaker opponents to beat
Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia 4–0 and scrape past Tunisia
1–0 thanks to a 70th-minute penalty by Andriy Shevchenko, to reach
the Round of 16.
Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia and
Tunisia

Tunisia went out of the tournament
having 1 point each, thanks to a 2–2 draw against each other.
Pos
Team
[
v
t
e
]
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification
1
Spain
3
3
0
0
8
1
+7
9
Advance to knockout stage
2
Ukraine
3
2
0
1
5
4
+1
6
3
Tunisia
3
0
1
2
3
6
−3
1
4
Saudi Arabia
3
0
1
2
2
7
−5
1
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria
14 June 2006
Spain
4–0
Ukraine
Zentralstadion, Leipzig
Tunisia
2–2
Saudi Arabia
Allianz

Allianz Arena, Munich
19 June 2006
Saudi Arabia
0–4
Ukraine
AOL Arena, Hamburg
Spain
3–1
Tunisia
Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart
23 June 2006
Saudi Arabia
0–1
Spain
Fritz-Walter-Stadion, Kaiserslautern
Ukraine
1–0
Tunisia
Olympiastadion, Berlin
Knockout stage
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FIFA World Cup knockout stage
The knockout stage involved the sixteen teams that qualified from the
group stage of the tournament. There were four rounds of matches, with
each round eliminating half of the teams entering that round. The
successive rounds were: round of 16, quarter-finals, semi-finals, and
final. There was also a play-off to decide third/fourth place. For
each game in the knockout stage, a draw was followed by thirty minutes
of extra time (two 15-minute halves); if scores were still level there
would be a penalty shoot-out (at least five penalties each, and more
if necessary) to determine who progressed to the next round. Scores
after extra time are indicated by (aet), and penalty shoot-outs are
indicated by (pen.).
Round of 16
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
24 June – Munich
Germany
2
30 June – Berlin
Sweden
0
Germany

Germany (pen.)
1 (4)
24 June – Leipzig
Argentina
1 (2)
Argentina

Argentina (a.e.t.)
2
4 July – Dortmund
Mexico
1
Germany
0
26 June – Kaiserslautern
Italy

Italy (a.e.t.)
2
Italy
1
30 June – Hamburg
Australia
0
Italy
3
26 June – Cologne
Ukraine
0
Switzerland
0 (0)
9 July – Berlin
Ukraine

Ukraine (pen.)
0 (3)
Italy

Italy (pen.)
1 (5)
25 June – Stuttgart
France
1 (3)
England
1
1 July – Gelsenkirchen
Ecuador
0
England
0 (1)
25 June – Nuremberg
Portugal

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
In the second round, conceding two early goals in the first twelve
minutes to
Germany

Germany effectively ended the Swedes' hopes of progressing
to the quarter-finals.
Argentina

Argentina struggled to get past
Mexico

Mexico until a
Maxi Rodríguez

Maxi Rodríguez goal in extra time put the Albiceleste in the
quarter-finals. Australia's journey ended when Italians were awarded a
controversial penalty, scored by Francesco Totti, deep into the
remaining seconds of the match. The Italians had spent much of the
game with only ten men on the field, following an equally
controversial red card shown to centre back Marco Materazzi. In a
0–0 match,
Switzerland

Switzerland failed to convert any of their three
penalties in the penalty shoot-out against
Ukraine

Ukraine to see them exit
the competition with an unwanted new record in becoming the first team
in a World Cup to fail to convert any penalties in a shootout. Their
elimination also meant that they became the first nation to be
eliminated from the World Cup without conceding any goals (and indeed
the only nation ever to participate in a World Cup finals tournament
without conceding a goal).
England

England struggled against
Ecuador

Ecuador but won 1–0 thanks to a David
Beckham free kick.
Brazil

Brazil won 3–0 against Ghana, in a game which
included Ronaldo's record 15th World Cup goal.
Der Spiegel

Der Spiegel reported
that the match may have been influenced by an Asian betting
syndicate.[43]
Portugal

Portugal defeated the
Netherlands

Netherlands 1–0. The only goal
came courtesy of a
Maniche

Maniche strike in an acrimonious match, which
marked a new World Cup record with 16 yellow cards (Portugal: 9,
the Netherlands: 7) and 4 players being sent off for a second
bookable offence.
France

France came from behind to defeat
Spain

Spain 3–1 thanks
to goals from Franck Ribéry, Patrick Vieira, and Zinedine Zidane.
24 June 200617:00
Germany
2–0
Sweden
Podolski 4', 12'
Report
FIFA

FIFA WM Stadion München, Munich
Attendance: 66,000
Referee: Carlos Simon (Brazil)
24 June 200621:00
Argentina
2–1 (a.e.t.)
Mexico
Crespo 10'
Rodríguez 98'
Report
Márquez 6'
Zentralstadion, Leipzig
Attendance: 43,000
Referee:
Massimo Busacca
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Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)
25 June 200617:00
England
1–0
Ecuador
Beckham 60'
Report
Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart
Attendance: 52,000
Referee:
Frank De Bleeckere

Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)
25 June 200621:00
Portugal
1–0
Netherlands
Maniche

Maniche 23'
Report
Frankenstadion, Nuremberg
Attendance: 41,000
Referee: Valentin Ivanov (Russia)
26 June 200617:00
Italy
1–0
Australia
Totti 90+5' (pen.)
Report
Fritz-Walter-Stadion, Kaiserslautern
Attendance: 46,000
Referee:
Luis Medina Cantalejo

Luis Medina Cantalejo (Spain)
26 June 200621:00
Switzerland
0–0 (a.e.t.)
Ukraine
Report
Penalties
Streller
Barnetta
Cabanas
0–3
Shevchenko
Milevskiy
Rebrov
Husyev
FIFA

FIFA WM Stadion Köln, Cologne
Attendance: 45,000
Referee:
Benito Archundia (Mexico)
27 June 200617:00
Brazil
3–0
Ghana
Ronaldo 5'
Adriano 45+1'
Zé Roberto

Zé Roberto 84'
Report
FIFA

FIFA WM Stadion Dortmund, Dortmund
Attendance: 65,000
Referee:
Ľuboš Micheľ

Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)
27 June 200621:00
Spain
1–3
France
Villa 28' (pen.)
Report
Ribéry 41'
Vieira 83'
Zidane 90+2'
AWD-Arena, Hanover
Attendance: 43,000
Referee:
Roberto Rosetti

Roberto Rosetti (Italy)
Quarter-finals
Germany

Germany and
Argentina

Argentina ended 1–1 after extra time; the hosts edged
out the Argentinians 4–2 on penalties to go through to the
semifinals (this was the first time
Argentina

Argentina had lost a World Cup
penalty shootout: up until this match, both
Argentina

Argentina and
Germany

Germany had
participated in three penalty shootouts, winning all of them). In
Gelsenkirchen, when
England

England faced Portugal,
Wayne Rooney

Wayne Rooney was sent off,
and
Portugal

Portugal won the penalty shoot-out 3–1 after a 0–0 draw to
reach their first World Cup semi-final since the days of
Eusébio
.jpg/440px-Eusebio_(1963).jpg)
Eusébio 40
years earlier, and ensure manager Luiz Felipe Scolari's third
consecutive tournament quarter-final win over Sven-Göran Eriksson's
England.
Italy

Italy defeated quarter-final debutants
Ukraine

Ukraine 3–0. France
eliminated
Brazil

Brazil 1–0 to advance into the semi-finals.
Brazil

Brazil only
managed one shot on goal, while Zinedine Zidane's dribbling earned him
Man of the Match and his free-kick to
Thierry Henry

Thierry Henry resulted in the
winning goal.
30 June 200617:00
Germany
1–1 (a.e.t.)
Argentina
Klose 80'
Report
Ayala 49'
Penalties
Neuville
Ballack
Podolski
Borowski
4–2
Cruz
Ayala
Rodríguez
Cambiasso
Olympiastadion, Berlin
Attendance: 72,000
Referee:
Ľuboš Micheľ

Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)
30 June 200621:00
Italy
3–0
Ukraine
Zambrotta 6'
Toni 59', 69'
Report
FIFA

FIFA WM Stadion Hamburg, Hamburg
Attendance: 50,000
Referee:
Frank De Bleeckere

Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)
1 July 200617:00
England
0–0 (a.e.t.)
Portugal
Report
Penalties
Lampard
Hargreaves
Gerrard
Carragher
1–3
Simão
Viana
Petit
Postiga
Ronaldo
Arena AufSchalke, Gelsenkirchen
Attendance: 52,000
Referee:
Horacio Elizondo (Argentina)
1 July 200621:00
Brazil
0–1
France
Report
Henry 57'
Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt
Attendance: 48,000
Referee:
Luis Medina Cantalejo

Luis Medina Cantalejo (Spain)
Semi-finals
With
Argentina

Argentina and
Brazil

Brazil eliminated in the quarter-finals, an
all-European semi-final line up was completed for only the fourth time
(after the 1934, 1966 and 1982 tournaments).
The semi-final between
Germany

Germany and
Italy

Italy produced an extra time period
that went scoreless until the 118th minute, when
Italy

Italy scored twice
through
Fabio Grosso

Fabio Grosso and Alessandro Del Piero, putting an end to
Germany's undefeated record in Dortmund. With this win, Italy
continued their dominance over Germany.
In the second semi-final,
Portugal

Portugal lost to
France

France 1–0 in Munich. In
a repeat of the Euro 1984 and Euro 2000 semi-finals,
Portugal

Portugal were
defeated by France, with the decisive goal being a penalty scored by
France

France captain Zinedine Zidane.
4 July 200621:00
Germany
0–2 (a.e.t.)
Italy
Report
Grosso 119'
Del Piero 120+1'
FIFA

FIFA WM Stadion Dortmund, Dortmund
Attendance: 65,000
Referee:
Benito Archundia (Mexico)
5 July 200621:00
Portugal
0–1
France
Report
Zidane 33' (pen.)
FIFA

FIFA WM Stadion München, Munich
Attendance: 66,000
Referee:
Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay)
Third place play-off
The hosts got three goals in 20 minutes in the second half with
the help of 21-year-old left midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger. His
first goal beat the Portuguese goalkeeper Ricardo with pace over his
head. Only 4 minutes later, Schweinsteiger's free kick
30 metres from the left of the penalty box, driven low across
goal, was connected with Petit's knee to become an own goal for
Portugal. The German did not stop, and netted his second goal, which
swerved away to the keeper's left, in the 78th minute.
Portugal

Portugal were strong in possession but lacked punch in attack; unable
to convert 57% possession into goals.
Pauleta

Pauleta had two clear chances
from 15 metres, but both times hit tame shots that did not trouble
keeper Oliver Kahn, who was playing in his last match for the German
national team.
Portugal

Portugal got a consolation goal with the help of
substitute
Luís Figo

Luís Figo (also playing the final international game of
his career), who almost immediately provided the precise distribution
needed to unlock the German defence. A cross from the right wing on 88
minutes found fellow substitute
Nuno Gomes
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Nuno Gomes at the far post, who dived
in for the goal. The game ended 3–1, a result which gave the
tournament hosts the bronze medals and left
Portugal

Portugal in fourth place.
8 July 200621:00
Germany
3–1
Portugal
Schweinsteiger 56', 78'
Petit 60' (o.g.)
Report
Nuno Gomes
.jpg/600px-Nuno_Gomes_(1388215345).jpg)
Nuno Gomes 88'
Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart
Attendance: 52,000
Referee:
Toru Kamikawa (Japan)
Final
Main article: 2006
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FIFA World Cup Final
The final started with each side scoring within the first
20 minutes.
Zinedine Zidane

Zinedine Zidane opened the scoring by converting a
controversial seventh-minute penalty kick,[44] which glanced off the
underside of the crossbar and into the goal... before bouncing back
up, hitting the crossbar again and bounced out of the goal.[45] Marco
Materazzi then levelled the scores in the 19th minute following an
Andrea Pirlo

Andrea Pirlo corner. Both teams had chances to score the winning goal
in normal time:
Luca Toni

Luca Toni hit the crossbar in the 35th minute for
Italy

Italy (he later had a header disallowed for offside), while France
were not awarded a possible second penalty in the 53rd minute when
Florent Malouda

Florent Malouda went down in the box after a tackle from Gianluca
Zambrotta.
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
goalkeeper
Gianluigi Buffon
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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 head-butted
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

Italy won 5–3. France's David Trezeguet, the man who scored
the golden goal against
Italy

Italy in Euro 2000, was the only player not to
score his penalty; his spot kick hit the crossbar, landed on the goal
line and went out. It was the first all-European final since Italy's
triumph over West
Germany

Germany in the 1982 World Cup, and the second final,
after 1994, to be decided on penalties. It was also Italy's first
world title in 24 years, and their fourth overall, making them
the second most successful World Cup team ever. The victory also
helped
Italy

Italy top the
FIFA

FIFA World Rankings in February 2007 for the
first time since November 1993.
9 July 200620:00
Italy
1–1 (a.e.t.)
France
Materazzi 19'
Report
Zidane 7' (pen.)
Penalties
Pirlo
Materazzi
De Rossi
Del Piero
Grosso
5–3
Wiltord
Trezeguet
Abidal
Sagnol
Olympiastadion, Berlin
Attendance: 69,000
Referee:
Horacio Elizondo (Argentina)
Statistics
Main article: 2006
FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup statistics
Goalscorers
Miroslav Klose

Miroslav Klose received the Golden Boot for scoring five goals in the
World Cup. In total, 147 goals were scored by 110 different players,
with four of them credited as own goals.
5 goals
Miroslav Klose
3 goals
Hernán Crespo
Maxi Rodríguez
Ronaldo
Thierry Henry
Zinedine Zidane
Lukas Podolski
Fernando Torres
David Villa
2 goals
Tim Cahill
Adriano
Paulo Wanchope
Tomáš Rosický
Agustín Delgado
Carlos Tenorio
Steven Gerrard
Patrick Vieira
Bastian Schweinsteiger
Marco Materazzi
Luca Toni
Aruna Dindane
Omar Bravo
Bartosz Bosacki
Maniche
Alexander Frei
Andriy Shevchenko
1 goal
Flávio
Roberto Ayala
Esteban Cambiasso
Lionel Messi
Javier Saviola
Carlos Tevez
John Aloisi
Harry Kewell
Craig Moore
Fred
Gilberto
Juninho
Kaká
Zé Roberto
Rónald Gómez
Niko Kovač
Darijo Srna
Jan Koller
Iván Kaviedes
David Beckham
Joe Cole
Peter Crouch
Franck Ribéry
Torsten Frings
Philipp Lahm
Oliver Neuville
Stephen Appiah
Haminu Draman
Asamoah Gyan
Sulley Muntari
Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh
Yahya Golmohammadi
Alessandro Del Piero
Alberto Gilardino
Fabio Grosso
Vincenzo Iaquinta
Filippo Inzaghi
Andrea Pirlo
Francesco Totti
Gianluca Zambrotta
Didier Drogba
Bonaventure Kalou
Bakari Koné
Shunsuke Nakamura
Keiji Tamada
Francisco Fonseca
Rafael Márquez
Sinha
Ruud van Nistelrooy
Robin van Persie
Arjen Robben
Nelson Cuevas
Cristiano Ronaldo
Deco
Nuno Gomes
Pauleta
Simão
Sami Al-Jaber
Yasser Al-Qahtani
Saša Ilić
Nikola Žigić
Ahn Jung-hwan
Lee Chun-soo
Park Ji-sung
Xabi Alonso
Juanito
Raúl
Marcus Allbäck
Henrik Larsson
Fredrik Ljungberg
Tranquillo Barnetta
Philippe Senderos
Mohamed Kader
Radhi Jaïdi
Ziad Jaziri
Jawhar Mnari
Maksym Kalynychenko
Serhiy Rebrov
Andriy Rusol
Clint Dempsey
Own goals
Cristian Zaccardo (against the United States)
Carlos Gamarra (against England)
Petit (against Germany)
Brent Sancho

Brent Sancho (against Paraguay)
Awards
Golden Boot Winner
Golden Ball Winner
Yashin Award
Best Young Player
FIFA

FIFA Fair Play Trophy
Most Entertaining Team
Miroslav Klose
Zinedine Zidane
Gianluigi Buffon
Lukas Podolski
Brazil
Spain
Portugal
FIFA's Technical Study Group (TSG) also granted a Man of the Match
award to one player in each match. Italy's
Andrea Pirlo

Andrea Pirlo won the most
Man of the Match awards, with three in total. Miroslav Klose, Agustin
Delgado, Arjen Robben, Zé Roberto, Alexander Frei, Michael Ballack,
and
Patrick Vieira

Patrick Vieira each received two awards.
All-star team
The All-star team is a squad consisting of the 23 most impressive
players at the 2006 World Cup, as selected by FIFA's Technical Study
Group. The team was chosen from a shortlist of over 50 players,
and was selected based on performances from the second round
onwards.[46][47]
Goalkeepers
Defenders
Midfielders
Forwards
Gianluigi Buffon
Jens Lehmann
Ricardo
Roberto Ayala
John Terry
Lilian Thuram
Philipp Lahm
Fabio Cannavaro
Gianluca Zambrotta
Ricardo Carvalho
Zé Roberto
Patrick Vieira
Zinedine Zidane
Michael Ballack
Andrea Pirlo
Gennaro Gattuso
Francesco Totti
Luís Figo
Maniche
Hernán Crespo
Thierry Henry
Miroslav Klose
Luca Toni
Prize money
A total of CHF332 million was awarded to the 32 teams participating in
the tournament. Each team who entered the competition received CHF2
million, with the biggest prize being CHF24.5 million, awarded to the
winner of the tournament.[48] Below is a complete list of the prize
money allocated:[48][49]
CHF7 million – To each team eliminated in the group stage (16 teams)
CHF8.5 million – To each team eliminated in the round of 16 (8
teams)
CHF11.5 million – To each team eliminated in the quarter-finals (4
teams)
CHF21.5 million – Fourth placed team and Third placed team
CHF22.5 million – Runners-up
CHF24.5 million – Winner
Final standings
All 32 teams are ranked based on criteria which have been used by
FIFA.[50] Please note that a penalty shoot-out counts as a draw for
both teams.
R
Team
G
P
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts.
1
Italy
E
7
5
2
0
12
2
+10
17
2
France
G
7
4
3
0
9
3
+6
15
3
Germany
A
7
5
1
1
14
6
+8
16
4
Portugal
D
7
4
1
2
7
5
+2
13
Eliminated in the quarter-finals
5
Brazil
F
5
4
0
1
10
2
+8
12
6
Argentina
C
5
3
2
0
11
3
+8
11
7
England
B
5
3
2
0
6
2
+4
11
8
Ukraine
H
5
2
1
2
5
7
−2
7
Eliminated in the round of 16
9
Spain
H
4
3
0
1
9
4
+5
9
10
Switzerland
G
4
2
2
0
4
0
+4
8
11
Netherlands
C
4
2
1
1
3
2
+1
7
12
Ecuador
A
4
2
0
2
5
4
+1
6
13
Ghana
E
4
2
0
2
4
6
−2
6
14
Sweden
B
4
1
2
1
3
4
−1
5
15
Mexico
D
4
1
1
2
5
5
0
4
16
Australia
F
4
1
1
2
5
6
−1
4
Eliminated in the group stage
17
South Korea
G
3
1
1
1
3
4
−1
4
18
Paraguay
B
3
1
0
2
2
2
0
3
19
Ivory Coast
C
3
1
0
2
5
6
−1
3
20
Czech Republic
E
3
1
0
2
3
4
−1
3
21
Poland
A
3
1
0
2
2
4
−2
3
22
Croatia
F
3
0
2
1
2
3
−1
2
23
Angola
D
3
0
2
1
1
2
−1
2
24
Tunisia
H
3
0
1
2
3
6
−3
1
25
Iran
D
3
0
1
2
2
6
−4
1
United States
E
3
0
1
2
2
6
−4
1
27
Trinidad and Tobago
B
3
0
1
2
0
4
−4
1
28
Japan
F
3
0
1
2
2
7
−5
1
Saudi Arabia
H
3
0
1
2
2
7
−5
1
30
Togo
G
3
0
0
3
1
6
−5
0
31
Costa Rica
A
3
0
0
3
3
9
−6
0
32
Serbia and Montenegro
C
3
0
0
3
2
10
−8
0
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FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup Belgian Coin
2006
FIFA

FIFA World Cup:
A time to make friends
Broadcasting rights
Controversies
Disciplinary record
Officials
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Qualification
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FIFA World Cup

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Leeuwenhosen controversy
Strangers, a 2007 film which takes place during the 2006 World Cup
Deutschland. Ein Sommermärchen, a 2006 documentary film recording
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Germany national football team from boot camp in Sardegna to third
place playoff against Portugal
Adidas

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Voices from the
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specially high value commemorative coins. Among them is the Belgian 20
euro
Germany

Germany 2006
FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup Coin. The obverse of the coin shows a
footballer with a ball, right above them '2006
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