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2006 FIFA World Cup
FIFA Fußball-Weltmeisterschaft
Deutschland 2006
2006 FIFA World Cup official logo
Eine Zeit, um Freunde zu finden
(A time to make friends)
Tournament details
Host country
Germany
Dates
9 June – 9 July
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
Zinedine Zidane
Best young player
Lukas Podolski
Best goalkeeper
Gianluigi Buffon
Fair play award
Brazil
Spain
← 2002
2010 →
The 2006 FIFA World Cup was the 18th 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 staged the competition (the first was in 1974 as West Germany), and the tenth time that it was held in Europe.
Italy won the tournament, claiming their fourth World Cup title. They defeated France 5–3 in a penalty shoot-out in the final, after extra time had finished in a 1–1 draw. Germany defeated Portugal 3–1 to finish in third place. Angola, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Trinidad and Tobago, and Togo made their first appearances in the finals. It was also the first appearance of Serbia and Montenegro under that name; they had previously appeared in 1998 as Yugoslavia.
The 2006 World Cup stands as one of the most watched events in television history, garnering an estimated 26.29 billion times viewed, compiled over the course of the tournament. The final attracted an estimated audience of 715.1 million people.[1]
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 Sponsorship
11 See also
12 References and footnotes
13 External links
Host selection
Main article: 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 had withdrawn three days earlier: Germany, South Africa, England and Morocco.[2] 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 won over South Africa.
Voting results[3]
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.[4] On the night before the vote, German satirical magazine Titanic sent letters to FIFA representatives, offering joke gifts like cuckoo clocks and 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 following England's elimination. He abstained, citing "intolerable pressure" on the eve of the vote.[5] Had Dempsey voted as originally instructed, the vote would have resulted with a 12–12 tie, and FIFA president Sepp Blatter, who favoured the South African bid,[6] would have had to cast the deciding vote.[7]
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.[8] Just a week before the vote, the German government under Chancellor Gerhard Schröder lifted their arms embargo on 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 and Bayer announced investments in Thailand and South Korea, whose respective delegates Worawi Makudi and Chung Jong-Moon were possible votes for Germany.[8][9] 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.[8][9]
On 16 October 2015, the German news magazine Der Spiegel alleged that a slush fund with money from then-Adidas CEO Robert Louis-Dreyfus was used to influence the vote of four Asian members of the FIFA executive committee.[10] The sum of 6.7 million Euro was later demanded back by Dreyfus. In order to retrieve the money, the Organizing Committee paid an equivalent sum to the FIFA, allegedly as a German share for the cost of a closing ceremony, which never materialized.[8] Wolfgang Niersbach, president of the 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.[11] 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.[12] According to Niersbach, the payment had been agreed upon during a meeting between Franz Beckenbauer and 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."[13] 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.[14]
On 22 March 2016 it was announced that the FIFA Ethics Committee was opening proceedings into the bid.[15][16][17]
Qualification
Main article: 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
198 teams attempted to qualify for the 2006 World Cup.[18] 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 teams (Europe), five by CAF teams (Africa), four by CONMEBOL teams (South America), four by AFC teams (Asia), and three by CONCACAF teams (North and Central America and Caribbean). The remaining two places were decided by playoffs between AFC and CONCACAF and between CONMEBOL and OFC (Oceania).
Eight nations qualified for the finals for the first time: Angola, Czech Republic, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Ukraine, and Serbia and Montenegro. Czech Republic and Ukraine were making their first appearance as independent nations, but had previously been represented as part of Czechoslovakia and the Soviet Union respectively; Serbia 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 and Trinidad and Tobago qualified for a FIFA World Cup finals.
Australia qualified for the first time since 1974. Among the teams who failed to qualify were 2002 third-placed team Turkey, quarter-finalists Senegal, Euro 2004 winners Greece and 2006 Africa Cup of Nations winners Egypt. Additionally, Belgium failed to qualify for the first time since 1978 and Cameroon failed to qualify for the first time since 1986. The other notable qualifying streaks broken were for Nigeria, who had made the previous three tournaments, and Denmark and South Africa, who had both qualified for the previous two. 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.
The State Union of Serbia and Montenegro dissolved prior to the start of the World Cup, on 3 June 2006, with Serbia and Montenegro becoming independent countries; their team competed at the World Cup unaffected. Their involvement in the competition became the first time since the Commonwealth of Independent States appeared at UEFA Euro 1992, a team formed to take the Soviet Union's place following dissolution, that multiple sovereign states had been represented in the finals of a major footballing tournament by a single team and the only occurrence in the World Cup finals to date.
List of qualified teams
The following 32 teams, shown with final pre-tournament rankings,[19] qualified for the final tournament:
AFC (4)
Iran (23)
Japan (18)
Saudi Arabia (34)
South Korea (29)
CAF (5)
Angola (57)
Ghana (48)
Ivory Coast (32)
Togo (61)
Tunisia (21)
CONCACAF (4)
Costa Rica (26)
Mexico (4)
Trinidad and Tobago (47)
United States (5)
CONMEBOL (4)
Argentina (9)
Brazil (1)
Ecuador (39)
Paraguay (33)
OFC (1)
Australia (42)
UEFA (14)
Croatia (23)
Czech Republic (2)
England (10)
France (8)
Germany (19) (hosts)
Italy (13)
Netherlands (3)
Poland (29)
Portugal (7)
Serbia and Montenegro (44)
Spain (5)
Sweden (16)
Switzerland (35)
Ukraine (45)
Countries qualified for World Cup
Country failed to qualify
Countries that did not enter World Cup
Country not a FIFA member
Venues
In 2006, 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 (69,250), the venue for the 1974 final match was not used for the tournament, 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 (46,249) were also not used.
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 are also official FIFA sponsors.[20] For example, the Allianz Arena in Munich was known during the competition as FIFA World Cup Stadium, Munich (German: FIFA WM-Stadion München), and even the letters of the company Allianz were removed or covered.[20] Some of the stadia also had a lower capacity for the World Cup, as FIFA regulations ban standing room; nonetheless, this was accommodated as several stadia had a UEFA five-star ranking. The stadia in Berlin, Munich, Dortmund and Stuttgart hosted six matches each, while the other eight stadia hosted five matches each.
A cross denotes an indoor stadium.
Berlin
Munich
Dortmund
Stuttgart
Olympiastadion Allianz Arena
(FIFA World Cup Stadium, Munich) Westfalenstadion
(FIFA World Cup Stadium, Dortmund) Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion
52°30′53″N 13°14′22″E / 52.51472°N 13.23944°E / 52.51472; 13.23944 (Olympiastadion (Berlin)) 48°13′7.59″N 11°37′29.11″E / 48.2187750°N 11.6247528°E / 48.2187750; 11.6247528 (Allianz Arena) 51°29′33.25″N 7°27′6.63″E / 51.4925694°N 7.4518417°E / 51.4925694; 7.4518417 (Signal Iduna Park) 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[21] Capacity: 66,000[22] Capacity: 65,000[23] Capacity: 52,000[24]
Gelsenkirchen
Berlin
Dortmund
Munich
Stuttgart
Gelsenkirchen
Hamburg
Frankfurt
Cologne
Hanover
Leipzig
Kaiserslautern
Nuremberg
2006 FIFA World Cup (Germany)
Hamburg
Arena AufSchalke
(FIFA World Cup Stadium, Gelsenkirchen) Volksparkstadion
(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[25] Capacity: 50,000[26]
Frankfurt
Kaiserslautern
Commerzbank-Arena
(FIFA World Cup Stadium, Frankfurt) Fritz-Walter-Stadion
50°4′6.86″N 8°38′43.65″E / 50.0685722°N 8.6454583°E / 50.0685722; 8.6454583 (Commerzbank Arena) 49°26′4.96″N 7°46′35.24″E / 49.4347111°N 7.7764556°E / 49.4347111; 7.7764556 (Fritz-Walter-Stadion)
Capacity: 48,000[27] Capacity: 46,000[28]
Cologne
Hanover
Leipzig
Nuremberg
RheinEnergieStadion
(FIFA World Cup Stadium, Cologne) Niedersachsenstadion
(FIFA World Cup Stadium, Hanover) Zentralstadion Max-Morlock-Stadion
(Frankenstadion)
50°56′0.59″N 6°52′29.99″E / 50.9334972°N 6.8749972°E / 50.9334972; 6.8749972 (RheinEnergie Stadion) 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°25′34″N 11°7′33″E / 49.42611°N 11.12583°E / 49.42611; 11.12583 (EasyCredit-Stadion)
Capacity: 45,000[29] Capacity: 43,000[30] Capacity: 43,000[31] Capacity: 41,000[32]
Team base camps
Base camps were used by the 32 national squads to stay and train before and during the World Cup tournament. FIFA announced the base camps for each participating team.[33]
showNational 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 (Colombia) José Navia (Colombia)
Fernando Tamayo (Ecuador)
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 (Belgium) Peter Hermans (Belgium)
Walter Vromans (Belgium)
Graham Poll (England) Philip Sharp (England)
Glenn Turner (England)
Éric Poulat (France) Lionel Dagorne (France)
Vincent Texier (France)
Markus Merk (Germany) Jan-Hendrik Salver (Germany)
Christian Schraer (Germany)
Roberto Rosetti (Italy) Alessandro Stagnelli (Italy)
Cristiano Copelli (Italy)
Valentin Ivanov (Russia) Nikolay Golubev (Russia)
Evgueni Volnin (Russia)
Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia) Roman Slyško (Slovakia)
Martin Balko (Slovakia)
Luis Medina Cantalejo (Spain) Victoriano Giraldez Carrasco (Spain)
Pedro Medina Hernández (Spain)
Massimo Busacca (Switzerland) Francesco Buragina (Switzerland)
Matthias Arnet (Switzerland)
Squads
Further information: 2006 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.[34]
Groups
Seeds
Further information: 2006 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.[35] In the special pot, 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 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 champion) would be allocated to Group F.
Pot A
Pot B
Pot C
Pot D
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.[36][37] Argentina and the Netherlands both qualified with a game to spare with wins over Ivory Coast and 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 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 and UEFA websites, causing some confusion among those trying to identify the correct criteria.[38] In any event, the final tournament saw only two pairs of teams level on points: Argentina and the Netherlands at 7 points in Group C; Tunisia and 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 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 failed to win the Cup, the tournament was considered a great success for Germany in general. 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.[39] For the closing ceremonies, Matthias Keller composed a work performed simultaneously by the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra, the Bavarian State Orchestra and the Bavarian Radio Orchestra with conductors Christian Thielemann, Zubin Mehta, and Mariss Jansons, and soloists Diana Damrau, Plácido Domingo and Lang Lang.
Traditional powers dominate
Despite early success by Australia, 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 runners-up Portugal as the only relative outsiders.[40] Argentina and 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 and France were the only teams to score more than one goal in a knockout match. 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 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 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 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 after only 5 minutes of the opening match. In the final, Marco Materazzi, the Italian centre back, out-jumped Patrick Vieira and headed in the last goal of the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
Unprecedented number of cards
Main article: 2006 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 and the Netherlands, in a match known as the Battle of Nuremberg. Portugal had two players suspended for each of the quarter-final and semi-final matches, respectively. FIFA President Sepp Blatter hinted that he may allow some rule changes for future tournaments so that earlier accumulated bookings will not force players to miss the final, should their teams make it that far. The tournament also saw English referee Graham Poll mistakenly hand out three yellow cards to Croatia's Josip Šimunić in their match against Australia.
The high number of yellow and red cards shown also prompted discussion about the referees. FIFA Officials and President Sepp Blatter received criticism for allegedly making rules too rigid and taking discretion away from referees.[41]
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
Main article: 2006 FIFA World Cup Group A
In the opening match of the tournament, Germany and Costa Rica played a game which ended 4–2 for the host in the highest scoring opening match in the tournament's history. Germany went on to win the Group A after edging Poland and breezing past Ecuador 3–0. Despite the defeat, Ecuador had already joined the host in the Round of 16 having beaten Poland and Costa Rica 2–0 and 3–0, respectively.

Pos
Team
[
v
t
e
]
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification
1
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 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
Main article: 2006 FIFA World Cup Group B
In Group B, England and Sweden pushed Paraguay into third place after narrow victories over the South Americans. Trinidad and Tobago earned some international respect after a draw with Sweden in their opening game and managing to hold England scoreless for 83 minutes, until goals from Peter Crouch and Steven Gerrard sealed a 2–0 win for the Three Lions. Sweden qualified for the knockout rounds after drawing 2–2 with England to maintain their 38-year unbeaten record against them.

Pos
Team
[
v
t
e
]
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
Main article: 2006 FIFA World Cup Group C
Both Argentina and Netherlands qualified from Group C with a game remaining, Argentina topping the group on goal difference having hammered Serbia and Montenegro 6–0 and beating Ivory Coast 2–1. The Dutch picked up 1–0 and 2–1 victories over Serbia and Montenegro and Ivory Coast, respectively. Ivory Coast defeated Serbia and Montenegro 3–2 in their final game, in Serbia and Montenegro's last ever international as the country had dissolved 18 days earlier.

Pos
Team
[
v
t
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 Arena, Munich
Group D
Main article: 2006 FIFA World Cup Group D
Portugal coasted through in Group D, picking up the maximum number of points, with Mexico qualifying in second. Iran missed chances against 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 ended in 1–1 draw. The Africans had a respectable first World Cup tournament after earning draws with Mexico (0–0) and Iran.

Pos
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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
Main article: 2006 FIFA World Cup Group E
In Group E, 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 and Ghana, 0–3 and 1–2, respectively, despite a 1–1 draw (finishing with 9 vs 10 men) against Italy. Tournament debutant Ghana joined Italy in the round of 16, following victories over the Czech Republic and the United States. Daniele De Rossi was suspended for 4 games following his sending-off against the United States.

Pos
Team
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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
Main article: 2006 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 came from behind to defeat Japan 3–1, and, despite losing 0–2 to Brazil, a 2–2 draw with 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 and Japan went out of the tournament without a single win.

Pos
Team
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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 Arena, Munich
22 June 2006
Japan 1–4 Brazil Signal Iduna Park, Dortmund
Croatia 2–2 Australia Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart
Group G
Main article: 2006 FIFA World Cup Group G
France only managed a scoreless draw against Switzerland and a 1–1 draw against South Korea. With captain Zinedine Zidane suspended, their 2–0 win against Togo was enough for them to advance to the knockout round. They were joined by the group winners, Switzerland, who defeated South Korea 2–0, and did not concede a goal in the tournament. 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 exited without a point.

Pos
Team
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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
Main article: 2006 FIFA World Cup Group H
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 in their first World Cup game, took advantage of the weaker opponents to beat 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 and Tunisia went out of the tournament having 1 point each, thanks to a 2–2 draw against each other.

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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 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
Main article: 2006 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 (pen.) 1 (4)
24 June – Leipzig
Argentina 1 (2)
Argentina (a.e.t.) 2
4 July – Dortmund
Mexico 1
Germany 0
26 June – Kaiserslautern
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 (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
In the second round, conceding two early goals in the first twelve minutes to Germany effectively ended the Swedes' hopes of progressing to the quarter-finals. Argentina struggled to get past Mexico until a 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 failed to convert any of their three penalties in the penalty shoot-out against 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 struggled against Ecuador but won 1–0 thanks to a David Beckham free kick. Brazil won 3–0 against Ghana, in a game which included Ronaldo's record 15th World Cup goal. Der Spiegel reported that the match may have been influenced by an Asian betting syndicate.[42] Portugal defeated the Netherlands 1–0. The only goal came courtesy of a 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 came from behind to defeat 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 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 (Switzerland)
25 June 200617:00
England
1–0
Ecuador
Beckham 60'
Report
Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart
Attendance: 52,000
Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)
25 June 200621:00
Portugal
1–0
Netherlands
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 (Spain)
26 June 200621:00
Switzerland
0–0 (a.e.t.)
Ukraine
Report
Penalties
Streller
Barnetta
Cabanas
0–3
Shevchenko
Milevskiy
Rebrov
Husyev
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 84'
Report
FIFA WM Stadion Dortmund, Dortmund
Attendance: 65,000
Referee: 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 (Italy)
Quarter-finals
Germany and 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 had lost a World Cup penalty shootout: up until this match, both Argentina and Germany had participated in three penalty shootouts, winning all of them). In Gelsenkirchen, when England faced Portugal, Wayne Rooney was sent off, and 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 40 years earlier, and ensure manager Luiz Felipe Scolari's third consecutive tournament quarter-final win over Sven-Göran Eriksson's England.[citation needed]
Italy defeated quarter-final debutants Ukraine 3–0. France eliminated Brazil 1–0 to advance into the semi-finals. 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 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 (Slovakia)
30 June 200621:00
Italy
3–0
Ukraine
Zambrotta 6'
Toni 59', 69'
Report
FIFA WM Stadion Hamburg, Hamburg
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: 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 (Spain)
Semi-finals
With Argentina and 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 and Italy produced an extra time period that went scoreless until the 118th minute, when Italy scored twice through Fabio Grosso and Alessandro Del Piero, putting an end to Germany's undefeated record in Dortmund.
In the second semi-final, Portugal lost to France 1–0 in Munich. In a repeat of the Euro 1984 and Euro 2000 semi-finals, Portugal were defeated by France, with the decisive goal being a penalty scored by France captain Zinedine Zidane.
4 July 200621:00
Germany
0–2 (a.e.t.)
Italy
Report
Grosso 119'
Del Piero 120+1'
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 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 were strong in possession but lacked punch in attack; unable to convert 57% possession into goals. 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 got a consolation goal with the help of substitute 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 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 in fourth place.
8 July 200621:00
Germany
3–1
Portugal
Schweinsteiger 56', 78'
Petit 60' (o.g.)
Report
Nuno Gomes 88'
Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart
Attendance: 52,000
Referee: Toru Kamikawa (Japan)
Final
Main article: 2006 FIFA World Cup Final
The final started with each side scoring within the first 20 minutes. Zinedine Zidane opened the scoring by converting a controversial seventh-minute penalty kick,[43] which glanced off the underside of the crossbar and bounced beyond the goal line before it spun back up, hit the crossbar again and rebounded out of the goal.[44] Marco Materazzi then levelled the scores in the 19th minute following an Andrea Pirlo corner. Both teams had chances to score the winning goal in normal time: Luca Toni hit the crossbar in the 35th minute for 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 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 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 won 5–3. France's David Trezeguet, the man who scored the golden goal against Italy in Euro 2000, was the only player not to score his penalty; his spot kick hit the crossbar, landed on the goal line and went out. It was the first all-European final since Italy's triumph over West 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 top the 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 statistics
Goalscorers
Miroslav Klose received the Golden Boot for scoring five goals in the World Cup. In total, 147 goals were scored by 110 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 (against Paraguay)

Awards
Golden Boot Winner
Golden Ball Winner
Yashin Award
Best Young Player
FIFA Fair Play Trophy
Most Entertaining Team
Miroslav Klose Zinedine Zidane Gianluigi Buffon Lukas Podolski Brazil
Spain Portugal
FIFA's Technical Study Group (TSG) also granted a Man of the Match award to one player in each match. Italy's 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 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.[45][46]
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.[47] Below is a complete list of the prize money allocated:[47][48]
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.[49] 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
Sponsorship
The sponsors of the 2006 World Cup comprise of 15 FIFA Partners.[50]
FIFA partners
FIFA partners
FIFA partners
Adidas[51]
Avaya[52]
Budweiser[53][54]
Coca-Cola[55][56]
Continental[57]
Deutsche Telekom[58][59]
Emirates[60][61]
Fujifilm[62][63]
Gillette[64]
Hyundai[65]
MasterCard[66][67]
McDonald's[68]
Philips[69]
Toshiba[70][71]
Yahoo![72][73]
See also
Association football portal
2006 FIFA World Cup Belgian Coin
2006 FIFA World Cup:
A time to make friends
Broadcasting rights
Controversies
Disciplinary record
Officials
Organizing Committee
Qualification
Seeding
Sponsorship
Squads
FIFA World Cup records
Leeuwenhosen controversy
Strangers, a 2007 film which takes place during the 2006 World Cup
Deutschland. Ein Sommermärchen, a 2006 documentary film recording Germany national football team from boot camp in Sardegna to third place playoff against Portugal
Adidas Teamgeist
Voices from the FIFA World Cup
Several countries celebrated this major event with the minting of specially high value commemorative coins. Among them is the Belgian 20 euro Germany 2006 FIFA World Cup Coin. The obverse of the coin shows a footballer with a ball, right above them '2006 FIFA World Cup Germany' can be clearly seen.
2006 FIFA World Cup Organizing Committee
References and footnotes
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Jump up ^ "FIFA acknowledges Brazil's withdrawal from 2006 World Cup race". FIFA. 4 July 2000. Archived from the original on 23 April 2008. Retrieved 29 March 2008.
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