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Fabio Cannavaro lifts the World Cup trophy as Italy is crowned World champion for the fourth time

The 2006 FIFA World Cup (nicknamed Germany 06) was an international football tournament held in Germany from 9 June to 9 July. Italy won the the FIFA World Cup Trophy for the fourth time, defeating France 5-3 in a penalty shootout after extra time finished in a 1-1 tie. Germany finished third and Portugal fourth.

It was the 18th FIFA World Cup, the association football world championship, contested by men's national football teams, and organized by FIFA, the international governing body for football. The 2006 FIFA World Cup began in December 2003 with the South American qualification. The other 188 countries entered the draw for a series of qualification tournaments and play-offs that resulted in 32 national teams qualifying for the finals tournament.

Germany hosted the finals, winning the honor in June 2000. Germany beat bids from South Africa (which will host the 2010 World Cup), Brazil, England and Morocco.

Tournament summary

The finals tournament of the 2006 World Cup began on June 9 2006 and ended on July 9 2006. A total of 64 games were played. The first stage was the group stage, for which the 32 teams were divided into eight groups of four teams each. The teams in these groups of four competed in three round-robin tournaments to find two teams from each group (a total of 16) to advance to the knock-out stage. The group stage was completed on June 23 2006.

The knockout stage started on June 24 2006, and progressive elimination of teams through the quarter-finals and semi-finals, finished with the World Cup Final, which was played on July 9 2006. A day earlier, Germany, the host nation, beat Portugal 3-1 in Stuttgart for the third place.

The World Cup Final, played in Berlin, saw Italy triumph over France. After the regulation 90 minutes the game was tied 1-1, forcing extra time to be played. This was goalless and a penalty shootout followed, which Italy won 5-3. It was the first all-European final since the 1982 FIFA World Cup, which Italy also won, and the second final to be decided on penalties.

The tournament favourites Brazil were knocked out 1-0 by France in the quarter-finals. Another great, Argentina, had already lost to Germany in a penalty shootout in the quarter-finals. The host nation, Germany, lost 2-0 to Italy in the semi-finals, with Italy scoring two goals at the end of extra time.

Italy's victory was achieved by physical strength and endurance and did not rely on any one player in particular as evidenced by the fact that their 12 goals were scored by 10 different players. The Italian defense, organized by Cannavaro, was considered a significant element of the team's strength.

The runners-up, France, reached the final galvanized in part by the performance of Zinédine Zidane who was awarded FIFA World Cup Golden Ball Award: 2006 (best player of the tournament). Second place, the silver ball was awarded to Fabio Cannavaro the Italian Captain and the Bronze ball was given to Andrea Pirlo, also of Italy. This marked the first time in World Cup history that the winners were not from three different countries.

The final started with each side scoring in the first 20 minutes.. Both teams had chances for a winning goal: Toni's hit the bar for Italy, while an Italian 'goal' was disallowed for a disputed offsides, and controversy raged about a second penalty for France which was not granted.

The most discussed moment of the match was Zidane's angry reaction to Italian defender Marco Materazzi. Zidane headbutted Materazzi in the chest, apparently after Materazzi made comments while both were walking down the field. Materazzi's words are still being disputed, but he has been accused of making racist comments relating to Zidane's Algerian ancestry. Materazzi has denied these accusations. [1] As a result of this incident, Zidane was red-carded and sent off the field. While the foul occurred well away from the ball and out of sight of Argentine referee Horacio Elizondo, Elizondo sent Zidane off after consulting with one of his assistants and the fourth (off-field) official.

This marked the end of Zidane's international career, as he had previously announced that this would be his final game. Having been sent off, Zidane was not permitted to attend the ceremony to receive his medal. Nonetheless, he was voted the most outstanding player of the 2006 FIFA World Cup in a poll of accredited journalists covering the Cup, most of whom voted before the foul occured, and still received the award.

The fact that Sepp Blatter, head of FIFA, did not come on to the field to present the cup to Italy (leaving the job to UEFA's Lennart Johansson) was the cause of a scandal in Italy, leading many to claim that FIFA had hoped for a French victory[citation needed]: in an interview preceding the final match, Blatter suggested that a second world cup for Zidane would have been a fairy tale spot for football.

The tournament was most notable for the number of cards given out. Players received a record-breaking 345 yellow cards and 28 red cards, the greatest ever number. In the round of 16, Portugal and the Netherlands received a record 16 yellow cards and 4 red cards from referee Valentin Valentinovich Ivanov, who took no further part in the tournament.

Teams

For details, see 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification.
Qualifying countries

Thirty-two teams from six FIFA confederations played in the 2006 FIFA World Cup. Only the host nation was given an automatic berth; the 31 other teams (including, in a departure from previous competitions, the defending champion) had to qualify.

Venues

Twelve cities were selected to host World Cup finals matches.

City Original stadium names World Cup 2006 stadium names[2] Host club(s) Map[3] Capacity[4]
Berlin Olympiastadion Olympiastadion Hertha BSC Berlin Map 74,176
Dortmund Signal Iduna Park FIFA World Cup Stadium, Dortmund Borussia Dortmund 67,000
Frankfurt Commerzbank-Arena FIFA World Cup Stadium, Frankfurt Eintracht Frankfurt 48,132
Gelsenkirchen Veltins-Arena FIFA World Cup Stadium, Gelsenkirchen FC Schalke 04 Map 53,804
Hamburg AOL Arena FIFA World Cup Stadium, Hamburg Hamburger SV Map 51,055
Hanover (Hannover) AWD-Arena FIFA World Cup Stadium, Hanover Hannover 96 Map 44,652
Kaiserslautern Fritz-Walter-Stadion Fritz-Walter-Stadion 1. FC Kaiserslautern Map 43,450
Cologne (Köln) RheinEnergieStadion FIFA World Cup Stadium, Cologne 1. FC Köln Map 46,120
Leipzig Zentralstadion Zentralstadion FC Sachsen Leipzig Map 44,199
Munich (München) Allianz Arena FIFA World Cup Stadium, Munich Bayern München, TSV 1860 München Map 66,016
Nuremberg (Nürnberg) EasyCredit-Stadion Frankenstadion 1. FC Nürnberg Map 41,926
Stuttgart Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion VfB Stuttgart Map 54,267

Squads

National associations had until 15 May 2006 to confirm their roster of twenty-three players. Of these twenty-three, three players had to be goalkeepers. In the event of injury or other incapacitation, a player was allowed to be replaced up until twenty-four hours before the team's first game.[5]

Groups

Seeds

The eight seeded teams for the 2006 cup were announced on December 5, 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 sides, excluding Serbia and Montenegro. Pot D contained unseeded sides from the CONCACAF region and Asia. A special pot contained Serbia and Montenegro: this was done to ensure that no group contained three European teams. In the special pot, Serbia and Montenegro (white ball) was drawn first, then their group was drawn (black ball) from the three seeded non-European nations, Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico.

It had been predetermined that as hosts, Germany would be placed in Group A, thus being assured of the venues of their group matches in advance of the draw. FIFA had also announced in advance that Brazil (the defending champions) would be allocated to group F.

Pot A Pot B Pot C Pot D Special Pot

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On December 9, 2005 the draw was held and the group assignments and order of fixtures were determined. After the draw was completed, many football commentators remarked that group C appeared to be the group of death in the World Cup, although in actuality, the group was among the first to be settled; Argentina and the Netherlands both qualified with a game to spare with comfortable wins over Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) and Serbia and Montenegro respectively.[6][7]

Point system

The first stage, or group stage, saw the thirty-two teams divided into eight groups of four teams. Each group was a round-robin of six games, where each team played one match against each of the other teams in the same group. There were 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 second round.

The ranking of each team in each group was determined as follows, in order of priority:

  1. Greatest number of points obtained in all three group matches;
  2. Goal difference in all three group matches;
  3. Greatest number of goals scored in all three group matches.
    1. If any two teams cannot be separated by criteria 1–3;
      1. Team that won the match between the two teams in the tie;
    2. If three teams cannot be separated by criteria 1–3;
      1. Greatest number of points obtained in the group matches between the three teams in the tie;
      2. Goal difference resulting from the group matches between the three teams in the tie;
      3. Greater number of goals scored in all group matches between the three teams in the tie;
  4. Drawing of lots by the Organising Committee for the FIFA World Cup.

These tie-breaking criteria were changed from an older version of the rules. As of 20 June 2006, with the group stage in progress, older versions of the rules were still available on FIFA and UEFA websites, causing some confusion among those trying to identify the correct criteria.[8] In the event, only two ties actually occurred (in Groups C and H), both decided on criterion 2: goal difference in all three group matches. In addition, because the teams involved in the ties drew with each other, the older set of tie-breaking criteria would have produced the same tie-breaking results for these two ties.

Group stage results

In the following tables:

  • Pts = total points accumulated
  • Pld = total games played
  • W = total games won
  • D = total games drawn (tied)
  • L = total games lost
  • GF = total goals scored (goals for)
  • GA = total goals conceded (goals against)
  • GD = goal difference (GF−GA)

In the game results, goal scorers are listed below their country name with the time in minutes into the game that it was scored. A + sign indicates that the goal occurred during stoppage time. The teams placed first and second (shaded in green) qualified to the Round of 16.

Group A

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Template:GERf 9 3 3 0 0 8 2 +6
Template:ECUf 6 3 2 0 1 5 3 +2
Template:POLf 3 3 1 0 2 2 4 −2
Template:CRCf 0 3 0 0 3 3 9 −6

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

Group B

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Template:ENGf 7 3 2 1 0 5 2 +3
Template:SWEf 5 3 1 2 0 3 2 +1
Template:PARf 3 3 1 0 2 2 2 0
Template:TRIf 1 3 0 1 2 0 4 −4

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

Group C

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Template:ARGf 7 3 2 1 0 8 1 +7
Template:NEDf 7 3 2 1 0 3 1 +2
Template:CIVf 3 3 1 0 2 5 6 −1
Template:SCGf 0 3 0 0 3 2 10 −8

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

Group D

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Template:PORf 9 3 3 0 0 5 1 +4
Template:MEXf 4 3 1 1 1 4 3 +1
Template:ANGf 2 3 0 2 1 1 2 −1
Template:IRNf 1 3 0 1 2 2 6 −4

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

Group E

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Template:ITAf 7 3 2 1 0 5 1 +4
Template:GHAf 6 3 2 0 1 4 3 +1
Template:CZEf 3 3 1 0 2 3 4 −1
1 3 0 1 2 2 6 −4

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

Group F

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Template:BRAf 9 3 3 0 0 7 1 +6
Template:AUSf 4 3 1 1 1 5 5 0
Template:CROf 2 3 0 2 1 2 3 −1
Template:JPNf 1 3 0 1 2 2 7 −5

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

Group G

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Template:SUIf 7 3 2 1 0 4 0 +4
Template:FRAf 5 3 1 2 0 3 1 +2
Template:KORf 4 3 1 1 1 3 4 −1
Template:TOGf 0 3 0 0 3 1 6 −5

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

Group H

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Template:ESPf 9 3 3 0 0 8 1 +7
Template:UKRf 6 3 2 0 1 5 4 +1
Template:TUNf 1 3 0 1 2 3 6 −3
Template:KSAf 1 3 0 1 2 2 7 −5

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

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Alonso 13'
Villa 17', 48' (pen)
Torres 81'
(Report)  
Zentralstadion, Leipzig
Attendance: 43,000
Referee: Busacca (Switzerland)

Knockout stage

The knockout stage is a single-elimination tournament involving the sixteen teams that qualified from the Group stage of the tournament. There are four rounds of matches, with each round eliminating half of the teams entering that round. The successive rounds are: Round of 16, Quarter-finals, Semi-finals, Final. There is also a play-off to decide third/fourth place. For each game in the knockout stage, a draw is followed by thirty minutes of extra time (two fifteen minute halves); if scores are still level there is a penalty shootout (at least five penalties each, and more if necessary) to determine who progresses to the next round. Scores after extra time are indicated by (AET), and penalty shoot outs are indicated by (PSO).

Bracket

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

 
Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
              
 
24 June (17:00) - Munich
 
 
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30 June (17:00) - Berlin
 
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24 June (21:00) - Leipzig
 
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4 July (21:00) - Dortmund
 
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Template:GERf 0
 
26 June (17:00) - Kaiserslautern
 
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30 June (21:00) - Hamburg
 
Template:AUSf 0
 
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26 June (21:00) - Cologne
 
Template:UKRf 0
 
Template:SUIf 0 (0)
 
9 July (20:00) - Berlin
 
Template:UKRf (PSO) 0 (3)
 
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25 June (17:00) - Stuttgart
 
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1 July (17:00) - Gelsenkirchen
 
Template:ECUf 0
 
Template:ENGf 0 (1)
 
25 June (21:00) - Nuremberg
 
Template:PORf (PSO)0 (3)
 
Template:PORf 1
 
5 July (21:00) - Munich
 
Template:NEDf 0
 
Template:PORf 0
 
27 June (17:00) - Dortmund
 
Template:FRAf 1 Third place
 
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1 July (21:00) - Frankfurt8 July (21:00) - Stuttgart
 
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Template:BRAf 0 Template:GERf 3
 
27 June (21:00) - Hanover
 
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Template:ESPf 1
 
 
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All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2).

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All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

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(4–2)
(PSO)
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Klose 80' (Report) Ayala 49'
Olympiastadion, Berlin
Attendance: 72,000
Referee: Micheľ (Slovakia)

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All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

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Awards

2006 World Cup Winners
Italy
ITALY
Fourth title


Golden Shoe Winner
Golden Ball Winner
Yashin Award
Best Young Player
FIFA Fair Play Trophy
Most Entertaining Team
Germany Miroslav Klose France Zinedine Zidane Italy Gianluigi Buffon Germany Lukas Podolski Template:BRAf
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Mastercard All Star Team

The Mastercard 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 through the second round.[9]

Goalkeepers Defenders Midfielders Forwards

Italy Gianluigi Buffon
Germany Jens Lehmann
Portugal Ricardo Pereira

Argentina Roberto Ayala
England John Terry
France Lilian Thuram
Germany Philipp Lahm
Italy Fabio Cannavaro
Italy Gianluca Zambrotta
Portugal Ricardo Carvalho

Brazil Zé Roberto
France Patrick Vieira
France Zinédine Zidane
Germany Michael Ballack
Italy Andrea Pirlo
Italy Gennaro Gattuso
Italy Francesco Totti
Portugal Luís Figo
Portugal Maniche

Argentina Hernan Crespo
France Thierry Henry
Germany Miroslav Klose
Italy Luca Toni

Goal scorers

Miroslav Klose received the adidas Golden Shoe Award for scoring 5 goals in the World Cup. This was the lowest number of goals scored by a tournament's top goalscorer since six players tied on four goals each in 1962. In total, 147 goals were scored (4 of which were own goals). An additional 21 goals were scored in penalty shootouts, but these are not counted.

See also

References and footnotes

  1. ^ Peake, Alex (2006-07-11). "Sick taunt that riled ZZ". The Sun. Retrieved 2006-07-11. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  2. ^ During the World Cup, many of the stadiums will be officially known by different names, as FIFA prohibits sponsorship of stadiums unless the stadium sponsors are also official FIFA sponsors. For example, Allianz Arena will be known during the competition as "FIFA World Cup Stadium, Munich" (or in German: "FIFA WM-Stadion München"). On the Allianz Arena in Munich even the letters of the company Allianz have to be removed or covered. These new names are reflected in the table. Some of the stadiums also have a lower capacity for the World Cup, as FIFA regulations ban standing room. Of the twelve hosting stadiums, only Zentralstadion in Leipzig is on the area of the former German Democratic Republic (East Germany).
  3. ^ Please note that the links to location maps are linked to an external site.
  4. ^ Seated capacity. Some stadiums have greater capacity for German league games due to standing room.
  5. ^ "Regulations: 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany" (PDF). FIFA. Retrieved 2006-06-26.
  6. ^ Wilson, Paul (2005-12-11). "An easy group? Draw your own conclusions". The Observer. Retrieved 2006-06-26. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  7. ^ Palmer, Kevin (2006-05-24). "Group C Tactics Board". Retrieved 2006-06-26. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  8. ^ O'Dea, Joseph (2006-05-18). "FIFA changes World Cup tie-breaking rules". Retrieved 2006-06-29. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  9. ^ "French, Italians make up 11 places on all-star squad". Sports Illustrated. July 7, 2006. Retrieved 2006-07-10.

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