2006 Fifa World Cup Knockout Stage

The top two teams from each group (16 in total) advance to the knockout stage to compete in a single-elimination style tournament. A match was played between the two losing teams of the semi-finals to determine which team finished in third place.

All times local (CEST/UTC+2)

The top two placed teams from each of the eight groups qualified for the knockout stage.

Group	Winners	Runners-up
A	Germany	Ecuador
B	England	Sweden
C	Argentina	Netherlands
D	Portugal	Mexico
E	Italy	Ghana
F	Brazil	Australia
G	Switzerland	France
H	Spain	Ukraine

Germany vs Sweden

Germany progressed thanks to two goals from Lukas Podolski inside the opening 12 minutes. His first was in the fourth minute; German captain Michael Ballack sent a pass to Miroslav Klose, who was tackled by goalkeeper Andreas Isaksson, only for an onrushing Podolski to turn the ball in. Eight minutes later, a pass from Klose found Podolski, who scored his second goal. On 35 minutes, Teddy Lučić received a second yellow card for a foul on Klose. In the 52nd minute, Henrik Larsson won a penalty for Sweden when he was challenged by Christoph Metzelder, only for Larsson himself to shoot the ball over the crossbar. Germany held out for a 2–0 win.

24 June 2006

17:00 CET (UTC+1)

Germany	2–0	Sweden
Podolski   4', 12'	Report

FIFA WM-Stadion München, Munich

Attendance: 66,000

Referee: Carlos Eugênio Simon (Brazil)

Germany

Sweden

GK 1 Jens Lehmann RB 3 Arne Friedrich CB 17 Per Mertesacker CB 21 Christoph Metzelder LB 16 Philipp Lahm RM 19 Bernd Schneider CM 8 Torsten Frings   27'   85' CM 13 Michael Ballack (c) LM 7 Bastian Schweinsteiger   72' CF 11 Miroslav Klose CF 20 Lukas Podolski   74' Substitutions: MF 18 Tim Borowski   72' FW 10 Oliver Neuville   74' MF 5 Sebastian Kehl   85' Manager: Jürgen Klinsmann

GK 1 Andreas Isaksson RB 7 Niclas Alexandersson CB 3 Olof Mellberg (c) CB 4 Teddy Lučić   28'   35' LB 5 Erik Edman DM 6 Tobias Linderoth RM 18 Mattias Jonson   48'   52' LM 9 Freddie Ljungberg AM 16 Kim Källström   39' CF 10 Zlatan Ibrahimović   72' CF 11 Henrik Larsson Substitutions: DF 13 Petter Hansson   39' MF 21 Christian Wilhelmsson   52' FW 20 Marcus Allbäck   78'   72' Manager: Lars Lagerbäck

 

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Argentina vs Mexico

24 June 2006

21:00 CET (UTC+1)

Argentina	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Mexico
Crespo   10' Rodríguez   98'	Report	Márquez   6'

Zentralstadion, Leipzig

Attendance: 43,000

Referee: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)

Argentina

Mexico

GK 1 Roberto Abbondanzieri RB 13 Lionel Scaloni CB 2 Roberto Ayala CB 6 Gabriel Heinze   45+1' LB 3 Juan Pablo Sorín (c)   112' DM 8 Javier Mascherano RM 5 Esteban Cambiasso   76' LM 18 Maxi Rodríguez AM 10 Juan Román Riquelme CF 7 Javier Saviola   84' CF 9 Hernán Crespo   75' Substitutions: FW 11 Carlos Tevez   75' MF 16 Pablo Aimar   76' FW 19 Lionel Messi   84' Manager: José Pékerman

GK 1 Oswaldo Sánchez CB 4 Rafael Márquez (c)   70' CB 5 Ricardo Osorio CB 3 Carlos Salcido RM 16 Mario Méndez CM 15 José Antonio Castro   82' CM 8 Pável Pardo   38' CM 11 Ramón Morales   74' LM 18 Andrés Guardado   66' CF 17 Francisco Fonseca   119' CF 9 Jared Borgetti Substitutions: MF 6 Gerardo Torrado   118'   38' MF 14 Gonzalo Pineda   66' MF 7 Sinha   74' Manager:   Ricardo La Volpe

 

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England vs Ecuador

25 June 2006

17:00 CET (UTC+1)

England	1–0	Ecuador
Beckham   60'	Report

Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart

Attendance: 52,000

Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)

England

Ecuador

GK 1 Paul Robinson   78' RB 16 Owen Hargreaves CB 5 Rio Ferdinand CB 6 John Terry   18' LB 3 Ashley Cole DM 18 Michael Carrick RM 7 David Beckham (c)   87' CM 4 Steven Gerrard   90+2' CM 8 Frank Lampard LM 11 Joe Cole   77' CF 9 Wayne Rooney Substitutions: DF 15 Jamie Carragher   82'   77' MF 19 Aaron Lennon   87' MF 20 Stewart Downing   90+2' DF 2 Gary Neville DF 12 Sol Campbell FW 21 Peter Crouch FW 10 Michael Owen Manager:   Sven-Göran Eriksson

GK 12 Cristian Mora RB 4 Ulises de la Cruz   67' CB 3 Iván Hurtado (c) CB 17 Giovanny Espinoza LB 18 Neicer Reasco RM 16 Antonio Valencia   24' CM 14 Segundo Castillo CM 20 Edwin Tenorio   69' LM 8 Édison Méndez CF 21 Carlos Tenorio   37'   72' CF 11 Agustín Delgado Substitutions: MF 7 Christian Lara   69' FW 10 Iván Kaviedes   72' Manager:   Luis Fernando Suárez

 

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Portugal vs Netherlands

25 June 2006

21:00 CET (UTC+1)

Portugal	1–0	Netherlands
Maniche   23'	Report

Frankenstadion, Nuremberg

Attendance: 41,000

Referee: Valentin Ivanov (Russia)

Portugal

Netherlands

GK 1 Ricardo   76' RB 13 Miguel CB 5 Fernando Meira CB 16 Ricardo Carvalho LB 14 Nuno Valente   76' CM 6 Costinha   31'   45+1' CM 18 Maniche   20' RW 7 Luís Figo (c)   60'   84' AM 20 Deco   73'   78' LW 17 Cristiano Ronaldo   34' CF 9 Pauleta   46' Substitutions: FW 11 Simão   34' MF 8 Petit   50'   46' MF 19 Tiago   84' Manager:   Luiz Felipe Scolari

GK 1 Edwin van der Sar (c) RB 3 Khalid Boulahrouz   7'   63' CB 13 André Ooijer CB 4 Joris Mathijsen   56' LB 5 Giovanni van Bronckhorst   59'   90+5' RM 18 Mark van Bommel   2'   67' CM 20 Wesley Sneijder   73' LM 8 Phillip Cocu   84' RF 17 Robin van Persie CF 7 Dirk Kuyt LF 11 Arjen Robben Substitutions: MF 10 Rafael van der Vaart   74'   56' DF 14 John Heitinga   67' FW 19 Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink   84' Manager: Marco van Basten

 

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Italy vs Australia

26 June 2006

17:00 CET (UTC+1)

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

Fritz-Walter-Stadion, Kaiserslautern

Attendance: 46,000

Referee: Luis Medina Cantalejo (Spain)

Italy

Australia

GK 1 Gianluigi Buffon RB 19 Gianluca Zambrotta   90+1' CB 5 Fabio Cannavaro (c) CB 23 Marco Materazzi   50' LB 3 Fabio Grosso   29' RM 20 Simone Perrotta CM 21 Andrea Pirlo LM 8 Gennaro Gattuso   89' AM 7 Alessandro Del Piero   75' CF 11 Alberto Gilardino   46' CF 9 Luca Toni   56' Substitutions: FW 15 Vincenzo Iaquinta   46' DF 6 Andrea Barzagli   56' FW 10 Francesco Totti   75' Manager: Marcello Lippi

GK 1 Mark Schwarzer CB 3 Craig Moore CB 2 Lucas Neill CB 14 Scott Chipperfield RM 5 Jason Culina CM 13 Vince Grella   23' LM 20 Luke Wilkshire   61' RW 21 Mile Sterjovski   81' AM 4 Tim Cahill   49' LW 23 Mark Bresciano CF 9 Mark Viduka (c) Substitutions: FW 15 John Aloisi   81' Manager:   Guus Hiddink

 

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Switzerland vs Ukraine

Despite their early elimination, Switzerland became the first team in the history of the FIFA World Cup to leave an edition of the tournament without conceding a single goal.

26 June 2006

21:00 CET (UTC+1)

Switzerland	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Ukraine
	Report
Penalties
Streller   Barnetta   Cabanas	0–3	Shevchenko   Milevskyi   Rebrov   Husyev

FIFA WM-Stadion Köln, Cologne

Attendance: 45,000

Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico)

Switzerland

Ukraine

GK 1 Pascal Zuberbühler RB 23 Philipp Degen CB 2 Johan Djourou   34' CB 20 Patrick Müller LB 3 Ludovic Magnin DM 6 Johann Vogel (c) RM 16 Tranquillo Barnetta   59' LM 8 Raphaël Wicky AM 7 Ricardo Cabanas SS 22 Hakan Yakin   64' CF 9 Alexander Frei   117' Substitutions: DF 13 Stéphane Grichting   34' FW 11 Marco Streller   64' FW 18 Mauro Lustrinelli   117' Manager: Köbi Kuhn

GK 1 Oleksandr Shovkovskyi CB 9 Oleh Husyev CB 17 Vladyslav Vashchuk CB 2 Andriy Nesmachnyi CM 8 Oleh Shelayev CM 14 Andriy Husin CM 4 Anatoliy Tymoschuk AM 16 Andriy Vorobey   94' AM 19 Maksym Kalynychenko   75' SS 10 Andriy Voronin   111' CF 7 Andriy Shevchenko (c) Substitutions: MF 21 Ruslan Rotan   75' FW 11 Serhii Rebrov   94' FW 15 Artem Milevskyi   111' Manager: Oleg Blokhin

 

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Brazil vs Ghana

27 June 2006

17:00 CET (UTC+1)

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)

Brazil

Ghana

GK 1 Dida RB 2 Cafu (c) CB 3 Lúcio CB 4 Juan   44' LB 6 Roberto Carlos CM 5 Emerson   46' CM 11 Zé Roberto AM 8 Kaká   83' AM 10 Ronaldinho CF 7 Adriano   13'   61' CF 9 Ronaldo Substitutions: MF 17 Gilberto Silva   46' MF 19 Juninho   61' MF 20 Ricardinho   83' FW 23 Robinho GK 22 Júlio César Manager: Carlos Alberto Parreira

GK 22 Richard Kingson RB 15 John Paintsil   29' CB 5 John Mensah CB 7 Illiasu Shilla LB 6 Emmanuel Pappoe RM 23 Haminu Dramani CM 18 Eric Addo   38'   60' CM 10 Stephen Appiah (c)   7' LM 11 Sulley Muntari   11' CF 3 Asamoah Gyan   48'   81' CF 14 Matthew Amoah   70' Substitutions: MF 9 Derek Boateng   60' FW 12 Alex Tachie-Mensah   70' MF 8 Michael Essien Manager:   Ratomir Dujković

 

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Spain vs France

27 June 2006

21:00 CET (UTC+1)

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

FIFA WM-Stadion Hannover, Hanover

Attendance: 43,000

Referee: Roberto Rosetti (Italy)

Spain

France

GK 1 Iker Casillas RB 15 Sergio Ramos CB 22 Pablo CB 5 Carles Puyol   82' LB 3 Mariano Pernía CM 18 Cesc Fàbregas CM 14 Xabi Alonso CM 8 Xavi   72' AM 21 David Villa   54' AM 9 Fernando Torres CF 7 Raúl (c)   54' Substitutions: FW 11 Luis García   54' MF 17 Joaquín   54' MF 16 Marcos Senna   72' MF 13 Andrés Iniesta GK 23 Pepe Reina GK 19 Santiago Cañizares Manager: Luis Aragonés

GK 16 Fabien Barthez RB 19 Willy Sagnol CB 15 Lilian Thuram CB 5 William Gallas LB 3 Eric Abidal CM 4 Patrick Vieira   68' CM 6 Claude Makélélé RW 22 Franck Ribéry   87' AM 10 Zinedine Zidane (c)   90+1' LW 7 Florent Malouda   74' CF 12 Thierry Henry   88' Substitutions: FW 9 Sidney Govou   74' FW 11 Sylvain Wiltord   88' FW 20 David Trezeguet Manager: Raymond Domenech

 

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Germany vs Argentina

Argentina took the lead through Roberto Ayala early in the second half, but the South Americans’ goalkeeper Roberto Abbondanzieri was injured after the goal and his replacement Leo Franco was unable to stop Miroslav Klose from equalizing with ten minutes left in regulation time. The match went to extra time. With no goals scored, the semifinal spot came down to penalties, during which German goalkeeper Jens Lehmann was seen looking at a piece of paper kept in his sock before each Argentinian player would come forward for a penalty kick. Lehmann had researched the penalty taking habits of seven players on the Argentinian team. However, only two players on his list ended up taking a penalty that day. On the attempts by those two players, Lehmann saved one and came close to saving the other. He then had to guess on Esteban Cambiasso's kick since he did not have any information written on his list about Cambiasso. However, he derived an educated guess from the videos he had studied and pretended to read the piece of paper and nodded his head before putting it away, implying to Cambiasso that he did in fact have information on the kicker. Lehmann guessed correctly and saved the penalty, thus winning the shootout for Germany. "Lehmann's list" became so popular in the annals of German football history that it is now in the Haus der Geschichte museum.

30 June 2006

17:00 CET (UTC+1)

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)

Germany

Argentina

GK 1 Jens Lehmann RB 3 Arne Friedrich   114' CB 17 Per Mertesacker CB 21 Christoph Metzelder LB 16 Philipp Lahm RM 19 Bernd Schneider   62' CM 8 Torsten Frings CM 13 Michael Ballack (c) LM 7 Bastian Schweinsteiger   74' CF 11 Miroslav Klose   86' CF 20 Lukas Podolski   3' Substitutions: MF 18 Tim Borowski   74' MF 22 David Odonkor   94'   62' FW 10 Oliver Neuville   86' Manager: Jürgen Klinsmann

GK 1 Roberto Abbondanzieri   71' RB 4 Fabricio Coloccini CB 2 Roberto Ayala CB 6 Gabriel Heinze LB 3 Juan Pablo Sorín (c)   46' DM 8 Javier Mascherano   60' RM 18 Maxi Rodríguez   88' LM 22 Lucho González AM 10 Juan Román Riquelme   72' CF 9 Hernán Crespo   79' CF 11 Carlos Tevez Substitutions: GK 12 Leo Franco   71' MF 5 Esteban Cambiasso   72' FW 20 Julio Cruz   95'   79' Other disciplinary actions: DF 17 Leandro Cufré   120' Manager: José Pékerman

 

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Italy vs Ukraine

30 June 2006

21:00 CET (UTC+1)

Italy	3–0	Ukraine
Zambrotta   6' Toni   59', 69'	Report

FIFA WM-Stadion Hamburg, Hamburg

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)

Italy

Ukraine

GK 1 Gianluigi Buffon RB 19 Gianluca Zambrotta CB 5 Fabio Cannavaro (c) CB 6 Andrea Barzagli LB 3 Fabio Grosso RM 16 Mauro Camoranesi   68' CM 21 Andrea Pirlo   68' CM 8 Gennaro Gattuso   77' LM 20 Simone Perrotta AM 10 Francesco Totti CF 9 Luca Toni Substitutions: MF 17 Simone Barone   68' DF 22 Massimo Oddo   68' DF 2 Cristian Zaccardo   77' Manager: Marcello Lippi

GK 1 Oleksandr Shovkovskyi RB 9 Oleh Husyev CB 22 Vyacheslav Sviderskyi   16'   20' CB 6 Andriy Rusol   45+2' LB 2 Andriy Nesmachnyi CM 14 Andriy Husin CM 4 Anatoliy Tymoschuk CM 8 Oleh Shelayev RW 15 Artem Milevskyi   67'   72' CF 7 Andriy Shevchenko (c) LW 19 Maksym Kalynychenko   21' Substitutions: FW 16 Andriy Vorobey   20' DF 17 Vladyslav Vashchuk   45+2' FW 20 Oleksiy Byelik   72' Manager: Oleg Blokhin

 

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England vs Portugal

1 July 2006

17:00 CET (UTC+1)

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

FIFA WM-Stadion Gelsenkirchen, Gelsenkirchen

Attendance: 52,000

Referee: Horacio Elizondo (Argentina)

England

Portugal

GK 1 Paul Robinson RB 2 Gary Neville CB 5 Rio Ferdinand CB 6 John Terry   30' LB 3 Ashley Cole RM 7 David Beckham (c)   52' CM 4 Steven Gerrard CM 16 Owen Hargreaves   107' CM 8 Frank Lampard LM 11 Joe Cole   65' CF 9 Wayne Rooney   62' Substitutions: MF 19 Aaron Lennon   52'   119' FW 21 Peter Crouch   65' DF 15 Jamie Carragher   119' Manager:   Sven-Göran Eriksson

GK 1 Ricardo RB 13 Miguel CB 5 Fernando Meira CB 16 Ricardo Carvalho   111' LB 14 Nuno Valente CM 19 Tiago   74' CM 8 Petit   44' CM 18 Maniche AM 7 Luís Figo (c)   86' AM 17 Cristiano Ronaldo CF 9 Pauleta   63' Substitutions: FW 11 Simão   63' MF 10 Hugo Viana   74' FW 23 Hélder Postiga   86' Manager:   Luiz Felipe Scolari

 

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Brazil vs France

External videos
Brazil v France (Germany 2006) Full match on YouTube

Defending world champions Brazil went out in the quarter-finals after Zinedine Zidane found an unmarked Thierry Henry from a free kick, the striker having been given a free run at the ball after his marker, Roberto Carlos, stopped to tie his shoe.

1 July 2006

21:00 CET (UTC+1)

Brazil	0–1	France
	Report	Henry   57'

FIFA WM-Stadion Frankfurt, Frankfurt

Attendance: 48,000

Referee: Luis Medina Cantalejo (Spain)

Brazil

France

GK 1 Dida RB 2 Cafu (c)   25'   76' CB 3 Lúcio   75' CB 4 Juan   45' LB 6 Roberto Carlos RM 17 Gilberto Silva CM 8 Kaká   79' CM 19 Juninho   63' LM 11 Zé Roberto SS 10 Ronaldinho CF 9 Ronaldo   45+2' Substitutions: FW 7 Adriano   63' DF 13 Cicinho   76' FW 23 Robinho   79' Manager: Carlos Alberto Parreira

GK 16 Fabien Barthez RB 19 Willy Sagnol   74' CB 15 Lilian Thuram   88' CB 5 William Gallas LB 3 Eric Abidal CM 4 Patrick Vieira CM 6 Claude Makélélé RW 22 Franck Ribéry   77' AM 10 Zinedine Zidane (c) LW 7 Florent Malouda   81' CF 12 Thierry Henry   86' Substitutions: FW 9 Sidney Govou   77' FW 11 Sylvain Wiltord   81' FW 14 Louis Saha   87'   86' Manager: Raymond Domenech

 

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Germany vs Italy

This was the fourth time that Italy defeated the host nation of tournament, after France in 1938, Mexico in 1970 and Argentina in 1978.

4 July 2006

21:00 CET (UTC+1)

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)

Germany

Italy

GK 1 Jens Lehmann RB 3 Arne Friedrich CB 17 Per Mertesacker CB 21 Christoph Metzelder   56' LB 16 Philipp Lahm RM 19 Bernd Schneider   83' CM 13 Michael Ballack (c) CM 5 Sebastian Kehl LM 18 Tim Borowski   40'   73' CF 11 Miroslav Klose   111' CF 20 Lukas Podolski Substitutions: MF 7 Bastian Schweinsteiger   73' MF 22 David Odonkor   83' FW 10 Oliver Neuville   111' Manager: Jürgen Klinsmann

GK 1 Gianluigi Buffon RB 19 Gianluca Zambrotta CB 5 Fabio Cannavaro (c) CB 23 Marco Materazzi LB 3 Fabio Grosso RM 16 Mauro Camoranesi   90'   91' CM 21 Andrea Pirlo CM 8 Gennaro Gattuso LM 20 Simone Perrotta   104' AM 10 Francesco Totti CF 9 Luca Toni   74' Substitutions: FW 11 Alberto Gilardino   74' FW 15 Vincenzo Iaquinta   91' FW 7 Alessandro Del Piero   104' Manager: Marcello Lippi

 

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Portugal vs France

5 July 2006

21:00 CET (UTC+1)

Portugal	0–1	France
	Report	Zidane   33' (pen.)

FIFA WM-Stadion München, Munich

Attendance: 66,000

Referee: Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay)

Portugal

France

GK 1 Ricardo RB 13 Miguel   62' CB 5 Fernando Meira CB 16 Ricardo Carvalho   83' LB 14 Nuno Valente CM 6 Costinha   75' CM 18 Maniche RW 7 Luís Figo (c) AM 20 Deco LW 17 Cristiano Ronaldo CF 9 Pauleta   68' Substitutions: DF 2 Paulo Ferreira   62' FW 11 Simão   68' FW 23 Hélder Postiga   75' Manager:   Luiz Felipe Scolari

GK 16 Fabien Barthez RB 19 Willy Sagnol CB 15 Lilian Thuram CB 5 William Gallas LB 3 Eric Abidal CM 4 Patrick Vieira CM 6 Claude Makélélé RW 22 Franck Ribéry   72' AM 10 Zinedine Zidane (c) LW 7 Florent Malouda   69' CF 12 Thierry Henry   85' Substitutions: FW 11 Sylvain Wiltord   69' FW 9 Sidney Govou   72' FW 14 Louis Saha   87'   85' Manager: Raymond Domenech