2006 Fifa World Cup: 18th FIFA World Cup, held in Germany

2006 FIFA World Cup
FIFA Fußball-Weltmeisterschaft; Deutschland 2006
Tournament details
Host country	Germany
Dates	9 June – 9 July (31 days)
Teams	32 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)	12 (in 12 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Italy (4th title)
Runners-up	France
Third place	Germany
Fourth place	Portugal
Tournament statistics
Matches played	64
Goals scored	147 (2.3 per match)
Attendance	3,359,439 (52,491 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Miroslav Klose ; (5 goals)
Best player(s)	Zinedine Zidane
Best young player	Lukas Podolski
Best goalkeeper	Gianluigi Buffon
	← 2002 2010 →

32 teams took part from many countries. Italy won the trophy after beating France in the final on penalties. Germany got third place at home.

Participants

Africa

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

Asia

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

Europe

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

North and Central America

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

South America

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

Group stage

Group A


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

Schedule

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

Group B


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

Group C


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

Group D


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

Group E


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

Group F


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

Group G


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

Group H


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

Knockout stage

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

24 June - Munich

Germany

2

30 June - Berlin

Sweden

0

Germany (pen.)

1 (4)

24 June - Leipzig

Argentina

1 (2)

Argentina (aet)

2

4 July - Dortmund

Mexico

1

Germany

0

26 June - Kaiserslautern

Italy (aet)

2

Italy

1

30 June - Hamburg

Australia

0

Italy

3

26 June - Cologne

Ukraine

0

Switzerland

0 (0)

9 July - Berlin

Ukraine (pen.)

0 (3)

Italy (pen.)

1 (5)

25 June - Stuttgart

France

1 (3)

England

1

1 July - Gelsenkirchen

Ecuador

0

England

0 (1)

25 June - Nuremberg

Portugal (pen.)

0 (3)

Portugal

1

5 July - Munich

Netherlands

0

Portugal

0

27 June - Dortmund

France

1

Third place

Brazil

3

1 July - Frankfurt

8 July - Stuttgart

Ghana

0

Brazil

0

Germany

3

27 June - Hanover

France

1

Portugal

1

Spain

1

France

3

Round of 16

24 June 2006

17:00

Germany	2-0	Sweden
Podolski 4', 12'

Allianz Arena, Munich

Attendance: 66,000

Referee:

Carlos Eugenio Simon

24 June 2006

21:00

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

Zentralstadion, Leipzig

Attendance: 43,000

Referee:

Massimo Busacca

25 June 2006

17:00

England	1-0	Ecuador
Beckham 60'

Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart

25 June 2006

21:00

Portugal	1-0	Netherlands
Maniche 23'

Frankenstadion, Nuremberg

26 June 2006

17:00

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

Fritz-Walter-Stadion, Kaiserslautern

26 June 2006

21:00

Switzerland	0-0 (a.e.t.)	Ukraine

Penalties
Streller Barnetta Cabanas	0-3	Shevchenko Milevskiy Rebrov Husyev

FIFA WM Stadion Köln, Cologne

27 June 2006