2006 FIFA World Cup

2006 FIFA World Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Germany
Dates	June 9 – July 9
Teams	32 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)	12 (in 12 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Italy (4th title)
Runner-up	France
Third place	Germany
Fourth place	Portugal
Tournament statistics
Matches played	64
Goals scored	145 (2.27 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Miroslav Klose (5 goals)
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Map of competing countries and final standings

The 2006 FIFA World Cup was a football (soccer) sporting event that was held in Germany from June 9 to July 9, 2006. 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

Results

Round 1

Group A

Pos	Team	GER	CRC	POL	ECU	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Note
1	GER		4–2	1–0	3–0	3	3	0	0	8	2	+6	9	Advances to Round 2
2	ECU	0–3	3–0	2–0		3	2	0	1	5	3	+2	6	Advances to Round 2
3	POL	0–1	2–1		0–3	3	1	0	2	2	4	–2	3	Eliminated
4	CRC	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	ENG		2–2	1–0	2–0	3	2	1	0	5	2	8	7	Advances to Round 2
2	SWE	2–2		1–0	0–0	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	5	Advances to Round 2
3	PAR	0–1	0–1		2–0	3	1	0	2	2	2	+0	3	Eliminated
4	TRI	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	ARG		0–0	2–1	6–0	3	2	1	0	8	1	+7	7	Advances to Round 2
2	NED	0–0		2–1	1–0	3	2	1	0	3	1	+2	7	Advances to Round 2
3	CIV	1–2	1–2		3–2	3	1	0	2	5	6	-1	3	Eliminated
4	SCG	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	POR		2–1	1–0	2–0	3	3	0	0	5	1	+4	9	Advances to Round 2
2	MEX	1–2		0–0	3–1	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	4	Advances to Round 2
3	ANG	0–1	0–0		1–1	3	0	2	1	1	2	-1	2	Eliminated
4	IRN	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	ITA		2–0	2–0	1–1	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	7	Advances to Round 2
2	GHA	0–2		2–0	2–1	3	2	0	1	4	3	+1	6	Advances to Round 2
3	CZE	0–2	0–2		3–0	3	1	0	2	3	4	-1	3	Eliminated
4	USA	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	BRA		2–0	1–0	4–1	3	3	0	0	7	1	+6	9	Advances to Round 2
2	AUS	0–2		2–2	3–1	3	1	1	1	5	5	+0	4	Advances to Round 2
3	CRO	0–1	2–2		0–0	3	0	2	1	2	3	-1	2	Eliminated
4	JPN	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	SUI		0–0	2–0	2–0	3	2	1	0	4	0	+4	7	Advances to Round 2
2	FRA	0–0		1–1	2–0	3	1	2	0	3	1	+2	5	Advances to Round 2
3	KOR	0–2	1–1		2–1	3	1	1	1	3	4	-1	4	Eliminated
4	TOG	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	ESP		4–0	3–1	1–0	3	3	0	0	8	1	+7	9	Advances to Round 2
2	UKR	0–4		1–0	4–0	3	2	0	1	5	4	+1	6	Advances to Round 2
3	TUN	1–3	0–1		2–2	3	0	1	2	3	6	-3	1	Eliminated
4	KSA	0–1	0–4	2–2		3	0	1	2	2	7	-5	1	Eliminated

Round 2

	Round of 16				Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	Germany	2
	Sweden	0
					Germany (pen.)	1 (4)
					Argentina	1 (2)
	Argentina (aet)	2
	Mexico	1
									Germany	0
									Italy (aet)	2
	Italy	1
	Australia	0
					Italy	3
					Ukraine	0
	Switzerland	0 (0)
	Ukraine (pen.)	0 (3)
													Italy (pen.)	1 (5)
													France	1 (3)
	England	1
	Ecuador	0
					England	0 (1)
					Portugal (pen.)	0 (3)
	Portugal	1
	Netherlands	0
									Portugal	0
									France	1			Third place
	Brazil	3
	Ghana	0
					Brazil	0							Germany	3
					France	1							Portugal	1
	Spain	1
	France	3

Matches won by penalty shootouts have the penalty shootout goals shown in brackets "()".

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