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 (penalty shootout)	1 (4)
					Argentina	1 (2)
	Argentina (extra time)	2
	Mexico	1
									Germany	0
									Italy (extra time)	2
	Italy	1
	Australia	0
					Italy	3
					Ukraine	0
	Switzerland	0 (0)
	Ukraine (penalty shootout)	0 (3)
													Italy (penalty shootout)	1 (5)
													France	1 (3)
	England	1
	Ecuador	0
					England	0 (1)
					Portugal (penalty shootout)	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 "()".

Final

Italy won the 2006 FIFA World Cup and became World Champions. This win was their 4th title!