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The 2006 FIFA World Cup, held in Germany from 9 June to 9 July, was won by Italy who defeated France 5-3 in a penalty shootout after the teams were level 1-1 in the final at Berlin Olympic Stadium. Germany finished third and Portugal fourth. This was Italy's fourth World Cup victory.

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 entering 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 honour 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 9 June 2006 and ended on 9 July 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 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 23 June 2006.

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

The World Cup Final played in Berlin, saw the Italians triumph over France. After the regulation 90 minutes the game was 1-1, meaning that extra time had to be played. This was goalless and a penalty shootout followed. Italy won 5-3. It was the first all-European final since the 1982 FIFA World Cup (which Italy also won).

The final's biggest incident of the match was the sending off of France captain Zinedine Zidane, who was red-carded in the 110th minute for violent conduct after headbutting Marco Materazzi in the chest after the two exchanged words while walking down the field. This foul marked the end of Zidane's international career; he had previously announced this would be his final game. Zidane was the only player not allowed to receive his medal at the presentation ceremony, as the red card required that he leave the field of play and not be allowed to return.

Teams

Thirty-two teams from six FIFA confederations play in the 2006 FIFA World Cup. Only the host nation is 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	Capacity
Berlin	Olympiastadion	Olympiastadion	74,176
Dortmund	Signal Iduna Park	FIFA World Cup Stadium, Dortmund	67,000
Frankfurt	Commerzbank-Arena	FIFA World Cup Stadium, Frankfurt	48,132
Gelsenkirchen	Veltins-Arena	FIFA World Cup Stadium, Gelsenkirchen	53,804
Hamburg	AOL Arena	FIFA World Cup Stadium, Hamburg	51,055
Hanover (Hannover)	AWD-Arena	FIFA World Cup Stadium, Hanover	44,652
Kaiserslautern	Fritz-Walter-Stadion	Fritz-Walter-Stadion	43,450
Cologne (Köln)	RheinEnergieStadion	FIFA World Cup Stadium, Cologne	46,120
Leipzig	Zentralstadion	Zentralstadion	44,199
Munich (München)	Allianz Arena	FIFA World Cup Stadium, Munich	66,016
Nuremberg (Nürnberg)	EasyCredit-Stadion	Frankenstadion	41,926
Stuttgart	Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion	Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion	54,267

Squads

National associations had until 15 May 2006 to confirm their team 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.

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
Argentina  Brazil  England  France  Germany  Italy  Mexico  Spain	Angola  Australia  Côte d'Ivoire  Ecuador  Ghana  Paraguay  Togo  Tunisia	Croatia  Czech Republic  Netherlands  Poland  Portugal  Switzerland  Sweden  Ukraine	Costa Rica  Iran  Japan  Korea Republic  Saudi Arabia  Trinidad and Tobago  USA	Serbia and Montenegro

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.

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. 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

Main article: 2006 FIFA World Cup - Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Germany	9	3	3	0	0	8	2	+6
Ecuador	6	3	2	0	1	5	3	+2
Poland	3	3	1	0	2	2	4	−2
Costa Rica	0	3	0	0	3	3	9	−6

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

June 9, 2006 18:00
	Germany	4–2	Costa Rica	FIFA WM Stadion München, Munich Attendance: 66,000 Referee: Elizondo (Argentina)
	Lahm 6' Klose 17', 61' Frings 87'		Wanchope 12', 73'

June 9, 2006 21:00
	Poland	0–2	Ecuador	FIFA WM Stadion Gelsenkirchen, Gelsenkirchen Attendance: 52,000 Referee: Kamikawa (Japan)
			C. Tenorio 24' Delgado 80'

June 14, 2006 21:00
	Germany	1–0	Poland	FIFA WM Stadion Dortmund, Dortmund Attendance: 65,000 Referee: Medina (Spain)
	Neuville 91+'

June 15, 2006 15:00
	Ecuador	3–0	Costa Rica	FIFA WM Stadion Hamburg, Hamburg Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Codjia (Benin)
	C. Tenorio 8' Delgado 54' Kaviedes 92+'

June 20, 2006 16:00
	Ecuador	0–3	Germany	Olympiastadion, Berlin Attendance: 72,000 Referee: Ivanov (Russia)
			Klose 4', 44' Podolski 57'

June 20, 2006 16:00
	Costa Rica	1–2	Poland	FIFA WM Stadion Hannover, Hanover Attendance: 43,000 Referee: Maidin (Singapore)
	Gómez 24'		Bosacki 33', 65'

Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
England	7	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3
Sweden	5	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1
Paraguay	3	3	1	0	2	2	2	0
Trinidad and Tobago	1	3	0	1	2	0	4	−4

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

June 10, 2006 15:00
	England	1–0	Paraguay	FIFA WM Stadion Frankfurt, Frankfurt Attendance: 48,000 Referee: Rodríguez (Mexico)
	Gamarra 3' (OG)

June 10, 2006 18:00
	Trinidad and Tobago	0–0	Sweden	FIFA WM Stadion Dortmund, Dortmund Attendance: 62,959 Referee: Maidin (Singapore)

June 15, 2006 18:00
	England	2–0	Trinidad and Tobago	Frankenstadion, Nuremberg Attendance: 41,000 Referee: Kamikawa (Japan)
	Crouch 83' Gerrard 91+'

June 15, 2006 21:00
	Sweden	1–0	Paraguay	Olympiastadion, Berlin Attendance: 72,000 Referee: Micheľ (Slovakia)
	Ljungberg 89'

June 20, 2006 21:00
	Sweden	2–2	England	FIFA WM Stadion Köln, Cologne Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Busacca (Switzerland)
	Allbäck 51' Larsson 90'		J. Cole 34' Gerrard 85'

June 20, 2006 21:00
	Paraguay	2–0	Trinidad and Tobago	Fritz Walter Stadion, Kaiserslautern Attendance: 46,000 Referee: Rosetti (Italy)
	Sancho 25' (OG) Cuevas 86'

Group C

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Argentina	7	3	2	1	0	8	1	+7
Netherlands	7	3	2	1	0	3	1	+2
Côte d'Ivoire	3	3	1	0	2	5	6	−1
Serbia and Montenegro	0	3	0	0	3	2	10	−8

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

June 10, 2006 21:00
	Argentina	2–1	Côte d'Ivoire	FIFA WM Stadion Hamburg, Hamburg Attendance: 49,480 Referee: De Bleeckere (Belgium)
	Crespo 24' Saviola 38'		Drogba 82'

June 11, 2006 15:00
	Serbia and Montenegro	0–1	Netherlands	Zentralstadion, Leipzig Attendance: 37,216 Referee: Merk (Germany)
			Robben 18'

June 16, 2006 15:00
	Argentina	6–0	Serbia and Montenegro	FIFA WM Stadion Gelsenkirchen, Gelsenkirchen Attendance: 52,000 Referee: Rosetti (Italy)
	Rodríguez 6', 41' Cambiasso 31' Crespo 78' Tévez 84' Messi 88'

June 16, 2006 18:00
	Netherlands	2–1	Côte d'Ivoire	Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart Attendance: 52,000 Referee: Ruíz (Colombia)
	van Persie 23' van Nistelrooy 27'		B. Koné 39'

June 21, 2006 21:00
	Netherlands	0–0	Argentina	FIFA WM Stadion Frankfurt, Frankfurt Attendance: 48,000 Referee: Medina (Spain)

June 21, 2006 21:00
	Côte d'Ivoire	3–2	Serbia and Montenegro	FIFA WM Stadion München, Munich Attendance: 66,000 Referee: Rodríguez (Mexico)
	Dindane 37' (pen), 67' Kalou 86' (pen)		Žigić 10' Ilić 20'

Group D

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Portugal	9	3	3	0	0	5	1	+4
Mexico	4	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1
Angola	2	3	0	2	1	1	2	−1
Iran	1	3	0	1	2	2	6	−4

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

June 11, 2006 18:00
	Mexico	3–1	Iran	Frankenstadion, Nuremberg Attendance: 41,000 Referee: Rosetti (Italy)
	Bravo 28', 76' Zinha 79'		Golmohammadi 36'

June 11, 2006 21:00
	Angola	0–1	Portugal	FIFA WM Stadion Cologne, Cologne Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Larrionda (Uruguay)
			Pauleta 4'

June 16, 2006 21:00
	Mexico	0–0	Angola	FIFA WM Stadion Hannover, Hanover Attendance: 43,000 Referee: Maidin (Singapore)

June 17, 2006 15:00
	Portugal	2–0	Iran	FIFA WM Stadion Frankfurt, Frankfurt Attendance: 48,000 Referee: Poulat (France)
	Deco 63' Ronaldo 80' (pen)

June 21, 2006 16:00
	Portugal	2–1	Mexico	FIFA WM Stadion Gelsenkirchen, Gelsenkirchen Attendance: 52,000 Referee: Micheľ (Slovakia)
	Maniche 6' Simão 24' (pen)		Fonseca 29'

June 21, 2006 16:00
	Iran	1–1	Angola	Zentralstadion, Leipzig Attendance: 38,000 Referee: Shield (Australia)
	Bakhtiarizadeh 75'		Flávio 60'

Group E

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Italy	7	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4
Ghana	6	3	2	0	1	4	3	+1
Czech Republic	3	3	1	0	2	3	4	−1
USA	1	3	0	1	2	2	6	−4

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

June 12, 2006 18:00
	USA	0–3	Czech Republic	FIFA WM Stadion Gelsenkirchen, Gelsenkirchen Attendance: 52,000 Referee: Amarilla (Paraguay)
			Koller 5' Rosický 36', 76'

June 12, 2006 21:00
	Italy	2–0	Ghana	FIFA WM Stadion Hannover, Hanover Attendance: 43,000 Referee: Simon (Brazil)
	Pirlo 40' Iaquinta 83'

June 17, 2006 18:00
	Czech Republic	0–2	Ghana	FIFA WM Stadion Köln, Cologne Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Elizondo (Argentina)
			Gyan 2' Muntari 82'

June 17, 2006 21:00
	Italy	1–1	USA	Fritz Walter Stadion, Kaiserslautern Attendance: 46,000 Referee: Larrionda (Uruguay)
	Gilardino 22'		Zaccardo 27' (OG)

June 22, 2006 16:00
	Czech Republic	0–2	Italy	FIFA WM Stadion Hamburg, Hamburg Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Archundia (Mexico)
			Materazzi 26' Inzaghi 87'

June 22, 2006 16:00
	Ghana	2–1	USA	Frankenstadion, Nuremberg Attendance: 41,000 Referee: Merk (Germany)
	Draman 22' Appiah 47+' (pen)		Dempsey 43'

Group F

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Brazil	9	3	3	0	0	7	1	+6
Australia	4	3	1	1	1	5	5	0
Croatia	2	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1
Japan	1	3	0	1	2	2	7	−5

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

June 12, 2006 15:00
	Australia	3–1	Japan	Fritz Walter Stadion, Kaiserslautern Attendance: 46,000 Referee: Abd El Fatah (Egypt)
	Cahill 84', 89' Aloisi 92+'		Nakamura 26'

June 13, 2006 21:00
	Brazil	1–0	Croatia	Olympiastadion, Berlin Attendance: 72,000 Referee: Archundia (Mexico)
	Kaká 44'

June 18, 2006 15:00
	Croatia	0–0	Japan	Frankenstadion, Nuremberg Attendance: 41,000 Referee: De Bleeckere (Belgium)

June 18, 2006 18:00
	Brazil	2–0	Australia	FIFA WM Stadion München, Munich Attendance: 66,000 Referee: Merk (Germany)
	Adriano 49' Fred 90'

June 22, 2006 21:00
	Japan	1–4	Brazil	FIFA WM Stadion Dortmund, Dortmund Attendance: 65,000 Referee: Poulat (France)
	Tamada 34'		Ronaldo 46+', 81' Juninho 53' Gilberto 59'

June 22, 2006 21:00
	Croatia	2–2	Australia	Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart Attendance: 52,000 Referee: Poll (England)
	Srna 2' N. Kovač 56'		Moore 38' (pen) Kewell 79'

Group G

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Switzerland	7	3	2	1	0	4	0	+4
France	5	3	1	2	0	3	1	+2
Korea Republic	4	3	1	1	1	3	4	−1
Togo	0	3	0	0	3	1	6	−5

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

June 13, 2006 15:00
	Korea Republic	2–1	Togo	FIFA WM Stadion Frankfurt, Frankfurt Attendance: 48,000 Referee: Poll (England)
	Lee Chun-Soo 54' Ahn Jung-Hwan 72'		Kader 31'

June 13, 2006 18:00
	France	0–0	Switzerland	Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart Attendance: 52,000 Referee: Ivanov (Russia)

June 18, 2006 21:00
	France	1–1	Korea Republic	Zentralstadion, Leipzig Attendance: 43,000 Referee: Archundia (Mexico)
	Henry 9'		Park Ji-Sung 81'

June 19, 2006 15:00
	Togo	0–2	Switzerland	FIFA WM Stadion Dortmund, Dortmund Attendance: 65,000 Referee: Amarilla (Paraguay)
			Frei 16' Barnetta 88'

June 23, 2006 21:00
	Togo	0–2	France	FIFA WM Stadion Köln, Cologne Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Larrionda (Uruguay)
			Vieira 55' Henry 61'

June 23, 2006 21:00
	Switzerland	2–0	Korea Republic	FIFA WM Stadion Hannover, Hanover Attendance: 43,000 Referee: Elizondo (Argentina)
	Senderos 23' Frei 77'

Group H

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Spain	9	3	3	0	0	8	1	+7
Ukraine	6	3	2	0	1	5	4	+1
Tunisia	1	3	0	1	2	3	6	−3
Saudi Arabia	1	3	0	1	2	2	7	−5

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

June 14, 2006 15:00
	Spain	4–0	Ukraine	Zentralstadion, Leipzig Attendance: 43,000 Referee: Busacca (Switzerland)
	Alonso 13' Villa 17', 48' (pen) Torres 81'

June 14, 2006 18:00
	Tunisia	2–2	Saudi Arabia	FIFA WM Stadion München, Munich Attendance: 66,000 Referee: Shield (Australia)
	Jaziri 23' Jaïdi 92+'		Al Qahtani 57' Al Jaber 84'

June 19, 2006 18:00
	Saudi Arabia	0–4	Ukraine	FIFA WM Stadion Hamburg, Hamburg Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Poll (England)
			Rusol 4' Rebrov 36' Shevchenko 46' Kalynychenko 84'

June 19, 2006 21:00
	Spain	3–1	Tunisia	Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart Attendance: 52,000 Referee: Simon (Brazil)
	Raúl 71' Torres 76', 91' (pen)		Mnari 8'

June 23, 2006 16:00
	Saudi Arabia	0–1	Spain	Fritz Walter Stadion, Kaiserslautern Attendance: 46,000 Referee: Codjia (Benin)
			Juanito 36'

June 23, 2006 16:00
	Ukraine	1–0	Tunisia	Olympiastadion, Berlin Attendance: 72,000 Referee: Amarilla (Paraguay)
	Shevchenko 70' (pen)

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).

	Round of 16				Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	Germany	2
	Sweden	0
					Germany (PSO)	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 (PSO)	0 (3)
													Italy (PSO)	1 (5)
													France	1 (3)
	England	1
	Ecuador	0
					England	0 (1)
					Portugal (PSO)	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

Round of 16

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

24 June 2006 17:00
	Germany	2–0	Sweden	FIFA WM Stadion München, Munich Attendance: 66,000 Referee: Simon (Brazil)
	Podolski 4', 12'

24 June 2006 21:00
	Argentina	2–1 (AET)	Mexico	Zentralstadion, Leipzig Attendance: 43,000 Referee: Busacca (Switzerland)
	Crespo 10' Rodríguez 98'		Márquez 6'

25 June 2006 17:00
	England	1–0	Ecuador	Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart Attendance: 52,000 Referee: De Bleeckere (Belgium)
	Beckham 60'

25 June 2006 21:00
	Portugal	1–0	Netherlands	Frankenstadion, Nuremberg Attendance: 41,000 Referee: Ivanov (Russia)
	Maniche 23'

26 June 2006 17:00
	Italy	1–0	Australia	Fritz Walter Stadion, Kaiserslautern Attendance: 46,000 Referee: Medina (Spain)
	Totti 95+' (pen)

26 June 2006 21:00
	Switzerland	0–0 (0–3) (PSO)	Ukraine	FIFA WM Stadion Köln, Cologne Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Archundia (Mexico)

		Penalties
	Streller : saved Barnetta: crossbar Cabañas: saved	0–3	Shevchenko: saved Milevskiy: scored Rebrov: scored Gusev: scored

27 June 2006 17:00
	Brazil	3–0	Ghana	FIFA WM Stadion Dortmund, Dortmund Attendance: 65,000 Referee: Micheľ (Slovakia)
	Ronaldo 5' Adriano 46+' Ze Roberto 84'

27 June 2006 21:00
	Spain	1–3	France	FIFA WM Stadion Hannover, Hanover Attendance: 43,000 Referee: Rosetti (Italy)
	Villa 28' (pen)		Ribéry 41' Vieira 83' Zidane 92+'

Quarter-finals

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

30 June 2006 17:00
	Germany	1–1 (4–2) (PSO)	Argentina	Olympiastadion, Berlin Attendance: 72,000 Referee: Micheľ (Slovakia)
	Klose 80'		Ayala 49'

		Penalties
	Neuville: scored Ballack: scored Podolski: scored Borowski: scored	4–2	Cruz: scored Ayala: saved Rodríguez: scored Cambiasso: saved

30 June 2006 21:00
	Italy	3–0	Ukraine	FIFA WM Stadion Hamburg, Hamburg Attendance: 50,000 Referee: De Bleeckere (Belgium)
	Zambrotta 6' Toni 59', 69'

1 July 2006 17:00
	England	0–0 (1–3) (PSO)	Portugal	FIFA WM Stadion Gelsenkirchen, Gelsenkirchen Attendance: 52,000 Referee: Elizondo (Argentina)

		Penalties
	Lampard: saved Hargreaves: scored Gerrard: saved Carragher: saved	1–3	Simão: scored Viana: post Petit: missed Postiga: scored Ronaldo: scored

1 July 2006 21:00
	Brazil	0–1	France	FIFA WM Stadion Frankfurt, Frankfurt Attendance: 48,000 Referee: Medina (Spain)
			Henry 57'

Semi-finals

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

4 July 2006 21:00
	Germany	0–2 (AET)	Italy	FIFA WM Stadion Dortmund, Dortmund Attendance: 65,000 Referee: Archundia (Mexico)
			Grosso 119' Del Piero 121+'

5 July 2006 21:00
	Portugal	0–1	France	FIFA WM Stadion München, Munich Attendance: 66,000 Referee: Larrionda (Uruguay)
			Zidane 33' (pen)

Third place play-off

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

8 July 2006 21:00
	Germany	3–1	Portugal	Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart Attendance: 52,000 Referee: Kamikawa (Japan)
	Schweinsteiger 56', 78' Petit 60' (OG)		Gomes 88'

Final

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

9 July 2006 20:00
	Italy	1–1 (5–3) (PSO)	France	Olympiastadion, Berlin Attendance: 69,000 Referee: Elizondo (Argentina)
	Materazzi 19'		Zidane 7' (pen)

		Penalties
	Pirlo: scored Materazzi: scored De Rossi: scored Del Piero: scored Grosso: scored	5–3	Wiltord: scored Trezeguet: crossbar Abidal: scored Sagnol: scored

Awards

2006 World Cup Winners
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Golden Shoe winner:	Yashin Award:	Best Young Player:	FIFA Fair Play Trophy:
Miroslav Klose	Lukas Podolski	Brazil  Spain	Portugal

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 up to the second round. FIFA announced the team on July 7, 2006.

Goalkeepers	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Gianluigi Buffon  Jens Lehmann  Ricardo Pereira	Roberto Ayala John Terry  Lilian Thuram  Philipp Lahm  Fabio Cannavaro  Gianluca Zambrotta  Ricardo Carvalho	Zé Roberto  Patrick Vieira  Zinedine Zidane  Michael Ballack  Andrea Pirlo  Gennaro Gattuso  Francesco Totti  Luís Figo  Maniche	Hernan Crespo  Thierry Henry  Miroslav Klose  Luca Toni

Individual scorers

Miroslav Klose received the Adidas Golden Shoe Award for scoring 5 goals in the World Cup. 147 goals were scored (4 of which were own goals). An additional 21 goals were scored in penalty shootouts, but these are not counted.

5 goals  Miroslav Klose   3 goals  Hernán Crespo  Maxi Rodríguez  Ronaldo  Thierry Henry  Zinedine Zidane  Lukas Podolski  Fernando Torres  David Villa   2 goals  Tim Cahill  Adriano  Paulo Wanchope  Aruna Dindane  Tomáš Rosický  Agustín Delgado  Carlos Tenorio Steven Gerrard  Patrick Vieira  Bastian Schweinsteiger  Marco Materazzi  Luca Toni  Omar Bravo  Bartosz Bosacki  Maniche  Alexander Frei  Andriy Shevchenko Own goals  Cristian Zaccardo (1)  Carlos Gamarra (1)  Brent Sancho (1)  Petit (1)

1 goal  Flávio Amado  Roberto Ayala  Esteban Cambiasso  Lionel Messi  Javier Saviola  Carlos Tévez  John Aloisi  Harry Kewell  Craig Moore  Fred  Gilberto Melo  Juninho  Kaká  Zé Roberto  Rónald Gómez  Didier Drogba  Bonaventure Kalou  Bakary Koné  Niko Kovač  Darijo Srna  Jan Koller  Iván Kaviedes David Beckham Joe Cole Peter Crouch  Franck Ribéry  Torsten Frings  Philipp Lahm  Oliver Neuville  Stephen Appiah  Haminu Dramani  Asamoah Gyan  Sulley Ali Muntari  Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh  Yahya Golmohammadi  Alessandro del Piero  Alberto Gilardino  Fabio Grosso  Vincenzo Iaquinta  Filippo Inzaghi  Andrea Pirlo  Francesco Totti  Gianluca Zambrotta

Shunsuke Nakamura  Keiji Tamada  Ahn Jung-hwan  Lee Chun-Soo  Park Ji-Sung  Francisco Fonseca  Rafael Márquez  Zinha  Ruud van Nistelrooij  Robin van Persie  Arjen Robben  Nelson Cuevas  Deco  Nuno Gomes  Pauleta  Cristiano Ronaldo  Simão Sabrosa  Sami Al-Jaber  Yasser Al-Qahtani  Saša Ilić  Nikola Žigić  Xabi Alonso  Juanito Gutiérrez  Raúl González  Marcus Allbäck  Henrik Larsson  Fredrik Ljungberg  Tranquillo Barnetta  Philippe Senderos  Mohamed Kader  Radhi Jaidi  Ziad Jaziri  Jaouhar Mnari  Clint Dempsey  Maksim Kalynychenko  Sergiy Rebrov  Andriy Rusol

References and footnotes

1. ^ 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).
2. ^ Seated capacity. Some stadiums have greater capacity for German league games due to standing room.
3. ^ Regulations: 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany. (PDF) FIFA. Retrieved on 2006-06-26.
4. ^ Wilson, Paul (2005-12-11). An easy group? Draw your own conclusions. The Observer. Retrieved on 2006-06-26.
5. ^ Palmer, Kevin (2006-05-24). Group C Tactics Board. Retrieved on 2006-06-26.
6. ^ O'Dea, Joseph (2006-05-18). FIFA changes World Cup tie-breaking rules. Retrieved on 2006-06-29.

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