XVIII WORLD CUP (GERMANY 2006)

(From 9-06-2006 to 9-07-2006)
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WC Mascot (Goleo VI)

 

COMPETITION SYSTEM

· 204 national teams enter a Qualifying Stage (host Germany is exempt from this round), divided in 13 geographic groups. The group winners, together with a variable number of best ranked teams, qualify for the Final Stage in Germany (the two best runners-up of the European Zone qualify automatically, while the six remaining runners-up play a knock-out round in order to earn three more berths in the Final Stage).

· The 32 teams qualified for the Final Stage are divided in 8 groups of 4 teams each playing a round robin. In case that two or more teams finish level on points, their position is decided by general goal difference.

· The group winners and runners-up advance to an 1/8 Final knock-out round, played as an X-pairing. The winners move to quarterfinals and further semifinals, and the two surviving teams at the end of these knock-out rounds qualify for the final.
 

 

::::: QUALIFYING STAGE :::::

 

 

GROUP STAGE

(Seeded teams are indicated in blue)

 

GROUP A

 

GROUP B

Competition Day 1 (9-06-2006)

Competition Day 1 (10-06-2006)

München

Germany - Costa Rica

4-2

Frankfurt

England - Paraguay

1-0

Gelsenkirchen

Poland - Ecuador

0-2

Dortmund

Trinidad & Tobago - Sweden

0-0

Competition Day 2 (14-06-2006)

Competition Day 2 (15-06-2006)

Dortmund

Germany - Poland

1-0

Nürnberg

England - Trinidad & Tobago

2-0

Hamburg

Ecuador - Costa Rica

3-0 (x)

Berlin

Sweden - Paraguay

1-0

Competition Day 3 (20-06-2006)

Competition Day 3 (20-06-2006)

Berlin

Ecuador - Germany

0-3

Köln

Sweden - England

2-2

Hannover

Costa Rica - Poland

1-2

Kaiserslautern

Paraguay - Trinidad & Tobago

2-0

FINAL STANDING

P

W

D

L

F

A

Pt

1. Germany

3

3

0

0

8

2

9

2. Ecuador

3

2

0

1

5

3

6

3. Poland

3

1

0

2

2

4

3

4. Costa Rica

3

0

0

3

3

9

0

FINAL STANDING

P

W

D

L

F

A

Pt

1. England

3

2

1

0

5

2

7

2. Sweden

3

1

2

0

3

2

5

3. Paraguay

3

1

0

2

2

2

3

4. Trinidad and Tobago

3

0

1

2

0

4

1

(x) Game played on 15-06-2006.

 

GROUP C

 

GROUP D

Competition Day 1 (10-06-2006)

Competition Day 1 (11-06-2006)

Hamburg

Argentina - Ivory Coast

2-1

Nürnberg

Mexico - Iran

3-1

Leipzig

Serbia-Monte. - Netherlands

0-1 (x)

Köln

Angola - Portugal

0-1

Competition Day 2 (16-06-2006)

Competition Day 2 (16-06-2006)

Gelsenkirchen

Argentina - Serbia-Montenegro

6-0

Hannover

Mexico - Angola

0-0

Stuttgart

Netherlands - Ivory Coast

2-1

Frankfurt

Portugal - Iran

2-0 (y)

Competition Day 3 (21-06-2006)

Competition Day 3 (21-06-2006)

Frankfurt

Netherlands - Argentina

0-0

Gelsenkirchen

Portugal - Mexico

2-1

München

Ivory Coast - Serbia-Monte.

3-2

Leipzig

Iran - Angola

1-1

FINAL STANDING

P

W

D

L

F

A

Pt

1. Argentina

3

2

1

0

8

1

7

2. Netherlands

3

2

1

0

3

1

7

3. Ivory Coast

3

1

0

2

5

6

3

4. Serbia-Montenegro

3

0

0

3

2

10

0

FINAL STANDING

P

W

D

L

F

A

Pt

1. Portugal

3

3

0

0

5

1

9

2. Mexico

3

1

1

1

4

3

4

3. Angola

3

0

2

1

1

2

2

4. Iran

3

0

1

2

2

6

1

(x) Game played on 11-06-2006.     (y) Game played on 17-06-2006.

 

GROUP E

 

GROUP F

Competition Day 1 (12-06-2006)

Competition Day 1 (12-06-2006)

Hannover

Italy - Ghana

2-0

Kaiserslautern

Australia - Japan

3-1

Gelsenkirchen

USA - Czech Republic

0-3

Berlin

Brazil - Croatia

1-0 (x)

Competition Day 2 (17-06-2006)

Competition Day 2 (18-06-2006)

Kaiserslautern

Italy - USA

1-1

München

Brazil - Australia

2-0

Köln

Czech Republic - Ghana

0-2

Nürnberg

Japan - Croatia

0-0

Competition Day 3 (22-06-2006)

Competition Day 3 (22-06-2006)

Hamburg

Czech Republic - Italy

0-2

Dortmund

Japan - Brazil

1-4

Nürnberg

Ghana - USA

2-1

Stuttgart

Croatia - Australia

2-2

FINAL STANDING

P

W

D

L

F

A

Pt

1. Italy

3

2

1

0

5

1

7

2. Ghana

3

2

0

1

4

3

6

3. Czech Republic

3

1

0

2

3

4

3

4. USA

3

0

1

2

2

6

1

FINAL STANDING

P

W

D

L

F

A

Pt

1. Brazil

3

3

0

0

7

1

9

2. Australia

3

1

1

1

5

5

4

3. Croatia

3

0

2

1

2

3

2

4. Japan

3

0

1

2

2

7

1

(x) Game played on 13-06-2006.

 

GROUP G

 

GROUP H

Competition Day 1 (13-06-2006)

Competition Day 1 (14-06-2006)

Stuttgart

France - Switzerland

0-0

Leipzig

Spain - Ukraine

4-0

Frankfurt

South Korea - Togo

2-1

München

Tunisia - Saudi Arabia

2-2

Competition Day 2 (18-06-2006)

Competition Day 2 (19-06-2006)

Leipzig

France - South Korea

1-1

Stuttgart

Spain - Tunisia

3-1

Dortmund

Togo - Switzerland

0-2 (x)

Hamburg

Saudi Arabia - Ukraine

0-4

Competition Day 3 (23-06-2006)

Competition Day 3 (23-06-2006)

Köln

Togo - France

0-2

Kaiserslautern

Saudi Arabia - Spain

0-1

Hannover

Switzerland - South Korea

2-0

Berlin

Ukraine - Tunisia

1-0

FINAL STANDING

P

W

D

L

F

A

Pt

1. Switzerland

3

2

1

0

4

0

7

2. France

3

1

2

0

3

1

5

3. South Korea

3

1

1

1

3

4

4

4. Togo

3

0

0

3

1

6

0

FINAL STANDING

P

W

D

L

F

A

Pt

1. Spain

3

3

0

0

8

1

9

2. Ukraine

3

2

0

1

5

4

6

3. Tunisia

3

0

1

2

3

6

1

4. Saudi Arabia

3

0

1

2

2

7

1

(x) Game played on 19-06-2006.

 

 

1/8 FINALS

(24-06-2006)

A1-B2 (1): Germany - Sweden

2-0

München

C1-D2 (2): Argentina - Mexico

2-1 (a.e.t.)

Leipzig

B1-A2 (3): England - Ecuador

1-0 (x)

Stuttgart

D1-C2 (4): Portugal - Netherlands

1-0 (x)

Nürnberg

E1-F2 (5): Italy - Australia

1-0 (y)

Kaiserslautern

G1-H2 (6): Switzerland - Ukraine

0-0 (pk:0-3) (y)

Köln

F1-E2 (7): Brazil - Ghana

3-0 (z)

Dortmund

H1-G2 (8): Spain - France

1-3 (z)

Hannover

(x) Games played on 25-06-2006.

(y) Games played on 26-06-2006.

(z) Games played on 27-06-2006.

 

 

1/4 FINALS

(30-06-2006)

1-2 (A): Germany - Argentina

1-1 (pk:4-2)

Berlin

5-6 (B): Italy - Ukraine

3-0

Hamburg

3-4 (C): England - Portugal

0-0 (pk:1-3) (x)

Gelsenkirchen

7-8 (D): Brazil - France

0-1 (x)

Frankfurt

(x) Games played on 1-07-2006.

 

 

1/2 FINALS

(4-07-2006)

A-B: Germany - Italy

0-2 (a.e.t.)

Dortmund

C-D: Portugal - France

0-1 (x)

München

(x) Game played on 5-07-2006.

 

 

PLACES 3 & 4

(8-07-2006)

Germany - Portugal

3-1

Stuttgart

 

 

 

FINAL

STADIUM: Olympiastadion (Berlin)

DATE: 9-07-2006 (20:00 h)

ATTENDANCE: 69.000

REFEREE: Horacio Marcelo Elizondo (ARG)

GOALS: 0-1 (Zidane [p.] 7’); 1-1 (Materazzi 19’)

BOOKED: Zambrotta (5’) / Sagnol (12’), Makélélé (76’), Zidane (RC 110’), Malouda (111’)

PK: 1-0 (Pirlo); 1-1 (Wiltord) / 2-1 (Materazzi); 2-1 (Trézéguet [out]) / 3-1 (De Rossi); 3-2 (Abidal) / 4-2 (Del Piero); 4-3 (Sagnol) / 5-3 (Grosso)

[Incidents: Zidane was sent off for headbutting Materazzi’s chest (min. 110).]
Italia
Italy ITA - France FRA
1-1 (1-1;1-1) (pk:5-3)
France

Italy (coach: Marcello Lippi)

Gianluigi Buffon

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Gianluca Zambrotta

Fabio Cannavaro (c)

Marco Materazzi

Fabio Grosso

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Gennaro Gattuso

Mauro Camoranesi (Alessandro del Piero 86’)

Simone Perrotta (Daniele de Rossi 61’)

Andrea Pirlo

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Francesco Totti (Vincenzo Iaquinta 61’)

Luca Toni

France (coach: Raymond Domenech)

Fabien Barthez

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Willy Sagnol

Lilian Thuram

William Gallas

Eric Abidal

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Patrick Vieira (Alou Diarra 56’)

Franck Ribéry (David Trézéguet 100’)

Claude Makélélé

Zinédine Zidane (c)

Florent Malouda

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Thierry Henry (Sylvain Wiltord 107’)

 

 

FINAL STANDING

1.

Italy ITA

2.

France FRA

3.

Germany GER

4.

Portugal POR

5.

Brazil BRA

6.

Argentina ARG

7.

England ENG

8.

Ukraine UKR

9.

Spain SPA

10.

Switzerland SWI

11.

Netherlands NED

12.

Ecuador ECU

13.

Ghana GHA

14.

Sweden SWE

15.

Mexico MEX

16.

Australia AUS

17.

South Korea SKR

18.

Paraguay PAR

19.

Ivory Coast CIV

20.

Czech Republic CZR

21.

Poland POL

22.

Croatia CRO

23.

Angola ANG

24.

Tunisia TUN

25.

Iran IRN

26.

USA USA

27.

Trinidad and Tobago TRI

28.

Japan JAP

29.

Saudi Arabia KSA

30.

Togo TOG

31.

Costa Rica CRC

32.

Serbia-Montenegro SMN

 

 

CHAMPIONSHIP SQUAD

Gianluigi Buffon (ITA)

Lucas Neill (AUS)

Fabio Cannavaro (ITA)

Lucimar da Silva “Lúcio” (BRA)

Philipp Lahm (GER)

Maxi Rodríguez (ARG)

Zinédine Zidane (FRA)

Andrea Pirlo (ITA)

Franck Ribéry (FRA)

Miroslav Klose (GER)

Thierry Henry (FRA)

 

 

TOP SCORER: Miroslav Klose (GER) - 5 goals

 

BEST PLAYER: Zinédine Zidane (FRA)

   

 

 

 

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