2006 FIFA World Cup
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Template:Infobox Football World Cup The 2006 FIFA World Cup finals (officially titled 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany™, usually referred to as the World Cup, or more rarely, the Football World Cup) began on June 9 when the hosts won the first match against Costa Rica and will end on July 9, 2006 when the final match will determine the champion. The 2006 finals are the eighteenth to be contested. In June 2000, Germany won the right to host the event, beating the bids of England, Brazil, Morocco and South Africa (which is due to host the 2010 FIFA World Cup).
Venues
A total of twelve German cities have been selected to host the World Cup semi-final tournament. The stadium capacities shown are all seated capacities. Many of the stadiums have higher capacities for German domestic football matches as some of the seats are replaced with terraces. Some of the stadium names are changed for the course of the tournament, as FIFA regulations do not allow sponsors of grounds unless the sponsor is a FIFA sponsor. On the Allianz Arena in Munich even the letters of the company Allianz have to be removed or covered.
Teams
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/FIFA_WM_2006_Teams.png/220px-FIFA_WM_2006_Teams.png)
- For details, see 2006 FIFA World Cup (qualification).
Starting with the 2006 Cup, FIFA has changed the qualification rules so that the winner of the previous World Cup had to qualify for the Finals; only the host nation is given an automatic berth. This arrangement is expected to continue into future Cups.
The following teams, shown by region, have qualified for the Finals. The number in brackets is the country's seeding for the tournament. This value was decided via two factors:
- The side's performances at the two most recent World Cups (in 1998 and 2002)
- Their standings in the FIFA World Rankings over the last years (2003-2005) [3]
These seedings were only relevant for the selection of the top eight sides, and their allocation of one to each group. Other nations were drawn according to geographical factors. That Serbia and Montenegro were regarded as the fourteenth UEFA qualifier and thus placed in a separate pot in the draw was determined purely on positions in the FIFA rankings in November 2005.
- For details of the seeding system, see Seeding for 2006 FIFA World Cup
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Squads
National associations had until 15 May 2006 to confirm their squad of twenty-three players. Of these twenty-three, three players must be goalkeepers. In the event of injury, a player may be replaced up until twenty-four hours before the team's first game [4].
Groups
The seeded teams for the 2006 cup were announced on December 5, 2005. These 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, and the three non-European seeded teams: 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 holders) would be allocated to group F.
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 E and Group C appeared to be the group of death in the Cup [5] [6].
Point System
The system of play will be the league system, each team playing one match against each of the other teams in the same group, with three points for a win, one point for a draw and none for a defeat.[7]
Tiebreaking criteria
If teams are even on points at the end of group play, the tied teams will be ranked as follows: [8]
- Goal difference in all group matches
- Greatest number of goals scored in all group matches
- Greater number of points obtained in matches between the tied teams
- Goal difference in matches between the tied teams
- Drawing of lots (last resort)
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)
Group A
Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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Template:GERf | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 |
Template:ECUf | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 |
Template:CRCf | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 |
Template:POLf | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 |
All times local (UTC+2)
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Lahm 6' Klose 17', 61' Frings 87' |
Wanchope 12', 73' |
Attendance: 66,000
Referee: Elizondo (Argentina)
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C. Tenorio 24' Delgado 80' |
Attendance: 52,000
Referee: Kamikawa (Japan)
Wednesday 14 June 2006 | |||||
Template:GERf2 | 21:00 | Template:POLf | FIFA WM Stadion Dortmund, Dortmund | ||
Thursday 15 June 2006 | |||||
Template:ECUf2 | 15:00 | Template:CRCf | FIFA WM Stadion Hamburg, Hamburg | ||
Tuesday 20 June 2006 | |||||
Template:ECUf2 | 16:00 | Template:GERf | Olympiastadion, Berlin | ||
Template:CRCf2 | 16:00 | Template:POLf | FIFA WM Stadion Hannover, Hanover |
Group B
Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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Template:ENGf | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 |
Template:SWEf | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Template:TRIf | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Template:PARf | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 |
All times local (UTC+2)
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Gamarra 3' (OG) |
Attendance: 48,000
Referee: Rodríguez (Mexico)
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Attendance: 63,000
Referee: Maidin (Singapore)
Template:ENGf2 | 18:00 | Template:TRIf | FIFA WM Stadion Nürnberg, Nürnberg |
Template:SWEf2 | 21:00 | Template:PARf | Olympiastadion, Berlin |
Template:SWEf2 | 21:00 | Template:ENGf | FIFA WM Stadion Köln, Cologne |
Template:PARf2 | 21:00 | Template:TRIf | Fritz Walter Stadion, Kaiserslautern |
Group C
Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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Template:ARGf | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 |
Template:CIVf | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 |
Template:SCGf | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Template:NEDf | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
All times local (UTC+2)
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Crespo 24' Saviola 38' |
Attendance:
Referee: de Bleeckere (Belgium)
Template:SCGf2 | 15:00 | Template:NEDf | Zentralstadion, Leipzig |
Template:ARGf2 | 15:00 | Template:SCGf | FIFA WM Stadion Gelsenkirchen, Gelsenkirchen |
Template:NEDf2 | 18:00 | Template:CIVf | Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart |
Template:NEDf2 | 21:00 | Template:ARGf | FIFA WM Stadion Frankfurt, Frankfurt |
Template:CIVf2 | 21:00 | Template:SCGf | FIFA WM Stadion München, Munich |
Group D
Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Template:MEXf | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Template:IRNf | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Template:ANGf | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Template:PORf | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
All times local (UTC+2)
Template:MEXf2 | 18:00 | Template:IRNf | FIFA WM Stadion Nürnberg, Nürnberg |
Template:ANGf2 | 21:00 | Template:PORf | FIFA WM Stadion Köln, Cologne |
Template:MEXf2 | 21:00 | Template:ANGf | FIFA WM Stadion Hannover, Hanover |
Template:PORf2 | 15:00 | Template:IRNf | FIFA WM Stadion Frankfurt, Frankfurt |
Template:PORf2 | 16:00 | Template:MEXf | FIFA WM Stadion Gelsenkirchen, Gelsenkirchen |
Template:IRNf2 | 16:00 | Template:ANGf | Zentralstadion, Leipzig |
Group E
Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Template:ITAf | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Template:GHAf | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Template:USAf | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Template:CZEf | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
All times local (UTC+2)
Template:USAf2 | 18:00 | Template:CZEf | FIFA WM Stadion Gelsenkirchen, Gelsenkirchen |
Template:ITAf2 | 21:00 | Template:GHAf | FIFA WM Stadion Hannover, Hanover |
Template:CZEf2 | 18:00 | Template:GHAf | FIFA WM Stadion Köln, Cologne |
Template:ITAf2 | 21:00 | Template:USAf | Fritz Walter Stadion, Kaiserslautern |
Template:CZEf2 | 16:00 | Template:ITAf | FIFA WM Stadion Hamburg, Hamburg |
Template:GHAf2 | 16:00 | Template:USAf | FIFA WM Stadion Nürnberg, Nürnberg |
Group F
Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Template:BRAf | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Template:CROf | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Template:AUSf | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Template:JPNf | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
All times local (UTC+2)
Template:AUSf2 | 15:00 | Template:JPNf | Fritz Walter Stadion, Kaiserslautern |
Template:BRAf2 | 21:00 | Template:CROf | Olympiastadion, Berlin |
Template:JPNf2 | 15:00 | Template:CROf | FIFA WM Stadion Nürnberg, Nürnberg |
Template:BRAf2 | 18:00 | Template:AUSf | FIFA WM Stadion München, Munich |
Template:JPNf2 | 21:00 | Template:BRAf | FIFA WM Stadion Dortmund, Dortmund |
Template:CROf2 | 21:00 | Template:AUSf | Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart |
Group G
Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Template:FRAf | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Template:SUIf | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Template:KORf | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Template:TOGf | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
All times local (UTC+2)
Template:KORf2 | 15:00 | Template:TOGf | FIFA WM Stadion Frankfurt, Frankfurt |
Template:FRAf2 | 18:00 | Template:SUIf | Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart |
Template:FRAf2 | 21:00 | Template:KORf | Zentralstadion, Leipzig |
Template:TOGf2 | 15:00 | Template:SUIf | FIFA WM Stadion Dortmund, Dortmund |
Template:TOGf2 | 21:00 | Template:FRAf | FIFA WM Stadion Köln, Cologne |
Template:SUIf2 | 21:00 | Template:KORf | FIFA WM Stadion Hannover, Hanover |
Group H
Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Template:ESPf | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Template:UKRf | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Template:TUNf | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Template:KSAf | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
All times local (UTC+2)
Template:ESPf2 | 15:00 | Template:UKRf | Zentralstadion, Leipzig |
Template:TUNf2 | 18:00 | Template:KSAf | FIFA WM Stadion München, Munich |
Template:KSAf2 | 18:00 | Template:UKRf | FIFA WM Stadion Hamburg, Hamburg |
Template:ESPf2 | 21:00 | Template:TUNf | Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart |
Template:KSAf2 | 16:00 | Template:ESPf | Fritz Walter Stadion, Kaiserslautern |
Template:UKRf2 | 16:00 | Template:TUNf | Olympiastadion, Berlin |
Knockout stages
All times local (UTC +2)
R1 | Winner A | 17:00 | Runner Up B | FIFA WM Stadion München, Munich |
R2 | Winner C | 21:00 | Runner Up D | Zentralstadion, Leipzig |
R3 | Winner B | 17:00 | Runner Up A | Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart |
R4 | Winner D | 21:00 | Runner Up C | FIFA WM Stadion Nürnberg, Nürnberg |
R5 | Winner E | 17:00 | Runner Up F | Fritz Walter Stadion, Kaiserslautern |
R6 | Winner G | 21:00 | Runner Up H | FIFA WM Stadion Köln, Cologne |
R7 | Winner F | 17:00 | Runner Up E | FIFA WM Stadion Dortmund, Dortmund |
R8 | Winner H | 21:00 | Runner Up G | FIFA WM Stadion Hannover, Hannover |
Quarter-finals
All times local (UTC +2)
Q1 | Winner R1 | 17:00 | Winner R2 | Olympiastadion, Berlin |
Q2 | Winner R5 | 21:00 | Winner R6 | FIFA WM Stadion Hamburg, Hamburg |
Q3 | Winner R3 | 17:00 | Winner R4 | FIFA WM Stadion Gelsenkirchen, Gelsenkirchen |
Q4 | Winner R7 | 21:00 | Winner R8 | FIFA WM Stadion Frankfurt, Frankfurt |
Semi-finals
All times local (UTC +2)
S1 | Winner Q1 | 21:00 | Winner Q2 | FIFA WM Stadion Dortmund, Dortmund |
S2 | Winner Q3 | 21:00 | Winner Q4 | FIFA WM Stadion München, Munich |
Third place
All times local (UTC +2)
Loser S1 | 21:00 | Loser S2 | Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart |
Final
All times local (UTC +2)
Winner S1 | 20:00 | Winner S2 | Olympiastadion, Berlin |
Top scorers
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Teamgeist_Ball_World_Cup_2006.jpg/220px-Teamgeist_Ball_World_Cup_2006.jpg)
2 goals
1 goal
Own goals
Carlos Gamarra, in advantage of England.
Referees
FIFA has listed 26 referees and 52 assistant referees representing all confederations except OFC for the 2006 event.
Miscellaneous
- The opening match of the 2006 FIFA World Cup had the most goals of any opening match in FIFA history, with 6 goals (Germany 4; Costa Rica 2) compared to the next-best 1930 opening match with 5 goals (France 4; Mexico 1). Italy's 7:1 victory over the USA in 1934 was one of 8 simultaneous first round matches on the opening day and as such cannot be considered an opening match.
- The 2006 tournament will feature the most national teams, eight, making their first appearance in the World Cup finals since there were ten first-time participants in the second competition in 1934. The eight national teams making their debut are Angola, Cote d'Ivoire, Czech Republic, Ghana, Serbia & Montenegro[9], Togo, Trinidad & Tobago and Ukraine.[10]
- This will be the first World Cup with a team representing a country that has ceased to exist prior to the start of the tournament. Serbia and Montenegro split into Serbia and Montenegro in June 2006. The Serbia and Montenegro footballers will play under a flag no longer displayed in their countries. The team contains only one player born in Montenegro, Dragoslav Jevrić (another Montenegrin, Mirko Vučinić, was forced to return home as a result of an injury.) [11] In 1938, the Austrian team qualified for the World Cup finals, but withdrew prior to the tournament when Austria ceased to exist following their annexation by Germany in March of that year.
- The vocal group, Il Divo, and R&B singer, Toni Braxton, will sing the official song "A Time of Our Lives" [12]. The official album was released in May 2006 which also included a special version of Shakira's newest hit "Hips Don't Lie".
- The mascots for the competition are the lion Goleo VI and Pille, a talking football.
- The official logo design, The Smiling Faces, incorporates the logo of the 2002 FIFA World Cup: a stylised version of the FIFA World Cup Trophy.
- Adidas will supply a personalized match ball for every match of the tournament. On each of these "Teamgeist" balls the date of the match and the names of the national teams involved will appear. The ball used for the final match will be a special gold colour.
Crime concerns
People trafficking
Some international human rights groups (like the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), the Nordic Council and Amnesty International) have expressed concern that there will be an increase in the trafficking of women up to and during the World Cup in Germany. According to PACE and Amnesty, 30,000 women and girls might be the object of trafficking for the purposes of forced prostitution during the World Cup. They have called upon the German authorities to monitor sex venues during the World Cup and provide support for the victims of trafficking. [13] [14] [15] [16]
Hooliganism
While the German police have expressed satisfaction in their ability to contain and deal with hooliganism, speculation is rife that a number of potential flashpoints exist which may cause widespread public disorder. With a number of routes into the country, amongst them the open land borders which are a consequence of the Schengen agreement, apprehension of known troublemakers and organisers of disturbances looked to be a very real problem, however during the World Cup Germany has suspended its rules granting passport-free travel to EU citizens. As an illustration of this, on June 8, German police apprehended 9 English hooligans attempting to enter the country via the Czech border. Britain has a particularly stringent policy of restricting foreign travel of known football hooligans during periods where the England team are involved. 3,500 banning orders have been served, and by June 8 all but 150 had surrendered their passports. On June 9 Channel 4 news in the UK reported that although there had been no violence, England fans in Frankfurt had been attempting to smash the windows of the city's 600 year old Römer city hall building although local police decided not to take action over this more minor incident and the staff at the Mayor's office apparently took the attempted vandalism in good humour. There has also been concern over hooligans among the 300,000 Polish fans who are travelling to Germany for the tournament. [17]
Racism
It has been claimed that "foreign-looking" people should not visit some areas in former East Germany [18], after one newspaper reported that neo-Nazi skinheads are planning violence against foreigners. Germany, in common with some other countries, contains a small minority of neo-Nazis who have engaged in violent attacks against the country's immigrants in the last few years. Two human rights organisations, the Africa Council, based in Berlin, and the International League of Human Rights have advised black and Asian fans to avoid certain areas of eastern Germany during the World Cup. [19] [20]
The far-right NPD, an organisation which the German government tried unsuccessfully to ban five years ago, had planned to march through Gelsenkirchen on June 10, a day after Ecuador met Poland in the city's new purpose-built stadium. This march has now been banned by the German police, as well as other far-right marches planned for Frankfurt and Herne during the competition.
In March 2006, FIFA significantly toughened its stance on racism. Professional clubs are subject to the possibility of having three points deducted for a first offence, be it by a fan, player or a team official, and six points for a second offence. Further infractions may lead either to disqualification from tournaments or potentially relegation. At the World Cup, teams can have points deducted for remarks by players and officials. A "Football Against Racism" logo will cover each field's center circle until kickoff at all World Cup matches. Prior to every quarter-final match, the captains will read a "declaration against racism" over the PA system.
The European Union launched a campaign against racism prior to the World Cup. Friso Roscam Abbing, spokesman for the EU Justice and Home Affairs Commissioner indicated that the campaign also targeted prostitution rings and human trafficking.
Computer cracking
FIFA's IT provider Avaya has indicated that it expects, and is prepared for, the denial-of-service attacks which were unsuccessfully launched at the IT network for 2002 FIFA World Cup.
Broadcasting rights
The main broadcasting centre for the World Cup, is based in Munich and is called the International Broadcast Centre.
Official video game
- 2006 FIFA World Cup is the official computer and video game for the World Cup. As with the previous World Cup game, 2002 FIFA World Cup, it is being published by EA Sports.
References
- ^ During the World Cup, many of the stadia will be officially known by different names, as FIFA prohibits sponsorship of stadium names 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"). These new names are reflected in the table. Some of the stadia also have a lower capacity for the World Cup, as FIFA regulations ban standing room. Of the twelve hosting stadia, all but one (Leipzig) are in the former West Germany.
- ^ Please note that the links to location maps are linked to an external site.
- ^ Draw seedings
- ^ http://eur.i1.yimg.com/eur.yimg.com/i/eu/fifa/regen.pdf FIFA official tournament rules (PDF)
- ^ Guardian article on 'Group of Death'
- ^ FOX Sports article on 'Group of Death'
- ^ Official 2006 FIFA World Cup rules
- ^ Official 2006 FIFA World Cup rules
- ^ The team playing as Serbia and Montenegro, however, is considered by FIFA to be the successor to the team which competed under the name Yugoslavia in 1998 (but not the same as the team which competed as Yugoslavia from 1930-1990) and thus is technically making its second appearance. With the breakup of the Serbia and Montenegro confederation in June, 2006, it is unclear whether future teams representing either of the new states of Serbia or Montenegro will be considered by FIFA to be the successor to the football history of Serbia and Montenegro.
- ^ The teams representing the Czech Republic and Ukraine are considered distinct from teams which represented Czechoslovakia and the USSR, respectively, prior to 1992 and are thus both technically making their first appearance.
- ^ Serbia-Montenegro team playing without a country at the World Cup(Accessed June 8, 2006)
- ^ FIFA report on official song
- ^ Amnesty International: Public Statement - "Red card to trafficking during World Cup" (Accessed June 7 2006)
- ^ Council of Europe: Parliamentery Assembly - "Stop trafficking in women before the FIFA World Cup" (Accessed June 7 2006)
- ^ "World Cup concerns Nordic Council " (Accessed June 7 2006)
- ^ Independent Catholic News - "Appeal to stop trafficked women being sold for sex at World Cup" (Accessed June 7 2006)
- ^ About 300,000 Poles may go to finals, says minister, Reuters, June 6, 2006
- ^ MSNBC - "Neo-Nazis ready to crash World Cup" (Accessed June 7 2006)
- ^ The Christian Science Monitor - "Tarnished German image on World Cup eve" (Accessed June 7 2006)
- ^ USA Today - "Germany to beef up patrols during World Cup" (Accessed June 7 2006)
External links
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