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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.

City Original stadium World Cup 2006 stadium names[1] Host club(s) Map[2] Capacity
Berlin Olympiastadion Olympiastadion Hertha BSC Berlin [1] 77,176
Dortmund Signal Iduna Park FIFA World Cup Stadium, Dortmund Borussia Dortmund [2] 82,932
Frankfurt Commerzbank-Arena FIFA World Cup Stadium, Frankfurt Eintracht Frankfurt [3] 50,132
Gelsenkirchen Veltins-Arena FIFA World Cup Stadium, Gelsenkirchen FC Schalke 04 [4] 53,804
Hamburg AOL Arena FIFA World Cup Stadium, Hamburg Hamburger SV [5] 51,055
Hanover (Hannover) AWD-Arena FIFA World Cup Stadium, Hanover Hannover 96 [6] 44,652
Kaiserslautern Fritz-Walter-Stadion Fritz-Walter-Stadion 1. FC Kaiserslautern [7] 43,450
Cologne (Köln) RheinEnergieStadion FIFA World Cup Stadium, Cologne 1. FC Köln [8] 46,120
Leipzig Zentralstadion Zentralstadion FC Sachsen Leipzig [9] 44,199
Munich (München) Allianz Arena FIFA World Cup Stadium, Munich Bayern München, TSV 1860 München [10] 69,901
Nuremberg (Nürnberg) easyCredit-Stadion FIFA World Cup Stadium, Nürnberg 1. FC Nürnberg [11] 41,926
Stuttgart Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion VfB Stuttgart [12] 54,267

Teams

Qualifying countries
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
Africa (CAF)
Asia (AFC)
South America (CONMEBOL)
Oceania (OFC)
Europe (UEFA)
North America, Central America & Caribbean (CONCACAF)

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

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Photograph of the draw

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.

Pot A Pot B Pot C Pot D

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Special Pot

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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]

  1. Goal difference in all group matches
  2. Greatest number of goals scored in all group matches
  3. Greater number of points obtained in matches between the tied teams
  4. Goal difference in matches between the tied teams
  5. 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: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)

Germany Germany4–2Costa Rica Costa Rica
Lahm 6'
Klose 17', 61'
Frings 87'
Wanchope 12', 73'
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: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)

Thursday 15 June 2006

Template:ENGf2 18:00 Template:TRIf FIFA WM Stadion Nürnberg, Nürnberg
Template:SWEf2 21:00 Template:PARf Olympiastadion, Berlin

Tuesday 20 June 2006

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
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)

Argentina Argentina2–0Ivory Coast Côte d'Ivoire
Crespo 24'
Saviola 38'
 

Sunday 11 June 2006

Template:SCGf2 15:00 Template:NEDf Zentralstadion, Leipzig

Friday 16 June 2006

Template:ARGf2 15:00 Template:SCGf FIFA WM Stadion Gelsenkirchen, Gelsenkirchen
Template:NEDf2 18:00 Template:CIVf Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart

Wednesday 21 June 2006

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)

Sunday 11 June 2006

Template:MEXf2 18:00 Template:IRNf FIFA WM Stadion Nürnberg, Nürnberg
Template:ANGf2 21:00 Template:PORf FIFA WM Stadion Köln, Cologne

Friday 16 June 2006

Template:MEXf2 21:00 Template:ANGf FIFA WM Stadion Hannover, Hanover

Saturday 17 June 2006

Template:PORf2 15:00 Template:IRNf FIFA WM Stadion Frankfurt, Frankfurt

Wednesday 21 June 2006

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)

Monday 12 June 2006

Template:USAf2 18:00 Template:CZEf FIFA WM Stadion Gelsenkirchen, Gelsenkirchen
Template:ITAf2 21:00 Template:GHAf FIFA WM Stadion Hannover, Hanover

Saturday 17 June 2006

Template:CZEf2 18:00 Template:GHAf FIFA WM Stadion Köln, Cologne
Template:ITAf2 21:00 Template:USAf Fritz Walter Stadion, Kaiserslautern

Thursday 22 June 2006

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)

Monday 12 June 2006

Template:AUSf2 15:00 Template:JPNf Fritz Walter Stadion, Kaiserslautern

Tuesday 13 June 2006

Template:BRAf2 21:00 Template:CROf Olympiastadion, Berlin

Sunday 18 June 2006

Template:JPNf2 15:00 Template:CROf FIFA WM Stadion Nürnberg, Nürnberg
Template:BRAf2 18:00 Template:AUSf FIFA WM Stadion München, Munich

Thursday 22 June 2006

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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)

Tuesday 13 June 2006

Template:KORf2 15:00 Template:TOGf FIFA WM Stadion Frankfurt, Frankfurt
Template:FRAf2 18:00 Template:SUIf Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart

Sunday 18 June 2006

Template:FRAf2 21:00 Template:KORf Zentralstadion, Leipzig

Monday 19 June 2006

Template:TOGf2 15:00 Template:SUIf FIFA WM Stadion Dortmund, Dortmund

Friday 23 June 2006

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)

Wednesday 14 June 2006

Template:ESPf2 15:00 Template:UKRf Zentralstadion, Leipzig
Template:TUNf2 18:00 Template:KSAf FIFA WM Stadion München, Munich

Monday 19 June 2006

Template:KSAf2 18:00 Template:UKRf FIFA WM Stadion Hamburg, Hamburg
Template:ESPf2 21:00 Template:TUNf Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart

Friday 23 June 2006

Template:KSAf2 16:00 Template:ESPf Fritz Walter Stadion, Kaiserslautern
Template:UKRf2 16:00 Template:TUNf Olympiastadion, Berlin

Knockout stages

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All times local (UTC +2)

Saturday 24 June 2006

R1 Winner A 17:00 Runner Up B FIFA WM Stadion München, Munich
R2 Winner C 21:00 Runner Up D Zentralstadion, Leipzig

Sunday 25 June 2006

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

Monday 26 June 2006

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

Tuesday 27 June 2006

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)

Friday 30 June 2006

Q1 Winner R1 17:00 Winner R2 Olympiastadion, Berlin
Q2 Winner R5 21:00 Winner R6 FIFA WM Stadion Hamburg, Hamburg

Saturday 1 July 2006

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)

Tuesday 4 July 2006

S1 Winner Q1 21:00 Winner Q2 FIFA WM Stadion Dortmund, Dortmund

Wednesday 5 July 2006

S2 Winner Q3 21:00 Winner Q4 FIFA WM Stadion München, Munich

Third place

All times local (UTC +2)

Saturday 8 July 2006

Loser S1 21:00 Loser S2 Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart

Final

All times local (UTC +2)

Sunday 9 July 2006

Winner S1 20:00 Winner S2 Olympiastadion, Berlin

Top scorers

The official Teamgeist ball made for the World Cup

2 goals

1 goal

Own goals

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

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Please note that the links to location maps are linked to an external site.
  3. ^ Draw seedings
  4. ^ http://eur.i1.yimg.com/eur.yimg.com/i/eu/fifa/regen.pdf FIFA official tournament rules (PDF)
  5. ^ Guardian article on 'Group of Death'
  6. ^ FOX Sports article on 'Group of Death'
  7. ^ Official 2006 FIFA World Cup rules
  8. ^ Official 2006 FIFA World Cup rules
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ 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.
  11. ^ Serbia-Montenegro team playing without a country at the World Cup(Accessed June 8, 2006)
  12. ^ FIFA report on official song
  13. ^ Amnesty International: Public Statement - "Red card to trafficking during World Cup" (Accessed June 7 2006)
  14. ^ Council of Europe: Parliamentery Assembly - "Stop trafficking in women before the FIFA World Cup" (Accessed June 7 2006)
  15. ^ "World Cup concerns Nordic Council " (Accessed June 7 2006)
  16. ^ Independent Catholic News - "Appeal to stop trafficked women being sold for sex at World Cup" (Accessed June 7 2006)
  17. ^ About 300,000 Poles may go to finals, says minister, Reuters, June 6, 2006
  18. ^ MSNBC - "Neo-Nazis ready to crash World Cup" (Accessed June 7 2006)
  19. ^ The Christian Science Monitor - "Tarnished German image on World Cup eve" (Accessed June 7 2006)
  20. ^ USA Today - "Germany to beef up patrols during World Cup" (Accessed June 7 2006)

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