World Cup 2006 Final Tournament
9 June to 9 July in Germany

The 18th FIFA World Cup Finals was awarded to Germany on 7 July 2002 in Zurich, Switzerland.

Germany were glorious despite the challenge of South Africa by a single vote in the third round of voting.  England had been dismissed following the second round of voting, gaining only two of the 24 votes available.  Morocco fell at the first hurdle of voting.

First round: Germany (10 votes), South Africa (6), England (5), Morocco (3).
Second Round: Germany and South Africa (11), England (2).
Third Round: Germany (12), South Africa (11).

FIFA's World Cup 2006 Organising Committee divided the 32 qualifying teams into eight groups for the final tournament at the World Cup Final Draw, held on 9 December 2005 in Leipzig, Germany.

First Phase Group B Table
Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
England	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	7
Sweden	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	5
Paraguay	3	1	0	2	2	2	=0	3
Trinidad & Tobago	3	0	1	2	0	4	-4	1

 

First Phase Group B Matches
Date	Match Score	Venue	Attendance
10-Jun-2006	England 1 Paraguay 0 [1-0]	Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt am Main, Hessen; kick off 3:00 p.m.	48,000
	Trinidad & Tobago 0 Sweden 0 [0-0]	Signal Iduna Park, Dortmund, Nordrhein-Westfalen; kick off 6:00 p.m.	62,959
15-Jun-2006	England 2 Trinidad & Tobago 0 [0-0]	easyCredit-Stadion, Nürnberg, Bayern; kick off 6:00 p.m.	41,000
	Sweden 1 Paraguay 0 [0-0]	Olympiastadion, Berlin; kick off 9:00 p.m.	72,000
20-Jun-2006	Sweden 2 England 2 [0-1]	RheinEnergie Stadion, Köln, Nordrhein-Westfalen; kick off 9:00 p.m.	45,000
	Paraguay 2 Trinidad & Tobago 0 [1-0]	Fritz-Walter-Stadion, Kaiserslautern, Rheinland-Pfalz; kick off 9:00 p.m.	46,000

 

Second Phase Matches
Round of 16 Matches
Date	Match Score	Venue	Attendance
24-Jun-2006	Germany 2 Sweden 0 [2-0]	Allianz Arena, München, Bayern; kick off 5:00 p.m.	66,000
	Argentina 2 Mexico 1 [1-1] AET [1-1]	Zentralstadion, Leipzig, Sachsen; kick off 9:00 p.m.	43,000
25-Jun-2006	England 1 Ecuador 0 [0-0]	Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg; kick off 5:00 p.m.	52,000
	Portugal 1 Netherlands 0 [1-0]	Frankenstadion, Nürnberg, Bayern; kick off 9:00 p.m.	41,000
26-Jun-2006	Italy 1 Australia 0 [0-0]	Fritz-Walter-Stadion, Kaiserslautern, Rheinland-Pfalz; kick off 5:00 p.m.	46,000
	Switzerland 0 Ukraine 0 [0-0] AET [0-0] & Penalties [0-3]	RheinEnergie Stadion, Köln, Nordrhein-Westfalen; kick off 9:00 p.m.	45,000
27-Jun-2006	Brazil 3 Ghana 0 [2-0]	Signal Iduna Park, Dortmund, Nordrhein-Westfalen; kick off 5:00 p.m.	65,000
	Spain 1 France 3 [1-1]	AWD (Allgemeiner Wirtschaftsdienst) Arena, Hannover, Niedersachsen; kick off 9:00 p.m.	43,000
Quarter-final Matches
Date	Match Score	Venue	Attendance
30-Jun-2006	Germany 1 Argentina 1 [0-0] AET [1-1] & Penalties [4-2]	Olympiastadion, Berlin; kick off 5:00 p.m.	72,000
	Italy 3 Ukraine 0 [1-0]	AOL (America On-line) Arena, Hamburg; kick off 9:00 p.m.	50,000
01-Jul-2006	England 0 Portugal 0 [0-0] AET [0-0] & Penalties [1-3]	Veltins Arena, Gelsenkirchen, Nordrhein-Westfalen; kick off 5:00 p.m.	52,000
	Brazil 0 France 1 [0-0]	Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt am Main, Hessen; kick off 9:00 p.m.	48,000
Semi-final Matches
Date	Match Score	Venue	Attendance
04-Jul-2006	Germany 0 Italy 2 [0-0] AET [0-0]	Signal Iduna Park, Dortmund, Nordrhein-Westfalen; kick off 9:00 p.m.	65,000
05-Jul-2006	Portugal 0 France 1 [0-1]	Allianz Arena, München, Bayern; kick off 9:00 p.m.	66,000
Third Place Match
Date	Match Score	Venue	Attendance
08-Jul-2006	Germany 3 Portugal 1 [0-0]	Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg; kick off 9:00 p.m.	52,000
Final Match
Date	Match Score	Venue	Attendance
09-Jul-2006	Italy 1 France 1 [1-1] AET [1-1] & Penalties [5-3]	Olympiastadion, Berlin; kick off 8:00 p.m.	69,000

Notes

England had been placed among the top eight seeds for the 2006 World Cup.  Sven-Göran Eriksson's side were in a top pool of hosts Germany, holders Brazil as well as Argentina, France, Italy, Spain and Mexico.  England will avoid meeting those countries when the draw for the tournament is made on Friday evening.  For the draw, around 3,700 people were present in the auditorium at the huge trade fair hall in Leipzig's Neue Messe exhibition centre.  Under the seeding system used by Fifa, England came out second to Brazil while Netherlands and the US finished just outside the top eight countries.

POT ONE Germany (hosts) Brazil (holders) Argentina England France Italy Mexico Spain

POT TWO Australia Angola Ghana Ivory Coast Togo Tunisia Ecuador Paraguay

POT THREE Croatia Czech Republic Netherlands Poland Portugal Sweden Switzerland Ukraine

POT FOUR Iran Japan Saudi Arabia South Korea Costa Rica Trinidad & Tobago US Special pot: Serbia & Montenegro

Background

The draw produced the following groups:

First Phase Groups
Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
A1 - Germany	B1 - England	C1 - Argentina	D1 - Mexico
A2 - Costa Rica	B2 - Paraguay	C2 - Ivory Coast	D2 - Iran
A3 - Poland	B3 - Trinidad & Tobago	C3 - Serbia & Montenegro	D3 - Angola
A4 - Ecuador	B4 - Sweden	C4 - Netherlands	D4 - Portugal
Group E	Group F	Group G	Group H
E1 - Italy	F1 - Brazil	G1 - France	H1 - Spain
E2 - Ghana	F2 - Croatia	G2 - Switzerland	H2 - Ukraine
E3 - USA	F3 - Australia	G3 - South Korea	H3 - Tunisia
E4 - Czech Republic	F4 - Japan	G4 - Togo	H4 - Saudi Arabia

Notes

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