2006 FIFA World Cup facts for kids

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2006 FIFA World Cup

FIFA Fußball-Weltmeisterschaft Deutschland 2006
Tournament details
Host country	Germany
Dates	9 June – 9 July (31 days)
Teams	32 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)	12 (in 12 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Italy (4th title)
Runners-up	France
Third place	Germany
Fourth place	Portugal
Tournament statistics
Matches played	64
Goals scored	147 (2.3 per match)
Attendance	3,359,439 (52,491 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Miroslav Klose (5 goals)
Best player	Zinedine Zidane
Best young player	Lukas Podolski
Best goalkeeper	Gianluigi Buffon
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Map of competing countries and final standings

The 2006 FIFA World Cup was a football (soccer) sporting event that was held in Germany from June 9 to July 9, 2006. 32 teams took part from many countries. Italy won the trophy after beating France in the final on penalties. Germany got third place at home.

Participants

Africa

•  Angola (ANG) • Squad
•  Côte d'Ivoire (CIV) • Squad
•  Ghana (GHA) • Squad
•  Togo (TOG) • Squad
•  Tunisia (TUN) • Squad

Asia

•  Australia (AUS) • Squad
•  Iran (IRN) • Squad
•  Japan (JPN) • Squad
•  South Korea (KOR) • Squad
•  Saudi Arabia (KSA) • Squad

Europe

•  Croatia (CRO) • Squad
•  Czech Republic (CZE) • Squad
•  England (ENG) • Squad
•  France (FRA) • Squad
•  Germany (GER) • Squad
•  Italy (ITA) • Squad
•  Netherlands (NED) • Squad
•  Poland (POL) • Squad
•  Portugal (POR) • Squad
•  Serbia and Montenegro (SCG) • Squad
•  Spain (ESP) • Squad
•  Sweden (SWE) • Squad
•  Switzerland (SUI) • Squad
•  Ukraine (UKR) • Squad

North and Central America

•  Costa Rica (CRC) • Squad
•  Mexico (MEX) • Squad
•  Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) • Squad
•  United States (USA) • Squad

South America

•  Argentina (ARG) • Squad
•  Brazil (BRA) • Squad
•  Ecuador (ECU) • Squad
•  Paraguay (PAR) • Squad

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	GER	CRC	POL	ECU	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Note
1	Germany		4–2	1–0	3–0	3	3	0	0	8	2	+6	9	Advances to Round 2
2	Ecuador	0–3	3–0	2–0		3	2	0	1	5	3	+2	6	Advances to Round 2
3	Poland	0–1	2–1		0–3	3	1	0	2	2	4	–2	3	Eliminated
4	Costa Rica	2–4		1–2	0–3	3	0	0	3	3	9	–6	0	Eliminated

Schedule

Group B

Pos	Team	ENG	SWE	PAR	TRI	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Note
1	England		2–2	1–0	2–0	3	2	1	0	5	2	8	7	Advances to Round 2
2	Sweden	2–2		1–0	0–0	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	5	Advances to Round 2
3	Paraguay	0–1	0–1		2–0	3	1	0	2	2	2	+0	3	Eliminated
4	Trinidad and Tobago	0–2	0–0	0–2		3	0	1	2	0	4	-4	1	Eliminated

Group C

Pos	Team	ARG	NED	CIV	SCG	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Note
1	Argentina		0–0	2–1	6–0	3	2	1	0	8	1	+7	7	Advances to Round 2
2	Netherlands	0–0		2–1	1–0	3	2	1	0	3	1	+2	7	Advances to Round 2
3	Ivory Coast	1–2	1–2		3–2	3	1	0	2	5	6	-1	3	Eliminated
4	Serbia and Montenegro	0–6	0–1	2–3		3	0	0	3	2	10	-8	0	Eliminated

Group D

Pos	Team	POR	MEX	ANG	IRN	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Note
1	Portugal		2–1	1–0	2–0	3	3	0	0	5	1	+4	9	Advances to Round 2
2	Mexico	1–2		0–0	3–1	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	4	Advances to Round 2
3	Angola	0–1	0–0		1–1	3	0	2	1	1	2	-1	2	Eliminated
4	Iran	0–2	1–3	1–1		3	0	1	2	2	6	-4	1	Eliminated

Group E

Pos	Team	ITA	GHA	CZE	USA	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Note
1	Italy		2–0	2–0	1–1	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	7	Advances to Round 2
2	Ghana	0–2		2–0	2–1	3	2	0	1	4	3	+1	6	Advances to Round 2
3	Czech Republic	0–2	0–2		3–0	3	1	0	2	3	4	-1	3	Eliminated
4	United States	1–1	1–2	0–3		3	0	1	2	2	6	-4	1	Eliminated

Group F

Pos	Team	BRA	AUS	CRO	JPN	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Note
1	Brazil		2–0	1–0	4–1	3	3	0	0	7	1	+6	9	Advances to Round 2
2	Australia	0–2		2–2	3–1	3	1	1	1	5	5	+0	4	Advances to Round 2
3	Croatia	0–1	2–2		0–0	3	0	2	1	2	3	-1	2	Eliminated
4	Japan	1–4	1–3	0–0		3	0	1	2	2	7	-5	1	Eliminated

Group G

Pos	Team	SUI	FRA	KOR	TOG	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Note
1	Switzerland		0–0	2–0	2–0	3	2	1	0	4	0	+4	7	Advances to Round 2
2	France	0–0		1–1	2–0	3	1	2	0	3	1	+2	5	Advances to Round 2
3	South Korea	0–2	1–1		2–1	3	1	1	1	3	4	-1	4	Eliminated
4	Togo	0–2	0–2	1–2		3	0	0	3	1	6	+5	0	Eliminated

Group H

Pos	Team	ESP	UKR	TUN	KSA	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Note
1	Spain		4–0	3–1	1–0	3	3	0	0	8	1	+7	9	Advances to Round 2
2	Ukraine	0–4		1–0	4–0	3	2	0	1	5	4	+1	6	Advances to Round 2
3	Tunisia	1–3	0–1		2–2	3	0	1	2	3	6	-3	1	Eliminated
4	Saudi Arabia	0–1	0–4	2–2		3	0	1	2	2	7	-5	1	Eliminated

Knockout stage

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

24 June - Munich

Germany

2

30 June - Berlin

Sweden

0

Germany (pen.)

1 (4)

24 June - Leipzig

Argentina

1 (2)

Argentina (aet)

2

4 July - Dortmund

Mexico

1

Germany

0

26 June - Kaiserslautern

Italy (aet)

2

Italy

1

30 June - Hamburg

Australia

0

Italy

3

26 June - Cologne

Ukraine

0

Switzerland

0 (0)

9 July - Berlin

Ukraine (pen.)

0 (3)

Italy (pen.)

1 (5)

25 June - Stuttgart

France

1 (3)

England

1

1 July - Gelsenkirchen

Ecuador

0

England

0 (1)

25 June - Nuremberg

Portugal (pen.)

0 (3)

Portugal

1

5 July - Munich

Netherlands

0

Portugal

0

27 June - Dortmund

France

1

Third place

Brazil

3

1 July - Frankfurt

8 July - Stuttgart

Ghana

0

Brazil

0

Germany

3

27 June - Hanover

France

1

Portugal

1

Spain

1

France

3

Round of 16

24 June 2006 17:00	Germany	2-0	Sweden	Allianz Arena, Munich Attendance: 66,000 Referee: Carlos Eugenio Simon
	Podolski  4', 12'

24 June 2006 21:00	Argentina	2-1 (a.e.t.)	Mexico	Zentralstadion, Leipzig Attendance: 43,000 Referee: Massimo Busacca
	Crespo  9' Rodríguez  97'		Márquez  5'

25 June 2006 17:00	England	1-0	Ecuador	Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart
	Beckham  60'

25 June 2006 21:00	Portugal	1-0	Netherlands	Frankenstadion, Nuremberg
	Maniche  23'

26 June 2006 17:00	Italy	1-0	Australia	Fritz-Walter-Stadion, Kaiserslautern
	Totti  90+5' (pen.)

26 June 2006 21:00	Switzerland	0-0 (a.e.t.)	Ukraine	FIFA WM Stadion Köln, Cologne
		Penalties
	Streller Barnetta Cabanas	0-3	Shevchenko Milevskiy Rebrov Husyev

27 June 2006 17:00	Brazil	3-0	Ghana	FIFA WM Stadion Dortmund, Dortmund
	Ronaldo  5' Adriano  45+1' Zé Roberto  84'

27 June 2006 21:00	Spain	1-3	France	FIFA WM Stadion Hannover, Hanover
	Villa  28' (pen.)		Ribéry  41' Vieira  83' Zidane  90+2'

Quarter-finals

30 June 2006 17:00	Germany	1-1 (a.e.t.)	Argentina	Olympiastadion, Berlin
	Klose  80'		Ayala  49'
		Penalties
	Neuville Ballack Podolski Borowski	4-2	Cruz Ayala Rodríguez Cambiasso

30 June 2006 21:00	Italy	3-0	Ukraine	FIFA WM Stadion Hamburg, Hamburg
	Zambrotta  6' Toni  59', 69'

1 July 2006 17:00	England	0-0 (a.e.t.)	Portugal	FIFA WM Stadion Gelsenkirchen, Gelsenkirchen
		Penalties
	Lampard Hargreaves Gerrard Carragher	1-3	Simão Viana Petit Postiga Ronaldo

1 July 2006 21:00	Brazil	0-1	France	FIFA WM Stadion Frankfurt, Frankfurt
			Henry  57'

Semi-finals

4 July 2006 21:00	Germany	0-2 (a.e.t.)	Italy	FIFA WM Stadion Dortmund, Dortmund
			Grosso  119' Del Piero  120+1'

5 July 2006 21:00	Portugal	0-1	France	FIFA WM Stadion München, Munich
			Zidane  33' (pen.)

Third place play-off

8 July 2006 21:00	Germany	3-1	Portugal	Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart
	Schweinsteiger  56', 78' Petit  60' (o.g.)		Nuno Gomes  88'

Final

9 July 2006 20:00	Italy	1-1 (a.e.t.)	France	Olympiastadion, Berlin
	Materazzi  19'		Zidane  7' (pen.)
		Penalties
	Pirlo Materazzi De Rossi Del Piero Grosso	5-3	Wiltord Trezeguet Abidal Sagnol

2006 FIFA World Cup Winners
Italy 4th title

Images for kids

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  2006 FIFA World Cup opening ceremony in Munich

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  Tunisian supporters watching their match against Ukraine at the Fan Fest in Stuttgart, Germany

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  Fans in celebratory motorcade

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  Celebrating fans im Olympiapark in Munich during the opening match between Germany and Costa Rica

See also

In Spanish: Copa Mundial de Fútbol de 2006 para niños