2006 FIFA World Cup

Association football tournament in Germany 2006 World Cup the video games 2006 FIFA World Cup (video game)2006 FIFA World Cup (video game) and FIFA 06FIFA 06 May 2020 FIFA World Cup 2006 de FIFA Fußball-WeltmeisterschaftDeutschland 2006 2006 FIFA World Cup.svg 200px Germany 9 June – 9 July 6 32 12 12 Italy 2003 4 France 1974 Germany Portugal 64 147 main A-H GER Miroslav Klose(5 goals) FRA 1974 Zinedine Zidane ITA 2003 Gianluigi Buffon GER Lukas Podolski BRAESP 2002 2010 The 2006 FIFA World Cup was the 18th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament. It was held from 9 June to 9 July 2006 in Germany, which had won the right to host the event in July 2000. Teams representing 198 national football associations from all six populated continents participated in the qualification process which began in September 2003. Thirty-one teams qualified from this process along with hosts Germany for the finals tournament. It was the second time that Germany staged the competition and the first as a unified country along with the former East Germany with Leipzig as a host city (the other was in 1974 in West Germany), and the 10th time that the tournament was held in Europe. Italy won the tournament, claiming their fourth World Cup title, defeating France 5–3 in a penalty shoot-out in the final after extra time had finished in a 1–1 draw. Germany defeated Portugal 3–1 to finish in third place. Angola, Ukraine, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Trinidad and Tobago and Togo made their first appearances in the competition. It was also the only appearance of Serbia and Montenegro under that name; they had previously appeared in 1998 as Yugoslavia. In late May 2006, immediately prior to the tournament, Montenegro voted in a referendum to become an independent nation and dissolve the loose confederacy then existing between it and Serbia; Serbia recognised the results of the referendum in early June. Due to time constraints, FIFA had Serbia and Montenegro play in the World Cup tournament as one team, marking the first instance of multiple sovereign nations competing as one team in a major football tournament since UEFA Euro 1992. Brazil were the defending world champions, but were eliminated by France in the quarter-finals. The 2006 World Cup stands as one of the most watched events in television history, garnering an estimated 26.29 billion times viewed compiled over the course of the tournament. The final attracted an estimated audience of 715.1 million people.https://www.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/ffprojects/ip-401_06e_tv_2658.pdf World Cup and Television 6 June 2007 2006 FIFA https://web.archive.org/web/20070614094554/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/ffprojects/ip-401_06e_tv_2658.pdf 14 June 2007 dead Host selection FIFA World Cup hosts The vote to choose the hosts of the 2006 tournament was held in July 2000 in Zürich, Switzerland. It involved four bidding nations after Brazil had withdrawn three days earlier: Germany, South Africa, England and Morocco.FIFA acknowledges Brazil's withdrawal from 2006 World Cup race https://www.fifa.com/newscentre/news/newsid=73290.html FIFA 4 July 2000 29 March 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080423021200/http://www.fifa.com/newscentre/news/newsid%3D73290.html 23 April 2008 dead Three rounds of voting were required, each round eliminating the nation with the fewest votes. The first two rounds were held on 6 July 2000, and the final round was held on 7 July 2000, which Germany won over South Africa. Voting resultsFIFA World Cup 2006 : Results of First Two Rounds of Voting https://www.fifa.com/newscentre/news/newsid=73319.html FIFA 6 July 2000 29 March 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080423021211/http://www.fifa.com/newscentre/news/newsid%3D73319.html 23 April 2008 dead CountryRound 1Round 2Round 3 Germany 10 11 12 South Africa 6 11 11 England 5 2 – Morocco 3 – – Bribery and corruption allegations Accusations of bribery and corruption had marred the success of Germany's bid from the very beginning. On the very day of the vote, a hoax bribery affair was made public, leading to calls for a re-vote.Call for World Cup re-vote https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/in_depth/2000/2006_world_cup_decision/822645.stm BBC Sport 7 July 2000 25 June 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20090922203158/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/in_depth/2000/2006_world_cup_decision/822645.stm 22 September 2009 live On the night before the vote, German satirical magazine Titanic sent letters to FIFA representatives, offering joke gifts like cuckoo clocks and Black Forest ham in exchange for their vote for Germany. Oceania delegate Charlie Dempsey, who had initially backed England, had then been instructed to support South Africa following England's elimination. He abstained, citing "intolerable pressure" on the eve of the vote.Legal threat over World Cup prank https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/sport/2000/2006_world_cup_decision/824885.stm BBC News 8 July 2000 25 June 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20040518225400/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/sport/2000/2006_world_cup_decision/824885.stm 18 May 2004 live Had Dempsey voted as originally instructed, the vote would have resulted with a 12–12 tie, and FIFA president Sepp Blatter, who favoured the South African bid,S. Africa Confident of Blatter's Support to Host 2006 World Cup http://english.people.com.cn/english/200001/19/eng20000119S121.html People's Daily Online 19 January 2000 25 June 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20090910064542/http://english.people.com.cn/english/200001/19/eng20000119S121.html 10 September 2009 dead would have had to cast the deciding vote.Voting procedure for 2006 FIFA World Cup decision https://www.fifa.com/newscentre/news/newsid=73308.html FIFA 5 July 2000 29 March 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080423021206/http://www.fifa.com/newscentre/news/newsid%3D73308.html 23 April 2008 dead More irregularities surfaced soon after, including, in the months leading up to the decision, the sudden interest of German politicians and major businesses in the four Asian countries whose delegates were decisive for the vote.Aumüller Johannes Kistner Thomas Geplatzte Gala Süddeutsche Zeitung 17 October 2015 41 de Just a week before the vote, the German government under Chancellor Gerhard Schröder lifted their arms embargo on Saudi Arabia and agreed to send grenade launchers to the country. DaimlerChrysler invested several hundred million euros in Hyundai, where one of the sons of the company's founder was a member of FIFA's executive committee. Both Volkswagen and Bayer announced investments in Thailand and South Korea, whose respective delegates Worawi Makudi and Chung Mong-joon were possible voters for Germany.Fritsch Oliver Die verkauften WM-Turniere http://www.zeit.de/sport/2015-06/chuck-blazer-fifa-fussball-weltmeisterschaft-2022 Die Zeit 18 October 2015 de 4 June 2015 30 September 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150930135353/http://www.zeit.de/sport/2015-06/chuck-blazer-fifa-fussball-weltmeisterschaft-2022 live Makudi additionally received a payment by a company of German media mogul Leo Kirch, who also paid millions for usually worthless TV rights for friendly matches of the Germany team and FC Bayern Munich. On 16 October 2015, German news magazine Der Spiegel alleged that a slush fund with money from then-Adidas CEO Robert Louis-Dreyfus was used to influence the vote of four Asian members of the FIFA executive committee.World Cup Scandal: Germany Appears to Have Bought Right to Host 2006 Tournament http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/documents-indicate-slush-fund-used-in-german-world-cup-bid-a-1058212.html Der Spiegel 18 October 2015 16 October 2015 8 November 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20201108113301/https://www.spiegel.de/international/world/documents-indicate-slush-fund-used-in-german-world-cup-bid-a-1058212.html live The sum of €6.7 million was later demanded back by Dreyfus. In order to retrieve the money, the Organising Committee paid an equivalent sum to FIFA, allegedly as a German share for the cost of a closing ceremony, which never materialized. Wolfgang Niersbach, president of the German Football Association (DFB), denied the allegations on 17 October 2015, saying that "the World Cup was not bought" and that he could "absolutely and categorically rule out the existence of a slush fund". The DFB announced they would consider seeking legal action against Der Spiegel.Niersbach: "Die WM war nicht gekauft" https://www.kicker.de/niersbach_die-wm-war-nicht-gekauft-637330/artikel kicker 18 October 2015 de 17 October 2015 18 October 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151018180000/http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/wm/startseite/637330/artikel_niersbach_die-wm-war-nicht-gekauft.html live During a press conference on 22 October 2015, Niersbach repeated his stance, emphasising that the €6.7 million was used in 2002 to secure a subsidy by FIFA.WM-Vergabe 2006: Niersbachs Erklärung zur 6,7-Millionen-Euro-Zahlung http://www.spiegel.de/sport/fussball/wolfgang-niersbach-gibt-erklaerung-zur-6-7-millionen-euro-zahlung-ab-a-1059114.html Spiegel Online 23 October 2015 de 22 October 2015 23 October 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151023081900/http://www.spiegel.de/sport/fussball/wolfgang-niersbach-gibt-erklaerung-zur-6-7-millionen-euro-zahlung-ab-a-1059114.html live According to Niersbach, the payment had been agreed upon during a meeting between Franz Beckenbauer and FIFA president Blatter, with the money being provided by Dreyfus. On the same day, FIFA contradicted Niersbach's statement, saying: "By our current state of knowledge, no such payment of 10 million francs was registered by FIFA in 2002."FIFA widerspricht DFB-Präsident Niersbach https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/niersbach-dfb-107.html Tagesschau 23 October 2015 de 22 October 2015 22 October 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151022202636/http://www.tagesschau.de/inland/niersbach-dfb-107.html live The following day, former DFB president Theo Zwanziger publicly accused Niersbach of lying, saying: "It is evident that there was a slush fund for the German World Cup application". According to Zwanziger, the €6.7 million went to Mohamed Bin Hammam, who at the time was supporting Blatter's campaign for president against Issa Hayatou.Ex-DFB-Chef Zwanziger: "Es gab eine schwarze Kasse" https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/niersbach-dfb-109.html Tagesschau 23 October 2015 de 23 October 2015 24 October 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151024151616/http://www.tagesschau.de/inland/niersbach-dfb-109.html live On 22 March 2016, it was announced that the FIFA Ethics Committee was opening proceedings into the bid.Fifa opens investigation into Franz Beckenbauer and Germany's 2006 World Cup bid https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/mar/22/fifa-franz-beckenbauer-germany-2006-world-cup 22 March 2016 The Guardian 22 March 2016 22 March 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160322110622/http://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/mar/22/fifa-franz-beckenbauer-germany-2006-world-cup liveFifa investigates 2006 World Cup award BBC Sport https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/35873480 22 March 2016 en 22 March 2016 22 March 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160322135920/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/35873480 liveFIFA watchdog opens formal proceedings over 2006 German World Cup Reuters https://www.reuters.com/article/us-soccer-fifa-germany-idUSKCN0WO1UP 22 March 2016 en 22 March 2016 22 March 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160322150416/http://www.reuters.com/article/us-soccer-fifa-germany-idUSKCN0WO1UP live Qualification 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification 198 teams attempted to qualify for the 2006 World Cup.https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/organisation/media/newsid=122766.html Record number of 204 teams enter preliminary competition 3 March 2007 29 March 2008 FIFA https://web.archive.org/web/20071117123621/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/organisation/media/newsid%3D122766.html 17 November 2007 dead Germany, the host nation, was granted automatic qualification, with the remaining 31 finals places divided among the continental confederations. For the first time since 1934, the defending champions did not automatically qualify for the tournament meaning Brazil had to play in the qualifiers. Thirteen places were contested by UEFA teams (Europe), five by CAF teams (Africa), four by CONMEBOL teams (South America), four by AFC teams (Asia), and three by CONCACAF teams (North and Central America and Caribbean). The remaining two places were decided by playoffs between AFC and CONCACAF and between CONMEBOL and OFC (Oceania). Eight nations qualified for the finals for the first time: Angola, Czech Republic, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Ukraine, and Serbia and Montenegro. Czech Republic and Ukraine were making their first appearance as independent nations, but had previously been represented as part of Czechoslovakia and the Soviet Union respectively, with Ukraine being the second independent nation to do so after Russia in 1994; Serbia and Montenegro had competed as Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in 1998, as well as making up part of Yugoslav teams from 1930 to 1990. Australia qualified for the first time since 1974. The highest-ranked team that failed to qualify was Denmark (ranked 11th), while the lowest-ranked team that did qualify was Togo (ranked 61st). For the first time since the 1982 World Cup, all six confederations were represented at the finals tournament. The State Union of Serbia and Montenegro dissolved prior to the start of the World Cup, on 3 June 2006, with Serbia and Montenegro becoming independent countries; their team competed at the World Cup unaffected. Their involvement in the competition became similar to the Commonwealth of Independent States that appeared at UEFA Euro 1992, a team formed to take the Soviet Union's place following dissolution, that multiple sovereign states had been represented in the finals of a major footballing tournament by a single team and the only occurrence in the World Cup finals to date. List of qualified teams The following 32 teams, shown with final pre-tournament rankings,FIFA/Coca Cola World Ranking (17 May 2006) https://inside.fifa.com/fifa-world-ranking https://web.archive.org/web/20240318191618/https://inside.fifa.com/fifa-world-ranking dead 18 March 2024 FIFA.com FIFA 13 July 2010 17 May 2006 qualified for the finals tournament: start AFC (4) IRN (23) JPN (18) KSA (34) KOR 1997 (29) CAF (5) ANG (57) (debut) GHA (48) (debut) CIV (32) (debut) TOG (61) (debut) TUN (21) break CONCACAF (4) CRC (26) MEX (4) TRI (47) (debut) USA (5) CONMEBOL (4) ARG 1861 (9) BRA (1) ECU 1900 (39) PAR 1990 (33) OFC (1) AUS (42) break UEFA (14) CRO (23) CZE (2) ENG (10) FRA 1974 (8) GER (19) (hosts) ITA 2003 (13) NED (3) POL (29) POR (7) SCG (44) ESP (5) SWE (16) SUI (35) UKR (45) (debut) break thumb|upright=1.4|#000cff Countries qualified for World Cup #ffb400 Country did not qualify black Countries that did not enter World Cup #ababab Country not a FIFA member end Teams listed by FIFA ranking as of May 2006 Country Confederation Rank 1 BRA CONMEBOL 1 2 CZE UEFA 2 3 NED UEFA 3 4 MEX CONCACAF 4 5 USA CONCACAF 5 ESP UEFA 5 7 POR UEFA 7 8 FRA 1974 UEFA 8 9 ARG 1861 CONMEBOL 9 10 ENG UEFA 10 11 ITA 2003 UEFA 13 12 SWE UEFA 16 13 JPN AFC 18 14 GER UEFA 19 15 TUN CAF 21 16 IRN AFC 23 CRO UEFA 23 18 CRC CONCACAF 25 19 KOR 1997 AFC 29 POL UEFA 29 21 CIV CAF 32 22 PAR 1990 CONMEBOL 33 23 KSA AFC 34 24 SUI UEFA 35 25 ECU 1900 CONMEBOL 39 26 AUS OFC 42 27 SCG UEFA 44 28 UKR UEFA 45 29 TRI CONCACAF 47 30 GHA CAF 48 31 ANG CAF 57 32 TOG CAF 61 Venues In 2006, Germany had a plethora of football stadia that satisfied FIFA's minimum capacity of 40,000 seats for World Cup matches. The outdated and still-standing Olympiastadion in Munich (69,250), the venue for the 1974 final match was not used for the tournament, even though FIFA's regulations allow one city to use two stadia. Düsseldorf's LTU Arena (51,500), Bremen's Weserstadion (43,000) and Mönchengladbach's Borussia-Park (46,249) were also not used. Düsseldorf was the only 1974 host city not to be selected to host games for the 2006 edition, while Munich and Gelsenkirchen were the only ones with different venues from 32 years prior. One city located in the former East Germany, Leipzig, was selected to host games. Twelve stadia were selected to host the World Cup matches. During the tournament, many of them were known by different names, as FIFA prohibits sponsorship of stadia unless the stadium sponsors are also official FIFA sponsors.Stadiums renamed for Fifa sponsors https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4773843.stm BBC 6 June 2006 29 March 2008 13 June 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180613190159/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4773843.stm live For example, the Allianz Arena in Munich was known during the competition as FIFA World Cup Stadium, Munich (de no FIFA WM-Stadion München), and even the letters of the company Allianz were removed or covered. Some of the stadia also had a lower capacity for the World Cup, as FIFA regulations ban standing room; nonetheless, this was accommodated as several stadia had a UEFA five-star ranking. The stadia in Berlin, Munich, Dortmund and Stuttgart hosted six matches each, whilst the other eight stadia hosted five matches each. A cross denotes an indoor stadium. BerlinMunichDortmundStuttgartOlympiastadionAllianz Arena(FIFA World Cup Stadium, Munich)Westfalenstadion(FIFA World Cup Stadium, Dortmund)MHPArena52 30 53 N 13 14 22 E region:DE_type:landmark inline Olympiastadion (Berlin)48 13 7.59 N 11 37 29.11 E region:DE_type:landmark inline Allianz Arena51 29 33.25 N 7 27 6.63 E region:DE_type:landmark inline Signal Iduna Park48 47 32.17 N 9 13 55.31 E region:DE_type:landmark inline Gottlieb-Daimler-StadionCapacity: 72,000http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/d/s/berlin.html Berlin FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association) 16 July 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20060616074010/http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/d/s/berlin.html 16 June 2006Capacity: 66,000http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/d/s/munchen.html Munich FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association) 16 July 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20060616074102/http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/d/s/munchen.html 16 June 2006Capacity: 65,000http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/d/s/dortmund.html Dortmund FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association) 16 July 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20060616074153/http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/d/s/dortmund.html 16 June 2006Capacity: 52,000http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/d/s/stuttgart.html Stuttgart FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association) 16 July 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20060616074248/http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/d/s/stuttgart.html 16 June 2006200px200px200px200pxGelsenkirchenGermany none 400 Germany 52.5147 13.2394 Berlin Germany 51.4926 7.4518 Dortmund right Germany 48.2188 11.6248 Munich Germany 48.7923 9.2320 Stuttgart Germany 51.5545 7.0676 Gelsenkirchen top Germany 53.5872 9.8986 Hamburg Germany 50.0686 8.6455 Frankfurt Germany 50.9335 6.8750 Cologne Germany 52.3601 9.7312 Hanover Germany 51.3458 12.3482 Leipzig Germany 49.4347 7.7765 Kaiserslautern Germany 49.4261 11.1258 NurembergHamburgArena AufSchalke(FIFA World Cup Stadium, Gelsenkirchen)AOL Arena(FIFA World Cup Stadium, Hamburg)51 33 16.21 N 7 4 3.32 E region:DE_type:landmark inline Arena AufSchalke53 35 13.77 N 9 53 55.02 E region:DE_type:landmark inline AOL ArenaCapacity: 52,000http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/d/s/gelsenkirchen.html Gelsenkirchen FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association) 16 July 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20060616074452/http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/d/s/gelsenkirchen.html 16 June 2006Capacity: 50,000http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/d/s/hamburg.html Hamburg FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association) 16 July 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20060616074038/http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/d/s/hamburg.html 16 June 2006200px200pxFrankfurtKaiserslauternCommerzbank-Arena(FIFA World Cup Stadium, Frankfurt)Fritz-Walter-Stadion50 4 7 N 8 38 44 E region:DE_type:landmark inline Commerzbank Arena49 26 5 N 7 46 35 E region:DE_type:landmark inline Fritz-Walter-StadionCapacity: 48,000http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/d/s/frankfurt.html Frankfurt FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association) 16 July 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20060616074236/http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/d/s/frankfurt.html 16 June 2006Capacity: 46,000http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/d/s/kaiserslautern.html Kaiserslautern FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association) 16 July 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20060616074517/http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/d/s/kaiserslautern.html 16 June 2006200px200pxCologneHanoverLeipzigNurembergRheinEnergieStadion(FIFA World Cup Stadium, Cologne)Niedersachsenstadion(FIFA World Cup Stadium, Hanover)Red Bull ArenaeasyCredit-Stadion(Frankenstadion)50 56 1 N 6 52 30 E region:DE_type:landmark inline RheinEnergie Stadion52 21 36 N 9 43 52 E region:DE_type:landmark inline AWD-Arena51 20 45 N 12 20 54 E region:DE_type:landmark inline Zentralstadion49 25 34 N 11 7 33 E region:DE_type:landmark inline EasyCredit-StadionCapacity: 45,000http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/d/s/koln.html Cologne FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association) 16 July 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20060616073933/http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/d/s/koln.html 16 June 2006Capacity: 43,000http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/d/s/hannover.html Hanover FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association) 16 July 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20060616074210/http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/d/s/hannover.html 16 June 2006Capacity: 43,000http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/d/s/leipzig.html Leipzig FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association) 16 July 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20060616074050/http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/d/s/leipzig.html 16 June 2006Capacity: 41,000http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/d/s/nurnberg.html Nuremberg FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association) 16 July 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20060616074224/http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/d/s/nurnberg.html 16 June 2006200px200px200px200px Team base camps Base camps were used by the 32 national squads to stay and train before and during the World Cup tournament. FIFA announced the base camps for each participating team.Media Guide: Team Headquarters and Training Facilities https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/y=2006/m=4/news=media-guide-team-headquarters-and-training-facilities-13341.html FIFA.com (Fédération Internationale de Football Association) 12 April 2006 10 February 2018 10 February 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180210180343/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/y=2006/m=4/news=media-guide-team-headquarters-and-training-facilities-13341.html dead {| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" |- ! colspan="2"| National squads' base camps |- Team City Angola Celle Argentina Herzogenaurach Australia Zweiflingenhttps://www.oehringen.de/stadt/stadtgeschichte/home-base-der-socceroos.html Home Base der Socceroos 2 October 2022 2 October 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20221002130320/https://www.oehringen.de/stadt/stadtgeschichte/home-base-der-socceroos.html live Brazil Bergisch Gladbach Costa Rica Walldorf Croatia Bad Brückenau Czech Republic Westerburg Ecuador Bad Kissingen England Baden-Baden France Aerzen Germany Berlin Ghana Würzburg Iran Friedrichshafen Italy Duisburg Ivory Coast Niederkassel Japan Bonn Team City Mexico Göttingen Netherlands Hinterzarten Paraguay Oberhaching Poland Barsinghausen Portugal Marienfeld Saudi Arabia Bad Nauheim Serbia and Montenegro Billerbeck Spain Kamen South Korea Bergisch Gladbach Sweden Bremen Switzerland Bad Bertrich Togo Wangen im Allgäu Trinidad and Tobago Rotenburg an der Wümme Tunisia Schweinfurt Ukraine Potsdam United States Hamburg |} Match officials ConfederationRefereeAssistantsAFCToru Kamikawa (Japan)Yoshikazu Hiroshima (Japan)Kim Dae-Young (South Korea)Shamsul Maidin (Singapore)Prachya Permpanich (Thailand)Eisa Ghoulom (United Arab Emirates)CAFCoffi Codjia (Benin)Aboudou Aderodjou (Benin)Célestin Ntagungira (Rwanda)Essam Abdel-Fatah (Egypt)Dramane Dante (Mali)Mamadou N'Doye (Senegal)CONCACAFBenito Archundia (Mexico)José Ramírez (Mexico)Héctor Vergara (Canada)Marco Rodríguez (Mexico)José Luis Camargo (Mexico)Leonel Leal (Costa Rica)CONMEBOLHoracio Elizondo (Argentina)Darío García (Argentina)Rodolfo Otero (Argentina)Carlos Simon (Brazil)Aristeu Tavares (Brazil)Ednílson Corona (Brazil)Óscar Ruiz (Colombia)José Navia (Colombia)Fernando Tamayo (Ecuador)Carlos Amarilla (Paraguay)Amelio Andino (Paraguay)Manuel Bernal (Paraguay)Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay)Wálter Rial (Uruguay)Pablo Fandiño (Uruguay)OFCMark Shield (Australia)Nathan Gibson (Australia)Ben Wilson (Australia)UEFAFrank De Bleeckere (Belgium)Peter Hermans (Belgium)Walter Vromans (Belgium)Graham Poll (England)Philip Sharp (England)Glenn Turner (England)Éric Poulat (France)Lionel Dagorne (France)Vincent Texier (France)Markus Merk (Germany)Jan-Hendrik Salver (Germany)Christian Schräer (Germany)Roberto Rosetti (Italy)Alessandro Stagnelli (Italy)Cristiano Copelli (Italy)Valentin Ivanov (Russia)Nikolay Golubev (Russia)Evgueni Volnin (Russia)Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)Roman Slyško (Slovakia)Martin Balko (Slovakia)Luis Medina Cantalejo (Spain)Victoriano Giráldez Carrasco (Spain)Pedro Medina Hernández (Spain)Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)Francesco Buragina (Switzerland)Matthias Arnet (Switzerland) Squads 2006 FIFA World Cup squads Squads for the 2006 World Cup consisted of 23 players, as in the previous tournament in 2002. Each participating national association had to confirm its 23-player squad by 15 May 2006.Deadline for submitting list of 23 players remains 15 May 2006 https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/media/newsid=13258.html FIFA.com 16 March 2006 28 March 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080423021317/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/media/newsid%3D13258.html 23 April 2008 dead Groups Seeds 2006 FIFA World Cup seeding The eight seeded teams for the tournament were announced on 6 December 2005 and placed into Pot A for the draw. Pot B contained the unseeded qualifiers from South America, Africa and Oceania; Pot C contained eight of the nine remaining European teams, excluding Serbia and Montenegro. Pot D contained unseeded teams from the CONCACAF region and Asia. To ensure that no group contained three European teams, Serbia and Montenegro was placed in a special pot, as they were the lowest ranked qualified team from Europe on the latest FIFA World Ranking; while it was deemed of less importance they had been seeded higher than Switzerland and Ukraine by the 2006 World Cup seeding tool.FIFA Organising Committee approves team classifications and final draw procedure https://www.fifa.com/aboutfifa/media/newsid=101782.html FIFA 6 December 2005 29 March 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080423021144/http://www.fifa.com/aboutfifa/media/newsid%3D101782.html 23 April 2008 dead Serbia and Montenegro was drawn first, then their group was drawn from the three seeded non-European nations, Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico. FIFA predetermined that hosts Germany would be placed in Group A, thus being assured of the venues of their group matches in advance of the draw. They also announced in advance that defending champions Brazil would be allocated to Group F. + Pot A Team Points Total points in the seeding Rank Ranking in the seeding GERAs hosts, Germany were automatically assigned to the first position in Group A. 49.3 4 BRA 63.7 1 ENG 50.7 2 ESP 50.0 3 MEX 47.3 5 FRA 1974 46.0 6 ITA 2003 44.3 7 ARG 1861 44.0 8+ Pot B Team Points Total points in the seeding Rank Ranking in the seeding PAR 1990 31.3 15 TUN 19.0 22 ECU 1900 16.0 23 CIV 7.0 27 AUS 4.3 28 GHA 3.3 30 ANG 2.0 31 TGO 1.3 32+ Pot C Team Points Total points in the seeding Rank Ranking in the seeding NED 38.3 10 SWE 33.7 13 CRO 33.0 14 CZE 29.0 16 POR 28.7 17 POL 20.3 20 SUI 8.7 25 UKR 7.0 26+ Pot D Team Points Total points in the seeding Rank Ranking in the seeding USA 42.7 9 KOR 1997 37.3 11 JPN 36.0 12 CRC 22.7 18 KSA 20.7 19 IRN 19.3 21 TRI 4.3 29 + Special Pot Team Points Total points in the seeding Rank Ranking in the seeding SCG 15.7 24 The group stage draw was held in Leipzig on 9 December 2005, and the group assignments and order of matches were determined. After the draw was completed, commentators remarked that Group C appeared to be the group of death, while others suggested Group E.Paul Wilson An easy group? Draw your own conclusions https://www.theguardian.com/football/2005/dec/11/sport.worldcup20062 The Observer UK 11 December 2005 26 June 2006 https://web.archive.org/web/20060630182032/http://football.guardian.co.uk/Columnists/Column/0%2C4284%2C1664561%2C00.html 30 June 2006 live http://soccernet.espn.go.com/columns/story?id=368725&root=worldcup&cc=5901 Group C Tactics Board Palmer Kevin ESPNsoccernet 24 May 2006 26 June 2006 https://web.archive.org/web/20060620151414/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/columns/story?id=368725&root=worldcup&cc=5901 20 June 2006 dead Argentina and the Netherlands both qualified with a game to spare with wins over Ivory Coast and Serbia and Montenegro respectively. Group system The first round, or group stage, saw the 32 teams divided into eight groups of four teams. Each group was a round-robin of three games, where each team played one match against each of the other teams in the same group. Teams were awarded three points for a win, one point for a draw and none for a defeat. The teams coming first and second in each group qualified for the Round of 16. Ranking criteria If teams were level on points, they were ranked on the following criteria in order: Greatest total goal difference in the three group matches Greatest number of goals scored in the three group matches If teams remained level after those criteria, a mini-group would be formed from those teams, who would be ranked on: Most points earned in matches against other teams in the tie Greatest goal difference in matches against other teams in the tie Greatest number of goals scored in matches against other teams in the tie If teams remained level after all these criteria, FIFA would hold a drawing of lots In the original version of the rules for the finals tournament, the system used during the qualifiers was in force. This system had the ranking criteria in a different order, with head-to-head results taking precedence over total goal difference. The rules were changed to the above in advance of the tournament, but older versions were still available on the FIFA and UEFA websites, causing some confusion among those trying to identify the correct criteria.http://www.geocities.com/worldcupspreadsheets/rulechange.html FIFA changes World Cup tie-breaking rules O'Dea Joseph 18 May 2006 29 June 2006 June 2016 medicmedic In any event, the finals tournament saw only two pairs of teams level on points: Argentina and the Netherlands at 7 points in Group C; Tunisia and Saudi Arabia at 1 point in Group H. Both of these ties were resolved on total goal difference. Moreover, in both cases the teams had tied their match, so the order of ranking criteria made no difference. Finals tournament The finals tournament of the 2006 FIFA World Cup began on 9 June. The 32 teams were divided into eight groups of four teams each, within which the teams competed in a round-robin tournament to determine which two of those four teams would advance to the sixteen-team knock-out stage, which started on 24 June. In total, 64 games were played. Hosting Although Germany failed to win the Cup, the tournament was considered a great success for Germany in general. Germany also experienced a sudden increase in patriotic spirit with flags waving, traditionally frowned upon by German society since World War II whenever the German team played.http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/060709/1/8p6r.html South African to learn lessons from Germany The 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany 9 July 2006 27 July 2006 https://web.archive.org/web/20060719130930/http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/060709/1/8p6r.html 19 July 2006 live For the closing ceremonies, Matthias Keller composed a work performed simultaneously by the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra, the Bavarian State Orchestra and the Bavarian Radio Orchestra with conductors Christian Thielemann, Zubin Mehta and Mariss Jansons, and soloists Diana Damrau, Plácido Domingo and Lang Lang. Traditional powers dominate Despite early success by Australia, Ecuador, and Ghana, the tournament marked a return to dominance of traditional football powers. Four years after the 2002 tournament, in which teams from North America (the United States), Africa (Senegal) and Asia (South Korea) made it deep into the knockout stages and Turkey finished third, all eight seeded teams progressed to the knockout stages and no quarter-finalists were from outside Europe or South America. Six former champions took part in the quarter-finals, with Ukraine and Euro 2004 runners-up Portugal as the only relative outsiders.World Cup quarterfinals http://www.signonsandiego.com/sports/soccer/20060630-9999-lz1s30worldcu.html Zeigler Mark Union Tribune 30 June 2006 31 March 2008 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20080524021422/http://www.signonsandiego.com/sports/soccer/20060630-9999-lz1s30worldcu.html 24 May 2008 Argentina and Brazil were eliminated in the quarter-finals, leaving an all-European final four for only the fourth time (after the 1934, 1966, and 1982 tournaments). Scoring Despite the early goals that flooded the group stages, the knock-out phase had a much lower goals per match ratio. A prime example of the dearth of goals was Portugal, which only scored in the 23rd minute of the round of 16, and did not score again until the 88th minute of the match for third place. No player managed to score a hat-trick in this tournament, the only time this happened in the tournament's history. Italy, Germany, Argentina, Brazil and France were the only teams to score more than one goal in a knockout match. Germany was one of the exceptions, tending to play an attacking style of football throughout the knock-out stage, which was reflected by the fact that they scored the most goals (14), with players from all three outfield positions (defence, midfield and forward) making the scoresheet. Germany's Miroslav Klose scored five goals to claim the Golden Boot, the lowest total to win the prize since 1962. No other player scored more than three goals. No player from the winning Italian squad scored more than two goals, though ten players had scored for the team, tying France's record in 1982 for the most goalscorers from any one team. For the first time ever in the FIFA World Cup, the first and last goals of the tournament were scored by defenders. German left-back Philipp Lahm scored the opener against Costa Rica after only 5 minutes of the opening match. In the final, Italian centre-back Marco Materazzi out-jumped Patrick Vieira and headed in the last goal of the 2006 World Cup. In addition, Fabio Grosso clinched the cup for Italy with the decisive spot kick in the penalty shoot-out. Unprecedented number of cards The tournament had a record number of yellow and red cards, breaking the previous record set by the 1998 World Cup. Players received a record-breaking 345 yellow cards and 28 red cards, with Russian referee Valentin Ivanov handing out 16 yellow and 4 red cards in the round of 16 match between Portugal and the Netherlands in a match known as the Battle of Nuremberg. Portugal had two players suspended for each of the quarter-final and semi-final matches respectively. FIFA President Sepp Blatter suggested that he might allow some rule changes for future tournaments so that earlier accumulated bookings would not force players to miss the final, should their teams make it that far. The tournament also saw English referee Graham Poll mistakenly hand out three yellow cards to Croatia's Josip Šimunić in their match against Australia. The high number of yellow and red cards show prompted discussion about the tournament's referees. FIFA officials and Blatter received criticism for allegedly making rules too rigid and taking discretion away from referees.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/world_cup_2006/5117520.stm Who's to blame for Cup card frenzy? BBC Sport 26 June 2006 23 July 2006 17 December 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20071217163854/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/world_cup_2006/5117520.stm live Group stage thumb|upright=2.05|8em #2b42a3 Champion #34c0be Runner-up #269c5a Third place #81c846 Fourth place #e4e454 Quarter-finals #f4d4ac Round of 16 #b94954 Group stage All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2). Group A 2006 FIFA World Cup Group A In the opening match of the tournament, Germany and Costa Rica played a game which ended 4–2 for the host in the highest scoring opening match in the tournament's history. Germany went on to win the Group A after edging Poland and breezing past Ecuador 3–0. Despite the defeat, Ecuador had already joined the host in the Round of 16 having beaten Poland and Costa Rica 2–0 and 3–0, respectively. standings no_hide_class_rules main 2006 FIFA World Cup Group A Group B 2006 FIFA World Cup Group B In Group B, England and Sweden pushed Paraguay into third place after narrow victories over the South Americans. Trinidad and Tobago earned some international respect after a draw with Sweden in their opening game and managing to hold England scoreless for 83 minutes, until goals from Peter Crouch and Steven Gerrard sealed a 2–0 win for the Three Lions. Sweden qualified for the knockout rounds after drawing 2–2 with England to maintain their 38-year unbeaten record against them. standings no_hide_class_rules main 2006 FIFA World Cup Group B Group C 2006 FIFA World Cup Group C Both Argentina and Netherlands qualified from Group C with a game remaining. Argentina topped the group on goal difference, having hammered Serbia and Montenegro 6–0 and beaten Ivory Coast 2–1. The Dutch picked up 1–0 and 2–1 victories over Serbia and Montenegro and Ivory Coast, respectively. Ivory Coast defeated Serbia and Montenegro 3–2 in their final game, in Serbia and Montenegro's last international as the country had dissolved 18 days earlier. standings no_hide_class_rules main 2006 FIFA World Cup Group C Group D 2006 FIFA World Cup Group D Portugal coasted through in Group D, picking up the maximum number of points, with Mexico qualifying in second. Iran missed chances against Mexico in their opening 1–3 defeat and were eliminated after losing their match against Portugal. They fought hard against the Portuguese, but lost 2–0. Their last game against Angola ended in 1–1 draw. The Africans had a respectable first World Cup tournament after earning draws with Mexico (0–0) and Iran. standings no_hide_class_rules main 2006 FIFA World Cup Group D Group E 2006 FIFA World Cup Group E In Group E, Italy went through to the Round of 16 conceding just one goal (an own goal) by Cristian Zaccardo in the group phase against the United States. The US bowed out of the tournament after disappointing results against the Czech Republic and Ghana, 0–3 and 1–2, respectively, despite a 1–1 draw (finishing with 9 vs 10 men) against Italy. Tournament debutant Ghana joined Italy in the round of 16, following victories over the Czech Republic and the United States. Daniele De Rossi was suspended for 4 games following his sending-off against the United States. standings no_hide_class_rules main 2006 FIFA World Cup Group E Group F 2006 FIFA World Cup Group F Group F included the reigning World Champions Brazil, Croatia, Japan, and Australia. Playing in their first World Cup for 32 years, Australia came from behind to defeat Japan 3–1, and, despite losing 0–2 to Brazil, a 2–2 draw with Croatia was enough to give the Australians a place in the Round of 16 in a game where two players were sent-off for second bookings and one, erroneously, for a third booking by English referee Graham Poll. The Brazilians won all three games to qualify first in the group. Their 1–0 win against Croatia was through a goal late in the first-half by Kaká. Croatia and Japan went out of the tournament without a single win. standings no_hide_class_rules main 2006 FIFA World Cup Group F Group G 2006 FIFA World Cup Group G France only managed a scoreless draw against Switzerland and a 1–1 draw against South Korea. With captain Zinedine Zidane suspended, their 2–0 win against Togo was enough for them to advance to the knockout round. They were joined by the group winners, Switzerland, who defeated South Korea 2–0, and did not concede a goal in the tournament. South Korea won their first World Cup finals match outside their own country in defeating Togo, but four points were not enough to see them through to the round of 16 (the only team for which this was the case), while Togo exited without a point. standings no_hide_class_rules main 2006 FIFA World Cup Group G Group H 2006 FIFA World Cup Group H Spain dominated Group H, picking up the maximum number of points, scoring 8 goals, and conceding only 1. Ukraine, despite being beaten 4–0 by Spain in their first World Cup game, took advantage of the weaker opponents to beat Saudi Arabia 4–0 and scrape past Tunisia 1–0 thanks to a 70th-minute penalty by Andriy Shevchenko, to reach the Round of 16. Saudi Arabia and Tunisia went out of the tournament having 1 point each, thanks to a 2–2 draw against each other. standings no_hide_class_rules main 2006 FIFA World Cup Group H Knockout stage 2006 FIFA World Cup knockout stage The knockout stage involved the sixteen teams that qualified from the group stage of the tournament. There were four rounds of matches, with each round eliminating half of the teams entering that round. The successive rounds were: round of 16, quarter-finals, semi-finals, and final. There was also a match for third place between the losing semi-finalists. For each game in the knockout stage, a draw was followed by thirty minutes of extra time (two 15-minute halves); if scores were still level there would be a penalty shoot-out (at least five penalties each, and more if necessary) to determine who progressed to the next round. Bracket Results decided after extra time are indicated by (a.e.t.), and results decided via a penalty shoot-out are indicated by (p). Bracket Round of 16 In the second round, conceding two early goals in the first twelve minutes to Germany effectively ended the Swedes' hopes of progressing to the quarter-finals. Argentina struggled to get past Mexico until a Maxi Rodríguez goal in extra time put the Albiceleste in the quarter-finals. Australia's journey ended when Italy were awarded a controversial penalty scored by Francesco Totti, deep into the remaining seconds of the match, after Fabio Grosso went down in the penalty box.Lander Mark A Tumble, a Whistle and a Controversial Victory for Italy https://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/27/sports/soccer/27italy.html The New York Times 23 June 2024 27 June 2006 29 January 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210129094010/https://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/27/sports/soccer/27italy.html live The Italians had spent much of the game with only ten men on the field, following a controversial red card shown to centre back Marco Materazzi. In a 0–0 match, described in The Guardian as "the dullest game in World Cup history",Lea Greg The dullest game in World Cup history: Switzerland v Ukraine in 2006 https://www.theguardian.com/football/the-set-pieces-blog/2018/jun/01/world-cup-history-worst-game-ukraine-switzerland 28 June 2021 The Guardian 2018-06-01 en 28 June 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210628213925/https://www.theguardian.com/football/the-set-pieces-blog/2018/jun/01/world-cup-history-worst-game-ukraine-switzerland live Switzerland failed to convert any of their three penalties in the penalty shoot-out against Ukraine to see them exit the competition with an unwanted new record in becoming the first team in a World Cup to fail to convert any penalties in a shoot-out. Their elimination also meant that they became the first nation to be eliminated from the World Cup without conceding any goals (and indeed the only nation ever to participate in a World Cup finals tournament without conceding a goal). No two teams from the same group qualified for the quarters, all eight teams were from different groups. England struggled against Ecuador but won 1–0 thanks to a David Beckham free kick. Brazil won 3–0 against Ghana, in a game which included Ronaldo's record 15th World Cup goal. Der Spiegel reported that the match may have been influenced by an Asian betting syndicate.http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/interview-with-match-fixing-investigator-declan-hill-i-am-sure-the-game-was-manipulated-a-575586.html Interview with Match-Fixing Investigator Declan Hill: 'I Am Sure the Game Was Manipulated' Der Spiegel 1 September 2008 8 January 2016 24 February 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160224122511/http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/interview-with-match-fixing-investigator-declan-hill-i-am-sure-the-game-was-manipulated-a-575586.html live Portugal defeated the Netherlands 1–0. The only goal came courtesy of a Maniche strike in an acrimonious match, which marked a new World Cup record with 16 yellow cards (Portugal: 9, the Netherlands: 7) and 4 players being sent off for a second bookable offence. France came from behind to defeat Spain 3–1 thanks to goals from Franck Ribéry, Patrick Vieira, and Zinedine Zidane. R16-1 R16-2 R16-3 Battle of Nuremberg (2006 FIFA World Cup) R16-4 R16-5 R16-6 R16-7 R16-8 Quarter-finals Germany and Argentina ended 1–1 after extra time; the hosts edged out the Argentinians 4–2 on penalties to go through to the semi-finals (this was the first time Argentina had lost a World Cup penalty shoot-out: up until this match, Argentina and Germany had each participated in three penalty shoot-outs, winning all of them). In Gelsenkirchen, England faced Portugal in a repeat of their Euro 2004 quarter-final. This time Wayne Rooney was sent off, and Portugal again won on penalties, 3–1 after a 0–0 draw to reach their first World Cup semi-final since the days of Eusébio 40 years earlier. This gave manager Luiz Felipe Scolari his third consecutive tournament quarter-final win over Sven-Göran Eriksson's England, first with Brazil en route to their 2002 World Cup win, then with Portugal in 2004 and 2006. Italy defeated quarter-final debutants Ukraine 3–0. France eliminated Brazil 1–0 to advance into the semi-finals. Brazil only managed one shot on goal, while Zinedine Zidane's dribbling earned him Man of the Match and his free-kick to Thierry Henry resulted in the winning goal. QF1 QF2 QF3 QF4 Semi-finals With Argentina and Brazil eliminated in the quarter-finals, an all-European semi-final line up was completed for only the fourth time (after the 1934, 1966 and 1982 tournaments—this would happen again in 2018). The semi-final between Germany and Italy produced an extra time period that went scoreless until the 118th minute, when Italy scored twice through Fabio Grosso and Alessandro Del Piero, putting an end to Germany's undefeated record in Dortmund. In the second semi-final, Portugal lost to France 1–0 in Munich. In a repeat of the Euro 1984 and Euro 2000 semi-finals, Portugal were defeated by France, with the decisive goal being a penalty scored by France captain Zinedine Zidane. SF1 SF2 Match for third place The hosts got three goals in 20 minutes in the second half with the help of 21-year-old left midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger. His first goal beat the Portuguese goalkeeper Ricardo with pace over his head. Only 4 minutes later, Schweinsteiger's free kick 30 metres from the left of the penalty box, driven low across goal, was connected with Petit's knee to become an own goal for Portugal. The German did not stop, and netted his second goal, which swerved away to the keeper's left, in the 78th minute. Portugal were strong in possession but lacked punch in attack; unable to convert 57% possession into goals. Pauleta had two clear chances from 15 metres, but both times hit tame shots that did not trouble keeper Oliver Kahn, who was playing in his last match for the German national team. Portugal got a consolation goal with the help of substitute Luís Figo (also playing the final international game of his career), who almost immediately provided the precise distribution needed to unlock the German defence. A cross from the right wing on 88 minutes found fellow substitute Nuno Gomes at the far post, who dived in for the goal. The game ended 3–1, a result which gave the tournament hosts the bronze medals and left Portugal in fourth place. 3rd Final 2006 FIFA World Cup final The final started with each side scoring within the first 20 minutes. Zinedine Zidane opened the scoring by converting a controversial seventh-minute penalty kick,http://www.cbc.ca/sports/worldcup2006/storyview.html?/story/sports/national/2006/07/09/france-italy-worldcup.html Italy wins World Cup CBC Sports 9 July 2006 5 October 2006 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20060715212514/http://www.cbc.ca/sports/worldcup2006/storyview.html?%2Fstory%2Fsports%2Fnational%2F2006%2F07%2F09%2Ffrance-italy-worldcup.html 15 July 2006 which glanced off the underside of the crossbar and bounced beyond the goal line before it spun back up, hit the crossbar again and rebounded out of the goal.Zinedine Zidane Penalty Kick France V Italy FIFA World Cup Final 2006 HD HQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tO_E1TeT770 https://web.archive.org/web/20120425213202/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tO_E1TeT770&gl=US&hl=en 25 April 2012 Youtube.com 9 August 2014 Marco Materazzi then levelled the scores in the 19th minute following an Andrea Pirlo corner. Both teams had chances to score the winning goal in normal time: Luca Toni hit the crossbar in the 35th minute for Italy (he later had a header disallowed for offside), while France were not awarded a possible second penalty in the 53rd minute when Florent Malouda went down in the box after a tackle from Gianluca Zambrotta. The reverse camera angle later made it clear that there was no penalty and that the referee took the right decision. At the end of the regulation 90 minutes, the score was still level at 1–1, and the match went into extra time. Italian goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon made a potentially game-saving save in extra time when he tipped a Zidane header over the crossbar. Further controversy ensued near the end of extra time, when Zidane head-butted Materazzi in the chest in an off-the-ball incident and was sent off. Extra time produced no further goals and a penalty shoot-out followed, which Italy won 5–3. France's David Trezeguet, the man who scored the golden goal against Italy in Euro 2000, was the only player not to score his penalty; his spot kick hit the crossbar, landed on the goal line, and went out. It was the first all-European final since Italy's triumph over West Germany in the 1982 World Cup, and the second final, after 1994, to be decided on penalties. It was also Italy's first world title in 24 years, and their fourth overall, making them the second most successful World Cup team ever. The victory also helped Italy top the FIFA World Rankings in February 2007 for the first time since November 1993. Final Statistics Goal scorers Miroslav Klose received the Golden Boot for scoring five goals in the World Cup. In total, 147 goals were scored by 110 players, with four of them credited as own goals. GER Miroslav Klose BRA Ronaldo ARG 1861 Hernán Crespo ARG 1861 Maxi Rodríguez FRA 1974 Thierry Henry FRA 1974 Zinedine Zidane GER Lukas Podolski ESP Fernando Torres ESP David Villa AUS Tim Cahill BRA Adriano CRC Paulo Wanchope CZE Tomáš Rosický ECU 1900 Agustín Delgado ECU 1900 Carlos Tenorio ENG Steven Gerrard FRA 1974 Patrick Vieira GER Bastian Schweinsteiger ITA 2003 Marco Materazzi ITA 2003 Luca Toni CIV Aruna Dindane MEX Omar Bravo POL Bartosz Bosacki POR Maniche SUI Alexander Frei UKR Andriy Shevchenko ANG Flávio ARG 1861 Roberto Ayala ARG 1861 Esteban Cambiasso ARG 1861 Lionel Messi ARG 1861 Javier Saviola ARG 1861 Carlos Tevez AUS John Aloisi AUS Harry Kewell AUS Craig Moore BRA Fred BRA Gilberto BRA Juninho BRA Kaká BRA Zé Roberto CRC Rónald Gómez CRO Niko Kovač CRO Darijo Srna CZE Jan Koller ECU 1900 Iván Kaviedes ENG David Beckham ENG Joe Cole ENG Peter Crouch FRA 1974 Franck Ribéry GER Torsten Frings GER Philipp Lahm GER Oliver Neuville GHA Stephen Appiah GHA Haminu Draman GHA Asamoah Gyan GHA Sulley Muntari IRN Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh IRN Yahya Golmohammadi ITA 2003 Alessandro Del Piero ITA 2003 Alberto Gilardino ITA 2003 Fabio Grosso ITA 2003 Vincenzo Iaquinta ITA 2003 Filippo Inzaghi ITA 2003 Andrea Pirlo ITA 2003 Francesco Totti ITA 2003 Gianluca Zambrotta CIV Didier Drogba CIV Bonaventure Kalou CIV Bakari Koné JPN Shunsuke Nakamura JPN Keiji Tamada MEX Francisco Fonseca MEX Rafael Márquez MEX Sinha NED Ruud van Nistelrooy NED Robin van Persie NED Arjen Robben PAR 1990 Nelson Cuevas POR Cristiano Ronaldo POR Deco POR Nuno Gomes POR Pauleta POR Simão KSA Sami Al-Jaber KSA Yasser Al-Qahtani SCG Saša Ilić SCG Nikola Žigić KOR 1997 Ahn Jung-hwan KOR 1997 Lee Chun-soo KOR 1997 Park Ji-sung ESP Xabi Alonso ESP Juanito ESP Raúl SWE Marcus Allbäck SWE Henrik Larsson SWE Freddie Ljungberg SUI Tranquillo Barnetta SUI Philippe Senderos TOG Mohamed Kader TUN Radhi Jaïdi TUN Ziad Jaziri TUN Jawhar Mnari UKR Maksym Kalynychenko UKR Serhiy Rebrov UKR Andriy Rusol USA Clint Dempsey ITA 2003 Cristian Zaccardo (against the United States) PAR 1990 Carlos Gamarra (against England) POR Petit (against Germany) TRI Brent Sancho (against Paraguay) Discipline Player Offence(s) Suspension(s) TRI Avery John 2 in Group B vs Sweden (matchday 1; 10 June) Group B vs England (matchday 2; 15 June) TOG Jean-Paul Abalo 2 in Group G vs South Korea (matchday 1; 13 June) Group G vs Switzerland (matchday 2; 19 June) UKR Vladyslav Vashchuk in Group H vs Spain (matchday 1; 14 June) Group H vs Saudi Arabia (matchday 2; 19 June) POL Radosław Sobolewski 2 in Group A vs Germany (matchday 2; 14 June) Group A vs Costa Rica (matchday 3; 20 June) SCG Ognjen Koroman in Group C vs Netherlands (matchday 1; 11 June) in Group C vs Argentina (matchday 2; 16 June) Group C vs Ivory Coast (matchday 3; 21 June) SCG Mateja Kežman in Group C vs Argentina (matchday 2; 16 June) Group C vs Ivory Coast (matchday 3; 21 June) CIV Didier Drogba in Group C vs Argentina (matchday 1; 10 June) in Group C vs Netherlands (matchday 2; 16 June) Group C vs Serbia and Montenegro (matchday 3; 21 June) ANG André Macanga 2 in Group D vs Mexico (matchday 2; 16 June) Group D vs Iran (matchday 3; 21 June) IRN Javad Nekounam in Group D vs Mexico (matchday 1; 11 June) in Group D vs Portugal (matchday 2; 17 June) Group D vs Angola (matchday 3; 21 June) CZE Tomáš Ujfaluši in Group E vs Ghana (matchday 2; 17 June) Group E vs Italy (matchday 3; 22 June) CZE Vratislav Lokvenc in Group E vs United States (matchday 1; 12 June) in Group E vs Ghana (matchday 2; 17 June) Group E vs Italy (matchday 3; 22 June) GHA Asamoah Gyan in Group E vs Italy (matchday 1; 12 June) in Group E vs Czech Republic (matchday 2; 17 June) Group E vs United States (matchday 3; 22 June) GHA Sulley Muntari in Group E vs Italy (matchday 1; 12 June) in Group E vs Czech Republic (matchday 2; 17 June) Group E vs United States (matchday 3; 22 June) ITA 2003 Daniele De Rossi in Group E vs United States (matchday 2; 17 June) Group E vs Czech Republic (matchday 3; 22 June)Round of 16 vs Australia (26 June)Quarter-finals vs Ukraine (30 June)Semi-finals vs Germany (4 July) USA Pablo Mastroeni in Group E vs Italy (matchday 2; 17 June) Group E vs Ghana (matchday 3; 22 June) USA Eddie Pope 2 in Group E vs Italy (matchday 2; 17 June) Group E vs Ghana (matchday 3; 22 June) JAP Tsuneyasu Miyamoto in Group F vs Australia (matchday 1; 12 June) in Group F vs Croatia (matchday 2; 18 June) Group F vs Brazil (matchday 3; 22 June) CRO Robert Kovač in Group F vs Brazil (matchday 1; 13 June) in Group F vs Japan (matchday 2; 18 June) Group F vs Australia (matchday 3; 22 June) FRA 1974 Eric Abidal in Group G vs Switzerland (matchday 1; 13 June) in Group G vs South Korea (matchday 2; 18 June) Group G vs Togo (matchday 3; 23 June) FRA 1974 Zinedine Zidane in Group G vs Switzerland (matchday 1; 13 June) in Group G vs South Korea (matchday 2; 18 June) Group G vs Togo (matchday 3; 23 June) TOG Alaixys Romao in Group G vs South Korea (matchday 1; 13 June) in Group G vs Switzerland (matchday 2; 19 June) Group G vs France (matchday 3; 23 June) MEX Luis Ernesto Pérez 2 in Group D vs Portugal (matchday 3; 21 June) Round of 16 vs Argentina (24 June) SCG Albert Nađ 2 in Group C vs Ivory Coast (matchday 3; 21 June) Suspension served outside tournament CIV Cyril Domoraud 2 in Group C vs Serbia and Montenegro (matchday 3; 21 June) Suspension served outside tournament GHA Michael Essien in Group E vs Czech Republic (matchday 2; 17 June) in Group E vs United States (matchday 3; 22 June) Round of 16 vs Brazil (27 June) CZE Jan Polák 2 in Group E vs Italy (matchday 3; 22 June) Suspension served outside tournament CRO Dario Šimić 2 in Group F vs Australia (matchday 3; 22 June) Suspension served outside tournament AUS Brett Emerton 2 in Group F vs Croatia (matchday 3; 22 June) Round of 16 vs Italy (26 June) CRO Josip Šimunić 2 in Group F vs Australia (matchday 3; 22 June) Suspension served outside tournament UKR Vyacheslav Sviderskyi in Group H vs Saudi Arabia (matchday 2; 19 June) in Group H vs Tunisia (matchday 3; 23 June) Round of 16 vs Switzerland (26 June) TUN Ziad Jaziri 2 in Group H vs Tunisia (matchday 3; 23 June) Suspension served outside tournament SWE Teddy Lučić 2 in Round of 16 vs Germany (24 June) Suspension served outside tournament POR Costinha 2 in Round of 16 vs Netherlands (25 June) Quarter-finals vs England (1 July) NED Khalid Boulahrouz 2 in Round of 16 vs Portugal (25 June) Suspension served outside tournament POR Deco 2 in Round of 16 vs Netherlands (25 June) Quarter-finals vs England (1 July) NED Giovanni van Bronckhorst 2 in Round of 16 vs Portugal (25 June) Suspension served outside tournament ITA 2003 Marco Materazzi in Round of 16 vs Australia (26 June) Quarter-finals vs Ukraine (30 June) GHA Asamoah Gyan 2 in Round of 16 vs Brazil (27 June) Suspension served outside tournament ARG 1861 Leandro Cufré in Quarter-finals vs Germany (30 June) Suspension served outside tournament POR Petit in Round of 16 vs Netherlands (25 June) in Quarter-finals vs England (1 July) Semi-finals vs France (5 July) ENG Wayne Rooney in Quarter-finals vs Portugal (1 July) Suspension served outside tournament POR Ricardo Carvalho in Quarter-finals vs England (1 July) in Semi-finals vs France (5 July) Match for third place vs Germany (8 July) FRA 1974 Louis Saha in Quarter-finals vs Brazil (1 July) in Semi-finals vs Portugal (5 July) Final vs Italy (9 July) FRA 1974 Zinedine Zidane in Final vs Italy (9 July) Suspension served outside tournament The 2006 tournament holds the record for the most red cards in a single FIFA World Cup, with a total of 28 red cards issued.Hopkins Oliver 2026-06-20 Most Red Cards in World Cup History: Players, Teams and Incidents That Made History https://theanalyst.com/articles/most-red-cards-in-world-cup-history 2026-07-03 Opta Analyst en 6 July 2026 https://web.archive.org/web/20260706172326/https://theanalyst.com/articles/most-red-cards-in-world-cup-history live Awards Golden Boot WinnerGolden Ball WinnerYashin AwardBest Young PlayerFIFA Fair Play TrophyMost Entertaining TeamGER Miroslav KloseFRA 1974 Zinedine ZidaneITA 2003 Gianluigi BuffonGER Lukas PodolskiBRAESPPOR FIFA's Technical Study Group (TSG) also granted a Man of the Match award to one player in each match. Italy's Andrea Pirlo won the most Man of the Match awards with three in total. Miroslav Klose, Agustín Delgado, Arjen Robben, Zé Roberto, Alexander Frei, Michael Ballack and Patrick Vieira each received two awards. All-star team The All-star team is a squad consisting of the 23 most impressive players at the 2006 World Cup, as selected by FIFA's Technical Study Group. The team was chosen from a shortlist of over 50 players, and was selected based on performances from the second round onwards.Azzurri prominent in All Star Team https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/news/newsid=31923.html FIFA 7 July 2006 24 May 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100614214225/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/news/newsid%3D31923.html 14 June 2010 dead Associated Press http://www.cbc.ca/sports/soccer/france-italy-dominate-world-cup-all-star-squad-1.572395 France, Italy dominate World Cup all-star squad Canadian Broadcasting Corporation 7 July 2006 11 August 2006 17 October 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20171017222206/http://www.cbc.ca/sports/soccer/france-italy-dominate-world-cup-all-star-squad-1.572395 live GoalkeepersDefendersMidfieldersForwardsITA 2003 Gianluigi Buffon GER Jens Lehmann POR RicardoARG 1861 Roberto Ayala ENG John Terry FRA 1974 Lilian Thuram GER Philipp Lahm ITA 2003 Fabio Cannavaro ITA 2003 Gianluca Zambrotta POR Ricardo CarvalhoBRA Zé Roberto FRA 1974 Patrick Vieira FRA 1974 Zinedine Zidane GER Michael Ballack ITA 2003 Andrea Pirlo ITA 2003 Gennaro Gattuso ITA 2003 Francesco Totti POR Luís Figo POR ManicheARG 1861 Hernán Crespo FRA 1974 Thierry Henry GER Miroslav Klose ITA 2003 Luca Toni Prize money A total of CHF332 million was awarded to the 32 teams participating in the tournament. Each team who entered the competition received CHF2 million, with the biggest prize being CHF24.5 million, awarded to the winner of the tournament.http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/051206/1/5hlo.html CHF 24.5 million for the 2006 world champions FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association) 6 December 2005 16 July 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20061212022214/http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/051206/1/5hlo.html 12 December 2006 Below is a complete list of the prize money allocated:http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/soccer/tourneys/2005-04-26-world-cup-prize_x.htm 2006 World Cup prize money increased USA Today 26 April 2005 16 July 2014 27 June 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170627120522/http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/soccer/tourneys/2005-04-26-world-cup-prize_x.htm live CHF7 million – To each team eliminated in the group stage (16 teams) CHF8.5 million – To each team eliminated in the round of 16 (8 teams) CHF11.5 million – To each team eliminated in the quarter-finals (4 teams) CHF21.5 million – Fourth placed team and Third placed team CHF22.5 million – Runners-up CHF24.5 million – Winner Tournament ranking Per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws. main WDL complete FIFAhttps://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/587cb8e67646ba42/original/knfuogw4prnsdacl3ozx-pdf.pdf Milestones & Superlatives, Statistical Kit for the FIFA World Cup – FIFA World Cup final rankings by tournament FIFA 23 6 April 2018 20 August 2026 live https://web.archive.org/web/20220325073347/https://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/587cb8e67646ba42/original/knfuogw4prnsdacl3ozx-pdf.pdf 25 March 2022 H ITA, FRA, GER, POR, BRA, ARG, ENG, UKR, ESP, SUI, NED, ECU, GHA, SWE, MEX, AUS, KOR, PAR, CIV, CZE, POL, CRO, ANG, TUN, IRN, USA, TRI, JPN, KSA, TOG, CRC, SCG 25 25 28 28 0 2 1 1 2 3 2 0 11 3 1 1 2 5 6 4 0 1 10 2 0 0 3 3 9 0 2 1 2 3 1 0 2 3 4 2 0 2 5 4 3 2 0 6 2 4 3 0 9 3 5 1 1 14 6 2 0 2 4 6 0 1 2 2 6 5 2 0 12 2 1 0 2 5 6 0 1 2 2 7 1 1 2 5 5 2 1 1 3 2 1 0 2 2 2 1 0 2 2 4 4 1 2 7 5 0 1 2 2 7 0 0 3 2 10 1 1 1 3 4 3 0 1 9 4 1 2 1 3 4 2 2 0 4 0 0 0 3 1 6 0 1 2 0 4 0 1 2 3 6 2 1 2 5 7 0 1 2 2 6 T ANG D ARG 1861 C AUS F BRA F CRC A CRO F CZE E ECU 1900 A ENG B FRA 1974 G GER A GHA E IRN D ITA 2003 E CIV C JPN F MEX D NED C PAR 1990 B POL A POR D KSA H SCG C KOR 1997 G ESP H SWE B SUI G TOG G TRI B TUN H UKR H USA E Final result #FFD700 Champions #C0C0C0 Runners-up #CD7F32 Third place Fourth place Eliminated inquarter-finals Eliminated inround of 16 Eliminated ingroup stage yes yes yes 1st 2nd 3rd 4th QF QF QF QF R16 R16 R16 R16 R16 R16 R16 R16 GS GS GS GS GS GS GS GS GS GS GS GS GS GS GS GS Fan Fests left|thumb|Tunisian supporters watching their match against Ukraine at the Fan Fest in Stuttgart In preparation for the tournament, FIFA and the Organising Committee sought a way to accommodate people planning to visit. The experience of past World Cups and public viewing was conceptualized in 4-week-long events for football supporters to meet, board, interact, partake in cultural activities and watch all 64 matches on giant video walls. Since 2004, the details on costs, logistics, safety issues, marketing and broadcasting rights were jointly hammered out by FIFA and the host cities.Stadium Worlds: Football, Space and the Built Environment Chapter 3: Challenging the Stadium Sybille Frank, Silke Steets Hans-Jürgen Schulke 2010 Routledge 56–73 9780415549042 https://books.google.com/books?id=UVcuCgAAQBAJ These public viewing events, known as "Fan Fests" (de Fanmeile), served an idea to provide football supporters without tickets a legitimate opportunity to partake in the World Cup. Unlike the past tournaments where ticket-less fans were treated as security risks, the World Cup in Germany welcomed all supporters, thus generating positive atmosphere even before the tournament began. Even though security planners and media were sceptical and cautious on the matter of public viewing, the scepticism was cast aside with the beginning of the World Cup.http://www.kos-fanprojekte.de/fileadmin/user_upload/material/international/kos-texte/KOS-wm06-broschur-en-screen.pdf Welcome Fans. The World Cup 2006 Fan and Visitor Programme 2006 Koordinationsstelle Fan-Projekte 23 December 2019 14 July 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160714170522/http://www.kos-fanprojekte.de/fileadmin/user_upload/material/international/kos-texte/KOS-wm06-broschur-en-screen.pdf dead Fan Fests for the World Cup were set up in 12 host cities and attracted 21 million visitors over the duration of tournament according to German National Tourist Board (FIFA claimed there were over 18 million visitors).http://www.dw.com/en/public-viewing-takes-on-new-dimension-at-world-cup/a-2063384 Public Viewing Takes on New Dimension at World Cup Casagrande Sabina 2006-06-24 Deutsche Welle 21 March 2020 12 June 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180612144057/http://www.dw.com/en/public-viewing-takes-on-new-dimension-at-world-cup/a-2063384 live https://www.fifa.com/mm/document/affederation/administration/01/53/04/22/ar07_e.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20120105192047/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/affederation/administration/01/53/04/22/ar07_e.pdf dead 5 January 2012 2007 Activity Report FIFA 2 July 2018 The Berlin Fan Fest was located at the pedestrianised Straße des 17. Juni, between Brandenburg Gate and the Victory Column, with 14 consecutive video walls attracted 9 million fans over the duration of World Cup with nearly a million supporters in each match that Germany played. For the first time in German history, an event scored more visitors than Oktoberfest.Events in the City: Using Public Spaces as Event Venues Smith Andrew Eventification: Events and the denigration of urban public space 59–79 Routledge 2016 978-1-138-78885-5 https://books.google.com/books?id=5Jb4CgAAQBAJ 23 December 2019 17 April 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230417061317/https://books.google.com/books?id=5Jb4CgAAQBAJ live The Cologne Fan Fest scored 3 million visitors, followed by 1.9 million in Frankfurt, 1.5 million in Stuttgart, 1.46 million in Hamburg, 1 million in Dortmund and Munich, 500,000 in Nuremberg and Hannover, 471,000 in Leipzig, 350,000 in Gelsenkirchen and 205,000 in Kaiserslautern. Those numbers exceeded all expectations and some of the Host Cities had to expand the Fan Fest areas in the middle of the World Cup.https://www.germany.travel/media/en/pdf/dzt_marktforschung/Fazit_der_FIFA_WM_2006_PDF.pdf "A time to make friends". The 2006 FIFA World Cup and its effect on the image and economy of Germany German National Tourist Board https://web.archive.org/web/20120620091636/https://www.germany.travel/media/en/pdf/dzt_marktforschung/Fazit_der_FIFA_WM_2006_PDF.pdf 20 June 2012 dead The most popular Fan Fests were located in the inner city areas, making the approach to keep the city centre generally "fan-free" applied by the authorities of Nuremberg ineffective as many football supporters preferred to stay in the picturesque city centre. According to surveys conducted during the 2006 FIFA World Cup at the Berlin, Frankfurt and Munich Fan Fests, 28% of visitors travelled over 100 kilometres to attend the event and up to 84% came there together with friends. Around 21% of foreigners interviewed at Fan Fests visited Germany to see the World Cup without tickets to any match.http://etd.cput.ac.za/bitstream/handle/20.500.11838/1610/204163846_Daniels__MTech_thm_bus_2012.pdf An investigation into 2010 FIFA World Cup planning: a case study of the Eden district municipality, Western Cape, South Africa Daniels Trucy 2012-11-30 Cape Peninsula University of Technology 23 December 2019 13 July 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190713133125/http://etd.cput.ac.za/bitstream/handle/20.500.11838/1610/204163846_Daniels__MTech_thm_bus_2012.pdf dead Football World Cup 2010 in South Africa: A comparison between German football tourists' expectations and the planned tourism marketing activities of the venue Port Elizabeth Approach to Tourism and Sport Moll Matthias Diplomica 2009 978-3-8366-2551-7 Media coverage of events had an additional positive effect as pictures of fans celebrating in front of giant screens attracted even more visitors from neighbouring European countries who had spontaneously decided to take part in the celebrations at Fan Fests. Despite minor inconsistencies in planning and execution, the Fan Fest concept was so successful in fact, numerous people later claimed personal responsibility for the invention. The visitors' expectations regarding Fan Fests were fulfilled. During the World Cup, Fan Fests served as modern market squares where communication and interaction strengthen the feeling of community. Out-of-home media reception made the emotional aspect of escape from everyday life more intense for participants. Pictures of football supporters celebrating in front of video walls became a typical illustration of atmosphere in the country, while "Fanmeile" was later picked up as the German Word of the Year.Maennig Wolfgang Porsche Marcel 2008 The Feel-good Effect at Mega Sports Events. Recommendations for Public and Private Administration Informed by the Experience of the FIFA World Cup 2006 https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/6922427.pdf Hamburg Contemporary Economic Discussion 18 https://web.archive.org/web/20171207162733/https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/6922427.pdf 7 December 2017 live In 2007, FIFA and the 12 host cities received the German Marketing Prize for Sports for the innovative nature and marketing concept of Fan Fests.https://www.handelsblatt.com/sport/fussball/fussball-wm-wm-staedte-erhalten-preis-fuer-fanfeste/2766158.html?ticket=ST-870800-ChNK44v5nTozcacvLcRI-ap4 WM-Städte erhalten Preis für Fanfeste 6 February 2007 Handelsblatt 23 December 2019 18 March 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220318030218/https://www.handelsblatt.com/sport/fussball/fussball-wm-wm-staedte-erhalten-preis-fuer-fanfeste/2766158.html?ticket=ST-870800-ChNK44v5nTozcacvLcRI-ap4 dead FIFA and the Host Cities succeeded in creating and comfortable environment for foreign fans as 95% of them surveyed at Fan Fests agreed that it was an unequivocal declaration of international nature of World Cup and not a mere event for Germans. A thought-out implementation of public viewing at such a large-scale football event as the 2006 World Cup became set a precedent. Immediately after the World Cup, FIFA announced that it registered the trademark for Fan Fests, taking over the organisation and marketing and making Fan Fests an integral part of future World Cups.Security Games: Surveillance and Control at Mega-Events https://books.google.com/books?id=be6sAgAAQBAJ Colin J. Bennett Kevin Haggerty Event-driven security policies and spatial control: the 2006 FIFA World Cup Routledge 2011 9781136801587 23 December 2019 17 April 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230417061315/https://books.google.com/books?id=be6sAgAAQBAJ live Locations Berlin — Straße des 17. Juni (between Brandenburg Gate and Victory Column)https://www.berlin.de/berlin-im-ueberblick/en/history/the-new-berlin/ The new Berlin 6 December 2018 Berlin.de 23 December 2019 12 June 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180612142457/https://www.berlin.de/berlin-im-ueberblick/en/history/the-new-berlin/ live http://www.spiegel.de/international/no-tickets-no-problem-spiegel-online-s-guide-to-germany-s-world-cup-fan-fests-a-419726.html No Tickets? No Problem! Spiegel Online's Guide to Germany's World Cup Fan Fests Bryant Chris 7 June 2006 Spiegel 23 December 2019 3 December 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20181203171825/http://www.spiegel.de/international/no-tickets-no-problem-spiegel-online-s-guide-to-germany-s-world-cup-fan-fests-a-419726.html live Cologne — Heumarkt de Heumarkt (Köln), Roncalliplatz, Rheinauhafen and Deutzer shipyardhttp://www.guenter-lehnen-koeln.de/Sportstadt_WM2006.html Impressionen von der Fußball-WM 2006 in Köln Köln - die Rheinmetropole und alte Römerstadt https://web.archive.org/web/20180612141142/http://www.guenter-lehnen-koeln.de/Sportstadt_WM2006.html 12 June 2018 dead Frankfurt — MainArena de MainArena (at banks of Main river)http://sport.ard.de/wm2006/wm/vorort/hr/news06/19/mainarena_mehr.jhtml https://web.archive.org/web/20070929164503/http://sport.ard.de/wm2006/wm/vorort/hr/news06/19/mainarena_mehr.jhtml MainArena bisher voller Erfolg 19 June 2006 29 September 2007 Westdeutscher Rundfunk Stuttgart — Schlossplatzhttps://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/5114024.stm England fans given next match ban 26 June 2006 BBC 23 December 2019 12 June 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180612145914/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/5114024.stm live Hamburg — Heiligengeistfeldhttps://www.stern.de/sport/fussball/wm-2006/news/public-viewing-der-party-hit-der-wm-3595926.html Der Party-Hit der WM Sascha Meyer, Jutta Schütz 7 July 2006 Stern 23 December 2019 12 June 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180612143612/https://www.stern.de/sport/fussball/wm-2006/news/public-viewing-der-party-hit-der-wm-3595926.html live Dortmund — Friedensplatz de Friedensplatz (Dortmund)http://www.spiegel.de/international/spiegel/world-cup-city-guide-dortmund-a-419782.html World Cup City Guide: Dortmund 9 June 2006 Spiegel 23 December 2019 2 December 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20181202141955/http://www.spiegel.de/international/spiegel/world-cup-city-guide-dortmund-a-419782.html live Munich — Olympiaparkhttps://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna12940747 World-class Germany hosts the World Cup McHugh David 24 May 2006 NBC 23 December 2019 12 June 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180612142610/http://www.nbcnews.com/id/12940747/ns/travel-destination_travel/t/world-class-germany-hosts-world-cup/#.WvHDTUOgeUk live Nuremberg — Volksfestplatzhttp://www.spiegel.de/international/the-football-connoisseur-s-guide-everything-s-smaller-in-nuremberg-a-419924.html Everything's Smaller in Nuremberg 7 June 2006 Spiegel 23 December 2019 28 November 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20181128075958/http://www.spiegel.de/international/the-football-connoisseur-s-guide-everything-s-smaller-in-nuremberg-a-419924.html live Hannover — Waterlooplatz de Waterlooplatzhttp://www.spiegel.de/international/the-football-connoisseur-s-guide-hanging-out-in-hanover-a-419894.html The Football Connoisseur's Guide: Hanging out in Hanover 7 June 2006 Spiegel 23 December 2019 6 January 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190106131015/http://www.spiegel.de/international/the-football-connoisseur-s-guide-hanging-out-in-hanover-a-419894.html live Leipzig — Augustusplatzhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/worldcup/2006/06/overflowing_fan_fests_1.html Overflowing Fan Fests Richardson Martin 24 June 2006 BBC 23 December 2019 23 December 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20191223112002/https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/worldcup/2006/06/overflowing_fan_fests_1.html live Gelsenkirchen — Glückauf-Kampfbahnhttp://www.aufschalke2006.de/fifa-world-cup-germany-gelsenkirchen-2006/ FIFA World Cup Germany World Cup City Gelsenkirchen 5 December 2005 Auf Schalke 2006 23 December 2019 12 June 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180612141730/http://www.aufschalke2006.de/fifa-world-cup-germany-gelsenkirchen-2006/ live Kaiserslautern — Stiftsplatz de Stiftsplatz (Kaiserslautern), Barbarossastrasse Marketing Broadcasting FIFA, through several companies, sold the rights for the broadcast of 2006 FIFA World Cup to the following broadcasters. Broadcasting rights Broadcasters that were confirmed to be screening some or all of the matches in standard definition are in bold. Broadcasters screening matches in UHF were free-to-air. This was the first FIFA World Cup to be entirely filmed in high-definition, with more regions broadcasting in the widescreen standard.Claudia Kienzle 2006-05-10 World Cup Soccer Goes HD https://www.tvtechnology.com/news/world-cup-soccer-goes-hd 2024-11-28 TVTechnology en 30 November 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20241130050130/https://www.tvtechnology.com/news/world-cup-soccer-goes-hd live CountryBroadcaster(s)RefArab worldARTAlbaniaDigitAlbArgentinaTelefe, El Trece, El Nueve, América TV, TyC Sports & DirecTVArmeniaARMTVAustraliaSBSAustriaORFAzerbaijanLider TVBangladeshBTVBelgiumDutch:VRT & KANALTWEEFrench:RTBFBhutanESPN STAR SportsBoliviaUnitelBosnia and HerzegovinaBHRTBrazilHDTV:Cable/Satellite (Pay): BandSports & SporTVSDTV:Free-to-air: Rede GloboCable/Satellite (Pay): ESPN BrasilBruneiSatellite (pay): Kristal-Astro (8-live digital satellite channels dedicated exclusively to the 2006 FIFA World Cup)BulgariaBNTCanadaEnglish:CTV, Rogers Sportsnet & TSNFrench:SRCPortuguese & Italian:Omni 1Cantonese & Chinese:Omni 2ChileMegavisión, TVN, RED Televisión & DirecTVChinaCCTV (64-matches including: 56-matches live on CCTV-5, 4-matches live on CCTV-7 & 4-matches on CCTV-1)ColombiaCaracol, RCN & DirecTV (all matches)Costa RicaRepretelCubaTele RebeldeCroatiaHRTCyprusRIKCzech RepublicCzech TelevisionDenmarkDR1 & TV 2EcuadorTeleamazonas, RTS & EcuavisaEstoniaETVFinlandYLEFranceTF1, M6, Canal+, Eurosport FranceGeorgiaGPBGermanyHD:Premiere HDSD:ARD, ZDF, RTL & PremiereGreeceERT1 & NETGuatemalaCanal 3 & Canal 7HondurasTVCHong KongFree-to-air: ATV & TVB (4-matches including: 1-opening matches, 2-semi finals & 1-finals)Cable (pay): Cable TV Hong Kong (all matches)HungaryRTL Klub & Sport KlubIcelandSýnIndiaFree-to-air: DoordarshanSatellite (pay): ESPN STAR SportsIndonesiaSCTV (64 matches includes 56 live telecast and 8 taped group stage matches)SCTV Bakal Menayangkan World Cup 2006 https://www.liputan6.com/showbiz/read/220982/isctvi-bakal-menayangkan-world-cup-2006 Liputan6 18 December 2003 24 July 2024 id 24 July 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240724074525/https://www.liputan6.com/showbiz/read/220982/isctvi-bakal-menayangkan-world-cup-2006 liveIranIRIBIrelandRTÉIsraelFree-to-air: Channel 2 (Reshet), Channel 10Satellite/Cable (pay): Sport 5, Sport 1 and Sport 2ItalyFree-to-air: RAI (1-matches per day)Satellite (pay): Sky Sport (all matches)JapanFree-to-air: Fuji TVKenyaKTN & KBCNorth KoreaKBS (KBS 1TV), MBC & SBSSouth KoreaKBS (KBS 1TV), MBC & SBSLatviaLTV7 & Channel 1LithuaniaLRTMacedoniaMKTVMalaysiaFree-to-air: Radio Televisyen Malaysia (RTM1 & RTM2) & NTV7Satellite (pay): Astro (8-live digital satellite channels dedicated exclusively to the 2006 FIFA World Cup)MaltaMelita SportsMexicoFree-to-air: TV Azteca & TelevisaCable (pay): Mega Cable and CablevisiónSatellite (pay): SKY MéxicoMoldovaTRMMontenegroTV InNetherlandsNOSNew ZealandTV1 & SkyNorwayNRK & TV2PakistanPTVPanamaChannel 4ParaguaySNT PeruATV (Channel 9) PhilippinesRPN, SportsPlusPolandPolsat and TVPPortugalRTP, SIC, Sport TVRocha João Manuel RTP compra resumos alargados dos jogos do Mundial 2006 https://www.publico.pt/2006/01/14/jornal/rtp-compra-resumos-alargados-dos-jogos-do-mundial-2006-58356 17 January 2025 14 January 2006Mundial mais mediático de sempre https://www.cmjornal.pt/tv-media/detalhe/mundial-mais-mediatico-de-sempre 17 January 2025 9 June 2006 17 December 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20241217094930/https://www.cmjornal.pt/tv-media/detalhe/mundial-mais-mediatico-de-sempre live Mundial da SIC na RTP das regiões autónomas SIC World Cup on RTP in the autonomous regions https://maisfutebol.iol.pt/portugal/europa/mundial-da-sic-na-rtp-das-regioes-autonomas 17 January 2025 12 June 2006 pt 30 June 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20250630062046/https://maisfutebol.iol.pt/portugal/europa/mundial-da-sic-na-rtp-das-regioes-autonomas live Sport TV garante direitos de transmissão do Mundial 2006 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& ITVUnited States and territories American Samoa Guam Northern Mariana Islands Puerto Rico U.S. Virgin IslandsEnglish:ABC, ESPN & ESPN2Spanish:Univision & TeleFuturaGerman:Setanta SportsFrench:TV5MondePortuguese:RBTI & Rede GloboPersian:Tapesh TVArabic:ARTJapanese:TV JapanKorean:KBSUruguayTeledoce, Monte Carlo TV, Canal 10, DirecTVVenezuelaVenevisión, RCTV, Meridiano Televisión & DirecTVVietnamFPT, VTV, HTV & VTC Sponsorship thumb|230px|Deutsche Telekom was one of the sponsors of FIFA World Cup 2006. The sponsors of the 2006 World Cup consisted of 15 FIFA Partners.https://resources.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/misc-fwcpartn/52/01/15/fs-401_01_fwc-partners.pdf Factsheet FIFA Resources FIFA 10 July 2018 18 February 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180218222637/http://resources.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/misc-fwcpartn/52/01/15/fs-401_01_fwc-partners.pdf dead FIFA partners FIFA partners FIFA partnersAdidashttps://www.adidas-group.com/en/media/news-archive/press-releases/2006/sponsoring-des-2006-fifa-world-cup-erfolgreichste-sponsorenrolle/ 2006 FIFA World Cup Sponsorship Most Successful Ever For Adidas Adidas 10 July 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180710225303/https://www.adidas-group.com/en/media/news-archive/press-releases/2006/sponsoring-des-2006-fifa-world-cup-erfolgreichste-sponsorenrolle/ 10 July 2018 dead Avayahttps://www.itweb.co.za/content/GxwQDM1AKONMlPVo Avaya launches FIFA World Cup branding campaign with BusinessPartners Avaya 22 February 2002 itweb.co.za 10 July 2018 11 July 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180711022056/https://www.itweb.co.za/content/GxwQDM1AKONMlPVo live Budweiserhttps://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/budweiser-raises-glass-world-cup-official-sponsor-until-2014/556373 Budweiser raises glass as World Cup official sponsor until 2014 www.campaignlive.co.uk 10 July 2018 10 July 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180710225429/https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/budweiser-raises-glass-world-cup-official-sponsor-until-2014/556373 livehttps://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/anheuser-busch-toasts-official-beer-sponsorship-2006-fifa-world-cup-ge-15403 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia - News - Anheuser-Busch toasts official beer sponsorship of 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany FIFA 10 July 2018 6 November 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20201106113921/https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/anheuser-busch-toasts-official-beer-sponsorship-2006-fifa-world-cup-ge-15403 dead Coca-Colahttps://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/5345866.stm Coca-Cola "wins sponsor World Cup" 14 September 2006 BBC News BBC 10 July 2018 10 July 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180710231418/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/5345866.stm livehttps://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/coca-cola-renews-fifa-football-sponsorship-until-2022/529147 Coca-Cola renews Fifa football sponsorship until 2022 Campaign Live 10 July 2018 27 August 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170827171212/http://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/coca-cola-renews-fifa-football-sponsorship-until-2022/529147?src_site=brandrepublic live Continentalhttps://www.fifa.com/news/y=2003/m=1/news=continental-official-partner-the-2006-fifa-world-cup-84972.html https://web.archive.org/web/20180711021956/https://www.fifa.com/news/y=2003/m=1/news=continental-official-partner-the-2006-fifa-world-cup-84972.html dead 11 July 2018 Continental AG - Official Partner of the 2006 FIFA World Cup TM FIFA 21 January 2003Deutsche Telekomhttps://www.fifa.com/about-fifa/news/y=2001/m=12/news=deutsche-telekom-becomes-official-partner-2006-fifa-world-cup-germanyt-87244.html https://web.archive.org/web/20151001230153/http://www.fifa.com/about-fifa/news/y=2001/m=12/news=deutsche-telekom-becomes-official-partner-2006-fifa-world-cup-germanyt-87244.html dead 1 October 2015 Deutsche Telekom becomes Official Partner of 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany FIFA 18 January 2018http://www.standaard.be/cnt/nflj06122001_003 Telekom partner Fifa voor WK 2006 spi 5 December 2001 10 July 2018 11 July 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180711022253/http://www.standaard.be/cnt/nflj06122001_003 live Emirateshttps://www.fifa.com/news/y=2003/m=1/news=emirates-official-partner-the-2006-fifa-world-cup-85051.html https://web.archive.org/web/20180711022147/https://www.fifa.com/news/y=2003/m=1/news=emirates-official-partner-the-2006-fifa-world-cup-85051.html dead 11 July 2018 Emirates - Official Partner of the 2006 FIFA World Cup TM FIFA 27 January 2003https://gulfnews.com/news/uae/general/emirates-a-key-sponsor-of-fifa-world-cup-in-germany-1.346171 Emirates a key sponsor of FIFA World Cup in Germany Gulf Newsdate=29 January 2003 16 December 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180710225337/https://gulfnews.com/news/uae/general/emirates-a-key-sponsor-of-fifa-world-cup-in-germany-1.346171 10 July 2018 dead Fujifilmhttps://www.fifa.com/about-fifa/news/y=2003/m=2/news=fujifilm-official-partner-the-2006-fifa-world-cuptm-86800.html https://web.archive.org/web/20180711021858/https://www.fifa.com/about-fifa/news/y=2003/m=2/news=fujifilm-official-partner-the-2006-fifa-world-cuptm-86800.html dead 11 July 2018 Fujifilm Official Partner of the 2006 FIFA World Cup FIFA 18 January 2018https://www.sportcal.com/News/PressReleases/35985?sportID=92,92 Fujifilm Signs as Official Partner of the 2006 FIFA World Cup Sportcal 10 July 2018 19 November 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20201119233451/https://www.sportcal.com/News/PressReleases/35985?sportID=92,92 dead Gillettehttps://adage.com/article/news/gillette-amps-sponsorships/100331 Gillette amps up sponsorships 6 September 2004 adage.com 14 November 2020 25 January 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210125211339/https://adage.com/article/news/gillette-amps-sponsorships/100331 live Hyundaihttps://www.hyundai.com/worldwide/en/meet-hyundai/sponsorship/fifa FIFA Hyundai Motors 10 July 2018 11 July 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180711021926/https://www.hyundai.com/worldwide/en/meet-hyundai/sponsorship/fifa dead MasterCardhttps://www.fifa.com/about-fifa/news/y=2003/m=3/news=mastercard-official-partner-the-2006-fifa-world-cuptm-86799.html https://web.archive.org/web/20180424020315/http://www.fifa.com/about-fifa/news/y=2003/m=3/news=mastercard-official-partner-the-2006-fifa-world-cuptm-86799.html dead 24 April 2018 MasterCard Official Partner of the 2006 FIFA World Cup FIFA 18 January 2018https://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/07/business/worldbusiness/07iht-hot.3823031.html MasterCard tops Visa for World Cup soccer sponsorship - Business - International Herald Tribune (Published 2006) The New York Times 7 November 2006 10 July 2018 10 July 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180710230916/https://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/07/business/worldbusiness/07iht-hot.3823031.html live McDonald'shttps://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/mcdonald-renews-fifa-world-cup-sponsor-until-2014-13485 McDonald's renews as FIFA World Cup Sponsor until 2014 FIFA 10 July 2018 23 November 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20201123012213/https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/mcdonald-renews-fifa-world-cup-sponsor-until-2014-13485 dead Philipshttps://www.fifa.com/about-fifa/news/y=2002/m=11/news=philips-becomes-official-partner-the-2006-fifa-world-cup-trade-84119.html https://web.archive.org/web/20180711022223/https://www.fifa.com/about-fifa/news/y=2002/m=11/news=philips-becomes-official-partner-the-2006-fifa-world-cup-trade-84119.html dead 11 July 2018 Philips becomes Official Partner of the 2006 FIFA World Cup FIFA 14 November 2002 Toshibahttps://www.toshiba.co.jp/about/press/2001_06/pr0701.htm Press Releases 7 June 2001 Toshiba 10 July 2018 4 November 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20201104212818/https://www.toshiba.co.jp/about/press/2001_06/pr0701.htm livehttps://adage.com/article/special-report-creativity-top-5/top-5-creative-brand-ideas/315339 The Top 5 most creative brand ideas you need to know about now 22 October 2018 adage.com 14 November 2020 20 January 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210120202341/https://adage.com/article/special-report-creativity-top-5/top-5-creative-brand-ideas/315339 live Yahoohttps://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/yahoo-sponsor-fifa/507934 Yahoo! to sponsor Fifa Campaign Live 10 July 2018 10 July 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180710225403/https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/yahoo-sponsor-fifa/507934 livehttps://www.theregister.com/2001/09/11/yahoo_scores_world_cup_site/ Yahoo! scores! 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John Leyden The Register 14 November 2020 19 January 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210119224426/https://www.theregister.com/2001/09/11/yahoo_scores_world_cup_site/ live Symbols Mascot Goleo and Pille The official mascot of this World Cup was "Goleo VI"The FIFA World Cup Mascots Match ball Adidas Teamgeist The official match ball was "Teamgeist", manufactured by Adidas.Official match balls of the FIFA World Cup Music Voices from the FIFA World Cup The official song was "The Time of Our Lives".https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/mens/worldcup/2018russia/media-releases/2018-fifa-world-cup-russiatm-official-song-live-it-up-to-be-performed-by-all-sta 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia Official Song 'Live It Up' to be performed by all-star line-up 28 October 2022 29 October 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20221029233004/https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/mens/worldcup/2018russia/media-releases/2018-fifa-world-cup-russiatm-official-song-live-it-up-to-be-performed-by-all-sta live The official anthem was "Zeit dass sich was dreht (Celebrate The Day)". Evaluation of Germany as host nation thumb|230px|Fans in celebratory motorcade thumb|230px|Celebrating fans in Olympiapark in Munich during the opening match between Germany and Costa Rica FIFA president Sepp Blatter stated the organization of the tournament was the best in history and that Germany had a welcoming public.Blatter spricht von „bester WM aller Zeiten“ Handelsblatt (Interview) Through the many fanfests and large-screen broadcasts the feeling of a four-week national festival developed, in which much of the population took part. During the first weeks of the tournament, there was concerned discussion about the wide display of the German national flag and the German national colours on houses, vehicles and clothing.Angst vor der Nation. https://web.archive.org/web/20220318174413/https://www.zeit.de/online/2006/25/WM-Patriotismus-Kommentar 18 March 2022 In: Die Zeit online, 2006 Numerous national and international observers from media, society and politics considered that this signified not only great support for the German football team, but even a "new patriotism".April 2021 This continued a development already observed during the 2002 FIFA World Cup.Arnd Krüger: Sport and Identity in Germany since Reunification. In Philip Dine & Seán Crosson (eds.): Sport, representation and evolving identities in Europe. Bern: P. Lang 2010, 289–316 A study by the University of Marburg suggested a slight rise in national pride.To the question "Are you proud to be German?“, 7 % more interviewees answered "Yes" as before the 2006 World Cup. uni-marburg.de https://web.archive.org/web/20201108112352/https://www.uni-marburg.de/aktuelles/news/2006/20061213studie/20061213studie 8 November 2020 The Marburg researchers however interpreted this however as a rise in nationalism, not in national pride. However, sporadic attempts of far right organisations to use the tournament as a platform for their propaganda remained unsuccessful.Elmar Vieregge: Die Fußballweltmeisterschaft 2006 und der deutsche Rechtsextremismus. In: Martin H. W. Möllers, Robert Chr. van Ooyen (eds.): Jahrbuch Öffentliche Sicherheit 2006/2007. Frankfurt am Main 2007, pages 137–145 As the German national football team contributed to arousing this previously undeclared enthusiasm and euphoria in Germany over a period of weeks, the then German President Horst Köhler presented the national players on 14 August 2006 with the Silbernes Lorbeerblatt (Silver Laurel Leaf), the highest sports award in Germany. The team's trainer, Jürgen Klinsmann, in February 2007 was furthermore awarded the Bundesverdienstkreuz, not least for his reformed methods of modern training and playing methods, in which he persevered despite harsh criticism. Nevertheless, Klinsmann announced after the tournament that he would not extend his contract as trainer of the national team, since he felt completely burned-out and wished to spend more time with his family in California. The German Football Association (DFB) on the same day named as Klinsmann's successor his assistant trainer Joachim Löw, since in the opinion of the DFB leadership he would best continue Klinsmann's work and training methods. According to a representative survey taken in Trier by the European Tourism Institute (ETI), 96% of the German population considered that Germany was a good host during the World Cup. Additionally 93% of those interviewed found the international football fans to be agreeable.https://web.archive.org/web/20160310195519/http://www.mopo.de/tourismus-deutschland-war-ein-guter-wm-gastgeber-20132858 dead http://www.mopo.de/news/tourismus-deutschland-war-ein-guter-wm-gastgeber,5066732,5722306.html Deutschland war ein guter WM-Gastgeber Hamburger Morgenpost 29 September 2006 de 7 July 2012 10 March 2016 See also Association football 2006 FIFA World Cup: Broadcasting rights Controversies Disciplinary record FIFA World Cup records Officials Organizing Committee Qualification Seeding Sponsorship Squads 2006 FIFA World Cup Organizing Committee 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup, also held in Germany Adidas Teamgeist Colpo grosso a Berlino Deutschland. Ein Sommermärchen, a 2006 documentary film recording the Germany national team from boot camp in Sardegna to match for third place against Portugal Leeuwenhosen controversy Several countries celebrated this major event with the minting of specially high value commemorative coins. Among them is the Belgian 20 euro Germany 2006 FIFA World Cup Coin. The obverse of the coin shows a footballer with a ball, right above them '2006 FIFA World Cup Germany' can be clearly seen. Strangers, a 2007 film which takes place during the 2006 World Cup Voices from the FIFA World Cup Notes References Match reports Report External links World Cup 2006 2006 FIFA World Cup 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany, FIFA.com FIFA Technical Report (Part 1) and (Part 2) RSSSF Archive of finals Official FIFA World Cup site https://web.archive.org/web/20060615125930/http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/ 15 June 2006 Germany 2006 – Home http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/ FIFAworldcup.com – The Official Site of FIFA World Cup 23 February 2006 https://web.archive.org/web/20070313221204/http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/ 13 March 2007 bot: unknown 2000s Sport Germany 2006 World Cup Category:2005–06 in German football Category:2006–07 in German football 2006 Category:June 2006 sports events in Germany Category:July 2006 sports events in Germany Category:Corruption in Germany