2006 Football World Cup
→ The 2006 FIFA World Cup Final was a match that took place on 9 July 2006 at the, Berlin, Germany, to determine the winner of the. Beat 5–3 on penalties after the match finished 1–1 after extra time. France's was sent off in his last-ever match, for headbutting Italy's 's chest in retaliation to Materazzi's verbal provocation. It was the first final since in which neither Germany nor Brazil competed (and the second since ); it was also the first all-European final since Italy won the, and the second final to be decided on penalties ( was the first, with Italy losing on that occasion). It was also Italy's first world title in 24 years, and their fourth overall, putting them one ahead of and only one behind. The penalty shoot-out victory for Italy was that country's first in the World Cup Finals: Italy's three previous penalty shoot-out competitions (including the 1994 final) had all been lost.
The victory also led to Italy topping the in February 2007 for the first time since November 1993. Contents. Route to the final Italy Round France Opponent Result Opponent Result Match 1 Match 2 Match 3 Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts 3 2 1 0 5 1 +4 7 3 2 0 1 4 3 +1 6 3 1 0 2 3 4 −1 3 3 0 1 2 2 6 −4 1 Final standings Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts 3 2 1 0 4 0 +4 7 3 1 2 0 3 1 +2 5 3 1 1 1 3 4 −1 4 3 0 0 3 1 6 −5 0 Opponent Result Opponent Result Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Pre-match The opening performance was by singers and, who performed a special version of ' called The Bamboo Version. Match Summary.
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Zidane during the 2006 World Cup Final The final started with each side scoring within the first 20 minutes. Opened the scoring by converting a seventh-minute penalty kick, conceded by, which glanced off the underside of the crossbar and into the goal. Materazzi then levelled the scores in the 19th minute, a header from six yards following an corner from the right. Both teams had chances to score the winning goal in normal time: hit the crossbar in the 35th minute for Italy, later having a header disallowed for offside, while France were not granted a possible second penalty in the 53rd minute when went down in the box after a cover tackle from. France appeared to be the side with better chances to win because of the higher number of shots on goal.
They were unable to capitalise, however, and the score remained at one goal each. At the end of the regulation 90 minutes, the score was still level at 1–1, and the match was forced into.
Italian keeper made a potentially game-saving save in extra time when he tipped a Zidane header over the crossbar. As Zidane and Materazzi were jogging up the pitch close to each other, they briefly exchanged words after Materazzi was seen tugging at Zidane's jersey before Zidane began to walk away from him. Moments later, Zidane suddenly stopped, turned around and Materazzi's chest, knocking him to the ground.
Although play was halted, referee did not appear to have seen the confrontation. According to match officials' reports, informed Elizondo of the incident through his headset.
After consulting his assistants, Elizondo issued Zidane a in the 110th minute. It marked the 14th overall of Zidane's career, and joined him with 's as the only players ever to be sent off during two separate World Cup tournaments. He also became the fourth player red-carded in a World Cup final, in addition to being the first sent off in extra time. Extra time produced no further goals and a followed, which Italy won 5–3. France's, the man who scored the against Italy in the, was the only player not to score his penalty; his spot kick hit the crossbar, leaving – who scored Italy's first goal in the semi-final against Germany – to score the winning penalty.
→ The 2006 FIFA World Cup was the 18th, the international world championship tournament. It was held from 9 June to 9 July 2006 in, which won the right to the event in July 2000. Representing 198 national football associations from all six populated continents participated in the process which began in September 2003. Thirty-one teams qualified from this process, along with the host nation, for the finals tournament. It was the second time that Germany staged the competition (the first was in 1974 as West Germany), and the tenth time that it was held in Europe.
Won the tournament, claiming their fourth World Cup title. They defeated 5–3 in a in the final, after had finished in a 1–1 draw. Germany defeated 3–1 to finish in third place. Angola, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Trinidad and Tobago, and Togo made their first appearances in the finals. It was also the first appearance of Serbia and Montenegro under that name; they had previously appeared in as Yugoslavia. 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.
2006 Football World Cup Final
The final attracted an estimated audience of 715.1 million people. Main article: The vote to choose the hosts of the 2006 tournament was held in July 2000 in, Switzerland. It involved four bidding nations after had withdrawn three days earlier:,. 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 results Country Round 1 Round 2 Round 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. On the night before the vote, German satirical magazine sent letters to FIFA representatives, offering joke gifts like and in exchange for their vote for Germany.
Oceania delegate, 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. Had Dempsey voted as originally instructed, the vote would have resulted with a 12–12 tie, and FIFA president, who favoured the South African bid, would have had to cast the deciding vote. 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. Just a week before the vote, the German government under lifted their arms embargo on and agreed to send grenade launchers to the country. Invested several hundred million Euro in, while one of the sons of the company's founders was a member of FIFA's executive committee. Both and announced investments in and, whose respective delegates and were possible votes for Germany.
Makudi additionally received a payment by a company of German media mogul, who also paid millions for usually worthless TV rights for friendly matches of the. On 16 October 2015, the German news magazine alleged that a slush fund with money from then- CEO was used to influence the vote of four Asian members of the FIFA executive committee. The sum of 6.7 million Euro was later demanded back by Dreyfus. In order to retrieve the money, the paid an equivalent sum to the FIFA, allegedly as a German share for the cost of a closing ceremony, which never materialized., president of the (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. During a press conference on 22 October 2015, Nierbach repeated his stance, emphasizing that the 6,7 million were used in 2002 to secure a subsidy by FIFA. According to Niersbach, the payment had been agreed upon during a meeting between 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 Franks was registered by FIFA in 2002.' The following day, former DFB president 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 Euros went to, who at the time was supporting Blatter's campaign for president against. On 22 March 2016 it was announced that the was opening proceedings into the bid.
Main article: 198 teams attempted to qualify for the 2006 World Cup. Germany, the host nation, was granted automatic qualification, with the remaining 31 finals places divided among the continental confederations. Thirteen places were contested by teams (Europe), five by teams (Africa), four by teams (South America), four by teams (Asia), and three by teams (North and Central America and Caribbean). The remaining two places were decided by playoffs between AFC and CONCACAF and between CONMEBOL and (Oceania).
Eight nations qualified for the finals for the first time:,. Czech Republic and Ukraine were making their first appearance as independent nations, but had previously been represented as part of and the respectively; Serbia and Montenegro had competed as in 1998, as well as making up part of teams from 1930 to 1990.
As of 2018, this was the last time Togo, Angola, Czech Republic, Ukraine and Trinidad and Tobago qualified for a FIFA World Cup finals, and the last time and failed to qualify. Qualified for the first time since 1974. Among the teams who failed to qualify were 2002 third-placed team, quarter-finalists, winners and winners. Additionally, failed to qualify for the first time since 1978 and failed to qualify for the first time since 1986.
The other notable qualifying streaks broken were for, who had made the previous three tournaments, and and, who had both qualified for the previous two. Had their first successful qualifying campaign since 1986, as they did not qualify for the 1990 and 1994 World Cups, in 1998 they were automatically qualified as hosts and in 2002 as defending champions. For the first time since the 1982 World Cup, all six confederations were represented at the finals tournament. The dissolved prior to the start of the World Cup, on 3 June 2006, with and becoming independent countries; their team competed at the World Cup unaffected. Their involvement in the competition became the first time since the appeared at, a team formed to take the '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.
The highest ranked team not to qualify was Denmark (ranked 11th), while the lowest ranked team that did qualify was Togo (ranked 61st). List of qualified teams The following 32 teams, shown with final pre-tournament rankings, qualified for the final tournament. Further information: The eight teams for the 2006 tournament were announced on 6 December 2005.
The seeds comprised Pot A in the draw. Pot B contained the unseeded qualifiers from South America, Africa and Oceania; Pot C contained eight of the nine remaining European teams, excluding. Pot D contained unseeded teams from the region and Asia. A special pot contained Serbia and Montenegro: this was done to ensure that no group contained three European teams. In the special pot, Serbia and Montenegro was drawn first, then their group was drawn from the three seeded non-European nations,. It had been predetermined that, as the host, would be placed in Group A, thus being assured of the venues of their group matches in advance of the draw. FIFA had also announced in advance that Brazil (the defending champion) would be allocated to Group F.
Pot A Pot B Pot C Pot D Special Pot On 9 December 2005 the draw was held, and the group assignments and order of matches were determined. After the draw was completed, commentators remarked that Group C appeared to be the, while others suggested Group E. 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 thirty-two teams divided into eight groups of four teams. Each group was a 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. 2006 FIFA World Cup opening ceremony in Munich The finals tournament of the 2006 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 flag waving, traditionally frowned upon by German society since World War II, whenever the German team played. For the closing ceremonies, composed a work performed simultaneously by the, the and the with conductors, and, and soloists,.
Traditional powers dominate Despite early success by, and, the tournament marked a return to dominance of the traditional football powers. Four years after a in which teams from North America , Africa , and Asia made it deep into the knockout stages and finished third, all eight seeded teams progressed to the knockout stages, and none of the quarter-finalists were from outside Europe or South America. Six former champions took part in the quarter-final round, with Ukraine and runners-up Portugal as the only relative outsiders.
Argentina and Brazil were eliminated in the quarter-finals, leaving an all-European final four for only the fourth time (after the, and 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 third place play-off. No player managed to score a hat-trick in this tournament.
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 scored five goals to claim the Golden Boot, the lowest total to win the prize since. 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 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., the German, scored the opener against Costa Rica after only 5 minutes of the opening match. In the final, the Italian centre back, out-jumped and headed in the last goal of the 2006 FIFA World Cup. Unprecedented number of cards. Main article: The tournament had a record number of and, breaking the previous record set by the. Players received a record-breaking 345 yellow cards and 28 red cards, with Russian referee handing out 16 yellow and 4 red cards in the round of 16 match between and the, in a match known as the. Portugal had two players suspended for each of the quarter-final and semi-final matches, respectively.
FIFA President hinted that he may allow some rule changes for future tournaments so that earlier accumulated bookings will not force players to miss the final, should their teams make it that far. The tournament also saw English referee mistakenly hand out three yellow cards to Croatia's in their match against Australia. The high number of yellow and red cards shown also prompted discussion about. FIFA Officials and President received criticism for allegedly making rules too rigid and taking discretion away from referees. Results Group stage.
Main article: In Group E, went through to the Round of 16 conceding just one goal (an ) in the group phase against the. The US bowed out of the tournament after disappointing results against the and, 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. Was suspended for 4 games following his sending-off against the United States. Main article: Group F included the reigning,. 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 by English referee.
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.
Croatia and Japan went out of the tournament without a single win. Main article: only managed a scoreless draw against and a 1–1 draw against. With captain suspended, their 2–0 win against 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.
Main article: The 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 play-off to decide third/fourth place. For each game in the knockout stage, a draw was followed by thirty minutes of (two 15-minute halves); if scores were still level there would be a (at least five penalties each, and more if necessary) to determine who progressed to the next round. Scores after extra time are indicated by (aet), and penalty shoot-outs are indicated by (pen.). 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 goal in extra time put the Albiceleste in the quarter-finals. Australia's journey ended when Italians were awarded a controversial penalty, scored by, deep into the remaining seconds of the match. The Italians had spent much of the game with only ten men on the field, following an equally controversial red card shown to.
In a 0–0 match, Switzerland failed to convert any of their three penalties in the 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 shootout. 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). England struggled against Ecuador but won 1–0 thanks to a free kick. Brazil won 3–0 against Ghana, in a game which included 's record 15th World Cup goal. Reported that the match may have been influenced by an Asian betting syndicate. Portugal defeated the Netherlands 1–0.
The only goal came courtesy of a strike in an, 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,. Referee: 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 semifinals (this was the first time Argentina had lost a World Cup penalty shootout: up until this match, both Argentina and Germany had participated in three penalty shootouts, winning all of them). In, when England faced Portugal, was sent off, and Portugal won the penalty shoot-out 3–1 after a 0–0 draw to reach their first World Cup semi-final since the days of 40 years earlier, and ensure manager 's third consecutive tournament quarter-final win over 's England.
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 's dribbling earned him Man of the Match and his free-kick to resulted in the winning goal. Referee: 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, and tournaments). The semi-final between Germany and Italy produced an extra time period that went scoreless until the 118th minute, when Italy scored twice through and, putting an end to Germany's undefeated record in Dortmund. In the second semi-final, Portugal lost to France 1–0 in.
In a repeat of the and semi-finals, Portugal were defeated by France, with the decisive goal being a penalty scored by France captain Zinedine Zidane. Referee: Third place play-off The hosts got three goals in 20 minutes in the second half with the help of 21-year-old left. His first goal beat the Portuguese goalkeeper 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 '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. Had two clear chances from 15 metres, but both times hit tame shots that did not trouble keeper, who was playing in his last match for the German national team. Portugal got a consolation goal with the help of substitute (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 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. Main article: 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, 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. Marco Materazzi then levelled the scores in the 19th minute following an corner. Both teams had chances to score the winning goal in normal time: 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 went down in the box after a tackle from. At the end of the regulation 90 minutes, the score was still level at 1–1, and the match was forced into. Italian goalkeeper 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 in the chest in an off-the-ball incident and was sent off. Extra time produced no further goals and a penalty shootout followed, which Italy won 5–3.
France's, the man who scored the 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, and the second final, after, 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 in February 2007 for the first time since November 1993. Own goals.
(against the United States). (against England). (against Germany). (against Paraguay) Awards FIFA's Technical Study Group (TSG) also granted a award to one player in each match. Italy's won the most Man of the Match awards, with three in total., and 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.
Goalkeepers Defenders Midfielders Forwards Prize money A total of 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. Below is a complete list of the prize money allocated:. CHF7 million – To each team eliminated in the (16 teams). CHF8.5 million – To each team eliminated in the (8 teams). CHF11.5 million – To each team eliminated in the (4 teams). CHF21.5 million – and.
CHF22.5 million –. CHF24.5 million – Final standings All 32 teams are ranked based on criteria which have been used. A penalty shoot-out counts as a draw for both teams.
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Several countries celebrated this major event with the minting of specially high value commemorative coins. Among them is the Belgian 20 euro. The obverse of the coin shows a footballer with a ball, right above them '2006 FIFA World Cup Germany' can be clearly seen. References and footnotes.