Czech Republic The highest ranked team not to qualify was Denmark (ranked 11th), while the lowest ranked team that did qualify was Togo (ranked 61st). Formazione Chiudi Chiudi. He abstained, citing "intolerable pressure" on the eve of the vote. 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. Accusations of bribery and corruption had marred the success of Germany's bid from the very beginning. They fought hard against the Portuguese, but went down 2–0. 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; Serbia and Montenegro had competed as Yugoslavia in 1998, as well as making up part of Yugoslav teams from 1930 to 1990. Italy won the tournament, claiming their fourth World Cup title. FIFA President Sepp Blatter 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 victory also helped Italy top the FIFA World Rankings in February 2007 for the first time since November 1993. Tournament debutant Ghana joined Italy in the round of 16, following victories over the Czech Republic and the United States. In total, 64 games were played.  Spain, Angola 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. It was the second time that Germany staged the competition, the first as a unified country (the other was in 1974 at the then-West Germany), and the tenth time that it was held in Europe. Sport. [39] 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. There were four rounds of matches, with each round eliminating half of the teams entering that round. In the second semi-final, Portugal lost to France 1–0 in Munich. [20] 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. Düsseldorf's LTU Arena (51,500), Bremen's Weserstadion (43,000) and Mönchengladbach's Borussia-Park (46,249) were also not used. 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. La Polgames si occupa di programmazione e opere multimediali. Play It was also the only appearance of Serbia and Montenegro under that name; they had previously appeared in 1998 as Yugoslavia. Pot D contained unseeded teams from the CONCACAF region and Asia. Italia 2-0 Repubblica Ceca fase a gruppi Mondiali Germania 2006 sintesi 22/06/2006. Zinedine Zidane Against a Brazil side featuring Kaka, Ronaldo and Ronaldinho, it was a 34-year-old Zizou who reigned supreme in this iconic Germany 2006 quarter-final. The hosts got three goals in 20 minutes in the second half with the help of 21-year-old left midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger. 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. Portugal coasted through in Group D, picking up the maximum number of points, with Mexico qualifying in second.  Australia [35] In the special pot, Serbia and Montenegro was drawn first, then their group was drawn from the three seeded non-European nations, Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico. 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. Michael Ballack  Saudi Arabia ... Germania, mediante microscopia. [54] 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 per Dortmund and Munich, 500 thousands per Nuremberg and Hannover, 471 thousands in Leipzig, 350 thousands in Gelsenkirchen and 205 thousands in Kaiserslautern. It was held from 9 June to 9 July 2006 in Germany, which won the right to host the event in July 2000. [58] In 2007 FIFA and 12 Host Cities had received the German Marketing Prize for Sports for the innovative nature and marketing concept of Fan Fests during the 2006 World Cup Finals. Gennaro Gattuso Japan 2008. Miroslav Klose, Agustin Delgado, Arjen Robben, Zé Roberto, Alexander Frei, Michael Ballack, and Patrick Vieira each received two awards. 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. 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. Der Spiegel reported that the match may have been influenced by an Asian betting syndicate. For the video game, see, This article is about the 2006 FIFA World Cup. 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 experience of past World Cups and public viewing was conceptualized in 4-weeks long events for football supporters to meet, board, interact, partake in cultural activities and watch all 64 games on giant video walls. In any event, the final 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. 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 a 0–0 match, 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 shootout.  South Korea Japan 2006. 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. Immediately after the 2006 World Cup FIFA announced that it registered the trademark for Fan Fests, takes over the organization and marketing and makes Fan Fests an integral part of future FIFA World Cups. The final started with each side scoring within the first 20 minutes. [51] According to surveys conducted during the 2006 FIFA World Cup at the Fan Fests at Berlin, Frankfurt and Munich 28% of visitors travelled over 100 kilometers to attend to event and up to 84% came there together with friends. No player managed to score a hat-trick in this tournament. The World Cup 2006 Fan and Visitor Programme", "Public Viewing Takes on New Dimension at World Cup", "An investigation into 2010 FIFA World Cup planning: a case study of the Eden district municipality, Western Cape, South Africa", "The Feel-good Effect at Mega Sports Events. World! In the final, Marco Materazzi, the Italian centre back, out-jumped Patrick Vieira and headed in the last goal of the 2006 FIFA World Cup. In total, 147 goals were scored by 110 players, with four of them credited as own goals. Rosa Germania Questa pagina mostra una visuale dettagliata dell'attuale squadra. 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.  Mexico After the draw was completed, commentators remarked that Group C appeared to be the group of death, while others suggested Group E.[36][37] Argentina and the Netherlands both qualified with a game to spare with wins over Ivory Coast and Serbia and Montenegro respectively. They were joined by the group winners, Switzerland, who defeated South Korea 2–0, and did not concede a goal in the tournament. 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. Additionally 93% of those interviewed found the international football fans to be agreeable. Spain dominated Group H, picking up the maximum number of points, scoring 8 goals, and conceding only 1.  Paraguay David Beckham, Alessandro Del Piero, Luis Figo, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Andriy Shevchenko – there were no shortages of incredible No7s at the 2006 FIFA World Cup™. [45][46], Roberto Ayala [citation needed]. Copyright ©1994 - 2020 FIFA. [98] 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". Brazil won 3–0 against Ghana, in a game which included Ronaldo's record 15th World Cup goal. David Beckham, Alessandro Del Piero, Luis Figo, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Andriy Shevchenko – there were no shortages of incredible No7s at the 2006 FIFA World Cup™. 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.  Germany [33], Squads for the 2006 World Cup consisted of 23 players, as in the previous tournament in 2002. 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. Francesco Totti The final attracted an estimated audience of 715.1 million people.[1]. It had been predetermined that, as the host, Germany would be placed in Group A, thus being assured of the venues of their group matches in advance of the draw. 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