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Host · Germany

2006

2006 FIFA Men's World Cup · 9 June 2006 – 9 July 2006

Champion

Italy

1–1 (5–3 pens)

Runner-up

France

OverviewTeamsMatchesTop ScorersAwardsPenalties
The tournament in numbers

Overview

Tournament totals counted from imported source data.

Teams

32 nations qualified for this tournament.

Angola

AGO

Argentina

ARG

Australia

AUS

Brazil

BRA

Costa Rica

CRI

Croatia

HRV

Czech Republic

CZE

Ecuador

ECU

England

ENG

France

FRA

Matches

Every match of the tournament, stage by stage (64 total).

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group stage · 48 matches
9 June 2006

Germany v Costa Rica

4–2

Allianz Arena
9 June 2006

Poland v Ecuador

0–2

Top Scorers

Leading scorers of the tournament, excluding own goals.

1

Miroslav KloseGermany

5 goals

2

Zinedine ZidaneFrance

3 goals

3

Hernán CrespoArgentina

3 goals

4

David VillaSpain

3 goals

5

Lukas PodolskiGermany

3 goals

Honours

Awards

Official tournament awards in the archive.

Best Young PlayerLukas PodolskiGermany
Bronze BallAndrea PirloItaly
Bronze BootRonaldoBrazil
Golden BallZinedine ZidaneFrance
Golden BootMiroslav KloseGermany
Golden GloveGianluigi BuffonItaly
Silver BallFabio CannavaroItaly
Silver Boot

Penalty Shootouts

4 matches went to penalties, with 33 shootout kicks recorded.

round of 16 · 1 match
26 June 2006

Switzerland v Ukraine

0–0 (0–3 pens)

RheinEnergieStadion
quarter-finals · 2 matches
30 June 2006

Germany v Argentina

1–1 (4–2 pens)

Olympiastadion
1 July 2006

England v Portugal

0–0 (1–3 pens)

Arena AufShalke
final · 1 match

32

Teams

64

Matches

147

Goals

335

Cards

732

Substitutions

4

Penalty shootouts

33

Shootout kicks

8

Awards

Group standings and knockout bracket views will be added after standings/bracket queries are finalized.

Germany

DEU

Ghana

GHA

Iran

IRN

Italy

ITA

Ivory Coast

CIV

Japan

JPN

Mexico

MEX

Netherlands

NLD

Paraguay

PRY

Poland

POL

Portugal

PRT

Saudi Arabia

SAU

Serbia and Montenegro

SCG

South Korea

KOR

Spain

ESP

Sweden

SWE

Switzerland

CHE

Togo

TGO

Trinidad and Tobago

TTO

Tunisia

TUN

Ukraine

UKR

United States

USA
Arena AufShalke
10 June 2006

England v Paraguay

1–0

Waldstadion
10 June 2006

Trinidad and Tobago v Sweden

0–0

Westfalenstadion
10 June 2006

Argentina v Ivory Coast

2–1

Volksparkstadion
11 June 2006

Serbia and Montenegro v Netherlands

0–1

Zentralstadion
11 June 2006

Mexico v Iran

3–1

Frankenstadion
11 June 2006

Angola v Portugal

0–1

RheinEnergieStadion
12 June 2006

Australia v Japan

3–1

Fritz-Walter-Stadion
12 June 2006

United States v Czech Republic

0–3

Arena AufShalke
12 June 2006

Italy v Ghana

2–0

Niedersachsenstadion
13 June 2006

South Korea v Togo

2–1

Waldstadion
13 June 2006

France v Switzerland

0–0

Neckarstadion
13 June 2006

Brazil v Croatia

1–0

Olympiastadion
14 June 2006

Spain v Ukraine

4–0

Zentralstadion
14 June 2006

Tunisia v Saudi Arabia

2–2

Allianz Arena
14 June 2006

Germany v Poland

1–0

Westfalenstadion
15 June 2006

Ecuador v Costa Rica

3–0

Volksparkstadion
15 June 2006

England v Trinidad and Tobago

2–0

Frankenstadion
15 June 2006

Sweden v Paraguay

1–0

Olympiastadion
16 June 2006

Argentina v Serbia and Montenegro

6–0

Arena AufShalke
16 June 2006

Netherlands v Ivory Coast

2–1

Neckarstadion
16 June 2006

Mexico v Angola

0–0

Niedersachsenstadion
17 June 2006

Portugal v Iran

2–0

Waldstadion
17 June 2006

Czech Republic v Ghana

0–2

RheinEnergieStadion
17 June 2006

Italy v United States

1–1

Fritz-Walter-Stadion
18 June 2006

Japan v Croatia

0–0

Frankenstadion
18 June 2006

Brazil v Australia

2–0

Allianz Arena
18 June 2006

France v South Korea

1–1

Zentralstadion
19 June 2006

Togo v Switzerland

0–2

Westfalenstadion
19 June 2006

Saudi Arabia v Ukraine

0–4

Volksparkstadion
19 June 2006

Spain v Tunisia

3–1

Neckarstadion
20 June 2006

Costa Rica v Poland

1–2

Niedersachsenstadion
20 June 2006

Ecuador v Germany

0–3

Olympiastadion
20 June 2006

Paraguay v Trinidad and Tobago

2–0

Fritz-Walter-Stadion
20 June 2006

Sweden v England

2–2

RheinEnergieStadion
21 June 2006

Iran v Angola

1–1

Zentralstadion
21 June 2006

Portugal v Mexico

2–1

Arena AufShalke
21 June 2006

Ivory Coast v Serbia and Montenegro

3–2

Allianz Arena
21 June 2006

Netherlands v Argentina

0–0

Waldstadion
22 June 2006

Czech Republic v Italy

0–2

Volksparkstadion
22 June 2006

Ghana v United States

2–1

Frankenstadion
22 June 2006

Croatia v Australia

2–2

Neckarstadion
22 June 2006

Japan v Brazil

1–4

Westfalenstadion
23 June 2006

Saudi Arabia v Spain

0–1

Fritz-Walter-Stadion
23 June 2006

Ukraine v Tunisia

1–0

Olympiastadion
23 June 2006

Switzerland v South Korea

2–0

Niedersachsenstadion
23 June 2006

Togo v France

0–2

RheinEnergieStadion
round of 16 · 8 matches
24 June 2006

Germany v Sweden

2–0

Allianz Arena
24 June 2006

Argentina v Mexico

2–1

Zentralstadion
25 June 2006

England v Ecuador

1–0

Neckarstadion
25 June 2006

Portugal v Netherlands

1–0

Frankenstadion
26 June 2006

Italy v Australia

1–0

Fritz-Walter-Stadion
26 June 2006

Switzerland v Ukraine

0–0 (0–3 pens)

RheinEnergieStadion
27 June 2006

Brazil v Ghana

3–0

Westfalenstadion
27 June 2006

Spain v France

1–3

Niedersachsenstadion
quarter-finals · 4 matches
30 June 2006

Germany v Argentina

1–1 (4–2 pens)

Olympiastadion
30 June 2006

Italy v Ukraine

3–0

Volksparkstadion
1 July 2006

England v Portugal

0–0 (1–3 pens)

Arena AufShalke
1 July 2006

Brazil v France

0–1

Waldstadion
semi-finals · 2 matches
4 July 2006

Germany v Italy

0–2

Westfalenstadion
5 July 2006

Portugal v France

0–1

Allianz Arena
third-place match · 1 match
8 July 2006

Germany v Portugal

3–1

Neckarstadion
final · 1 match
9 July 2006

Italy v France

1–1 (5–3 pens)

Olympiastadion
Hernán Crespo
Argentina
9 July 2006

Italy v France

1–1 (5–3 pens)

Olympiastadion