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ArchiveFIFA World Cup 2006

2006 World Cup

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Global leaders

Top 3 across all groups

Full tables
  • Spain flag

    Spain

    Grp H

    3 played · 3 wins · GD +7

    9

    points

  • 2Brazil flag

    Brazil

    Grp F

    3 played · 3 wins · GD +6

    9

    points

  • 3

Tables

Group standings

8 groups

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A

Group stage

4 nations

Top 2 → R32
  • 1Germany flag

    Germany

    Q
    P3W3D0

Results

Latest scores

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Final

Italy flagItaly
1–1
France flagFrance

2006-07-09 · 20:00 · Olympiastadion

Third place

Germany flagGermany
3–1
Portugal flagPortugal

2006-07-08 · 21:00 · Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion

Semi-final

18th edition

Germany

Jun 9, 2006 – Jul 9, 2006

Italy flag

Champion

Italy

Teams

32

Matches

64

Squads

2006 nations

32 teams

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Italy flag

Italy

Grp E

France flag

France

Grp G

Germany flag

Germany

Grp A

Portugal flag

Portugal

Grp D

Brazil flag

Knockout

2006 bracket

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Round of 16

Allianz Arena · Munich

Germany flagGermany
Sweden flagSweden

2–0

Zentralstadion · Leipzig

Argentina flagArgentina
Mexico flagMexico

2–1

Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion · Stuttgart

England flag

Full schedule

All 2006 matches

64 games

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Group A

Germany flagGermany
4–2
Costa Rica flagCosta Rica

2006-06-09 · 18:00 · Allianz Arena

Group A

Poland flagPoland
0–2
Ecuador flagEcuador

2006-06-09 · 21:00 · Arena AufSchalke

Venues

2006 stadiums

12 venues

Olympiastadion

Berlin, Germany

74.5K capacity · 65m elevation

Volksparkstadion

Hamburg, Germany

57.0K capacity · 25m elevation

HDI-Arena

Hannover, Germany

49.0K capacity · 65m elevation

Signal Iduna Park

Dortmund, Germany

81.4K capacity · 108m elevation

Deutsche Bank Park

Frankfurt, Germany

51.5K capacity · 116m elevation

MHPArena

Stuttgart, Germany

60.4K capacity · 224m elevation

Allianz Arena

Munich, Germany

75.0K capacity · 490m elevation

All time

World Cup winners

Brazil flagBrazil
5 titles
Italy flagItaly
4 titles
West Germany flagWest Germany
3 titles
Argentina flagArgentina
3 titles
Uruguay flagUruguay
2 titles
France flag

On this day

July 17 in World Cup history

Yugoslavia flagYugoslavia
4-0
Bolivia flagBolivia

1930 · group 2 · Estadio Parque Central, Montevideo · 96y ago

United States flagUnited States
3-0
Paraguay flagParaguay

1930 · group 4 · Estadio Parque Central, Montevideo · 96y ago

Brazil flagBrazil
0-0
Italy flagItaly

1994 · Final · Rose Bowl, Pasadena · 32y ago

Tournaments
24
Matches
1.2K
Stadiums
206
Archive
1930–2026
Back to 2026 edition
Germany flag

Germany

Grp A

3 played · 3 wins · GD +6

9

points

L0
GD+6

9

pts

  • 2Ecuador flag

    Ecuador

    Q
    P3W2D0L1GD+2

    6

    pts

  • 3Poland flag

    Poland

    P3W1D0L2GD-2

    3

    pts

  • 4Costa Rica flag

    Costa Rica

    P3W0D0L3GD-6

    0

    pts

    • B

    Group stage

    4 nations

    Top 2 → R32
    • 1England flag

      England

      Q
      P3W2D1L0GD+3

      7

      pts

    • 2Sweden flag

      Sweden

      Q
      P3W1D2L0GD+1

      5

      pts

    • 3Paraguay flag

      Paraguay

      P3W1D0L2GD0

      3

      pts

    • 4Trinidad and Tobago flag

      Trinidad and Tobago

      P3W0D1L2GD-4

      1

      pts

    Portugal flagPortugal
    0–1
    France flagFrance

    2006-07-05 · 21:00 · Allianz Arena

    Semi-final

    Germany flagGermany
    0–2
    Italy flagItaly

    2006-07-04 · 21:00 · Westfalenstadion

    Quarter-final

    Brazil flagBrazil
    0–1
    France flagFrance

    2006-07-01 · 21:00 · Waldstadion

    Quarter-final

    England flagEngland
    0–0
    Portugal flagPortugal

    2006-07-01 · 17:00 · Arena AufSchalke

    Goals

    147

    Attendance

    3.4M

    France flag

    Runner-up

    France

    Germany flag

    Third place

    Germany

    Top scorer

    Miroslav Klose (5)

    Best player

    Zinedine Zidane

    Brazil

    Grp F

    Argentina flag

    Argentina

    Grp C

    Ukraine flag

    Ukraine

    Grp H

    England flag

    England

    Grp B

    Spain flag

    Spain

    Grp H

    Netherlands flag

    Netherlands

    Grp C

    Switzerland flag

    Switzerland

    Grp G

    Ecuador flag

    Ecuador

    Grp A

    Ghana flag

    Ghana

    Grp E

    Sweden flag

    Sweden

    Grp B

    Australia flag

    Australia

    Grp F

    Mexico flag

    Mexico

    Grp D

    England
    Ecuador flagEcuador

    1–0

    Frankenstadion · Nuremberg

    Portugal flagPortugal
    Netherlands flagNetherlands

    1–0

    Quarter-finals

    Olympiastadion · Berlin

    Germany flagGermany
    Argentina flagArgentina

    1–1

    Volksparkstadion · Hamburg

    Italy flagItaly
    Ukraine flagUkraine

    3–0

    Arena AufSchalke · Gelsenkirchen

    England flagEngland
    Portugal flagPortugal

    0–0

    Waldstadion · Frankfurt

    Brazil flagBrazil
    France flagFrance

    0–1

    Group B

    England flagEngland
    1–0
    Paraguay flagParaguay

    2006-06-10 · 15:00 · Waldstadion

    Group B

    Trinidad and Tobago flagTrinidad and Tobago
    0–0
    Sweden flagSweden

    2006-06-10 · 18:00 · Westfalenstadion

    Veltins-Arena

    Gelsenkirchen, Germany

    62.3K capacity · 57m elevation

    RheinEnergieStadion

    Cologne, Germany

    50.0K capacity · 71m elevation

    Red Bull Arena (Leipzig)

    Leipzig, Germany

    47.1K capacity · 114m elevation

    Max-Morlock-Stadion

    Nuremberg, Germany

    50.0K capacity · 324m elevation

    Fritz-Walter-Stadion

    Kaiserslautern, Germany

    49.9K capacity · 292m elevation

    France
    2 titles
    England flagEngland
    1 title
    Spain flagSpain
    1 title
    Germany flagGermany
    1 title