Dates,
Times, Groupings, Results, Past Cup Winners
The FIFA
executive committee took the decision that the World Cup
2006 will be held in Germany. It will be Germany's
second time to host the World Cup after 1974. So far the
tournament has been arranged 9 times in Europe, 4 times
in Latin America, 2 times in Central America, once in
North America and once in Asia (Korea & Japan).
The final
competition was held July 9, 2006. A
record number of 205 national teams declared a will to
participate in the qualifiers.
Thirty-two
teams from across the globe made up the field for the
2006 FIFA World Cup™ finals. Six continents were
represented and six past winners took part,
including hosts Germany, who head the 14-strong European
contingent, and holders Brazil who lead the South
American challenge.
The
participants were divided into 8 groups, and within
each group the teams played in a system "everyone vs.
everyone". From each group 2 teams qualified to the
next round. The next round will be played as
"play-offs", single elimination. With 12 venues will
hosting all 64 games, the opening
match took place in Munich and the final in Berlin.
Congratulations to all teams involved for an outstanding
job. Italy and France battled for what ended up
being a very talented and entertaining final.
Congratulations to Italy for winning a well fought
championship in penalty kicks.
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