Additionally, Belgium failed to qualify for the first time since 1978 and Cameroon failed to qualify for the first time since 1986. In Group B, England and Sweden pushed Paraguay into third place after narrow victories over the South Americans. To the question "Are you proud to be German?“, 7 % more interviewees answered "Yes" as before the 2006 World Cup. According to Zwanziger, the 6.7 million Euros went to Mohamed Bin Hammam, who at the time was supporting Blatter's campaign for president against Issa Hayatou. 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 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in 1998, as well as making up part of Yugoslav teams from 1930 to 1990. For the video game, see. The tournament also saw English referee Graham Poll mistakenly hand out three yellow cards to Croatia's Josip Šimunić in their match against Australia. Ukraine, despite being beaten 4–0 by Spain in their first World Cup game, took advantage of the weaker opponents to beat Saudi Arabia 4–0 and scrape past Tunisia 1–0 thanks to a 70th-minute penalty by Andriy Shevchenko, to reach the Round of 16. In late May 2006, immediately prior to the tournament, Montenegro voted in a referendum to become an independent nation and dissolve the loose confederacy then existing between it and Serbia, with Serbia recognizing the results of the referendum in early June. FIFA Officials and President Sepp Blatter received criticism for allegedly making rules too rigid and taking discretion away from referees.[41]. His first goal beat the Portuguese goalkeeper Ricardo with pace over his head. 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. Luís Figo Italy defeated quarter-final debutants Ukraine 3–0. Germany's Miroslav Klose scored five goals to claim the Golden Boot, the lowest total to win the prize since 1962. Despite the early goals that flooded the group stages, the knock-out phase had a much lower goals per match ratio. Während Fontaine ausschließlich 1958, Müller nur in den Jahren 1970 und 1974 und Klose 2002, 2006, 2010 und 2014 bei Weltmeisterschaften aktiv war, stand Ronaldo bereits zum vierten Mal nach 1994, 1998 und 2002 im Kader der brasilianischen Nationalmannschaft, wurde aber 1994 nicht eingesetzt. FIFA announced the base camps for each participating team. In the 2006 FIFA World Cup, the knockout stage was the second and final stage of the World Cup, following the group stage.The top two teams from each group (16 total) advance to the knockout stage to compete in a single-elimination style tournament. Treffer auf. Pot B contained the unseeded qualifiers from South America, Africa and Oceania; Pot C contained eight of the nine remaining European teams, excluding Serbia and Montenegro. Opens image gallery.  Brazil Argentina topped the group on goal difference, having hammered Serbia and Montenegro 6–0 and beaten Ivory Coast 2–1. Philipp Lahm Germany went on to win the Group A after edging Poland and breezing past Ecuador 3–0.  Portugal 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. Australia qualified for the first time since 1974. Cristiano RONALDO CR7 2006 Panini. Four years after a 2002 tournament in which teams from North America (United States), Africa (Senegal), and Asia (South Korea) made it deep into the knockout stages and Turkey finished third, all eight seeded teams progressed to the knockout stages, and none of the quarter-finalists were from outside Europe or South America. Recommendations for Public and Private Administration Informed by the Experience of the FIFA World Cup 2006", "No Tickets? Scolari was the English Football Association's first choice to succeed Sven-Goran Eriksson and was interviewed by the F.A. Gennaro Gattuso Patrick Vieira Thirty-one teams qualified from this process, along with the host nation, Germany, for the finals tournament. The team's trainer, Jürgen Klinsmann, in February 2007 was furthermore awarded the Bundesverdienstkreuz, not least for his reformed methods of modern training and playing methods, in which he persevered despite harsh criticism. The game ended 3–1, a result which gave the tournament hosts the bronze medals and left Portugal in fourth place. (REUTERS). The 2006 FIFA World Cup was the 18th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament. For the first time in German history an event scored more visitors than Oktoberfest. Brazil only managed one shot on goal, while Zinedine Zidane's dribbling earned him Man of the Match and his free-kick to Thierry Henry resulted in the winning goal. Lilian Thuram It was the first all-European final since Italy's triumph over West Germany in the 1982 World Cup, and the second final, after 1994, to be decided on penalties. Der Artikel beinhaltet eine ausführliche Darstellung der portugiesischen Fußballnationalmannschaft bei Fußball-Weltmeisterschaften. The high number of yellow and red cards shown also prompted discussion about the referees. Die Portugiesen konnten sich siebenmal für eine Weltmeisterschaft qualifizieren. DaimlerChrysler invested several hundred million Euro in Hyundai, while one of the sons of the company's founders was a member of FIFA's executive committee. Portugal coasted through in Group D, picking up the maximum number of points, with Mexico qualifying in second.  Togo Juni between Brandenburg Gate and Victory Column with 14 consecutive video walls attracted 9 million fans over the duration of World Cup with nearly 1 million supporters each German football team game. Panini WM 2006 - Mini Sticker Ronaldo WC Rookie + Beckham + Ibrahimovic RARE. Thierry Henry The State Union of Serbia and Montenegro dissolved prior to the start of the World Cup, on 3 June 2006, with Serbia and Montenegro becoming independent countries; their team competed at the World Cup unaffected. In the preparation for 2006 FIFA World Cup FIFA and the Organizing Committee sought a way to accommodate people planning to visit the World Cup. In total, 64 games were played. World Cup rookie - Cristiano Ronaldo in team Portugal. X. In total, 147 goals were scored by 110 players, with four of them credited as own goals. World Cup Germany #298 WC Rookie Sticker RAR. Through the many fanfests and large-screen broadcasts, the feeling of a four-week national festival developed, in which many of the population took part. The hosts got three goals in 20 minutes in the second half with the help of 21-year-old left midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger. Scores after extra time are indicated by (aet), and penalty shoot-outs are indicated by (pen.). [56] A thought-out implementation of public viewing at such a large-scale football event as the 2006 World Cup became set a precedent. "Ronaldo is not in the best possible physical shape, but step by step and little by little he is getting there," Parreira said. France eliminated Brazil 1–0 to advance into the semi-finals. Panini WM 2006 - Sticker Ronaldo # 298 - World Cup Rookie Portugal. Miroslav Klose Image not available. During the first weeks of the tournament, there was concerned discussion about the wide display of the German national flag and the German national colours on houses, vehicles and clothing. Andrea Pirlo [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. Angola and Iran failed to advance. [102], 18th FIFA World Cup, held in Germany in 2006, "2006 World Cup" redirects here. 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. P&P: + £5.32 P&P. Daniele De Rossi was suspended for 4 games following his sending-off against the United States.  Tunisia, Croatia This item will ship to United States, but the seller has not specified shipping options. Unlike the past tournaments where ticketless fans were treated as security risks, the World Cup in Germany welcomed all football supporters thus generating positive atmosphere even before the tournament began. With captain Zinedine Zidane suspended, their 2–0 win against Togo was enough for them to advance to the knockout round. Italy won the tournament, claiming their fourth World Cup title. FIFA's Technical Study Group (TSG) also granted a Man of the Match award to one player in each match. Juni 2006, 18 Uhr in München Brasilien – Australien 2:0 (0:0) Donnerstag, 22. The eight seeded teams for the 2006 tournament were announced on 6 December 2005. Almost gone . [8][9], On 16 October 2015, the German news magazine Der Spiegel alleged that a slush fund with money from then-Adidas CEO Robert Louis-Dreyfus was used to influence the vote of four Asian members of the FIFA executive committee. Twelve stadia were selected to host the World Cup matches. STICKER 298 CRISTIANO RONALDO WM 2006 ROOKIE EDITION PANINI BRAZIL. June 23, 2006; The Brazilian striker Ronaldo tied Gerd Müller's World Cup finals record of 14 goals, scoring twice in a 4-1 victory yesterday over Japan in Group F in Dortmund, Germany. Ricardo Carvalho, Zé Roberto  Ukraine, Costa Rica The Dutch picked up 1–0 and 2–1 victories over Serbia and Montenegro and Ivory Coast, respectively. 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. Zur Fußball-WM 1998 kam Ronaldo als Top-Star und irrte durchs Finale wie ein Gespenst. For the first 20 minutes, Brazil's game flowed freely for the first time in the tournament as it sliced through the Japanese defense. [45][46], Roberto Ayala [59] FIFA and the Host Cities succeeded in creating and comfortable environment for foreign fans as 95% of them surveyed at Fan Fests agreed that it was an unequivocal declaration of international nature of World Cup and not a mere event for Germans. $82.56 + $6.97 shipping . ", "FIFAworldcup.com – The Official Site of FIFA World Cup", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2006_FIFA_World_Cup&oldid=996587219, International association football competitions hosted by Germany, Articles with dead external links from June 2016, Wikipedia indefinitely semi-protected pages, Wikipedia indefinitely move-protected pages, Pages using sports table with possibly ignored parameters, Articles with unsourced statements from June 2018, CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown, Wikipedia articles with WORLDCATID identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, Greatest total goal difference in the three group matches, Greatest number of goals scored in the three group matches. A cross from the right wing on 88 minutes found fellow substitute Nuno Gomes at the far post, who dived in for the goal. 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. See details. Maniche, Hernán Crespo No Problem! Their 1–0 win against Croatia was through a goal late in the first-half by Kaká. There was also a play-off to decide third/fourth place. Francesco Totti [52][53] Berlin "Fanmeile" located at pedestrianized Straße des 17. Brazil was knocked off its feet, then scored the equalizer out of the blue. Group F included the reigning World Champions Brazil, Croatia, Japan, and Australia. Also, in both cases the teams had tied their match, so the order of ranking criteria made no difference. Die Fotos zeigen den/die Originalsticker, den/die Sie auch erhalten werden. Those numbers exceeded all expectations and some of the Host Cities had to expand the Fan Fest areas in the middle of the World Cup. "[13] The following day, former DFB president Theo Zwanziger publicly accused Niersbach of lying, saying: "It is evident that there was a slush fund for the German World Cup application". 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.