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Tournament Details



Details:
Host country: Germany
Dates: 9-June-2006 to 9-July-2006
Teams: 32
Tournament stats

Stages:
Round 1: 32 teams split in 8 groups of 4
Group A | Group B | Group C | Group D | Group E | Group F | Group G | Group H
Round 2: 16 Team Playoff
Playoffs

Qualification:
      Countries qualified       Country failed to qualify       Countries that did not enter       Country not a member
Notes:
  • This was the first World Cup for which the previous winner had to qualify; the host nation(s) continue to receive an automatic berth.

    • Team Placing:
    Placing Team Starting ELO Rating GF GA GD Region
    1 Italy 1944 12 2 +10 UEFA
    2 France 1972 9 3 +6 UEFA
    3 Germany 1897 14 6 +8 UEFA
    4 Portugal 1915 7 5 +2 UEFA
    5 Argentina 1924 11 3 +8 CONMEBOL
    5 Brazil 2036 10 2 +8 CONMEBOL
    5 England 1973 6 2 +4 UEFA
    5 Ukraine 1790 5 7 -2 UEFA
    9 Australia 1802 5 6 -1 AFC
    9 Ecuador 1699 5 4 +1 CONMEBOL
    9 Ghana 1618 4 6 -2 CAF
    9 Mexico 1838 5 5 0 CONCACAF
    9 Netherlands 1995 3 2 +1 UEFA
    9 Spain 1964 9 4 +5 UEFA
    9 Sweden 1861 3 4 -1 UEFA
    9 Switzerland 1799 2 0 +2 UEFA
    17 Angola 1565 1 2 -1 CAF
    17 Costa Rica 1723 3 9 -6 CONCACAF
    17 Croatia 1838 2 3 -1 UEFA
    17 Czech Republic 1972 3 4 -1 UEFA
    17 Iran 1813 2 6 -4 AFC
    17 Ivory Coast 1768 5 6 -1 CAF
    17 Japan 1789 2 7 -5 AFC
    17 Paraguay 1779 2 2 0 CONMEBOL
    17 Poland 1822 2 4 -2 UEFA
    17 Saudi Arabia 1584 2 7 -5 AFC
    17 Serbia and Montenegro 1799 2 10 -8 UEFA
    17 South Korea 1730 3 4 -1 AFC
    17 Togo 1492 1 6 -5 CAF
    17 Trinidad and Tobago 1567 0 4 -4 CONCACAF
    17 Tunisia 1708 3 6 -3 CAF
    17 USA 1838 2 6 -4 CONCACAF
    Top goal scorers:

    • 5 goals Miroslav Klose
    • 3 goals David Villa
    • 3 goals Fernando Torres
    • 3 goals Hernán Crespo
    • 3 goals Lukas Podolski
    • 3 goals Maxi Rodríguez
    • 3 goals Ronaldo
    • 3 goals Thierry Henry
    • 3 goals Zinedine Zidane
    • 2 goals Adriano
    • 2 goals Agustín Delgado
    • 2 goals Alexander Frei
    • 2 goals Andriy Shevchenko
    • 2 goals Aruna Dindane
    • 2 goals Bartosz Bosacki
    • 2 goals Bastian Schweinsteiger
    • 2 goals Carlos Tenorio
    • 2 goals Luca Toni
    • 2 goals Maniche
    • 2 goals Marco Materazzi
    • 2 goals Omar Bravo
    • 2 goals Patrick Vieira
    • 2 goals Paulo Wanchope
    • 2 goals Steven Gerrard
    • 2 goals Tim Cahill
    • 2 goals Tomáš Rosický
    • 1 goal Ahn Jung-Hwan
    • 1 goal Alberto Gilardino
    • 1 goal Alessandro Del Piero
    • 1 goal Andrea Pirlo
    • 1 goal Andriy Rusol
    • 1 goal Arjen Robben
    • 1 goal Asamoah Gyan
    • 1 goal Bakari Koné
    • 1 goal Bonaventure Kalou
    • 1 goal Carlos Tévez
    • 1 goal Clint Dempsey
    • 1 goal Craig Moore
    • 1 goal Cristiano Ronaldo
    • 1 goal Darijo Srna
    • 1 goal David Beckham
    • 1 goal Deco
    • 1 goal Didier Drogba
    • 1 goal Esteban Cambiasso
    • 1 goal Fabio Grosso
    • 1 goal Filippo Inzaghi
    • 1 goal Flávio
    • 1 goal Francesco Totti
    • 1 goal Francisco Fonseca
    • 1 goal Franck Ribéry
    • 1 goal Fred
    • 1 goal Fredrik Ljungberg
    • 1 goal Gianluca Zambrotta
    • 1 goal Gilberto
    • 1 goal Haminu Dramani
    • 1 goal Harry Kewell
    • 1 goal Henrik Larsson
    • 1 goal Iván Kaviedes
    • 1 goal Jan Koller
    • 1 goal Javier Saviola
    • 1 goal Jawhar Mnari
    • 1 goal Joaquín
    • 1 goal Joe Cole
    • 1 goal John Aloisi
    • 1 goal Juninho
    • 1 goal Kaká
    • 1 goal Keiji Tamada
    • 1 goal Lee Chun-Soo
    • 1 goal Lionel Messi
    • 1 goal Maksym Kalynychenko
    • 1 goal Marcus Allbäck
    • 1 goal Mohamed Kader
    • 1 goal Nelson Cuevas
    • 1 goal Niko Kovac
    • 1 goal Nikola Žigic
    • 1 goal Nuno Gomes
    • 1 goal Oliver Neuville
    • 1 goal Park Ji-Sung
    • 1 goal Pauleta
    • 1 goal Peter Crouch
    • 1 goal Philipp Lahm
    • 1 goal Philippe Senderos
    • 1 goal Radhi Jaïdi
    • 1 goal Rafael Márquez
    • 1 goal Raúl
    • 1 goal Roberto Ayala
    • 1 goal Robin van Persie
    • 1 goal Rónald Gómez
    • 1 goal Ruud van Nistelrooy
    • 1 goal Sami Al-Jaber
    • 1 goal Saša Ilic
    • 1 goal Serhiy Rebrov
    • 1 goal Shunsuke Nakamura
    • 1 goal Simão
    • 1 goal Sinha
    • 1 goal Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh
    • 1 goal Stephen Appiah
    • 1 goal Sulley Muntari
    • 1 goal Torsten Frings
    • 1 goal Tranquillo Barnetta
    • 1 goal Vincenzo Iaquinta
    • 1 goal Xabi Alonso
    • 1 goal Yahya Golmohammadi
    • 1 goal Yasser Al-Qahtani
    • 1 goal Zé Roberto
    • 1 goal Ziad Jaziri


    Own goal scorers:

    • 1 goal Brent Sancho
    • 1 goal Carlos Gamarra
    • 1 goal Cristian Zaccardo
    • 1 goal Petit