Background |
The
eighteenth FIFA World Cup Finals were awarded to Germany on 7 July
2002 in Zürich, Switzerland.
Germany were glorious despite the challenge of South Africa by a
single vote in the third round of voting. England had been dismissed
following the second round of voting, gaining only two of the 24 votes
available. Morocco fell at the first hurdle of voting.
First round: Germany
(ten votes), South Africa (six),
England (five), Morocco (three).
Second Round: Germany and South Africa
(eleven),
England (two).
Third Round: Germany
(twelve),
South Africa (eleven).
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The Draw |
FIFA's World Cup 2006 Organising Committee divided the 32
qualifying teams into eight groups for the final tournament at the World Cup
Final Draw, held on 9 December 2005 in The Neue Messe in Leipzig, Germany.
Seeded |
South America/ Africa/Oceania |
Europe |
CONCACAF/ Asia |
Special Pot |
Argentina |
Angola |
Croatia |
Costa Rica |
Serbia & Montenegro |
Brazil |
Australia |
Czech
Republic |
Iran |
England |
Côte d'Ivoire |
Netherlands |
Japan |
France |
Ecuador |
Poland |
Korea Republic |
Germany |
Ghana |
Portugal |
Saudi Arabia |
Italy |
Paraguay |
Sweden |
Trinidad & Tobago |
Mexico |
Togo |
Switzerland |
United States |
Spain |
Tunisia |
Ukraine |
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The Build-Up |
5 June: After two warm-up victories at Old Trafford, against Hungary and
Jamaica, the England squad had a final training session at Watford,
before flying to Germany. Wayne Rooney (recovering from a broken foot)
and Gary Neville (hamstring) trained alone, whilst John Terry, Ashley
Cole and David Beckham sat out the session due to knocks picked up
against Jamaica. The squad then flew to Karlsruhe (with Jermain Defoe
included as a reserve for Rooney if he failed to prove his fitness) and
on to their base at Baden-Baden, in the Black Forest.
6 June: Rooney continued to prove his fitness at the Mittelberg training
ground and Gary Neville returned to full training.
7 June: Rooney jumped on a private jet that whisked him back to Manchester
for a scan, returning afterwards to the England camp, upon which his
place in the squad was confirmed (though he would not be risked in the
first game). Defoe, subsequently, returned home. The rest of the squad,
meanwhile, practised set pieces behind closed doors, though Steven
Gerrard opted out as a precaution, to rest a sore back.
8 June: Gerrard missed a second day's training, whilst Rooney played in a
practice match with the squad.
9 June: The squad trained in the Commerzbank-Arena in Frankfurt, with Gerrard
returning.
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First Phase Table
Group B |
Team |
P
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W
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D
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L
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F
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A
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GD
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Pts
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England |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
2 |
+3 |
7 |
Sweden |
3 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
+1 |
5 |
Paraguay |
3 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
=0 |
3 |
Trinidad & Tobago |
3 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
-4 |
1 |
10 June 2006
- both CEST |
3:00pm -
England 1 Paraguay 0 [1-0]
Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt (48,000) |
Gamarra OG |
6:00pm -
Trinidad & Tobago 0 Sweden 0 [0-0] Signal Iduna Park,
Dortmund (62,959) |
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"ENGLAND EARN THE LAST LAUGH
"It had not been
pretty...it had even induced boredom.
"Give the ball away as
cheaply against a good team and England will not win the World Cup.
"They were clinging on
against moderate opponents." - The Times, 12 June 2006
"Frank Lampard"
- FIFA Man of the Match
"It
said much for the quality of football that the biggest cheer of the game
came when a Robinson clearance hit the giant video screen hanging over
the centre circle. England can say job done, but to justify the
pre-tournament hype, their performance must improve ten-fold."
- Shoot Monthly
"For most of the first half we played
the football we should have played. We could have scored more goals. But
the last few minutes of the first half, and for a long time in the
second, we struggled to keep the ball and to come out as a team, and we
gave away a lot of possession."
- Sven-Göran Eriksson
15 June 2006
- both CEST |
6:00pm -
England 2 Trinidad & Tobago 0 [0-0]
easyCredit-Stadion, Nürnberg
(41,000) |
Crouch,
Gerrard |
9:00pm -
Sweden 1 Paraguay 0
[0-0] Olympiastadion, Berlin (72,000) |
Ljungberg |
"ENGLAND TURN ON LATE SHOW
"You might not think there
was a cloud on England's World Cup horizon if you tuned in purely for
the last seven minutes.
"...they are not making any
new converts with their predictable football.
"Nevertheless,
Eriksson could claim that it is job done so far." -
The Times, 16 June 2006
"It
remains a fundamental flaw in Eriksson's reign that after five years the
approach is more piecemeal than planned. Certainly, there seems no
apparent blueprint in place designed to maximise the amount of time
players spend on the ball..." - Daily Express, 16 June 2006
"England need more patience and less
long balls. That is just free advice." - Leo Beenhakker
"David Beckham" - FIFA Man of the Match
"Another three points but no real improvement in quality..."
- Shoot Monthly
20 June 2006
- both 9.00pm CEST |
Sweden 2 England 2 [0-1]
RheinEnergie Stadion, Köln (45,000) |
Allbäck,
Larsson
J.Cole, Gerrard |
Paraguay 2 Trinidad & Tobago 0 [1-0]
Fritz-Walter-Stadion, Kaiserslautern (46,000) |
Sancho OG, Cuevas |
"ENGLAND LIMP ON AS OWEN HOBBLES OUT
"...there was collective
desperation at times...
"England's improvement
on the first two performances...made the second-half relapse all the
more troubling.
"Having lost their
leading scorer, England can scarcely afford to wobble at the back."
- The Times, 21
June 2006.
"Sven-Göran
Eriksson's men tormented Sweden for half of this match in sweltering
Cologne, disappeared as usual into their shell and ended up with a draw
that still ensured they topped Group B."
- Daily
Express, 21 June 2006.
"Joe Cole" -
FIFA Man of the Match
"Although this is a game they should have won, a point
apiece suits England better than their opponents..." - Shoot
Monthly
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The
Second Phase |
24 June 2006 -
all CEST |
5:00pm -
Germany 2 Sweden 0 [2-0] Allianz Arena, München (66,000) |
Podolski (2) |
Lučić |
9:00pm -
Argentina 2 Mexico 1 [1-1]
AET [1-1]
Zentralstadion,
Leipzig (43,000) |
Crespo, Rodríguez Márquez |
25 June 2006 |
5:00pm -
England 1 Ecuador 0 [0-0]
Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart (52,000) |
Beckham |
9:00pm -
Portugal 1 Netherlands 0 [1-0] Frankenstadion, Nürnberg (41,000) |
Maniche |
Costinha,
Deco
Boulahrouz,
van Bronckhorst |
"ENGLAND LABOUR INTO LAST EIGHT
"There is no doubt that
England deserved their victory in sweltering Stuttgart, but they were
grateful that Ecuador provided such a flimsy test.
"...the Swede has yet to
convince even his own squad that he can organise them.
"Lest we forget, England
are unbeaten but it has been a plodding, laboured journey to the last
eight." - The Times, 26 June 2006
"Boy,
do this lot like to do it the hard way. Rarely can there have been a
tournament where England have played so badly, so often - and yet still
been in there fighting.
"In the end, the old jalopy
- patched up, prone to misfiring and sudden switches into reverse, with
bits falling off it all over the place - made it to the end of the
road."
- The Daily Express, 26 June 2006
"John Terry" - FIFA
Man of the Match
"It was another hit-and-miss display by England, one minute looking
comfortable in possession with Carrick in the holding midfield role, and
the next giving the ball away cheaply to put themselves under pressure."
- Shoot Monthly
26 June 2006 -
all CEST |
5:00pm -
Italy 1 Australia 0 [0-0] Fritz-Walter-Stadion,
Kaiserslautern (46,000) |
Totti (pen) |
Materazzi |
9:00pm -
Switzerland
0 Ukraine 0 [0-0]
AET
[0-0]
& Penalties [0-3]
RheinEnergie Stadion, Köln
(45,000) |
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Penalty Shoot-out:-
Shevchenko saved, Streller saved,
Milevskiy 0-1, Barnetta crossbar, Rebrov 0-2,
Cabanas saved, Husiev 0-3. |
27 June 2006 |
5:00pm -
Brazil 3 Ghana 0 [2-0] Signal Iduna Park,
Dortmund (65,000) |
Ronaldo, Adriano, Zé Roberto |
Gyan |
9:00pm -
Spain 1
France 3 [1-1] Allgemeiner Wirtschaftsdienst
Arena, Hannover (43,000) |
Villa (pen) Ribéry, Vieira, Zidane |
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Round
of sixteen |
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Quarter Finals |
30 June 2006 -
all CEST |
5:00pm -
Germany 1 Argentina 1 [0-0]
AET
[1-1]
& Penalties [4-2]
Olympiastadion, Berlin (72,000) |
Klose Ayala |
Cufré |
Penalty Shoot-out:-
Neuville
1-0, Cruz
1-1, Ballack
2-1, Ayala saved, Podolski
3-1, Rodríguez
3-2, Borowski
4-2, Cambiasso saved. |
9:00pm -
Italy 3 Ukraine 0 [1-0]
America On-line
Arena, Hamburg (50,000) |
Zambrotti, Toni (2) |
1 July 2006 |
5:00pm -
Portugal 0 England 0 [0-0]
AET
[0-0] &
Penalties
[1-3]
Veltins Arena, Gelsenkirchen (52,000) |
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Rooney |
Penalty Shoot-out:- Simão
1-0, Lampard saved, Viana post, Hargreaves
1-1, Petit saved/post, Gerrard saved, Hélder Postiga
2-1, Carragher retaken saved, Ronaldo 3-1. |
ENGLAND ARE ELIMINATED |
9:00pm -
Brazil 0 France 1 [0-0]
Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt (48,000) |
Henry |
"Only when they faced adversity in this World Cup did
their bravery, their tenacity, their determination surface."
- The People, 2 July 2006
"ERIKSSON'S EPITAPH: HE LACKED COURAGE
"Eriksson's regime will not
deserve the sweeping brutality of many of the inquests, but, rightly, it
will be for ever stamped "underachieved".
"Hargreaves cannot be
expected to play like Superman every week - there were times on Saturday
when he seemed to get on the end of his own passes...
"Even in extra time,
England were a match for moderate opponents..." - The Times,
3 July 2006
"COMPLACENT TO THE LAST
"...three of England's
penalty takers failed with attempts in which the slackness of their body
language spoke of men who were ready to put their trust in the
belief...that their reputations alone would be enough to ensure their
success.
"Where, on Saturday, was
the Englishman prepared to take control of the game...?
"...almost every England
move would start from a static position, with the opposition well
prepared for counter-measures." - The Guardian, 3 July 2006
"If you see the teams in the
semi-finals, we should be there."
- Sven-Göran Eriksson
"Owen Hargreaves" -
FIFA Man of the Match
"...this was England's best opportunity in several generations to win the
biggest prize of all - and they blew it." - Shoot Monthly
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Semi
Finals |
4 July 2006
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both 9:00pm CEST |
Germany 0 Italy 2 [0-0]
AET
[0-0]
Signal Iduna Park,
Dortmund
(65,000) |
Grosso, Del Piero |
5 July 2006 |
Portugal 0 France 1 [0-1]
Allianz Arena, München (66,000) |
Zidane (pen) |
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Third Place
Play off |
8 July 2006
- 9:00pm CEST |
Germany 3 Portugal 1
[0-0] Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart (52,000) |
Schweinsteiger (2),
Petit OG
Nuno Gomes |
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The
2006 Final |
9 July 2006
-
8:00pm CEST |
Italy 1 France 1
[1-1]
AET
[1-1]
& Penalties [5-3]
Olympiastadion, Berlin (69,000) |
Materazzi Zidane (pen) |
Zidane |
Penalty Shoot-out:- Pirlo
1-0, Wiltord 1-1, Materazzi 2-1, Trezeguet
crossbar, De Rossi 3-1, Abidal 3-2,
Del Piero 4-2, Sagnol 4-3, Grosso
5-3. |
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