2006 FIFA world cup

FIFA Fußball-Weltmeisterschaft Deutschland 2006

2006 FIFA World Cup official logo: Celebrating Faces of Football Tournament details Host country	 Germany Dates	9 June – 9 July Teams	32 (from 6 confederations) Venue(s)	12 (in 12 host cities) Final positions Champions	 Italy (4th title) Runners-up	 France Third place	 Germany Fourth place	 Portugal Tournament statistics Matches played	64 Goals scored	147 (2.3 per match) Attendance	3,359,439 (52,491 per match) Top scorer(s)	 Miroslav Klose (5 goals) Best player	 Zinedine Zidane ← 2002 2010 → The 2006 FIFA World Cup was the 18th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament. It was held from 9 June to 9 July 2006 in Germany, which won the right to host the event in July 2000. Teams representing 198 national football associations from all six populated continents participated in the qualification process which began in September 2003. Thirty-one teams qualified from this process, along with the host nation, Germany,