2006 FIFA World Cup Germany ™

- Teams: 32
- When: 09 June 2006 to 09 July 2006
- Final: 09 July 2006
- Matches: 64
- Goals: 147 (average 2.3 per match)
- Attendance: 3359439 (average 52491)
- Winner: Italy
- Runners-Up: France
- Third: Germany
- Fourth: Portugal
- adidas Golden Ball: Zinedine ZIDANE (FRA)
- adidas Golden Shoe: Miroslav KLOSE (GER)
- Yashin Award for the Best Goalkeeper: Gianluigi BUFFON (ITA)
- Best Young Player Award: Lukas PODOLSKI (GER)
- FIFA Fair play award: Spain, Brazil
- FIFA Award for the Most Entertaining Team: Portugal
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Did You Know?
- Savo Milosevic, Philip Cocu and Lee Woon-Jae won their 100th caps during Germany 2006, while Fabio Cannavaro joined the century club in the Final.
- Following 22 FIFA World Cup™ games without a clean sheet (1934-94), Switzerland became the first ever team to end a tournament without conceding.
- In their Group C game, a 39cm (1ft 3ins) height difference existed between Serbia and Montenegro giant Nikola Zigic and Côte d'Ivoire's Bakary Kone.
- Entering their Group D clash, Iran striker Ali Daei had scored 109 international goals, 40 more than the combined total of Angola'a entire squad.
- Trailing Japan inside the last ten minutes, goals from subs Tim Cahill (2) and John Aloisi led Australia to a 3-1 win, Oceania's first in the finals.
