Football World Cup 2006 / final round

Results of the final round of the 2006 World Cup :

Overview

Qualified teams

Due to their results in the group stage of the World Cup in Germany, 16 teams had qualified for the final round:

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
1. Germany	1. England	1. Argentina	1. Portugal
2. Ecuador	2. Sweden	2. Netherlands	2. Mexico

Group E	Group F.	Group G	Group H.
1. Italy	1. Brazil	1. Switzerland	1. Spain
2. Ghana	2. Australia	2. France	2. Ukraine

Schedule final round

Round of 16

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

Sat, June 24th, Munich

A1: Germany

2

Fri, June 30, Berlin

B2: Sweden

0

Germany

21 (4) 2

Sat, June 24th, Leipzig

Argentina

1 (2)

C1: Argentina

12 1

Tue, July 4th, Dortmund

D2: Mexico

1

Germany

0

Mon, June 26th, Kaiserslautern

Italy

2 1

E1: Italy

1

Fri, June 30, Hamburg

Q2: Australia

0

Italy

3

Mon, June 26th, Cologne

Ukraine

0

G1: Switzerland

0 (0)

Sun, July 9, Berlin

H2: Ukraine

20 (3) 2

Italy

21 (5) 2

So, June 25th, Stuttgart

France

1 (3)

B1: England

1

Sat, July 1st, Gelsenkirchen

A2: Ecuador

0

England

0 (1)

So, June 25th, Nuremberg

Portugal

20 (3) 2

D1: Portugal

1

Wed, July 5, Munich

C2: Netherlands

0

Portugal

0

Tue, June 27, Dortmund

France

1

3rd place match

F1: Brazil

3

Sat, July 1st, Frankfurt

Sat, July 8, Stuttgart

E2: Ghana

0

Brazil

0

Germany

3

Tue, June 27, Hanover

France

1

Portugal

1

H1: Spain

1

G2: France

3

¹ win after extra time
² win on penalties

Round of 16

Germany - Sweden 2: 0 (2: 0)

Germany		Sweden		Lineup
	June 24th at 5:00 p.m. in Munich ( Allianz Arena ) Spectators: 66,000 (sold out) Referee: Carlos Simon ( Brazil )   Match report
	Jens Lehmann - Arne Friedrich , Per Mertesacker , Christoph Metzelder , Philipp Lahm - Bernd Schneider , Torsten Frings (85th Sebastian Kehl ), Michael Ballack , Bastian Schweinsteiger (72nd Tim Borowski ) - Miroslav Klose , Lukas Podolski (74th Oliver Neuville ) Trainer: Jürgen Klinsmann	Andreas Isaksson - Niclas Alexandersson , Teddy Lučić , Olof Mellberg , Erik Edman - Tobias Linderoth - Mattias Jonson (52nd Christian Wilhelmsson ), Kim Källström (39th Petter Hansson ), Freddie Ljungberg - Zlatan Ibrahimović (72nd Marcus Allbäck ), Henrik Larsson Trainer: Lars Lagerbäck
	1: 0 Podolski (4th) 2: 0 Podolski (12th)
	Frings (27.)	Lučić (28th) , Jonson (48th), Allbäck (78th)
		Lučić (35.)
		Larsson shoots a penalty over the goal (53.)
	Player of the Match: Miroslav Klose (Germany)

Argentina - Mexico 2: 1 aet (1: 1, 1: 1)

Argentina		Mexico		Lineup
	June 24th at 9:00 p.m. in Leipzig ( Zentralstadion ) Spectators: 43,000 (sold out) Referee: Massimo Busacca ( Switzerland )   Match report
	Roberto Abbondanzieri - Lionel Scaloni , Roberto Ayala , Gabriel Heinze , Juan Pablo Sorín - Maxi Rodríguez , Javier Mascherano , Esteban Cambiasso (76th Pablo Aimar ) - Juan Román Riquelme - Javier Saviola (84th Lionel Messi ), Hernán Crespo (75th Carlos Tévez ) Coach: José Pekerman	Oswaldo Sánchez - José Antonio Castro , Ricardo Osorio , Carlos Salcido - Rafael Márquez , Pável Pardo (38th Gerardo Torrado ) - Mario Méndez , Andrés Guardado (66th Gonzalo Pineda ), Ramón Morales (74th Zinha ) - Francisco Fonseca , Jared Borgetti Coach: Ricardo La Volpe ( Argentina )
	1: 1 Crespo (10th) 2: 1 Rodríguez (98th)	0: 1 Marquez (6th)
	Heinze (45th + 1 '), Sorín (112th)	Márquez (70th), Castro (82nd), Torrado (118th), Fonseca (119th)
	The goal to equalize 1-1 actually fell through a header by Jared Borgetti.
	Player of the Match: Maxi Rodríguez

England - Ecuador 1: 0 (0: 0)

England		Ecuador		Lineup
	June 25 at 5:00 p.m. in Stuttgart ( Gottlieb Daimler Stadium ) Spectators: 52,000 (sold out) Referee: Frank De Bleeckere ( Belgium )   Match report
	Paul Robinson - Owen Hargreaves , Rio Ferdinand , John Terry , Ashley Cole - Michael Carrick - David Beckham (87th Aaron Lennon ), Frank Lampard , Steven Gerrard (90th + 2 ' Stewart Downing ), Joe Cole (77th Jamie Carragher ) - Wayne Rooney Trainer: Sven-Göran Eriksson ( Sweden )	Cristian Mora - Ulises de la Cruz , Iván Hurtado , Giovanny Espinoza , Neicer Reasco - Antonio Valencia , Segundo Castillo , Edwin Tenorio (69th Christian Lara ), Edison Méndez - Carlos Tenorio (72nd Iván Kaviedes ), Agustín Delgado Trainer: Luis Fernando Suarez ( Colombia )
	1-0 Beckham (60th)
	Terry (18th), Robinson (78th), Carragher (82nd)	Valencia (24th), Tenorio (37th), de la Cruz (67th)
	Player of the Match: John Terry

Portugal - Netherlands 1: 0 (1: 0)

Portugal		Netherlands		Lineup
	June 25 at 9:00 p.m. in Nuremberg ( Frankenstadion ) Spectators: 41,000 (sold out) Referee: Valentin Ivanov ( Russia )   Match report
	Ricardo - Miguel , Fernando Meira , Ricardo Carvalho , Nuno Valente - Costinha , Maniche - Luís Figo (84th Tiago ), Deco , Cristiano Ronaldo (34th Simão ) - Pauleta (46th Petit ) Coach: Luiz Felipe Scolari ( Brazil )	Edwin van der Sar - Khalid Boulahrouz , André Ooijer , Joris Mathijsen (56th Rafael van der Vaart ), Giovanni van Bronckhorst - Mark van Bommel (67th John Heitinga ), Wesley Sneijder , Phillip Cocu (84th Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink ) - Robin van Persie , Dirk Kuyt , Arjen Robben Trainer: Marco van Basten
	1: 0 Maniche (23.)
	Maniche (20th), Costinha (31st) , Petit (50th), Figo (60th), Deco (73rd) , Ricardo (76th), Nuno Valente (76th)	van Bommel (2nd), Boulahrouz (7th) , van Bronckhorst (59th) , Sneijder (73rd), van der Vaart (74th)
	Costinha (45th + 1 '), Deco (78th)	Boulahrouz (63.), van Bronckhorst (90. + 5 ')
	Player of the Match: Maniche

• Game with the most expelled cards (4) and - together with the World Cup match Cameroon - Germany 2002 - the most yellow cards (16) in World Cup history.
• "End stop Portugal": For the third time in a row, the Netherlands failed in a major tournament against Portugal. Already in the qualification for the 2002 World Cup, the end came, because you could not win the respective direct duels against Portugal (0: 2 and 2: 2) and Ireland (2: 2 and 0: 1) and thus as third in the group behind them Team was not qualified. At the 2004 European Championships, the Netherlands lost the semi-finals against Portugal 1: 2 and at the 2006 World Cup they lost the second round 0: 1.

Italy - Australia 1: 0 (0: 0)

Italy		Australia		Lineup
	June 26 at 5:00 p.m. in Kaiserslautern ( Fritz-Walter-Stadion ) Spectators: 46,000 (sold out) Referee: Luis Medina Cantalejo ( Spain )   Match report
	Gianluigi Buffon - Gianluca Zambrotta , Marco Materazzi , Fabio Cannavaro , Fabio Grosso - Simone Perrotta , Andrea Pirlo , Gennaro Gattuso - Alberto Gilardino (46th Vincenzo Iaquinta ), Luca Toni (56th Andrea Barzagli ), Alessandro Del Piero (75th Francesco Totti ) Trainer: Marcello Lippi	Mark Schwarzer - Craig Moore , Lucas Neill , Scott Chipperfield - Mile Sterjovski (81st John Aloisi ), Jason Culina , Vince Grella , Luke Wilkshire - Mark Bresciano - Tim Cahill , Mark Viduka Trainer: Guus Hiddink ( Netherlands )
	1: 0 Totti (90th + 5 ', penalty kick)
	Grosso (29th), Gattuso (89th), Zambrotta (90th + 1 ')	Grella (23rd), Cahill (49th), Wilkshire (61st)
	Materazzi (50th, gross foul)
	Player of the Match: Gianluigi Buffon

• The game-winning penalty kick was the latest in World Cup history during regular time.

Switzerland - Ukraine 0: 0 aet, 0: 3 i. E.

Switzerland		Ukraine		Lineup
	June 26th at 9:00 p.m. in Cologne ( Rheinenergiestadion ) Spectators: 45,000 (sold out) Referee: Benito Archundia ( Mexico )   Match report
	Pascal Zuberbühler - Philipp Degen , Patrick Müller , Johan Djourou (34th Stéphane Grichting ), Ludovic Magnin - Tranquillo Barnetta , Johann Vogel , Raphael Wicky - Ricardo Cabanas - Hakan Yakin (64th Marco Streller ), Alexander Frei (117th Mauro Lustrinelli ) Coach: Jakob Kuhn	Oleksandr Schowkowskyj - oleh husyev , vladyslav vashchuk , Andriy Nesmachniy - Oleh Schelajew , Andriy Husin , Anatoliy Tymoshchuk - Andriy Vorobey (94. Serhiy Rebrov ), Maksym Kalynychenko (75. Ruslan Rotan ) - Andriy Shevchenko , Andriy Voronin (111. Artem Milevskiy ) Trainer: Oleh Blochin
	penalties shoot
	Streller fails to Schowkowskyj Barnetta hits the latte Cabanas fails to Schowkowskyj	Shevchenko fails to Zuberbühler 0: 1 Milewskyj 0: 2 Rebrow 0: 3 Husjew
	Barnetta (59.)
	Player of the Match: Oleksandr Schowkowskyj

• Switzerland are the first team in World Cup history to be eliminated from the tournament without conceding a goal (Ukraine's goals on penalties do not count in the statistics).
• Switzerland was the first team in World Cup history to fail to convert any penalty kicks in a penalty shoot-out

Brazil - Ghana 3: 0 (2: 0)

Brazil		Ghana		Lineup
	June 27 at 5:00 p.m. in Dortmund ( Westfalenstadion ) Spectators: 65,000 (sold out) Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ ( Slovakia )   Match report
	Dida - Cafu , Lúcio , Juan , Roberto Carlos - Kaká (83rd Ricardinho ), Emerson (46th Gilberto Silva ), Zé Roberto , Ronaldinho - Adriano (61st Juninho ), Ronaldo Coach: Carlos Alberto Parreira	Richard Kingson - John Paintsil , John Mensah , Illiasu Shilla , Emmanuel Pappoe - Sulley Muntari , Stephen Appiah , Eric Addo (60th Derek Boateng ), Haminu Dramani - Matthew Amoah (70th Alexander Tachie-Mensah ), Asamoah Gyan Trainer: Ratomir Dujković ( Serbia )
	1-0 Ronaldo (5th) 2-0 Adriano (45th + 1 ') 3-0 Zé Roberto (84th)
	Adriano (13th), Juan (44th)	Appiah (7th), Muntari (11th), Paintsil (29th), E. Addo (38th), Gyan (48th)
		Gyan (81.)
	Player of the Match: Zé Roberto

• With the 1-0, Ronaldo scored his 15th goal at world championships. He was the most successful goalscorer in World Cup history until July 8, 2014 , ahead of German Gerd Müller (14 goals) and French Just Fontaine (13) and was then surpassed by German Miroslav Klose . While Fontaine was only active in World Cups in 1958, Müller only in 1970 and 1974 and Klose in 2002, 2006, 2010 and 2014, Ronaldo was in the Brazilian national team for the fourth time since 1994, 1998 and 2002, but was not used in 1994 .

Spain - France 1: 3 (1: 1)

Spain		France		Lineup
	June 27 at 9:00 p.m. in Hanover ( AWD-Arena ) Spectators: 43,000 spectators (sold out) Referee: Roberto Rosetti ( Italy )   Match report
	Iker Casillas - Sergio Ramos , Pablo Ibáñez , Carles Puyol , Mariano Pernía - Cesc Fàbregas , Xabi Alonso , Xavi (72nd Marcos Senna ) - David Villa (54th Joaquín ), Fernando Torres - Raúl (54th Luis García ), coach: Luis Aragonés	Fabien Barthez - Willy Sagnol , Lilian Thuram , William Gallas , Éric Abidal - Patrick Vieira , Claude Makélélé - Franck Ribéry , Zinédine Zidane , Florent Malouda (74th Sidney Govou ) - Thierry Henry (88th Sylvain Wiltord ) Trainer: Raymond Domenech
	1: 0 Villa (28th penalty kick)	1: 1 Ribéry (41.) 1: 2 Vieira (83.) 1: 3 Zidane (90. + 2 ')
	Puyol (82nd)	Vieira (68th), Ribéry (87th), Zidane (90th + 1 ')
	Player of the Match: Patrick Vieira (France)

Quarter finals

Germany - Argentina 1: 1 n.V. (1: 1, 0: 0), 4: 2 i. E.

Germany		Argentina		Lineup
	June 30th at 5:00 p.m. in Berlin ( Olympiastadion ) Spectators: 72,000 (sold out) Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ ( Slovakia )   Match report
	Jens Lehmann - Arne Friedrich , Per Mertesacker , Christoph Metzelder , Philipp Lahm - Bernd Schneider (62nd David Odonkor ), Torsten Frings , Michael Ballack , Bastian Schweinsteiger (74th Tim Borowski ) - Miroslav Klose (86th Oliver Neuville ), Lukas Podolski Trainer: Jürgen Klinsmann	Roberto Abbondanzieri (71st Leo Franco ) - Fabricio Coloccini , Roberto Ayala , Gabriel Heinze , Juan Pablo Sorín - Javier Mascherano - Maxi Rodríguez , Juan Román Riquelme (72nd Esteban Cambiasso ), Lucho - Hernán Crespo (79th Julio Cruz ), Carlos Tévez coach: José Pekerman
	1: 1 toilet (80th)	0: 1 Ayala (49th)
	penalties shoot
	1: 0 Neuville 2: 1 Ballack 3: 1 Podolski 4: 2 Borowski	1: 1 Cruz Ayala fails to Lehmann 3: 2 Rodríguez Cambiasso fails to Lehmann
	Podolski (3rd), Odonkor (90th + 4 '), Friedrich (114th)	Sorín (46th), Mascherano (60th), Rodríguez (88th), Cruz (95th)
		Cufré (after the end of the game)
	Player of the Match: Michael Ballack (Germany)

• Argentina lost a penalty shootout in a World Cup for the first time . Germany, on the other hand, also won the fourth penalty shoot-out in their World Cup history after 1982 (5: 4 picks up against France), 1986 (4: 1 picks up against Mexico) and 1990 (4: 3 picks up against England ) with only one miss (1982 by Uli Stielike ).
• José Pekerman (Argentina coach) announced his resignation a few minutes after the Albiceleste World Cup .
• Immediately after the game, there was a tussle on the field between the players and those responsible. This was caused by a kick by the Argentine reserve player Cufré against Mertesacker , whereupon the Argentine saw the red card. FIFA also initiated proceedings against Rodríguez , who hit Schweinsteiger in the neck during the scuffle. Cufré was suspended for 4 games, Rodríguez was suspended for 2 games.
• Frings was suspended for the semi-finals against Italy because of an assault as part of these scuffles against Cruz . He was also sentenced by FIFA to a fine of SFR 5,000 and another game suspension, which was suspended for half a year. The judgment is controversial despite the punch that can be seen on TV, on the one hand because Cruz told a newspaper that he had not noticed a blow, on the other hand because Frings was not reported by the Argentine side, but Italian media started the matter afterwards FIFA initially closed the investigation against German players.
• On the way back from the game to Frankfurt am Main , the Argentine soccer coach Antonio Mohamed was involved in a serious traffic accident on the A4 near Weimar , in which his nine-year-old son Faryd was fatally injured.

Italy - Ukraine 3: 0 (1: 0)

Italy		Ukraine		Lineup
	June 30th at 9:00 p.m. in Hamburg ( Volksparkstadion ) Spectators: 50,000 (sold out) Referee: Frank De Bleeckere ( Belgium )   Match report
	Gianluigi Buffon - Gianluca Zambrotta , Fabio Cannavaro , Andrea Barzagli , Fabio Grosso - Mauro Camoranesi (68th Massimo Oddo ), Gennaro Gattuso (77th Cristian Zaccardo ), Andrea Pirlo (68th Simone Barone ) Simone Perrotta - Francesco Totti , Luca Toni Trainer : Marcello Lippi	Oleksandr Schowkowskyj - Andriy Nesmachniy , Andriy Rusol (45 + 2 ' vladyslav vashchuk ) Wjatscheslaw Swiderskyj (20 Andriy Vorobey ) - Anatoliy Tymoshchuk , Oleh Schelajew , Husjew , Andrei Hussin , Maksym Kalynychenko - Andrei Shevchenko , Artem Milevskiy (72 Oleksij Bjelik ) Coach: Oleh Blochin
	1: 0 Zambrotta (6th) 2: 0 Toni (59th) 3: 0 Toni (69th)
		Swiderskyj (16.), Kalynytschenko (21.), Milewskyj (67.)
	Player of the Match: Gennaro Gattuso (Italy)

England - Portugal 0: 0 aet, 1: 3 i. E.

England		Portugal		Lineup
	July 1st at 5:00 p.m. in Gelsenkirchen ( Veltins-Arena ) Spectators: 52,000 (sold out) Referee: Horacio Marcelo Elizondo ( Argentina )   Match report
	Paul Robinson - Gary Neville , Rio Ferdinand , John Terry , Ashley Cole - Owen Hargreaves - David Beckham (52nd Aaron Lennon , 119th Jamie Carragher ), Steven Gerrard , Frank Lampard , Joe Cole (65th Peter Crouch ) - Wayne Rooney trainers : Sven-Göran Eriksson ( Sweden )	Ricardo - Miguel , Fernando Meira , Ricardo Carvalho , Nuno Valente - Petit , Maniche - Cristiano Ronaldo , Tiago (74th Hugo Viana ), Luís Figo (86th Hélder Postiga ) - Pauleta (63rd Simão ) Coach: Luiz Felipe Scolari ( Brazil )
	penalties shoot
	Lampard fails to Ricardo 1: 1 Hargreaves Gerrard fails to Ricardo Carragher fails to Ricardo	0: 1 Simão Viana hits the post Petit hits the post 1: 2 Postiga 1: 3 Cristiano Ronaldo
	Terry (30th), Hargreaves (107th)	Petit (44.), Carvalho (111.)
	Rooney (62nd)
	England set Italy's negative World Cup record with three lost in three penalties.	It was the first extra time and the first penalty shoot-out that Portugal had to contest at a World Cup. Ricardo set a world championship record with three saved penalties. Portugal reached a semi-finals for the first time in 40 years.
	Player of the Match: Owen Hargreaves (England)

Brazil - France 0: 1 (0: 0)

Brazil		France		Lineup
	July 1st at 9:00 p.m. in Frankfurt am Main ( Commerzbank-Arena ) Spectators: 48,000 (sold out) Referee: Luis Medina Cantalejo ( Spain )   Match report
	Dida - Cafu (76th Cicinho ), Juan , Lúcio , Roberto Carlos - Gilberto Silva , Zé Roberto - Juninho (63rd Adriano ), Kaká (79th Robinho ) - Ronaldinho , Ronaldo Coach: Carlos Alberto Parreira	Fabien Barthez - Willy Sagnol , William Gallas , Lilian Thuram , Éric Abidal - Patrick Vieira , Claude Makélélé - Franck Ribéry (77th Sidney Govou ), Zinédine Zidane , Florent Malouda (81st Sylvain Wiltord ) - Thierry Henry (86th Louis Saha ) Coach: Raymond Domenech
		0: 1 Henry (57th)
	Cafu (25th), Juan (45th), Ronaldo (45th + 2 '), Lúcio (75th)	Sagnol (74.), Saha (87.), Thuram (88.)
	Brazil were eliminated before the semi-finals for the first time since 1990.
	Player of the Match: Zinédine Zidane (France)

With the elimination of Brazil from the tournament, for the first time since 1982, only European teams were in the semi-finals of a soccer World Cup.

Semifinals

Germany - Italy 0: 2 a.d.

Germany		Italy		Lineup
	Tuesday, July 4th at 9:00 p.m. in Dortmund ( Westfalenstadion ) Spectators: 65,000 (sold out) Referee: Benito Archundia ( Mexico )   Match report
	Jens Lehmann - Arne Friedrich , Per Mertesacker , Christoph Metzelder , Philipp Lahm - Bernd Schneider (83rd David Odonkor ), Sebastian Kehl , Michael Ballack , Tim Borowski (73rd Bastian Schweinsteiger ) - Miroslav Klose (111th Oliver Neuville ), Lukas Podolski Trainer: Jürgen Klinsmann	Gianluigi Buffon - Gianluca Zambrotta , Fabio Cannavaro , Marco Materazzi , Fabio Grosso - Mauro Camoranesi (91st Vincenzo Iaquinta ), Gennaro Gattuso , Andrea Pirlo , Simone Perrotta (104th Alessandro Del Piero ) - Francesco Totti - Luca Toni (74th Alberto Gilardino) ) Trainer: Marcello Lippi
		0: 1 Grosso (119th) 0: 2 Del Piero (120th + 1 ')
	Borowski (40.), Metzelder (56.)	Camoranesi (90.)
	Player of the Match: Andrea Pirlo (Italy)

• With the defeat against Italy, the German national team lost an international match in the Dortmund stadium for the first time.

Portugal - France 0: 1 (0: 1)

Portugal		France		Lineup
	Wednesday, July 5th at 9:00 p.m. in Munich ( Allianz Arena ) Spectators: 66,000 (sold out) Referee: Jorge Larrionda ( Uruguay )   Match report
	Ricardo - Miguel (62nd Paulo Ferreira ), Fernando Meira , Ricardo Carvalho , Nuno Valente - Costinha (75th Hélder Postiga ), Maniche - Luís Figo , Deco , Cristiano Ronaldo - Pauleta (68th Simão ) Coach: Luiz Felipe Scolari	Fabien Barthez - Willy Sagnol , Lilian Thuram , William Gallas , Éric Abidal - Patrick Vieira , Claude Makélélé - Franck Ribéry (72nd Sidney Govou ), Zinédine Zidane , Florent Malouda (69th Sylvain Wiltord ) - Thierry Henry (85th Louis Saha ) Coach: Raymond Domenech
		0: 1 Zidane (33rd, foul penalty)
	Carvalho (83.)	Saha (87.)
	Player of the Match: Lilian Thuram (France)

3rd place match

Germany - Portugal 3: 1 (0: 0)

Germany		Portugal		Lineup
	3rd place match Saturday, July 8th at 9:00 p.m. in Stuttgart ( Gottlieb Daimler Stadium ) Spectators: 52,000 (sold out) Referee: Tōru Kamikawa ( Japan )   Match report
	Oliver Kahn - Philipp Lahm , Jens Nowotny , Christoph Metzelder , Marcell Jansen - Bernd Schneider , Sebastian Kehl , Torsten Frings , Bastian Schweinsteiger (79th Thomas Hitzlsperger ) - Miroslav Klose (65th Oliver Neuville ), Lukas Podolski (71st Mike Hanke ) Trainer: Jürgen Klinsmann	Ricardo - Paulo Ferreira , Fernando Meira , Ricardo Costa , Nuno Valente (69th Nuno Gomes ) - Maniche , Costinha (46th Petit ) - Cristiano Ronaldo , Deco , Simão - Pauleta (77th Luís Figo ) Coach: Luiz Felipe Scolari
	1-0 Schweinsteiger (56th) 2-0 Petit (60th, own goal) 3-0 Schweinsteiger (78th)	3: 1 Gomes (88.)
	Frings (7th), Schweinsteiger (78th)	Costa (24th), Costinha (33rd), Ferreira (60th)
	Player of the Match: Bastian Schweinsteiger (Germany)

final

Italy - France 1: 1 n.V. (1: 1, 1: 1), 5: 3 i. E.

Italy		France		Lineup
	July 9 at 8:00 p.m. in Berlin ( Olympiastadion ) Spectators: 69,000 (sold out) Referee: Horacio Marcelo Elizondo ( Argentina )   Match report
	Gianluigi Buffon - Gianluca Zambrotta , Fabio Cannavaro , Marco Materazzi , Fabio Grosso - Mauro Camoranesi (86th Alessandro Del Piero ), Gennaro Gattuso , Andrea Pirlo , Simone Perrotta (61st Vincenzo Iaquinta ) - Francesco Totti (61st Daniele De Rossi ), Luca Toni Trainer: Marcello Lippi	Fabien Barthez - Willy Sagnol , Lilian Thuram , William Gallas , Éric Abidal - Patrick Vieira (56th Alou Diarra ), Claude Makélélé - Franck Ribéry (100th David Trezeguet ), Zinédine Zidane , Florent Malouda - Thierry Henry (107th Sylvain Wiltord ) Coach: Raymond Domenech
	1: 1 Materazzi (19.)	0: 1 Zidane (7th, foul penalty)
	penalties shoot
	1: 0 Pirlo 2: 1 Materazzi 3: 1 De Rossi 4: 2 Del Piero 5: 3 Grosso	1: 1 Wiltord Trezeguet hits the crossbar 3: 2 Abidal 4: 3 Sagnol
	Zambrotta (5.)	Sagnol (12th), Makélélé (76th), Malouda (111th)
		Zidane (110th, assault)
	Player of the Match: Andrea Pirlo (Italy)

• For the first time since 1978 there was a final in which neither Brazil nor Germany stood.
• For the first time since 1982 there was a final in which two European teams faced each other.
• After 1994, it was the second time in World Cup history that a world championship title was decided by a penalty shoot-out.
• Elizondo was the first referee in World Cup history to appear in both the opening game and the final.
• It was the first penalty shoot-out won by the Italians at a World Cup.
• It was the first World Cup game in which a player was expelled from the field although neither the referee nor his assistants (but the 4th referee) had noticed the previous assault.