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* Final match. After a 1-1 draw following extra time, [[Italy national football team|Italy]] defeats [[France national football team|France]] 5-3 on penalties and wins its fourth world cup title.
* Final match. After a 1-1 draw following extra time, [[Italy national football team|Italy]] defeats [[France national football team|France]] 5-3 on penalties and wins its fourth World Cup title.
* Third place match. [[Germany national football team|Germany]] defeats [[Portugal national football team|Portugal]] 3-1.
* Third place match. [[Germany national football team|Germany]] defeats [[Portugal national football team|Portugal]] 3-1.
* [[France national football team|France]] defeats [[Portugal national football team|Portugal]] 1-0 with a [[penalty kick]] goal by [[Zinedine Zidane]] and secures a place in the final match.
* [[France national football team|France]] defeats [[Portugal national football team|Portugal]] 1-0 with a [[penalty kick]] goal by [[Zinedine Zidane]] and secures a place in the final match.

Revision as of 03:35, 13 July 2006

  • Final match. After a 1-1 draw following extra time, Italy defeats France 5-3 on penalties and wins its fourth World Cup title.
  • Third place match. Germany defeats Portugal 3-1.
  • France defeats Portugal 1-0 with a penalty kick goal by Zinedine Zidane and secures a place in the final match.
  • Italy defeats Germany 2-0 with both goals scored in extra time and secures a place in the final match.
  • France ends Brazil's winning streak 1-0 and completes the semi-finalists' list.
  • After finishing with a goalless draw following extra time, Portugal defeats England 3-1 on penalties, and advances to the semi-finals.
  • With two goals from Luca Toni, Italy beats Ukraine 3-0 and advances to the semi-finals.
  • After finishing with a 1-1 draw following extra time, Germany defeats Argentina 4-2 on penalties, and advances to the semi-finals. Klose scored Germany's only goal in the match and is still the competition's top scorer so far (5 goals).
  • France turns the tables against Spain 3-1 and completes the quarter finalists' list.
  • Brazil beats Ghana 3-0 and advances to the quarter finals; The defending champion set some historical records in this match; longest winning streak in World Cups with 11 wins; First team to score 200 goals in the World Cup and Ronaldo who scored Brazil's first goal, surpassed Gerd Mueller as the top scorer in the World Cup's history (15 goals).
  • After finishing with a goalless draw following extra time, Ukraine defeats Switzerland 3-0 on penalties, and advances to the quarter finals. For the first time in any World Cup final, a team is eliminated without conceding a goal in open play.
  • Italy scores a penalty in the last minute of extra time to defeat Australia 1-0 and advance to the quarter finals.
  • Portugal defeats Netherlands 1-0 and advances to the quarter finals. For the first time in any World Cup final, four players are sent off.
  • England defeats Ecuador 1-0 and advances to the quarter finals.
  • Argentina scores a goal in extra time to defeat Mexico 2-1 and advance to the quarter finals.
  • Germany defeats Sweden 2-0 and advances to the quarter finals.
  • Group stage results: