2006 World Cup

The Fixture

WC2002 Finals will start with a Group Stage and will finish with a series of Knock-out rounds.
32 nations will compete in the group stage and 16 will progress to the knock-out rounds and the other 16 will be eliminated.
The rest of the championship will be one-game knockout style type of competition. 16 nations will play and try to knock the other out of the competition until the winner is decided.

The Group Stage:

32 nations play in 8 groups.

The nations will be awarded three points for a win, one for a tie and none for a loss. They will be ranked according to the points accumulated and the goals scored for and against.

Top two nations in each group will progress to the knock-out round.

The tie-breakers:
1 - greater number of points obtained in all group matches
2 - greater number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned
3 - goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned
4 - greater number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned
5 - goal difference in all the group matches
6 - greater number of goals scored in all the group matches
7 - drawing lots by the Organizing Committee for the FIFA World Cup

	Group A
	09/06	18:00 München			Germany  -  Costa Rica
		21:00 Gelsenkirchen		 Poland  -  Ecuador
	14/06	21:00 Dortmund			Germany  -  Poland
	15/06	15:00 Hamburg			Ecuador  -  Costa Rica
	20/06	16:00 Berlin			Ecuador  -  Germany
		16:00 Hannover		     Costa Rica  -  Poland

	Group B
	10/06	15:00 Frankfurt	 	        England  -  Paraguay
		18:00 Dortmund	      Trinidad & Tobago  -  Sweden
	15/06	18:00 Nürnberg		        England  -  Trinidad & Tobago
		21:00 Berlin	 	         Sweden  -  Paraguay
	20/06	21:00 Kaiserslautern	       Paraguay  -  Trinidad & Tobago
		21:00 Köln		         Sweden  -  England

	Group C
	10/06	21:00 Hamburg		      Argentina  -  Cote d'Ivoire
	11/06	15:00 Leipzig	    Serbia & Montenegro  -  Netherlands
	16/06	15:00 Gelsenkirchen	      Argentina  -  Serbia & Montenegro
		18:00 Stuttgart		    Netherlands  -  Cote d'Ivoire
	21/06	21:00 Frankfurt		    Netherlands  -  Argentina
		21:00 München		  Cote d'Ivoire  -  Serbia & Montenegro

	Group D
	11/06	15:00 Nürnberg			 Mexico  -  Iran
		18:00 Köln			 Angola  -  Portugal
	16/06	21:00 Hannover			 Mexico  -  Angola
	17/06	15:00 Frankfurt		       Portugal  -  Iran
	21/06	18:00 Leipzig			   Iran  -  Angola
		18:00 Gelsenkirchen	       Portugal  -  Mexico

	Group E
	12/06	18:00 Gelsenkirchen		    USA  -  Czech Republic
		21:00 Hannover			  Italy  -  Ghana
	17/06	18:00 Köln		 Czech Republic  -  Ghana
		21:00 Kaiserslautern		  Italy  -  USA
	22/06	18:00 Hamburg		 Czech Republic  -  Italy
		18:00 Nürnberg			  Ghana  -  USA

	Group F
	12/06	15:00 Kaiserslautern	      Australia  -  Japan
	13/06	21:00 Berlin		         Brazil  -  Croatia
	18/06	15:00 Nürnberg		          Japan  -  Croatia
		18:00 München			 Brazil  -  Australia
	22/06	21:00 Dortmund			  Japan  -  Brazil
		21:00 Stuttgart			Croatia  -  Australia

	Group G
	13/06	15:00 Frankfurt			  Korea  -  Togo
		18:00 Stuttgart			 France  -  Switzerland
	18/06	21:00 Leipzig			 France  -  Korea
	19/06	15:00 Dortmund			   Togo  -  Switzerland
	23/06	21:00 Köln			   Togo  -  France
		21:00 Hannover		    Switzerland  -  Korea

	Group H
	14/06	15:00 Leipzig			  Spain  -  Ukraine
		18:00 München			Tunisia  -  Saudi Arabia
	19/06	18:00 Hamburg		   Saudi Arabia  -  Ukraine
		21:00 Stuttgart			  Spain  -  Tunisia
	23/06	18:00 Berlin			Ukraine  -  Tunisia
		18:00 Kaiserslautern	   Saudi Arabia  -  Spain

The Knock-Out Rounds:

16 nations continue the tournament in the knock-out style from now on until a winner is declared.

If a game ends at a tie, then two 15 minutes of extra time with a golden goal rule is added to the game, If the tie still exists after the extra-time, then the penalty kicks decide the winner.

	ROUND OF 16
	24/06	17:00 München		 Group A Winner  -  Group B Runner-up
		21:00 Leipzig		 Group C Winner  -  Group D Runner-up
	25/06	17:00 Stuttgart		 Group B Winner  -  Group A Runner-up
		21:00 Nürnberg		 Group D Winner  -  Group C Runner-up
	26/06	17:00 Kaiserslautern	 Group E Winner  -  Group F Runner-up
		21:00 Köln		 Group G Winner  -  Group H Runner-up
	27/06	17:00 Dortmund		 Group F Winner  -  Group E Runner-up
		21:00 Hamburg		 Group H Winner  -  Group G Runner-up

	QUARTER FINALS
	30/06	17:00 Berlin		 München Winner  -  Leipzig Winner
		21:00 Hamburg	  Kaiserslautern Winner  -  Köln Winner
	01/07	17:00 Gelsenkirchen    Stuttgart Winner  -  Nürnberg Winner
		21:00 Frankfurt		Dortmund Winner  -  Hamburg Winner

	SEMI FINALS
	04/07	21:00 Dortmund		  Berlin Winner  -  Hamburg Winner
	05/07	21:00 München	   Gelsenkirchen Winner  -  Frankfurt Winner

	THIRD PLACE
	08/07	21:00 Stuttgart		 Dortmund Loser  -  München Loser

	FINAL
	09/07	20:00 Berlin		Dortmund Winner  -  München Winner