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The 2006 World Cup in Germany takes place from June 9 to July 9, 2006. The opening game will be held in Munich's new AllianzArena with the final taking place in Berlin's Olympic stadium. The draw for the final stages takes place on December 9, 2005 in Leipzig when all fixtures in the opening group stage will be announced.
Germany will host the 2006 soccer world cup, with games played in 12 German cities from Hamburg to Munich. The last time Germany hosted the World Cup in 1974, they won the Jules Rimet Cup when they defeated the Netherlands 2-1 in the final.
World soccer's supreme title - The FIFA WORLD CUP is disputed between nations every four years. Current holders BRAZIL will defend their title in 2006 in Germany.
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Only seven different countries have managed to win the FIFA World Cup Since the competitions inception in 1930 there have been seventeen tournaments with Brazil winning 5, Italy & Germany 3, Argentina & Uruguay 2 and England & France 1.
The current World Cup holders Brazil may not always be feared but they must certainly always be respected. The reigning world champions warmed up for their world title defence with an emphatic 4-1 victory over South American arch-rivals Argentina in the Confederations Cup Final played in Germany. This followed just three short weeks after a 3-1 defeat in Buenos Aires in a FIFA World Cup qualifier. With a strikeforce of Ronaldo, Ronaldinho and Adriano they will have the firepower to beat any team.
Home Advantage Significant
Climate and pitch conditions have a huge significance with six of the 17 World cup winners being the home nation. Taking this statistic literally makes Germany World cup betting odds look fantastic value.
World Cup 2006 will be worth 24.5 million Swiss Francs ($18.75 million) to the winning team.
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Italy beat France 5-3 in a penalty shoot-out to win the World Cup after an absorbing 1-1 draw in Berlin.
Fabio Grosso scored the winning penalty after France's David Trezeguet missed.
Playing his last game before retiring, Zinedine Zidane's career ended in disgrace after he was sent off for crazily headbutting Marco Materazzi.
Zidane had put France ahead early on with a coolly-taken chipped penalty, before Materazzi levelled with a header from an Andrea Pirlo corner.
The result caps an incredible period for Italian football, with the domestic game embroiled in a corruption scandal similar to 1982 when they last won the World Cup.
They have now won the competition four times, one fewer than Brazil, and it was the first time they managed to win a World Cup match on penalties after three failed attempts.
But France legend Zidane may forever be haunted by the moment of madness which cost him a second World Cup title.
Only Zidane knows why he chose to shove his head into Materazzi's chest after the two had exchanged words with 10 minutes left of extra-time.
 He had started so well, too, with a goal after six minutes that meant Zidane, who scored twice in the 1998 final, became the fourth man to score in two World Cup finals after Brazilians Vava and Pele and Germany's Paul Breitner.
He casually chipped a penalty in off the crossbar after Florent Malouda had won the spot-kick with a fall after Materazzi appeared to catch his foot as he came across to challenge.
But Italy recovered well from their unfortunate start and the industrious Pirlo and Gennaro Gattuso quickly began to set the tempo of the game.
Through Pirlo's dead-ball delivery, they were soon on level terms. The AC Milan midfield maestro whipped over a corner from the right and Materazzi thumped a header past Fabien Barthez.
France failed to learn their lesson. Moments later Materazzi saw another header cleared off the line by Lilian Thuram before Luca Toni nodded onto the bar - both efforts from Pirlo corners.
Thierry Henry had had a quiet first half, but he burst into life after the break with two turbo-charged runs that struck fear into the heart of the Italian defence.
It was a more open final than many had predicted and both teams were attacking with gusto, though Italy came within a whisker of taking the lead when Toni was adjudged offside after heading in a Pirlo free-kick.
At the other end Henry was causing problems with his pace and Gianluigi Buffon had to be alert to parry away a snap-shot from the Arsenal striker.
As it went into extra-time, France had started to dominate proceedings.
Malouda was only kept out by a last-ditch Fabio Cannavaro tackle before Franck Ribery poked agonisingly wide and Buffon tipped Zidane's header over.
It was Zidane's last meaningful contribution to the French cause as with 10 minutes left of extra-time, his professional career ended in shameful circumstances.
He became involved in a dispute with Materazzi and, inexplicably, headbutted the Italian in the chest.
After the assistant referee informed referee Horacio Elizondo of the incident, the Argentine was left with no choice but to send Zidane off.
His team-mates looked shell-shocked, but they held on to force penalties for only the second time in a World Cup final after Italy lost to Brazil in 1994.
Pirlo, Materazzi, Daniele de Rossi, Alessandro del Piero and Grosso made no mistake as Italy became the most successful European country in World Cup history.
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Italy: Buffon, Zambrotta, Cannavaro, Materazzi, Grosso, Camoranesi (Del Piero 86), Pirlo, Gattuso, Perrotta (Iaquinta 61), Totti (De Rossi 61), Toni.
Subs Not Used: Amelia, Barone, Barzagli, Gilardino, Inzaghi, Nesta, Oddo, Peruzzi, Zaccardo.
Booked: Zambrotta.
Goals: Materazzi 19.
France: Barthez, Sagnol, Thuram, Gallas, Abidal, Ribery (Trezeguet 100), Vieira (Diarra 56), Makelele, Zidane, Malouda, Henry (Wiltord 107).
Subs Not Used: Boumsong, Chimbonda, Coupet, Dhorasoo, Givet, Govou, Landreau, Silvestre.
Sent Off: Zidane (110).
Booked: Sagnol, Diarra, Malouda.
Goals: Zidane 7 pen.
Italy win 5-3 on penalties.
Att: 69,000.
Ref: Horacio Marcelo Elizondo (Argentina).
Fifa man of the match: Andrea Pirlo
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