FIFA World Cup 2006

Germany
Teams
Playing venues
Matches		 32
12
64
Opening match
Final		 FIFA World Cup Stadium Munich
Olympiastadion
Average venue capacity
Largest venue
Smallest venue
No. of matches per venue (avg)		 51,917 seats
Olympiastadion (72,000 seats)
Frankenstadion (41,000 seats)
5.33

 

Berlin

Olympiastadion (72,000 seats)

Matches:
Group F – Brazil 1-0 Croatia
Group B – Sweden 1-0 Paraguay
Group A – Ecuador 0-3 Germany
Group H – Ukraine 1-0 Tunisia
Quarter-final – Germany 1-1 Argentina
Final – Italy – France 1-1

Munich

FIFA World Cup Stadium Munich (Allianz Arena – 66,000 seats)

Matches:
Group A – Germany 4-2 Costa Rica (opening match)
Group H – Tunisia 2-2 Saudi Arabia
Group F – Brazil 2-0 Australia
Group C – Côte d’Ivoire 3-2 Serbia and Montenegro
Round of 16 – Germany 2-0 Sweden
Semi-final – Portugal 0-1 France

Dortmund

FIFA World Cup Stadium Dortmund (Signal Iduna Park – 65,000 seats)

Matches:
Group B – Trinidad and Tobago 0-0 Sweden
Group A – Germany 1-0 Poland
Group G – Togo 0-2 Switzerland
Group F – Japan 1-4 Brazil
Round of 16 – Brazil 3-0 Ghana
Semi-final – Germany 0-2 Italy

Stuttgart

Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion (52,000 seats)

Matches:
Group G – France 0-0 Switzerland
Group C – Netherlands 2-1 Côte d’Ivoire
Group H – Spain 3-1 Tunisia
Group F – Croatia 2-2 Australia
Round of 16 – England 1-0 Ecuador
Third place – Germany 3-1 Portugal

Gelsenkirchen

FIFA World Cup Stadium Gelsenkirchen (Veltins Arena – 52,000 seats)

Matches:
Group A – Poland 0-2 Ecuador
Group E – USA 0-3 Czech Republic
Group C – Argentina 6-0 Serbia and Montenegro
Group D – Portugal 2-1 Mexico
Quarter-final – England 0-0 Portugal

Hamburg

FIFA World Cup Stadium Hamburg (AOL Arena – 50,000 seats)

Matches:
Group C – Argentina 2-1 Côte d’Ivoire
Group A – Ecuador 3-0 Costa Rica
Group H – Saudi Arabia 0-4 Ukraine
Group E – Czech Republic 0-2 Italy
Quarter-final – Italy 3-0 Ukraine

Frankfurt

FIFA World Cup Stadium Frankfurt (Commerzbank Arena – 48,000 seats)

Matches:
Group B – England 1-0 Paraguay
Group G – Korea Republic 2-1 Togo
Group D – Portugal 2-0 Iran
Group C – Netherlands 0-0 Argentina
Quarter-final – Brazil 0-1 France

Kaiserslautern

Fritz-Walter-Stadion (46,000 seats)

Matches:
Group F – Australia 3-1 Japan
Group E – Italy 1-1 USA
Group B – Paraguay 2-0 Trinidad and Tobago
Group H – Saudi Arabia 0-1 Spain
Round of 16 – Italy 1-0 Australia

Cologne

FIFA World Cup Stadium Cologne (RheinEnergieStadion – 45,000 seats)

Matches:
Group D – Angola 0-1 Portugal
Group E – Czech Republic 0-2 Ghana
Group B – Sweden 2-2 England
Group G – Togo 0-2 France
Round of 16 – Switzerland – Ukraine 0-0

Hanover

FIFA World Cup Stadium Hanover (AWD Arena – 43,000 seats)

Matches:
Group E – Italy 2-0 Ghana
Group D – Mexico 0-0 Angola
Group A – Costa Rica 1-2 Poland
Group G – Switzerland 2-0 Korea Republic
Round of 16 – Spain 1-3 France

Leipzig

Zentralstadion (43,000 seats)

Matches:
Group C – Serbia and Montenegro 0-1 Netherlands
Group H – Spain 4-0 Ukraine
Group G – France 1-1 Korea Republic
Group D – Iran 1-1 Angola
Round of 16 – Argentina 2-1 Mexico

Nürnberg

Frankenstadion (41,000 seats)

Matches:
Group D – Mexico 3-1 Iran
Group B – England 1-0 Trinidad and Tobago
Group F – Japan 0-0 Croatia
Group E – Ghana 2-1 USA
Round of 16 – Portugal 1-0 Netherlands