Overview: all 32 Squads

— Points & Standings

The table below displays all contesting teams, in their final achievement order at the 2006 World Cup.

Pls. see the brief notes following the table (click on each of the

text images, on the table header) to understand what each column indicates.

Click on a squad's name or flag, to reach its page in this eBook, the same applying to a Group's letter (green image, on the left).

Rank	Grp	Pos	Country ⁄ Team	Matches	Won	Drew	Lost	Goals+	Goals–	Pts

1		1	Italy	7	5	2	0	12	2	16
3		2	France	7	4	3	0	9	3	15
2		1	Germany	7	5	1	1	14	6	16
4		1	Portugal	7	4	1	2	7	5	13
5		1	Brazil	5	4	0	1	10	2	12
6		1	England	5	3	2	0	6	2	11
7		1	Argentina	5	3	2	0	11	3	10
8		2	Ukraine	5	2	1	2	5	7	7
9		1	Spain	4	3	0	1	9	4	9
10		1	Switzerland	4	2	1	1	4	0	7
11		2	Netherlands	4	2	1	1	3	2	7
12		2	Ecuador	4	2	0	2	5	4	6
13		2	Ghana	4	2	0	2	4	6	6
14		2	Sweden	4	1	2	1	3	4	5
15		2	Mexico	4	1	1	2	5	5	4
16		2	Australia	4	1	1	2	5	6	4
17		3	Korea Republic	3	1	1	1	3	4	4
18		3	Paraguay	3	1	0	2	2	2	3
19		3	Côte d'Ivoire	3	1	0	2	5	6	3
20		3	Czech Republic	3	1	0	2	3	4	3
21		3	Poland	3	1	0	2	2	4	3
22		3	Croatia	3	0	2	1	2	3	2
23		3	Angola	3	0	2	1	1	2	2
24		3	Tunisia	3	0	1	2	3	6	1
25=		4	Iran	3	0	1	2	2	6	1
25=		4	United States	3	0	1	2	2	6	1
27		4	Trinidad and Tobago	3	0	1	2	0	4	1
28=		4	Japan	3	0	1	2	2	7	1
28=		4	Saudi Arabia	3	0	1	2	2	7	1
30		4	Togo	3	0	0	3	1	6	0
31		4	Costa Rica	3	0	0	3	3	9	0
32		4	Serbia and Montenegro	3	0	0	3	2	10	0

Rank	Grp	Pos	Country ⁄ Team	Matches	Won	Drew	Lost	Goals+	Goals–	Pts

Rank = Unofficial, overall Final Ranking for all the 32 teams that have contested the 2006 World Cup–pls. note that, in contrast with the official final World Cup results, Germany is shown above to have actually had a better overall campaign than France, even though Germany finished the World Cup third, while France was the Title runner-up. Italy's campaign, on the other hand, was indeed the best of all contestants, a fact which makes Italy a truly worthy Champion–even if some might argue that Lady Luck favored the Italian side a couple of times, on their way to the Title. And Portugal's campaign was likewise compatible with their fourth place.

— The four image numbers, beside the rank number (in white type), portray the official World Cup results, according to which the final contestants have been ordered above.

Pos = First Round Group Placement

Pts = Points helping portray Squads' performances, relatively to each other, as in a championship based on points. (See Rating Criteria to understand how points have been attributed above.) The table on this page comprises all the teams contesting the 2006 World Cup. The Rank & the Points columns (dark green, on either side) of course reflect the number matches played by each squad, as indicated on the Matches column.

World Cup Match Line

Teams'

performances & possibilities:

Following the Round of Sixteen matches: see the Round of Sixteen Points and Standings page.

Following the Quarter-Final matches: see the Quarter-Finals Points and Standings page.

Before the second Semi-Final match: see the Semi-Finals Points and Standings page.

Following each of the Semi-Final matches: see the Semi-Finals Points and Standings page.

Before the 3rd.Place Match and the Final Match: see the From Champion to 4th Points and Standings page.

The 32 Teams, Rd. by Rd.:



GER: Germany	ENG: England	ARG: Argentina	MEX: Mexico
CRC: Costa Rica	PAR: Paraguay	CIV: Côte d'Ivoire	IRN: Iran
POL: Poland	TRI: Trinidad and Tobago	SCG: Serbia and Montenegro	ANG: Angola
ECU: Ecuador	SWE: Sweden	NED: Netherlands	POR: Portugal
ITA: Italy	BRA: Brazil	FRA: France	ESP: Spain
GHA: Ghana	CRO: Croatia	SUI: Switzerland	UKR: Ukraine
USA: United States	AUS: Australia	KOR: Korea Republic	TUN: Tunisia
CZE: Czech Republic	JPN: Japan	TOG: Togo	KSA: Saudi Arabia

Top 16, above, unshaded – in the Top 8, in italics – the Top 3+4, underlined in italics, the Top 2, in bold type
The 16 not making past the 1st Round, in gray shade

Abbreviations, above: used by FIFA, as well as in this eBook.

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