Gold -

Silver -

Bronze: best 2006 players

— The World Cup Golden Ball Prize + FIFA's Shortlist

Statistics Section

			Zinédine Zidane		[elected 'Man of the Match' once]

			Fabio Cannavaro		[not elected 'Man of the Match']

			Andrea Pirlo		[elected 'Man of the Match' three times!]

— shortlist below — previous winners —

2006 FIFA World Cup Adidas Golden Ball Candidates

Golden Ball's		Shortlist


Andrea Pirlo Fabio Cannavaro Gianluca Zambrotta Gianluigi Buffon		Patrick Vieira Thierry Henry Zinédine Zidane


Michael Ballack Miroslav Klose		Maniche

= elected 'Man of the Match' at least once, along the World Cup

See here: Past Golden Ball Winners

	Man of the Match
Match by Match	Top Players	Player by Player

See, too, Goals, Scorers+Keepers, From Champion to 4th and Overview: all 32 Squads

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.

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.

World Cup Statistics


2006 WC in Perspective	W.Cup's Dream Team	Groups+FIFA Ranking	Previous Bits+Bytes
First Round Stats	Beyond the 1st Rd	The Final Contenders	Gold-Silver-Bronze
The Champion	Awards	Records+Memorable	Noteworthy
Attacks+Defenses	Goals	Goal Scorers	Goalkeepers
Own Goals	Referees	Yellow Cards	Red Cards
Discipline	Support+Dev.Group	Ref.Preliminary Stuff	Fouls
WC Players' Sources	Players by Groups	Home-based teams?	Home-based, alphb
Match-lines: WCxLogic	Magic of complexity	The WC Match-lines	If logic sufficed...
Attendance	All Time 0x0 Results	WC+FIFA Rankings	Beyond logic...

– Squad Pages + Group Pages – Players' Sources

Stadia+Matches Nations

#	Group	Group	Group	Group	#

1	GER: Germany	ENG: England	ARG: Argentina	MEX: Mexico	1
2	CRC: Costa Rica	PAR: Paraguay	CIV: Côte d'Ivoire	IRN: Iran	2
3	POL: Poland	TRI: Trinidad and Tobago	SCG: Serbia and Montenegro	ANG: Angola	3
4	ECU: Ecuador	SWE: Sweden	NED: Netherlands	POR: Portugal	4

#	Group	Group	Group	Group	#

1	ITA: Italy	BRA: Brazil	FRA: France	ESP: Spain	1
2	GHA: Ghana	CRO: Croatia	SUI: Switzerland	UKR: Ukraine	2
3	USA: United States	AUS: Australia	KOR: Korea Republic	TUN: Tunisia	3
4	CZE: Czech Republic	JPN: Japan	TOG: Togo	KSA: Saudi Arabia	4

Abbreviations, above: used by FIFA, as well as in this eBook.
Numbers 1-4, above, correspond to the numbering used for the Groups drawing,
in Leipzig (2005), number one being the seed.squad, in each Group.

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