World Cup: Calendar Watch
– June 9 to July 9, 2006 –
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| 2005 |
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| December 9 |
Drawing of World Cup Groups (in Leipzig) |
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| 2006 |
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| May 15 |
World Cup Rosters due for the 32 competing teams (23 players per squad) |
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| June 9-23 |
World Cup Group Play: First Round (Group winner & runner-up advance to next Round) |
| June 24-27 |
Round of Sixteen (in Munich, Leipzig, Stuttgart, Nuremberg, Kaiserslautern, Cologne, Dortmund and Hanover) |
| June 30-July 1 |
Quarter Finals (in Berlin, Hamburg, Gelsenkirchen and Frankfurt) |
| July 4-5 |
Semi-Finals (in Dortmund and Munich) |
| July 8 |
Third Place Match (in Stuttgart) |
| July 9 |
World Cup Final Match (in Berlin) |
| July 12 |
FIFA World Cup Teams' Ranks issued, following the World Cup |
| July 20 |
FIFA Disciplinary Committee's decision on the Zidane-Materazzi issue (see details) |
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2006 
World Cup
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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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
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
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