The Final Contenders 
Statistics & Relevant Data for the top four teams in 2006
Below: - All notes
(0 to 9) follow the Final Contenders table.
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  France |
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 Matches played: 7
 Goals Scored: 12
 Shots on goal: 48
 Shots: 83
 Penalty goals: 1 
 Goalless matches: (1)1
 ⁄ Goal⁄Match ratio: 1.7
 Goals conceded: 2
 Own goals scored: 1 5
 Extra-time played: vs. + vs.
 Penalty shoot-out series: 1
 Penalty saves at shoot-out: –
 Yellow cards: 11
 Red cards: 2
 Fouls committed: 106
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Matches played: 7
Goals Scored: 9
Shots on goal: 35
Shots: 77
Penalty goals: 2
Goalless matches: 1
⁄ Goal⁄Match ratio: 1.3
Goals conceded: 3
Own goals scored: 0
Extra-time played: vs.
Penalty shoot-out series: 1
Penalty saves at shoot-out: –
Yellow cards: 16
Red cards: 1
Fouls committed: 125
2006 Records:  7 |
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Matches played: 7
Goals Scored: 14 (13+1) 0
Shots on goal: 50
Shots: 113
Penalty goals: 0
Goalless matches: (1)1
⁄ Goal⁄Match ratio: 2.0
Goals conceded: 6 3
Own goals scored: 0
Extra-time played: vs. + vs.
Penalty shoot-out series: 1
Penalty saves at shoot-out: 2
Yellow cards: 12
Red cards: 0
Fouls committed: 125
2006 Records:  8 |
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Matches played: 7
Goals Scored: 6
Shots on goal: 51
Shots: 100
Penalty goals: 2
Goalless matches: (1)2
⁄ Goal⁄Match ratio: 1.0
Goals conceded: 5 4
Own goals scored: 1 0
Extra-time played: vs.
Penalty shoot-out series: 1
Penalty saves at shoot-out: 3 6
Yellow cards: 24
Red cards: 2
Fouls committed: 121
2006 Records: 9 |
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| 0 14 goals = 13 goals scored + 1 own goal scored by Portugal in Germany's behalf – 3rd.Place Match |
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| 1 0-0 , during the regular 90 minutes of the Semi-Final match |
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| 2 0-0 , during the regular 90 minutes & the 30-minute extra-time of the Quarter-Final match |
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3 benefitted from a penalty kicked wide by  Sweden, in the - Round of Sixteen match |
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4 benefitted from a penalty kicked wide by  Mexico, in the - First Round Group D match |
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5 own goal scored by : in behalf of the  United States, in the - First Round Group E match |
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6 new World Cup record! See details  . |
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7 There have been no records directly asociated with the French team, in 2006.
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Howerver, it is worth noting that France ended, in 2006, their nearly eight-year long streak with neither World Cup goals, nor World Cup victories, as follows:
 [1] The French win over  Togo (First Round, Group H) was the first World Cup victory for , ever since the  1998 Final Match against  Brazil, in which conquered the  1988 World Cup!
[2] Similarly, France's goal in their 1-1 draw against the  Korea Republic (First Round, Group H), was 's first World Cup goal, ever since had scored in the above-mentioned 1998 Final Match against ! |
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Furthermore, France is indirectly associated with Brazil's streak of eleven consecutive World Cup victories (see details ). For this streak both began and ended in connection with a defeat to (in the 1988 Final Match, and in the 2006 - Quarter-Final match). See, too, note 9, below, for an analogous situation. |
8 Miroslav Klose's five goals in 2006 have earned him the honors of Germany's third World Cup goal scorer (jointly with Rahn). Germany's second World Cup goal scorer is their current ciach, Klinsmann. Since 1970, the top World Cup goal scorer of all had been Gerd Müller, whose record was finally overtaken in 2006 by Ronaldo. See All Time Greatest Scorers-2006 .
9 Luiz Felipe Scolari's record, shared by & : while coaching both teams, he had a record victorious streak of 12 World Cup match wins, starting with Brazil's first World Cup victory following 's defeat to France in the 1998 Final Match (i.e., 's first 2002 win–over 
Turkey–in the inaugural First Round match -), and ended with Portugal's defeat also to , in the 2006 - Semi-Final match. See details .
Curiously, the above record winning streat is likewise 'enclosed' within a period demarcated by two defeats to the French team–see note 7B, above.
The 32 Teams, Rd. by Rd.:
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GER: Germany |
ENG: England |
ARG: Argentina |
MEX: Mexico |
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 CRC: Costa Rica |
 PAR: Paraguay |
 CIV: Côte d'Ivoire |
 IRN: Iran |
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 POL: Poland |
 TRI: Trinidad and Tobago |
 SCG: Serbia and Montenegro |
 ANG: Angola |
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 ECU: Ecuador |
SWE: Sweden |
 NED: Netherlands |
POR: Portugal |
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ITA: Italy |
BRA: Brazil |
FRA: France |
 ESP: Spain |
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 GHA: Ghana |
 CRO: Croatia |
 SUI: Switzerland |
 UKR: Ukraine |
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USA: United States |
 AUS: Australia |
KOR: Korea Republic |
 TUN: Tunisia |
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 CZE: Czech Republic |
 JPN: Japan |
TOG: Togo |
 KSA: Saudi Arabia |
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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:
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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