Discipline 
— 2006 World Cup Statistics
Referees officially started making use of cards in 1970.
The red and yellow cards, inspired in the traffic signs, were
first introduced so as to aid referees in international matches,
thus overcoming recurring linguistic difficulties, up to then.
See here: 
First Round Stats, only.
World Cup Statistics 
A total of 318 have been flashed, in 64 
card⁄match ratio, thus far: 4.97 ⁄
— new yellow card record —
Previous record:
2002 World Cup in Korea-Rep⁄Japan: 272 in 64
A total of 28 have been shown, in 64
card⁄match ratio, thus far: 0.44 ⁄
— new red card record —
Previous record:
1998 World Cup in France: 22 in 64
A total of 2284 
fouls were called, in 64
foul⁄match ratio, thus far: 35.69 ⁄
Compare, below, to the previous ( 2002) World Cup.
See here: First Round Stats, only.
 Most  Least  & All Yellow Cards |
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| Most Least & Total Fouls Committed |
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Compare 2006 to the previous ( 2002) World Cup:
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In all 64 matches played during the 2002 World Cup, 272 were flashed. |
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In all 64 matches played during the 2002 World Cup, 17 were flashed.
Whereas in 2006, this mark was surpassed even before the First Round had been played through! |
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Disciplinarily, the overall 2002 World Cup card⁄match ratio averaged out, as follows: |
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4.25 ⁄ — 0.27 ⁄ 
See here related disciplinary data |
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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Match by Match
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
BRA: Brazil
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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