2006 FIFA World Cup
The "all star team" is a squad consisting of the 23 most impressive players at the 2006 World Cup, as selected by FIFA's Technical Study Group. The team was chosen from a shortlist of over 50 players, and was selected based on performances from the second round onwards.[20]
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Scorers
Miroslav Klose received the adidas Golden Shoe award for scoring five goals in the World Cup. This was the lowest number of goals scored by a tournament's top goalscorer since six players tied on four goals each in 1962. In total, 147 goals were scored (four of which were own goals).
See also
- 2006 FIFA World Cup:
- Leeuwenhosen controversy
- Adidas Teamgeist
- World Cup 2006 travel guide from Wikitravel
- Voices from the FIFA World Cup
- Several countries celebrated this major event with the minting of specially high value commemorative coins. Among them is the Belgian 20 euro Germany 2006 FIFA World Cup Coin. The obverse of the coin shows a soccer player with a ball, right above them '2006 FIFA World Cup Germany' can be clearly seen.
References and footnotes
- ^ World Cup and Television (PDF). FIFA (2006). Retrieved on 2007-06-06.
- ^ The FIFA World Cup TV viewing figures (PDF). FIFA. Retrieved on 2007-10-31.
- ^ "FIFA acknowledges Brazil’s withdrawal from 2006 World Cup race", FIFA.com, 2000-07-04. Retrieved on 2008-03-29.
- ^ "FIFA World Cup 2006 : Results of First Two Rounds of Voting", FIFA.com, 2000-07-06. Retrieved on 2008-03-29.
- ^ "Call for World Cup re-vote", BBC Sport, 2000-07-07. Retrieved on 2007-06-25.
- ^ "Legal threat over World Cup prank", BBC News, 2000-07-08. Retrieved on 2007-06-25.
- ^ "S. Africa Confident of Blatter's Support to Host 2006 World Cup", People's Daily Online, 2000-01-19. Retrieved on 2007-06-25.
- ^ "Voting procedure for 2006 FIFA World Cup decision", FIFA.com, 2000-07-05. Retrieved on 2008-03-29.
- ^ "Record number of 204 teams enter preliminary competition", FIFA, 2007-03-03. Retrieved on 2008-03-29.
- ^ a b "Stadiums renamed for Fifa sponsors", BBC, 2006-06-06. Retrieved on 2008-03-29.
- ^ "Deadline for submitting list of 23 players remains 15 May 2006", FIFA.com, 2006-03-16. Retrieved on 2008-03-28.
- ^ "FIFA Organising Committee approves team classifications and final draw procedure", FIFA.com, 2005-12-06. Retrieved on 2008-03-29.
- ^ Wilson, Paul. "An easy group? Draw your own conclusions", The Observer, 2005-12-11. Retrieved on 2006-06-26.
- ^ Palmer, Kevin (2006-05-24). Group C Tactics Board. ESPNsoccernet. Retrieved on 2006-06-26.
- ^ O'Dea, Joseph (2006-05-18). FIFA changes World Cup tie-breaking rules. Retrieved on 2006-06-29.
- ^ "South African to learn lessons from Germany", The 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany, 2006-07-09. Retrieved on 2006-07-27.
- ^ Zeigler, Mark. "World Cup quarterfinals", Union Tribune, 2006-06-30. Retrieved on 2008-03-31.
- ^ "Who's to blame for Cup card frenzy?", BBC Sport, 2006-06-26. Retrieved on 2006-07-23.
- ^ "Italy wins World Cup", CBC Sports, 2006-07-09. Retrieved on 2006-10-05.
- ^ Associated Press. "France, Italy dominate World Cup all-star squad", CBC, 2006-07-07. Retrieved on 2006-08-11.
External links
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Official sites
- Official FIFA World Cup site
- Organizing Committee Site
- Official Artistic and Cultural Programme to the FIFA World Cup 2006 curated by André Heller
Other sites
- Official World Cup Charity *(confirmation at FIFA website)
- Footballing World - World Cup Analysis
- BBC 2006 World Cup coverage
- ESPN 2006 World Cup coverage
- USATODAY 2006 World Cup Bracket
- The New York Times 2006 World Cup Flash
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