World Cup: Calendar Watch

– June 9 to July 9, 2006 –

Dates	Events


2005
December 9	Drawing of World Cup Groups (in Leipzig)

2006
May 15	World Cup Rosters due for the 32 competing teams (23 players per squad)

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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1st Round	Round of Sixteen	Quarter-Finals

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Matches: Group A	Matches: Group B	Matches: Group C	Matches: Group D

Matches: Group E	Matches: Group F	Matches: Group G	Matches: Group H

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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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