World Cup 2006 Facts and News

Germany will host World Cup 2006 from Friday June 9th 2006 to Sunday July 9th, when the final match will be played at the Olympiastadion in Berlin.

During 4 weeks of competition, 64 games will be played at 12 stadia in the following German cities:

München (Munich)

Gelsenkirchen

Dortmund

Frankfurt

Hamburg

Leipzig

Nürnberg (Nuremberg)

Berlin

Hannover

Köln (Cologne)

Kaiserslautern

Stuttgart

Injury List
Gabriel Heinze (Argentina) - severe knee ligament damage

Wed October 12th, 2005
France 4-0 Cyprus
Italy 2-1 Moldova
England 2-1 Poland
Sweden 3-1 Iceland
San Marino 0-6 Spain
Wales 2-0 Azerbaijan
Finland 0 - 3 Czech Republic
Netherlands 0-0 Macedonia
Portugal 3-0 Latvia

PLAYERS TO WATCH
	Adriano Lionel Messi Roy MaKaay Wayne Rooney Michael Ballack Zinedine Zidane DaMarcus Beasley

RECENT QUALIFIERS
	The host nation Germany is in. These are the other qualifiers: Ukraine, Nether- lands, Poland, England, Portugal, Croatia, Italy, Sweden, Serbia and Mon- tenegro, France, Japan, Iran, S. Korea, Saudi Ara- bia, USA, Mexico, Costa Rica, Paraguay, Ecuador, Argentina, Brazil, Angola, Cote d'Ivoire, Togo, Tuni- sia and Ghana. Qualifiers

WC 2002 Winner: BRAZIL

WC 1998 Winner: FRANCE

WC 1994 Winner: BRAZIL