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2006 FIFA World Cup

18th FIFA World Cup, held in Germany
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Summary

2006 FIFA World Cup is a sports season[1]. It ranks in the top 0.07% of sports season entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (43,276 views/month, #26 of 36,855).[2]

Key Facts

  • Winner: Italy men's national association football team[3]
  • Country: Germany[4]
  • Follows: 2002 FIFA World Cup[5]
  • Followed by: 2010 FIFA World Cup[6]
  • Location: Red Bull Arena[7], Allianz Arena[8], Max-Morlock-Stadion[9], Berlin Olympic Stadium[10], Westfalenstadion[11], Arena AufSchalke[12], Volksparkstadion[13], Niedersachsenstadion[14], Waldstadion[15], Fritz Walter Stadium[16], MHPArena[17], RheinEnergie Stadion[18]
  • Commons category: 2006 FIFA World Cup[19]
  • Edition number: 18[20]
  • Has part(s): 2006 FIFA World Cup knockout stage[21]
  • Start time: June 9, 2006[22]
  • End time: July 9, 2006[23]
  • Point in time: 2006[24]
  • Sport: association football[25]
  • Organizer: FIFA[26], 2006 FIFA World Cup Organizing Committee[27]
  • Participant: Niko Kovač[28]
  • Mascot: Goleo VI[29]
  • Topic's main category: Category:2006 FIFA World Cup[30]
  • Commons gallery: FIFA World Cup Germany 2006[31]
  • Attendance: 3,359,439[32]
  • Number of participants: 32[33]
  • Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:2006 FIFA World Cup[34]
  • Number of matches played/races/starts: 64[35]
  • Number of points/goals/set scored: 147[36]
  • Topic has template: Template:2006 FIFA World Cup[37]
  • Motto: A time to make friends[38]
  • Participating team: Germany men's national association football team[39], England men's national association football team[40], France men's national association football team[41], Italy men's national association football team[42], Croatia men's national football team[43], Netherlands national association football team[44], Poland men's national football team[45], Portugal men's national football team[46], Sweden men's national football team[47], Switzerland men's national football team[48], Serbia and Montenegro national football team[49], Spain men's national football team[50], Czechia men's national football team[51], Ukraine men's national football team[52]

Why It Matters

2006 FIFA World Cup has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[53] It is known by 182 alternative names across languages and contexts.[54]

FAQs

What awards did 2006 FIFA World Cup receive?

Honors received include Italy men's national association football team[3].

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Aaron Lennon Abdul Kader Keïta Adriano Agustín Delgado Ahn Jung-hwan Akira Kaji Alberto Gilardino Alessandro Del Piero Alessandro Nesta Alexander Frei Ali Daei Ali Karimi Alou Diarra Anatolii Tymoshchuk Anders Svensson Andranik Teymourian Andrea Barzagli Andrea Pirlo Andreas Isaksson André Ooijer Andrés Guardado Andrés Iniesta Andrii Rusol Andriy Pyatov Andriy Shevchenko Andriy Vorobey Andriy Voronin Angelo Peruzzi Antonio López Antonio Valencia

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [53] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [54] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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