2006 FIFA World Cup

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FIFA World Cup international football tournament sports event

The 2006 FIFA World Cup was the 18th edition of the men's international football championship, held across multiple cities in Germany and won by Italy after a final against France.

Aliases (4)

Statements (62)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	FIFA World Cup → international football tournament → sports event →
bestGoalkeeper	Gianluigi Buffon →
bestPlayer	Zinedine Zidane →
bestYoungPlayer	Lukas Podolski →
champion	Italy national football team →
confederations	6 →
continent	Europe →
country	Germany →
editionNumber	18 →
endDate	2006-07-09 →
fairPlayAward	Brazil national football team → Spain national football team →
finalDate	2006-07-09 →
finalist	France national football team → Italy national football team →
finalScore	Italy 1–1 France (a.e.t., 5–3 on penalties) →
finalVenue	Olympiastadion Berlin →
fourthPlace	Portugal national football team →
gender	men's →
goalsScored	147 →
GoldenBallWinner	Zinedine Zidane →
GoldenGloveWinner	Gianluigi Buffon →
hostCity	Berlin → Cologne → Dortmund → Frankfurt → Gelsenkirchen → Hamburg → Hanover → Kaiserslautern → Leipzig → Munich → Nuremberg → Stuttgart →
hostCountry	Germany →
hostSelectionCity	Zurich →
hostSelectionCountry	Switzerland →
hostSelectionDate	2000-07-06 →
mascot	Goleo VI →
matchesPlayed	64 →
nextEdition	2010 FIFA World Cup →
numberOfTeams	32 →
officialAnthem	Celebrate the Day →
officialBall	Teamgeist →
officialSong	The Time of Our Lives →
openingMatchCity	Munich →
openingMatchDate	2006-06-09 →
openingMatchVenue	Allianz Arena →
organizer	FIFA →
previousEdition	2002 FIFA World Cup →
qualificationEndYear	2005 →
qualificationStartYear	2003 →
runnerUp	France national football team →
slogan	A time to make friends →
sport	association football →
startDate	2006-06-09 →
thirdPlace	Germany national football team →
topScorer	Miroslav Klose →
topScorerGoals	5 →
winner	Italy national football team →

Referenced by (31)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Bastian Schweinsteiger → Bruce Arena → Gianluigi Buffon → Guillermo Ochoa → Landon Donovan → Lukas Podolski → Patrick Vieira → Tim Cahill →	participatedIn
Olympiastadion Berlin ("2006 FIFA World Cup matches") → Olympiastadion Berlin ("2006 FIFA World Cup Final") → Volksparkstadion ("2006 FIFA World Cup matches") →	hostedEvent
Frank Lampard → Miroslav Klose →	playedInTournament
Goleo VI ("2006 FIFA World Cup opening ceremony") →	appearsIn
The Time of Our Lives ("2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany") →	associatedWithEvent
Goleo VI →	event
Ghana national football team →	firstWorldCupAppearance
Germany →	hasHostedEvent
2002 FIFA World Cup →	nextEdition
The Time of Our Lives →	officialAnthemOf
Teamgeist →	officialMatchBallOf
DaMarcus Beasley →	participantIn
2010 FIFA World Cup →	previousEdition
Zinedine Zidane ("2006 FIFA World Cup Final") →	redCardInWorldCupFinal
Tim Cahill →	scoredInTournament
The Time of Our Lives ("2006 FIFA World Cup opening ceremony") →	usedFor
Teamgeist Berlin ("2006 FIFA World Cup Final") →	usedInMatch
Teamgeist →	usedInTournament
Gianluigi Buffon →	won
Italy national football team →	wonWorldCup
Trinidad and Tobago national football team →	WorldCupDebut