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Tournament details | |
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Host country | Russia |
Dates | 7 May – 7 June (30 days) |
Teams | 48 (from 6 confederations) |
Venue(s) | 12 (in 12 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Denmark |
Runners-up | Nigeria |
Third place | Turkey |
Fourth place | Norway |
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The 2006 FIFA Rimet Cup was the 9th edition of FIFA Rimet Cup, a quadrennial world championship for men's national football teams organized by FIFA, for the top teams in FIFA World Cup qualification that do not qualify for the FIFA World Cup. It took place in Russia from 7 May to 7 June 2006, after the country was awarded the hosting rights in 2005.
Qualification
editDirect bye to group stage
edit16 nations earned a berth directly into the group stage of the competition. Of the 16 teams, 5 were from UEFA (including the host, Russia), 3 from AFC, 3 from CAF, 2 from CONMEBOL, 2 from CONCACAF, and 1 from OFC.
Team | Method of qualification |
Date of qualification |
Finals appearance |
Consecutive appearances |
Previous best performance |
FIFA Ranking[nb 1] |
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Russia | Hosts | 18 June 2005 | ||||
Kuwait | AFC Third Round Group 1 4th place | 17 August 2005 | ||||
Solomon Islands | OFC Final Round Runners-Up | 6 September 2005 | ||||
Cameroon | CAF Second Round Group 3 Runners-Up | 9 September 2005 | ||||
Nigeria | CAF Second Round Group 4 Runners-Up | 9 September 2005 | ||||
Senegal | CAF Second Round Group 1 Runners-Up | 9 September 2005 | ||||
Colombia | CONMEBOL 6th place | 12 October 2005 | ||||
Guatemala | CONCACAF Fourth Round 5th place | 12 October 2005 | ||||
Panama | CONCACAF Fourth Round 6th place | 12 October 2005 | ||||
Romania | UEFA Group 1 3rd place | 12 October 2005 | ||||
Uzbekistan | AFC Fourth Round Runner-up | 12 October 2005 | ||||
Bahrain | CONCACAF–AFC play-off Runner-up | 16 November 2005 | ||||
Slovakia | UEFA play-off Runners-Up | 16 November 2005 | ||||
Norway | UEFA play-off Runners-Up | 16 November 2005 | ||||
Turkey | UEFA play-off Runners-Up | 16 November 2005 | ||||
Uruguay | CONMEBOL–OFC play-off Runner-Up | 16 November 2005 |
Participate in the qualifying round
edit32 nations entered in the qualifying round, which is a two-legged home and away series that was played on 10 February and 19 February 2006. Of the 32 teams, 14 were from UEFA, 1 was from CONMEBOL, 3 from CONCACAF, 2 from OFC, 6 from AFC, and 6 from CAF.
Team | Method of qualification |
Date of qualification |
Finals appearance |
Consecutive appearances |
Previous best performance |
FIFA Ranking[nb 2] |
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New Zealand | 2004 OFC Nations Cup 3rd place | 4 June 2004 | ||||
Fiji | 2004 OFC Nations Cup 4th place | 6 June 2004 | ||||
United Arab Emirates | AFC Second Round Group 5 2nd place | 9 June 2004 | ||||
China | AFC Second Round Group 4 2nd place | 8 September 2004 | ||||
Honduras | CONCACAF Third Round Group 2 3rd place | 14 November 2004 | ||||
Jamaica | CONCACAF Third Round Group 1 3rd place | 14 November 2004 | ||||
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | CONCACAF Third Round Group 3 3rd place | 14 November 2004 | ||||
Iraq | AFC Second Round Group 2 2nd place | 16 November 2004 | ||||
Jordan | AFC Second Round Group 1 2nd place | 17 November 2004 | ||||
Lebanon | AFC Second Round Group 7 2nd place | 17 November 2004 | ||||
North Korea | AFC Third Round Group 2 4th place | 8 June 2005 | ||||
DR Congo | CAF Second Round Group 2 2nd place | 8 October 2005 | ||||
Morocco | CAF Second Round Group 5 2nd place | 8 October 2005 | ||||
Egypt | CAF Second Round Group 3 3rd place | 8 October 2005 | ||||
Guinea | CAF Second Round Group 5 3rd place | 8 October 2005 | ||||
South Africa | CAF Second Round Group 2 3rd place | 8 October 2005 | ||||
Zambia | CAF Second Round Group 1 3rd place | 8 October 2005 | ||||
Chile | CONMEBOL 7th place | 12 October 2005 | ||||
Denmark | UEFA Group 2 3rd place | 12 October 2005 | ||||
Northern Ireland | UEFA Group 6 4th place | 12 October 2005 | ||||
Israel | UEFA Group 4 3rd place | 12 October 2005 | ||||
Scotland | UEFA Group 5 3rd place | 12 October 2005 | ||||
Austria | UEFA Group 6 3rd place | 12 October 2005 | ||||
Bosnia and Herzegovina | UEFA Group 7 3rd place | 12 October 2005 | ||||
Bulgaria | UEFA Group 8 3rd place | 12 October 2005 | ||||
Finland | UEFA Group 1 4th place | 12 October 2005 | ||||
Greece | UEFA Group 2 4th place | 12 October 2005 | ||||
Estonia | UEFA Group 3 4th place | 12 October 2005 | ||||
Republic of Ireland | UEFA Group 4 4th place | 12 October 2005 | ||||
Slovenia | UEFA Group 5 4th place | 12 October 2005 | ||||
Belgium | UEFA Group 7 4th place | 12 October 2005 | ||||
Hungary | UEFA Group 8 4th place | 12 October 2005 |
Venues
editSchedule
editDraw
editFor the draw, the teams were allocated to four pots based on the FIFA World Rankings of February 2006. Pot 1 contained the hosts Russia (who were automatically assigned to Position A1) and the best seven teams, Pot 2 contained the next best eight teams, and so on for Pots 3 and 4. Teams from the same confederation were not drawn against each other for the group stage, except for UEFA where each group contained up to two teams.
Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
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Russia (34) (hosts) |
Senegal (29) |
Finland (46) |
DR Congo (73) |
Squads
editQualifying round
editThe first legs were played on 10 February 2006 and the second legs were played on 19 February 2006.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Pacific Cluster | ||||
North Korea | 1–3 | China | 1–1 | 0–2 |
Lebanon | 4–4 (a) | United Arab Emirates | 2–1 | 2–3 |
Iraq | 5–1 | Jordan | 2–0 | 3–1 |
Fiji | 2–4 | New Zealand | 1–0 | 1–4 |
African Cluster | ||||
Zambia | 2–3 | DR Congo | 2–1 | 0–2 |
Guinea | 0–2 | Morocco | 0–0 | 0–2 |
South Africa | 2–1 | Egypt | 1–0 | 1–1 |
Americas Cluster | ||||
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2–6 | Jamaica | 2–3 | 0–3 |
Honduras | 1–0 | Chile | 1–0 | 0–0 |
UEFA Cluster | ||||
Hungary | 4–5 | Denmark | 3–2 | 1–3 |
Belgium | 2–0 | Northern Ireland | 1–0 | 1–0 |
Slovenia | 1–4 | Israel | 0–2 | 1–2 |
Republic of Ireland | 1–1 (a) | Scotland | 1–1 | 0–0 |
Estonia | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | Austria | 1–0 | 1–1 (a.e.t.) |
Greece | 4–0 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3–0 | 1–0 |
Finland | 0–0 (7–6 p) | Bulgaria | 0–0 | 0–0 (a.e.t.) |
Group stage
editGroup A
editPos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Russia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 7 | Advance to knockout round |
2 | Norway | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 6 | |
3 | China | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 2 | |
4 | Guatemala | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 1 |
Group B
editPos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Finland | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 5 | Advance to knockout round |
2 | Morocco | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 5 | |
3 | Greece | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 5 | |
4 | Kuwait | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | −6 | 0 |
Group C
editPos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Jamaica | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 7 | Advance to knockout round |
2 | DR Congo | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 5 | |
3 | Uruguay | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 4 | |
4 | Scotland | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 0 |
Group D
editPos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Romania | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 9 | Advance to knockout round |
2 | Nigeria | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 4 | |
3 | Belgium | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 4 | |
4 | Lebanon | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | −10 | 0 |
Group E
editPos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Denmark | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 7 | Advance to knockout round |
2 | Uzbekistan | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
3 | Senegal | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 4 | |
4 | Estonia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 1 |
Senegal | 0–0 | Uzbekistan |
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Denmark | 2–1 | Uzbekistan |
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Uzbekistan | 3–2 | Estonia |
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Group F
editPos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Colombia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 4 | +11 | 7 | Advance to knockout round |
2 | South Africa | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 3 | +9 | 5 | |
3 | Israel | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 4 | |
4 | Solomon Islands | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 26 | −25 | 0 |
South Africa | 2–2 | Colombia |
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Israel | 1–1 | South Africa |
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Solomon Islands | 1–10 | Colombia |
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Group G
editPos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Iraq | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 7 | Advance to knockout round |
2 | Cameroon | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 4 | |
3 | Honduras | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 2 | |
4 | New Zealand | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 2 |
New Zealand | 0–2 | Cameroon |
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New Zealand | 1–1 | Iraq |
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Honduras | 1–1 | New Zealand |
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Group H
editPos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Slovakia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 9 | Advance to knockout round |
2 | Turkey | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 6 | |
3 | Panama | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 3 | |
4 | Bahrain | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 0 |
Knockout round
editRound of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||
26 May – Rostov | ||||||||||||||
Finland | 2 | |||||||||||||
29 May – St. Petersburg | ||||||||||||||
Norway (a.e.t.) | 3 | |||||||||||||
Norway | 2 | |||||||||||||
26 May – Kazan | ||||||||||||||
Morocco | 0 | |||||||||||||
Jamaica | 0 | |||||||||||||
3 June – Yekaterinburg | ||||||||||||||
Morocco | 2 | |||||||||||||
Norway | 0 | |||||||||||||
26 May – Vladivostok | ||||||||||||||
Denmark | 1 | |||||||||||||
Denmark | 2 | |||||||||||||
29 May – Kazan | ||||||||||||||
Cameroon | 1 | |||||||||||||
Denmark (a.e.t.) | 2 | |||||||||||||
26 May – Moscow | ||||||||||||||
Russia | 1 | |||||||||||||
Russia | 3 | |||||||||||||
7 June – Moscow | ||||||||||||||
Uzbekistan | 1 | |||||||||||||
Denmark | 2 | |||||||||||||
27 May – Novosibirsk | ||||||||||||||
Nigeria | 1 | |||||||||||||
Iraq (pen.) | 0 (5) | |||||||||||||
30 May – Moscow | ||||||||||||||
South Africa | 0 (3) | |||||||||||||
Iraq | 0 | |||||||||||||
27 May – Novogorod | ||||||||||||||
Turkey | 1 | |||||||||||||
Colombia | 0 | |||||||||||||
3 June – Voronezh | ||||||||||||||
Turkey | 1 | |||||||||||||
Turkey | 0 | |||||||||||||
27 May – Omsk | ||||||||||||||
Nigeria | 2 | Third place | ||||||||||||
Romania | 2 | |||||||||||||
30 May – Omsk | 6 June – St. Petersburg | |||||||||||||
DR Congo | 1 | |||||||||||||
Romania | 1 (3) | Norway | 0 | |||||||||||
27 May – St. Petersburg | ||||||||||||||
Nigeria (pen.) | 1 (4) | Turkey | 1 | |||||||||||
Slovakia | 1 | |||||||||||||
Nigeria | 2 | |||||||||||||
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