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A day by day guide to World Cup 2006
World Cup Fixtures
Below are all the first phase games in this year's tournament in date order. Navigate to a full list of a country's fixtures and venue by clicking the link below their first game matches or if the game has been played click the results to see line-ups, goalscorers, substitutions, links to player profiles, bookings and sendings off.
The first round of the World Cup is played on a 'round robin' basis. There are eight groups each containing four teams with six fixtures in total. Each team plays each other once with the two teams obtaining the most points going through to the next knockout stage.
If teams are level on points after the group fixtures who qualifies?
If teams finish level on points then the team with the best goal difference (goals scored minus goals conceded) goes through.
…. and if they have the same goal difference?
The team who has scored the most goals in the group stage progresses.
…and if they've scored the same amount of goals?
The result of the fixture between the two sides will be the deciding factor.
…and if that game was a draw?
They'll draw bloody lots!! It happened in 1990 between Netherlands and Ireland. Ireland won the drawing of lots. The luck of the Irish.
None of this nonesense was needed in World Cup 2006 as all the teams qualified for the round of sixteen because they collected more points than the other teams. How fair is that? How boring is that?
FRIDAY 9 JUNE
Germany v Costa Rica Munich, 1700
Poland v Ecuador Gelsenkirchen, 2000
All Germany results
All Costa Rica results
All Poland results
All Ecuador results
SATURDAY 10 JUNE
England v Paraguay Frankfurt, 1400
Trinidad & Tobago v Sweden Dortmund, 1700
Argentina v Ivory Coast Hamburg, 2000
All England results
All Paraguay results
All Trinidad & Tobago results
All Sweden results
All Argentina results
All Ivory Coast results
SUNDAY 11 JUNE
Serbia. v Holland Leipzig, 1400
Mexico v Iran Nuremberg, 1700
Angola v Portugal Cologne, 2000
All Serbia results
All Holland results
All Mexico results
All Iran results
All Angola results
All Portugal results
MONDAY 12 JUNE
Australia v Japan Kaiserslautern, 1400
USA v Czech Republic Gelsenkirchen, 1700
Italy v Ghana Hanover, 2000
All Australia results
All Japan results
All USA results
All Czech Republic results
All Italy results
All Ghana results
TUESDAY 13 JUNE
South Korea v Togo Frankfurt, 1400
France v Switzerland Stuttgart, 1700
Brazil v Croatia Berlin, 2000
All Togo results
All Switzerland results
All South Korea results
All France results
All Brazil results
All Croatia results
WEDNESDAY 14 JUNE
Spain v Ukraine Leipzig, 1400
Tunisia v Saudi Arabia Munich, 1700
Germany v Poland Dortmund, 2000
All Saudi Arabia results
All Tunisia results
All Ukraine results
All Spain results
THURSDAY 15 JUNE
Ecuador v Costa Rica Hamburg, 1400
England v Trinidad & Tobago Nuremberg, 1700
Sweden v Paraguay Berlin, 2000
FRIDAY 16 JUNE
Argentina v Serbia Gelsenkirchen, 1400
Holland v Ivory Coast Stuttgart, 1700
Mexico v Angola Hanover, 2000
SATURDAY 17 JUNE
Portugal v Iran Frankfurt, 1400
Czech Republic v Ghana Cologne, 1700
Italy v USA Kaiserslautern, 2000
SUNDAY 18 JUNE
Japan v Croatia Nuremberg, 1400
Brazil v Australia Munich, 1700
France v South Korea Leipzig, 2000
MONDAY 19 JUNE
Togo v Switzerland Dortmund, 1400
Saudi Arabia v Ukraine Hamburg, 1700
Spain v Tunisia Stuttgart, 2000
TUESDAY 20 JUNE
Group A final games
Ecuador v Germany Berlin, 1500
Costa Rica v Poland Hanover, 1500
Group B final games
Paraguay v Trinidad Kaiserslautern, 2000
Sweden v England Cologne, 2000
WEDNESDAY 21 JUNE
Group D final games
Portugal v Mexico Gelsenkirchen, 1500
Iran v Angola Leipzig, 1500
Group C final games
Ivory Coast v Serbia Munich, 2000
Holland v Argentina Frankfurt, 2000
THURSDAY 22 JUNE
Group E final games
Czech Republic v Italy Hamburg, 1500
Ghana v USA Nuremburg, 1500
Group F final games
Japan v Brazil Dortmund, 2000
Croatia v Australia Stuttgart, 2000
FRIDAY 23 JUNE
Group H final games
Ukraine v Tunisia Berlin, 1500
Saudi Arabia v Spain, 1500
Group G final games
Switzerland v South Korea Hanover, 2000
Togo v France Cologne, 2000
SATURDAY 24 JUNE
Group of 16
Germany v Sweden Munich, 1600
Argentina v Mexico Leipzig, 2000
SUNDAY 25 JUNE
Group of 16
England v Ecuador Stuttgart, 1600
Portugal v Holland Nuremburg, 2000
MONDAY 26 JUNE
Group of 16
Italy v Australia Kaiserlautern, 1600
Switzerland v Ukraine Cologne, 2000
TUESDAY 27 JUNE
Group of 16
Brazil v Ghana Dortmund, 1600
Spain v France Hanover, 2000
FRIDAY 30 JUNE
Quarter-Finals
Germany v Argentina Berlin, 1600
FRIDAY 30 JUNE
Quarter-Finals
Italy v Ukraine MATCH 6 Hamburg, 2000
SATURDAY 1 JULY
Quarter-Finals
England v Portugal Gelsenkirchen, 1600
SATURDAY 1 JULY
Quarter-Finals
Brazil v France Franfurt, 2000
TUESDAY 4 JULY
Semi-Finals
Germany v Italy Dortmund 2000
WEDNESDAY 5 JULY
Semi-Finals
Portugal v France Munich, 2000
SUNDAY 9 JULY
Italy v France
Berlin, 1900
