Check up on the 2006 World Cup  Results

The Football World Cup Championship takes place every 4 years and is open to nations from around the world.

The championship is organised by FIFA ( the International Football Federation, football's governing body) and countries bid to host the event.

The 2006 FIFA Football World Cup took place in Germany from 9 June to 9 July.

With qualifying matches out of the way, the draw for the finals was held in Leipzig on 9 December 2005.

ITALY WON THE 2006 WORLD CUP

The 32 nations from around the world going through to the finals came from the 6 Zones:

African Zone
Asian Zone
European Zone
North American, Central American & Caribbean Zone
South American Zone
Oceania Zone

On 8 June 2006, the championship began with a spectacular gala opening at the newly refurbished Berlin Olympic Stadium.

Competitions began on 9 June with the first match of the 2006 World Cup Championship being held in Munich.

The final of the 2006 World Cup Championship between France and Italy was held in Berlin on 9 July.

Semi-final matches, between Germany and Italy, and France versus Portugal, were in Dortmund on 4 July and in Munich on 5 July.

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In all, the matches took place at 12 stadiums throughout Germany:

In the past, the championship has been dominated by Brazil, who have won the trophy more times than any other country and are, once again, one of the favourites to win 2006 World Cup.

South Africa will host the 2010 FIFA WORLD CUP.

The 2014 World Cup championship finals are expected to take place in Brasil, in line with the policy of rotating World Cup hosting between the various international zones

Following on from its successful Olympic Bid for the 2012 Olympic Games, England is now considering bidding to host the 2018 FIFA Football World Cup Championship.

Australia is also considering bidding.

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Past Football World Cup winners