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FINAL COPY  The 2006 world cup in Germany was be one to remember! In a stunning win over France, Italy has won 5-3 after a penalty shootout ! There were 198 teams that had attempted to compete in the 2006 World Cup and only one team could win. They were at a draw at 1-1 so there was extra time added. An estimated 715.1 million people world wide watched the world cup finals. That makes this year's world cup the most widely viewed sporting event ever that lasted from June 9 to July 9.  This was Italy's fourth World Cup title. Only Brazil has won more. Italy, Germany, Argentina, Brazil and France were the only teams to score more than one goal in a knockout match. Germany's Miroslav Klose won the golden boot, also known as the golden shoe, after scoring 5 goals. The golden boot is awarded to the player who scores the most goals in each World Cup. No other players had scored more than 3 goals. There was also a record-breaking 345 Yellow cards and 28 red cards received from the players. <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 211);">The entire world cup lasted about a month. The <span style="color: rgb(255, 84, 0);">Germany team finished in third. Even though we failed to win the World Cup, there was a sudden increase in patriotic spirit with flag waving, which was originally frowned upon by the German society since World War II. If we keep it up, the spirit may help us out in the next world cup. <span style="color: rgb(255, 84, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> The world cup this year was hosted in Germany. <span style="color: rgb(255, 84, 0);">They got their right to host the world cup in 2000 when there was a <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 211);">bidding for it with four nations. <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 211);">Morocco was the first to be eliminated. Germany won <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 211);">12-11 against South Afric <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 211);">a in the final voting. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(255, 84, 0);">South Africa will host the next World Cup in 2010. The <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 211);">bidding process to host the World Cup started in 2002. It is where the <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 211);">FIFA executive committee votes for the host countries. Each host is decided<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 211);"> six years before the tournament.
 * What a world cup in Germany!**[[image:file:///C:/WINDOWS/Temp/moz-screenshot-5.jpg width="105" height="24"]]

<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(255, 84, 0);"> <span style="color: rgb(255, 84, 0);">The very first World Cup Germany took place in was in 1954 from June 16 to July 4. They had won their first world cup against Hungary 3-2 in the final. This was also the<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 211);"> first year that there was television coverage. The tournament <span style="color: rgb(255, 84, 0);">took place in Switzerland. <span style="color: rgb(255, 84, 0);">16 teams qualified for the tournament. Hungary was unbeaten and the day of the game it started raining. Germany's team captain was said to play his best in rainyweather. <span style="color: rgb(255, 84, 0);">The second World Cup Germany took place in was on July 7 1974 which was held in Munich. <span style="color: rgb(255, 84, 0);">They won it 1-0. When there was a little over a minute on the clock, <span style="color: rgb(255, 84, 0);">Johan Neeskens made the goal that had Germany win the game. It was crazy! <span style="color: rgb(255, 84, 0);">Franz Beckenbauer helped the Dutch make it to the final showdown where they had to play Germany. Germany had a shaky start at first but then they got jeers from their supporters and<span style="color: rgb(255, 84, 0);"> they won 3-0 against Austrailia. In the quarter-finals <span style="color: rgb(255, 84, 0);">Hungary beat Brazil in one of the most violent games in football history. <span style="color: rgb(255, 84, 0);">Austria beat Switzerland in a game that had the most goals in any World Cup match, 7-5. <span style="color: rgb(240, 118, 56);"> **World Cup History**
 * First and Second World Cup For Germany** [[image:file:///C:/WINDOWS/Temp/moz-screenshot-20.jpg]]

<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Since our country has just hosted the World Cup, it would be a good idea to know a little bit about it's history. The world cup takes place <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 211);">every four years. <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 211);">The first World Cup match took place on July 13, 1930. Uruguay hosted it. <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 211);">They won against Argentina 4-2 in the final. Argentina was so upset about losing that in the Argentinian capital a mob threw stones at the Uruguayan consulate. It didn't last a month like they do now though, because <span style="color: rgb(255, 84, 0);">it was from July 13 to July 30. Germany was <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 211);">not in the first world cup because the trip was too expensive to go all the way to South America. <span style="color: rgb(255, 84, 0);"> There were 13 teams that participated in the World Cup although <span style="color: rgb(255, 84, 0);">every country was invited. Two months before the games actually started, no team from Europe had officially entered. The first goal ever for the World Cup was <span style="color: rgb(255, 84, 0);">scored by Lucien Laurent. In the very first World Cup there was a crowd of <span style="color: rgb(255, 84, 0);">about 93,000 people. The first world cup was the only one <span style="color: rgb(255, 84, 0);">without qualification. In the finals they weren't sure who's ball to use so they decided to use <span style="color: rgb(255, 84, 0);">Argentina's ball the first half and Uruguay's the second half. At halftime it was <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 211);">2-1 with Argentina winning. Once Uruguay were using their ball they came back and <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 211);">won at 4-2. All together there were <span style="color: rgb(255, 84, 0);">18 matches and <span style="color: rgb(255, 84, 0);">70 goals made. The <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(255, 84, 0);">US had made third. These are where the teams were from that were in the tournament :

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 * What a world cup in Germany!**

The <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 255);">2006 world cup in Germany was be one to remember! In a stunning <span style="color: rgb(255, 84, 0);">win over France, Italy has won 5-3 after a penalty shootout ! There were 198 teams that had attempted to compete in the 2006 World Cup and only one team could win. They were at a draw at 1-1 so there was extra time added.<span style="color: rgb(255, 84, 0);"> An estimated 715.1 million people world wide watched the world cup finals. That makes this year's world cup the most widely viewed sporting event ever that<span style="color: rgb(255, 84, 0);"> lasted from June 9 to July 9. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <span style="color: rgb(240, 118, 56);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">This was <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 211);">Italy's fourth World Cup title. <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 211);">Only Brazil has won more. Italy, Germany, Argentina, Brazil and France were the only teams to score more than one goal in a knockout match. Germany's Miroslav Klose won the golden boot after scoring 5 goals. No other players had scored more than 3 goals. There was also a record-breaking 345 Yellow cards and 28 red cards received from the players. <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 211);">The entire world cup lasted about a month. The <span style="color: rgb(255, 84, 0);">Germany team finished in third. Even though we failed to win the World Cup, there was a sudden increase in patriotic spirit with flag waving, which was originally frowned upon by the German society since World War II. If we keep it up, the spirit may help us out in the next world cup. The world cup this year was hosted in Germany. <span style="color: rgb(255, 84, 0);">They got their right to host the world cup in 2000 when there was a bidding for it with four nations. Morocco was the first to be eliminated. Germany won 12-11 against South Afric<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">a in the final voting. <span style="color: rgb(255, 84, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(255, 84, 0);">South Africa will host the next World Cup in 2010. The <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 211);">bidding process to host the World Cup started in 2002. It is where the <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 211);">FIFA executive committee votes for the host countries. Each host is decided<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 211);"> six years before the tournament.

<span style="color: rgb(255, 84, 0);">The very first World Cup Germany took place in was in 1954 from June 16 to July 4. They had won their first world cup against Hungary 3-2 in the final. This was also the first year that there was television coverage. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">16 teams qualified for the tournament. Hungary was unbeaten and the day of the game it started raining. Germany's team captain was said to play his best in rainy weather. <span style="color: rgb(255, 84, 0);">The second World Cup Germany took place in was on July 7 1974 which was held in Munich. <span style="color: rgb(255, 84, 0);">They won it 1-0. When there was a little over a minute on the clock, <span style="color: rgb(255, 84, 0);">Johan Neeskens made the goal that had Germany win the game. It was crazy! Franz Beckenbauer helped the Dutch make it to the final showdown where they had to play Germany. Germany had a shaky start at first but then they got jeers from their supporters and<span style="color: rgb(255, 84, 0);"> they won 3-0 against Austrailia.
 * First and Second World Cup For Germany**

<span style="color: rgb(240, 118, 56);"> **World Cup History**

<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Since our country has just hosted the World Cup, it would be a good idea to know a little bit about it's history. <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 211);">The first World Cup match took place on July 18, 1930. Uruguay hosted it. <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 211);">They won against Argentina 4-2 in the final. Germany was not in the first world cup because the trip was too expensive to go all the way to South America. <span style="color: rgb(255, 84, 0);">

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[] <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 211);"> The championship has been awarded every four years since the first tournament in [|1930], except in 1942 and 1946, because of [|World War II]. The current format of the tournament involves 32 teams competing for the title at venues within the host nation(s) over a period of about a month – this phase is often called the //World Cup Finals//. A [|qualification phase], which currently takes place over the preceding three years, is used to determine which teams qualify for the tournament together with the host nation(s). The World Cup is the most widely-viewed sporting event in the world, with an estimated 715.1 million people watching the [|2006 final]. The [|most recent World Cup] was held in Germany in 2006, and was won by [|Italy], who defeated [|France] in the final. The [|next World Cup] will be held in South Africa, between 11 June and 11 July 2010, and the [|2014 World Cup] will be held in Brazil.

Due to the success of the Olympic football tournaments, FIFA, with [|President] [|Jules Rimet] the driving force, again started looking at staging its own international tournament outside of the Olympics. On 28 May 1928, the FIFA Congress in [|Amsterdam] decided to stage a world championship organized by FIFA.[|[][|8][|]] With Uruguay now two-time official football world champions (as 1924 was the start of FIFA's professional era) and to celebrate their [|centenary] of independence in 1930, FIFA named [|Uruguay] as the host country of the [|inaugural World Cup tournament]. The national associations of selected nations were invited to send a team, but the choice of Uruguay as a venue for the competition meant a long and costly trip across the Atlantic Ocean for European sides. In total thirteen nations took part: seven from South America, four from Europe and two from North America. The first two World Cup matches took place simultaneously on 18 July 1930, and were won by [|France] and [|USA], who beat [|Mexico] 4–1 and [|Belgium] 3–0 respectively. In the [|final], [|Uruguay] defeated [|Argentina] 4–2 in front of a crowd of 93,000 people in [|Montevideo], and became the first nation to win the World Cup. The issues facing the early World Cup tournaments were the difficulties of intercontinental travel, and war. Few South American teams were willing to travel to Europe for the [|1934] and [|1938] tournaments, with [|Brazil] the only South American team to compete in both. The 1942 and 1946 competitions were cancelled due to [|World War II] and its aftermath. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"> http://www.topendsports.com/events/worldcupsoccer/hosts/selection.htm The selection of host country for the Football World Cup has changed over time. For all the World Cups between 1930 and 1998, the hosting rights alternated between either Europe, South America, and North America. It was not until the 2002 World Cup, when the tournament was hosted in Asia, that the World Cup was held outside of these three continents.

<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 211);">2002
<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 211);">Initially in the bidding process for the 2002 World Cup, South Korea and Japan were competitors. However, just before the vote they agreed with FIFA to co-host the event. Unfortunately the rivalry and distance between the two countries led to organizational and logistical problems. We will not see a co-hosted event again as in 2004 FIFA officially stated that its statutes did not allow co-hosting bids.

<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 211);">2006
<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 211);"> The decision to award the 2006 World Cup to Germany was controversial, since it was widely expected that the tournament would take place in South Africa. The final tally was 12 votes to 11 in favour of Germany.

<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 211);">Future Host Cities
<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 211);">Following issues with bribery in the lead up to the vote for the 2006 World Cup host city, FIFA has decided to rotate the hosting of the final tournaments between its confederations. At present, the host country is decided six years before the tournament, in a vote by FIFA's executive committee.

<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 211);">2010
<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 211);">The first World Cup bidding process under continental rotation was the 2010 World Cup, in which FIFA accepted five bids from African nations. The winning nation was South Africa, making it the first World Cup held in Africa. It will be the largest sporting event ever held on that continent, as the Olympics have yet to visit there.

<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 211);">2014
<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 211);"> Although the vote will not be made until 2008, The 2014 World Cup, which FIFA has earmarked for the South American region, is expected to be held in Brazil since the South American Football Confederation has already made it their choice.

<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 211);">2018
<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 211);"> Several nations have expressed interest in hosting the 2018 World Cup.

<span style="color: rgb(255, 84, 0);"> __http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_FIFA_World_Cup__ <span style="color: rgb(230, 96, 51);"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 255);"> <span style="color: rgb(240, 118, 56);"> I<span style="color: rgb(240, 118, 56);">t was held from 9 June to 9 July 2006 in Germany, which won the right to [|host] the event in July 2000. The 2006 World Cup stands as one of the most watched events in television history. The final attracted an estimated audience of 715.1 million people. The tournament was won by [|Italy], who claimed their fourth World Cup title in 2006. This was the first World Cup for which the title holders were not granted automatic qualification. <span style="color: rgb(240, 118, 56);"><span style="color: rgb(244, 97, 37);"> 198 teams attempted to qualify for the 2006 World Cup. Czech Republic and Ukraine were making their first appearance as independent nations. For the first time since the 1982 World Cup, all six confederations were represented at the finals tournament. After they failed to win, Germany experienced a sudden increase in patriotic spirit with flag waving, traditionally frowned upon by German society since [|World War II]. <span style="color: rgb(240, 118, 56);">Argentina and Brazil were eliminated in the quarter-finals, leaving an all-European final four for only the fourth time. <span style="color: rgb(240, 118, 56);">Italy, Germany, Argentina, Brazil and France were the only teams to score more than one goal in a knockout match. Germany's [|Miroslav Klose] scored 5 goals to claim the Golden Boot, the lowest total to win the prize since [|1962]. No other player scored more than three goals. For the first time ever in the FIFA World Cup, the first and last goals of the tournament were scored by defenders. Players received a record-breaking 345 yellow cards and 28 red cards. They defeated [|France] 5–3 in a [|penalty shootout] in the final, after [|extra time][|Germany defeated][|Portugal] 3–1 to finish third. had finished in a 1–1 draw. <span style="color: rgb(244, 97, 37);"> <span style="color: rgb(210, 20, 136);"><span style="color: rgb(240, 118, 56);"> T<span style="color: rgb(244, 97, 37);">he vote to choose the hosts of the 2006 tournament was held in July 2000. It involved four bidding nations after [|Brazil] had withdrawn three days earlier. Three rounds of voting were required, each round eliminating the nation with the least votes. The two first rounds were held on July 6, and the third round was held on July 7. Morocco was the first to be eliminated when it got only three votes out of a possible 24; England was eliminated in the second round with only two votes. Germany won the final round of voting 12–11 over South Africa. <span style="color: rgb(244, 97, 37);"> The 2006 wall chart: __http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c0/Worldcup_2006_wallchart.PNG__ <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 255);"> <span style="color: rgb(244, 97, 37);"> ||~ <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Titles ||~ <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Runners-up || || <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">5 ([|1958], [|1962], [|1970], [|1994], [|2002]) || <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">2 ([|1950][|*], [|1998]) || || <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">4 ([|1934][|*], [|1938], [|1982], [|2006]) || <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">2 ([|1970], [|1994]) || || <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">3 ([|1954], [|1974][|*], [|1990]) || <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">4 ([|1966], [|1982], [|1986], [|2002]) || || <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">2 ([|1978][|*], [|1986]) || <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">2 ([|1930], [|1990]) || || <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">2 ([|1930][|*], [|1950]) || <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">– || || <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">1 ([|1998][|*]) || <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">1 ([|2006]) || || <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">1 ([|1966][|*]) || <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">– || || <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">– || <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">2 ([|1974], [|1978]) || || <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">– || <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">2 ([|1934], [|1962]) || || <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">– || <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">2 ([|1938], [|1954]) ||
 * ~ <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Team
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/22px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png width="22" height="15" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil"]] [|Brazil]
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/22px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png width="22" height="15" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy"]] [|Italy]
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/22px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png width="22" height="13" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany"]] [|Germany][|^]
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/22px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png width="22" height="14" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentina"]] [|Argentina]
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Uruguay.svg/22px-Flag_of_Uruguay.svg.png width="22" height="15" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uruguay"]] [|Uruguay]
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/22px-Flag_of_France.svg.png width="22" height="15" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France"]] [|France]
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/22px-Flag_of_England.svg.png width="22" height="13" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/England"]] [|England]
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png width="22" height="15" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlands"]] [|Netherlands]
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Flag_of_Czechoslovakia.svg/22px-Flag_of_Czechoslovakia.svg.png width="22" height="15" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czechoslovakia"]] [|Czechoslovakia][|#]
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/22px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png width="22" height="11" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungary"]] [|Hungary]
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/22px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png width="22" height="14" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweden"]] [|Sweden] || <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">– ||

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