2006年fifa世界杯,fifa世界杯2006
1.麻烦给我一些2006FIFA世界杯的资料~要全英文的~拜托了
门将：莱曼
后卫：弗里德里希、默特萨克、梅策尔德、拉姆
中场：施奈德、博罗夫斯基、弗林斯、施魏因斯泰格
前锋：波多尔斯基、克洛泽
北京时间2000年7月6日晚8：05，国际足联主席布拉特在苏黎世国际足联总部宣布德国成为2006年世界杯东道主，日尔曼人成了第一支入围2006年世界杯的球队。
扩展资料：
2006年德国世界杯（英语：2006 FIFA World Cup，德语：2006 FIFA Weltmeisterschaft）是第18届世界杯足球赛。决赛于2006年6月9日至7月9日在德国境内的12座球场举行。这是继1974年后世界杯第二次在德国举行，也是继1998年后世界杯再次在欧洲举行。
北京时间2006年7月10日2时，世界杯决赛在柏林奥林匹克球场举行。最终意大利通过点球大战5比3击败法国夺冠。
百度百科-2006年德国世界杯
麻烦给我一些2006FIFA世界杯的资料~要全英文的~拜托了
2006年世界杯会歌《Celebrate The Day(庆祝这一天)》
2006年世界杯主题曲《The Time Of Our Lives(生命之巅)》
以及2006年世界杯决赛表演歌曲《Hip’s Don’t Lie(不会说谎)》。
Celebrate the day ---2006 FIFA World Cup Anthem
To win again 再次获胜
to never stop finding 从未停止裁决
moving as one 齐心合力
is the word for home 是所有诺言的归宿
begin to place 开始
yourself in the big frame 每一个人都属于这个集体
when you dream 在你梦想的时候
when you dream 在你梦想的时候
away. . . away 在远处
Then amadou and MAriam verse1:
EN AVANT POUR LA VICTOIRE 圣火在燃烧
EN AVANT POUR LA VICTOIRE 圣火在燃烧
C'EST LE MOMENT DE L'ESPOIR 希望的片刻
C'EST LE MOMENT DE L'ESPOIR 希望的片刻
Let the sweet air 让新鲜的空气
fill our hearts 填充我们的心灵
walk on and celebrate the... 庆祝这一天
Day the day the day celebrate the day etc. 这一天
Grab your drums 鼓掌
paint your soul 沉静你的心灵
feel the roar and celebrate the... 感受呼喊和庆祝的气息
To win again 再次获胜
to never stop climbing 不要停止攀登
the rising road
of ultimate faith 通往信念不断延伸的跑道
unity 团结
the world in a heartbeat 这个心跳的世界
when you dream 在你梦想的时候
when you dream 在你梦想的时候
away. . .away 在远处
The Time Of Our Lives
There was a dream
Long time ago
There was a dream
Destined to grow
Hacerse pasion (To become passion)
Con fuego abrazar (and to hug with fire)
El deseo de dar sin fin (the will to give in an endless way)
El deseo de ganar (the will to win)
For a lifetime of progress
That runs here today
We’ll go all the way
Hey they feel like having the time of our lives
Let’s light the fire find the plain
Let’s go together as one inside
’Cause it feels like we’re having the time of our lives
We’ll find the glory and the pain
All that we are, for all that we are
For time of our lives
Hoy es el dia (Today is the day)
Es la ocasion de triunfar (the time to succeed)
Para hacer realidad el destino que so?abamos conseguir (reality the destiny we dreamt to achieve)
Una vida de lucha nos trajo hasta aqui (A life of fight brought us here)
Y llegare hasta el final (and I'll keep on till the end)
Heaven knows
’Cause it feels like we’re having the time of our lives
Juntos, unidos, triunfara nuestro deseo de ser el mejor (Together, united, the will to be the best will win)
’Cause it feels like we’re having the time of our lives
Hasta la gloria, junto a ti, (Till the glory, along with you )
Llego el momento de la verdad (the moment of truth has arrived)
El momento llego (The moment arrived)
Y ya nunca jamas lo podre olvidar...
(And now I will never ever forget it...)
’Cause it feels like we’re having the time of our lives
Juntos, unidos, triunfara nuestro deseo de ser el mejor (Together, united, the will to be the best will win)
’Cause it feels like we’re having the time of our lives
Hasta la gloria, junto a ti, (Till the glory, along with you )
El momento llego (The moment arrived)
El momento llego (The moment arrived)
We’ll find the glory we’ll be there
For all that we are
For one thing that we wanna be and all that we are
For the time of our lives
For the time of our lives
中文歌词
生命之巅
这里有一个梦想
在很久很久以前
这里有一个梦想
不停的向热情蔓延
胸中充满烈火
世界万物都拥有信念
一个愿望就是胜利
为了今天不会带给我们
一生难以忍受的悲伤和失望
我们将一直努力
感觉我们已经拥有了生命之颠
到处都是阳光和雨露
让我们团结成为一体
因为感觉告诉我们
我们已经拥有了生命之颠
我们在最后拥有的最高的荣誉
为了所有的人
为了所有的人
为了我们的生命之颠
就是这片刻
这是我们的机会
去做我们想做的事
那些我们希望的事
为了今天不会带给我们
一生难以忍受的悲伤和失望
我们将一直努力
感觉我们已经拥有了生命之颠
我永远不会忘记
永远不会
Hip’s Don’t Lie
★Hips Don't Lie- Bamboo★
Ladies up Up in here tonight
No fighting, no fighting
We got the refugees up in here
No fighting, no fighting
Shakira, Shakira
I never really knew that she could dance like this
She makes a man wants to speak Spanish
Como se llama, bonita, mi casa, su casa
Shakira, Shakira
Oh baby when you talk like that
You make a woman go mad
So be wise and keep on
Reading the signs of my body
And I'm on tonight
You know my hips don't lie
And I'm starting to feel it's right
All the attraction, the tension
Don't you see baby, this is perfection
Hey Girl, I can see your body moving
And it's driving me crazy
And I didn't have the slightest idea
Until I saw you dancing
And when you walk up on the dance floor
Nobody cannot ignore the way you move your body, girl
And everything so unexpected - the way you right and left it
So you can keep on taking it
I never really knew that she could dance like this
She makes a man want to speak Spanish
Como se llama, bonita, mi casa, su casa
Shakira, Shakira
Oh baby when you talk like that
You make a woman go mad
So be wise and keep on
Reading the signs of my body
And I'm on tonight
You know my hips don't lie
And I am starting to feel you boy
Come on lets go, real slow
Don't you see baby asi es perfecto
Oh I know I am on tonight my hips don't lie
And I am starting to feel it's right
All the attraction, the tension
Don't you see baby, this is perfection
Shakira, Shakira
Oh boy, I can see your body moving
Half animal, half man
I don't, don't really know what I'm doing
But you seem to have a plan
My will and self restraint
Have come to fail now, fail now
See, I am doing what I can, but I can't so you know
That's a bit too hard to explain
Baila en la calle de noche
Baila en la calle de día
Baila en la calle de noche
Baila en la calle de día
I never really knew that she could dance like this
She makes a man want to speak Spanish
Como se llama, bonita, mi casa, su casa
Shakira, Shakira
Oh baby when you talk like that
You know you got me hypnotized
So be wise and keep on
Reading the signs of my body
Senorita, feel the conga, let me see you move like you come from Colombia
Mira en Barranquilla se baila así, say it!
Mira en Barranquilla se baila así
Yeah
She's so sexy every man's fantasy a refugee like me back with the Fugees from a 3rd world country
I go back like when 'pac carried crates for Humpty Humpty
I need a whole club dizzy
Why the CIA wanna watch us?
Colombians and Haitians
I ain't guilty, it's a musical transaction
No more do we snatch ropes
Refugees run the seas 'cause we own our own boats
I'm on tonight, my hips don't lie
And I'm starting to feel you boy
Come on let's go, real slow
Baby, like this is perfecto
Oh, you know I am on tonight and my hips don't lie
And I am starting to feel it's right
The attraction, the tension
Baby, like this is perfection
No fighting
No fighting
不会说谎
女士们 今夜在这里舞动起来
没有是非 没有争斗
我们在这里舞动起来
没有是非 没有争斗
(夏奇拉, 夏奇拉)
我从未意识 她能如此欢快的跳舞
人们纷纷说起西班牙语
你的名字是? 美丽的 我的家 他的家
(夏奇拉, 夏奇拉)
哦 宝贝 当你这样说话的时候
人们为你如此着迷
所以 用你的智慧继续
细读我的舞蹈
于是今夜 我欢快的跳舞
你知道 我的舞蹈不会说谎
于是 我开始感觉到这一刻
所有的吸引 所有的不安
你看见了吗 这便是完美
嗨 女孩 我能看见你舞动的身影
于是 我着迷
于是 我迷失
直到看见你在跳舞
当你舞动的脚步划过地面
所有人都为你而注目 女孩
让人意想不到 - 忽左而忽右
所以 请继续跳吧
我从未意识 她能如此欢快的跳舞
人们纷纷说起西班牙语
你的名字是? 美丽的 我的家 他的家
(夏奇拉, 夏奇拉)
哦 宝贝 当你这样说话的时候
人们为你如此着迷
所以 用你的智慧继续
细读我的舞蹈
于是今夜 我欢快的跳舞
你知道 我的舞蹈不会说谎
于是 我开始感觉到你的存在
来吧 让我们一起慢慢的舞动
你看见了吗 这便是完美
哦 我知道 今夜我正欢快的跳舞 我的舞蹈不会说谎
于是 我开始感觉到这一刻
所有的吸引 所有的不安
你看见了吗 这便是完美
(夏奇拉, 夏奇拉)
哦 男孩 我能看见你舞动的身影
如梦如幻
我不确定自己在做什么
但是 你却不同
我的意志 我的约束
现在开始失去 开始失去
看 我正做我能做的 但却无法做到 你知道
这似乎太难解释
他在夜晚的街道上跳舞
他在白天的街道上跳舞
他在夜晚的街道上跳舞
他在白天的街道上跳舞
我从未意识 她能如此欢快的跳舞
人们纷纷说起西班牙语
你的名字是? 美丽的 我的家 他的家
(夏奇拉, 夏奇拉)
哦 宝贝 当你这样说话的时候
你知道 你令我如此着迷
所以 用你的智慧继续
细读我的舞蹈
女孩 请跳一支康茄舞吧 好像你就来自那舞蹈的国度
看到巴兰基利亚的美妙景色 于是跳起舞来 唱吧
看到巴兰基利亚的美妙景色 于是跳起舞来
耶
她是如此迷人 每个人都想像我这般 从遥远的国度回到她身边
背着我的藤柳箱回来
我需要让人晕眩的酒吧
为何这样注视着我们?
遥远国度的人们
没有罪恶 只有音乐环绕
我们不再紧紧的握住绳索
酣畅的行驶在海面 那是我们自己的船只
于是今夜 我欢快的跳舞
你知道 我的舞蹈不会说谎
于是 我开始感觉到你的存在 男孩
来吧 让我们一起慢慢的舞动
宝贝 像这样 便是完美
哦 你知道 今夜我欢快的跳舞 我的舞蹈不会说谎
于是 我开始感觉到这一刻
吸引 不安
宝贝 像这样 便是完美
没有是非
没有争斗
The 2006 FIFA World Cup is the current FIFA World Cup, the finals of which are being held in Germany. The FIFA World Cup is the football (soccer) world championship, contested by men's national football teams, and organised by FIFA, the international governing body for football. The championship cycle culminates every four years in a finals tournament to decide which country's men's football team will be awarded the FIFA World Cup title. The host country and football federation for the 2006 FIFA World Cup finals tournament is Germany, who in June 2000, won the right to host the event, beating bids from South Africa (which will host the 2010 World Cup), Brazil, England and Morocco.
The 2006 FIFA World Cup, the eighteenth such championship, began in December 2003 with 198 countries entering the draw for a series of qualification tournaments and play-offs that resulted in 32 national teams qualifying for the finals tournament.
The finals tournament of the 2006 World Cup began on 9 June 2006 and is scheduled to end on 9 July 2006. A total of 64 games will be played. The first stage was the Group stage, where the 32 teams were divided into 8 groups of 4 teams each. The teams in these groups of four competed in three-round round-robin tournaments to find two teams from each group (a total of 16) to advance to the knock-out stage. The Group stage was completed on 23 June 2006. The knockout stage started on 24 June 2006, and progressive elimination of teams through quarter-finals and semi-finals, will finish with the World Cup Final, the final match on 9 July 2006. The World Cup Final played in Berlin will determine the World Cup champion.
Venues
Twelve cities were selected to host World Cup finals matches.
City Original stadium names World Cup 2006 stadium names[1] Host club(s) Map[2] Capacity[3]
Berlin Olympiastadion Olympiastadion Hertha BSC Berlin [1] 74,176
Dortmund Signal Iduna Park FIFA World Cup Stadium, Dortmund Borussia Dortmund [2] 67,000
Frankfurt Commerzbank-Arena FIFA World Cup Stadium, Frankfurt Eintracht Frankfurt [3] 48,132
Gelsenkirchen Veltins-Arena FIFA World Cup Stadium, Gelsenkirchen FC Schalke 04 [4] 53,804
Hamburg AOL Arena FIFA World Cup Stadium, Hamburg Hamburger SV [5] 51,055
Hanover (Hannover) AWD-Arena FIFA World Cup Stadium, Hanover Hannover 96 [6] 44,652
Kaiserslautern Fritz-Walter-Stadion Fritz-Walter-Stadion 1. FC Kaiserslautern [7] 43,450
Cologne (K?ln) RheinEnergieStadion FIFA World Cup Stadium, Cologne 1. FC K?ln [8] 46,120
Leipzig Zentralstadion Zentralstadion FC Sachsen Leipzig [9] 44,199
Munich (München) Allianz Arena FIFA World Cup Stadium, Munich Bayern München, TSV 1860 München [10] 66,016
Nuremberg (Nürnberg) EasyCredit-Stadion FIFA World Cup Stadium, Nuremberg 1. FC Nürnberg [11] 41,926
Stuttgart Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion VfB Stuttgart [12] 54,267
2006 FIFA World Cup miscellany
Participation
* The 2006 tournament features the most national teams making their first appearance in the World Cup finals (8) since there were ten first-time participants in the second competition in 1934. The eight national teams making their debut are Angola, Cote d'Ivoire, Czech Republic,[1] Ghana, Serbia & Montenegro,[2] Togo, Trinidad & Tobago, and Ukraine.[3]
* As well as the defending champions Brazil, there are five former FIFA World Cup champions competing in the 2006 FIFA World Cup: Germany, Italy, France, Argentina, and England. Of the former FIFA World Cup champions, only Uruguay failed to qualify, being defeated by Australia in a qualifying play-off for one of the places.
* This is the first[4] World Cup with a team representing a country that has ceased to exist prior to the start of the tournament. Serbia and Montenegro split into Serbia and Montenegro on June 5, 2006. The Serbia and Montenegro footballers played under a flag no longer displayed in their countries. The team contained only one player born in Montenegro, Dragoslav Jevri?. (Another Montenegrin, Mirko Vu?ini?, had to return home as a result of an injury.)[5]
* Australia is making its first appearance in 32 years, the longest such drought for any qualifier not making its first appearance.
* According to the May 2006 FIFA World Rankings (the last rankings prior to the start of the tournament), the highest ranked teams to fail to qualify were Denmark and Nigeria (tied for 11th). The lowest ranked team that qualified for the competition was Togo (61st). [6]
* Five of the participating teams were coached by Brazilians - Brazil (Carlos Alberto Parreira), Costa Rica (Alexandre Guimaraes - now actually a naturalised Costa Rican), Japan (Zico), Portugal (Luiz Felipe Scolari) and Saudi Arabia (Marcos Paqueta).
* Four of the participating national teams had a Dutch coach - The Netherlands (Marco van Basten), South Korea (Dick Advocaat), Trinidad and Tobago (Leo Beenhakker), and Australia (Guus Hiddink).
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Competition
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Individual
* Brazil's Ronaldo beat Gerd Müller's all-time FIFA World Cup finals scoring record with 15 goals, moving past Pelé (12), with whom he was tied at the start of the tournament, and Just Fontaine (13).[7]
* David Beckham became the first England player to score in 3 FIFA World Cup Finals after his goal against Ecuador in the 2nd Round. He scored against Colombia in 1998, and Argentina in 2002.
* The 2,000th goal in the history of the FIFA World Cup tournament was scored by Marcus Allb?ck of Sweden against England on 20 June[8]
* Philipp Lahm of Germany was the first goal scorer in the 2006 World Cup, with a strike just outside the 18 yard box.
* The first booking in the 2006 World Cup was a yellow card given to Danny Fonseca of Costa Rica in the 30th minute of the first game against Germany. The first red card was given to Avery John of Trinidad and Tobago after his second yellow card in the 46th minute against Sweden. The first straight red card was given to Vladislav Vashchuk of Ukraine against Spain in the 47th minute, which resulted in the awarding of the first penalty kick to David Villa.
* Sami Al-Jaber of Saudi Arabia became the first Asian player ever to score in 3 World Cups, when he scored against Tunisia. He had scored a penalty goal against Morocco in the 1994 FIFA World Cup, and another penalty goal against South Africa in the 1998 FIFA World Cup
* As of 18 June, Asamoah Gyan of Ghana scored the fastest goal in FIFA World Cup 2006, scoring just 1 minute and 10 seconds into the match against the Czech Republic, though this is not a FIFA World Cup finals record. Carlos Gamarra of Paraguay scored the fastest own goal in World Cup finals history in the first round match between England and Paraguay.
* In the match of Germany vs Ecuador, Miroslav Klose scored at the 4th minute, and his 4th goal of the competition was at the 44th minute. In 2002, he scored all 5 goals with his head, in 2006 he scores all 4 goals with his feet.
* Paraguay vs. England saw the fastest goalkeeper substitution in FIFA World Cup finals history as Justo Villar suffered a calf injury in the 8th minute clearing a ball and had to be taken out of the game.[citation needed]
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Team - Group Stage
* The opening match of the 2006 FIFA World Cup had the most goals of any opening match in FIFA history, with 6 goals (Germany 4; Costa Rica 2) compared to the next-best 1930 opening match with 5 goals (France 4; Mexico 1). Italy's 7-1 victory over the USA in 1934 was one of 8 simultaneous first round matches on the opening day and as such is not considered an opening match.
* C?te d'Ivoire (vs Serbia and Montenegro) are the only team which won a match after trailing by two goals at some point. Australia (vs. Japan), Korea (vs. Togo), Spain (vs. Tunisia), Poland (vs. Costa Rica) and Brazil (vs. Japan) each won a game after trailing by one goal.
* Teams recording their first ever World Cup finals goal were Angola (Flavio Amado), Australia (Tim Cahill), C?te d'Ivoire (Didier Drogba), Czech Republic (Jan Koller), Ghana (Asamoah Gyan), Serbia and Montenegro (Nikola ?igi?), Togo (Mohamed Kader), and Ukraine (Andriy Rusol).
* Teams recording their first ever World Cup finals victory were Australia, C?te d'Ivoire, Czech Republic, Ghana, and Ukraine.
* For the first time in a World Cup finals, in Argentina's victory over Serbia and Montenegro, all three players of a team who entered a match as substitutes scored one goal. (Esteban Cambiasso sub on at the 17th min, score on 31st min., Carlos Tévez sub on at the 59th min, score on 84th min., Lionel Messi sub on at the 75th min, score on 88th min.)
* Two-thirds of the way through the Group stage, eight of the thirty-two teams had clinched qualification to the second round and seven teams had been mathematically eliminated from contention. Only in Group E were all four teams neither mathematically eliminated nor guaranteed qualification into the second round. No four-way ties were possible, and only one three-way tie was still possible (in Group G).
* At the end of the Group stage, there were only two ties. One was in group C for 1st/2nd place, and was won by Argentina ahead of the Netherlands on goal difference. The other tie was in Group H for 3rd/4th place, and was won by Tunisia ahead of Saudi Arabia on goal difference.
* Heading into the final set of group games, there were seven scenarios that could have required the drawing of lots, but none of these scenarios came to pass. The group that came closest to being settled by the drawing of lots was Group G, where the double result France 2-0 Togo and Korea 1-1 Switzerland remained a possibility until Switzerland scored in the 77th minute to go 2-0 up. The potential drawing of lots had been scheduled for 11:30pm, but in the end was not required.
* Only Ghana and France entered their final matches in lower than second place in its group (both entered in third) and still managed to qualify for their next rounds.
* England's victory over Paraguay is the first 1-0 final score in World Cup finals history to have been decided by an own goal. England were the first team to lead its group without a goal scored by its players.[citation needed]
* Switzerland was the only team not to concede a goal in the group stage, ending on a goal difference of +4 (GF 4, GA 0).
* Group B is the group where most own goals (2) were scored. Carlos Gamarra (Paraguay) against England, and Brent Sancho (Trinidad and Tobago) against Paraguay.
Team - Second Round
* This was the sixth world cup in a row where an African nation has progressed to the second round, and the first ever where an Oceanic nation progressed.
* Teams advancing out of the first round for the first time are Ukraine, Australia, Ecuador and Ghana. Ukraine was the only one of them to advance to the quarter finals.
* With reference to the May 2006 FIFA Rankings:
o The average rank of the teams that progressed was 19.00.
o The average rank of eliminated teams was 30.25.
o Switzerland (35) was the lowest ranked team to win a group.
o Ghana (48) was the lowest ranked team to progress to the second round.
o The Czech Republic (2) was the highest ranked team to be eliminated in the group stage.
o The USA (5) was the highest ranked team to come last in its group.
o Group E was the only group where the third and fourth ranked teams (Italy (13) and Ghana (48)) progressed.
o Group B - England (10), Sweden (16), Paraguay (33) and Trinidad and Tobago (47) - was the only group where the final group placings directly corresponded to the May 2006 FIFA rankings.
o In four out of eight cases the lowest ranked team in the group progressed. These were Group A: Ecuador (39), Group E: Ghana (48), Group F: Australia (42), and Group H: Ukraine (45).
* Although Czech Republic (Group E) and Korea Republic (Group G) topped their groups after their first game, they failed to progress to the Round of 16.
* Portugal received the most yellow cards (9) in one game (against the Netherlands). The match also saw the most red cards (two to each side) in a single match in the history of the World Cup Finals, and tied the record of most yellow cards in a single match (16- 9 to Portugal, 7 to Netherlands).
* This was considered, until the last day of the Group Stage, the first World Cup to have all six confederations in the Second Round. But with the loss of Korea Republic to Switzerland, Korea Republic did not qualify, and so there was no team from AFC.
o From UEFA: Germany, Sweden, Italy, Switzerland, Ukraine, England, Portugal, Netherlands, Spain and France - 10 teams
o From CONMEBOL: Argentina, Ecuador and Brazil - 3 teams
o From CONCACAF: Mexico - 1 team
o From OFC: Australia - 1 team
o From CAF: Ghana - 1 team
* Switzerland became the first team ever not to concede a goal in a world cup final tournament, and the first team to be eliminated despite not conceding any goals. They also became the first team not to score during kicks from the penalty mark in a World Cup.
* Of the six former champions in the competition, all six have advanced to the quarter finals. The only non-former champions still in the competition are Portugal and Ukraine.
* Six group winners advanced from the Round of 16 to the quarter-finals. The other two places in the quarter-finals were taken by teams who came second in their groups, Ukraine and France, who defeated Switzerland and Spain respectively.
Organization
The official Adidas Teamgeist ball made for the World Cup
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The official Adidas Teamgeist ball made for the World Cup
* For the first time at a World Cup, match officials were equipped with microphones and earpieces so they can communicate better with each other during each game.
* The 2006 tournament featured a fifth official as a substitute for the referee's assistants. Although the fifth official can view a video monitor he isn't wired up to the referee's microphone and cannot therefore communicate what he sees directly to the referee.
* Of the twelve hosting stadia, only Zentralstadion in Leipzig is in the former German Democratic Republic (East Germany). Olympiastadion is in what was West Berlin and while it was certainly not within the old GDR, it was also not officially part of the Federal Republic of Germany either.
* Adidas has supplied personalized match balls for every match of the tournament. On each of these "Teamgeist" balls the date of the match and the names of the national teams involved will appear. The ball used for the final match will be a special gold colour.
* Two of team suppliers, Adidas and PUMA, are headquartered in Herzogenaurach, Germany. This is because their founders, Adolf Dassler and Rudolf Dassler respectively, are brothers.
* The mascots for the competition are the lion Goleo VI and Pille, a talking football.
* The official logo design, The Smiling Faces, incorporates the logo of the 2002 FIFA World Cup: a stylised version of the FIFA World Cup Trophy.
* The county of Bad Kissingen is the only one to host two teams. Ecuador are based in the city of Bad Kissingen and Croatia in Bad Brückenau.[citation needed]
* The 2006 FIFA World Cup was the first one to give environmental protection official project status with the "Green Goal" initiative.
Curiosities
A graph depicting significant Internet traffic decrease during the Netherlands - Serbia and Montenegro match (look between 15:00 - 17:00 on the 2nd peak)
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A graph depicting significant Internet traffic decrease during the Netherlands - Serbia and Montenegro match (look between 15:00 - 17:00 on the 2nd peak)
* Spanish is the principal language of six represented countries, more than any other language, including five countries where it is the official tongue (Argentina, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Paraguay and Spain), and one (Mexico) where it is de facto the main language. This is followed by French and English, there being five competing countries where each is a principal language (C?te d'Ivoire, France, Switzerland, Tunisia, and Togo all have French as an official language, while English has official status in Ghana and Trinidad & Tobago, and is the main tongue in Australia, England and the USA). Portuguese is represented by three nations (Angola, Brazil, and Portugal). German (Germany and Switzerland), Italian (Italy and Switzerland), and Arabic (Saudi Arabia and Tunisia) are each represented in two. No other language has official status in more than one qualified nation.
* The World Cup causes a significant decrease in Internet traffic.AMS-IX, an Internet relay company in the Netherlands, stated that during the match of the Netherlands against Serbia and Montenegro, there was a massive decrease in Dutch Internet usage, only coming back up lightly during half-time.
* Before the match between Korea Republic and Togo, the organisers played the Korean national anthem twice before correctly playing the Togolese one.
* 2006 FIFA World Cup (video game) is the official computer and video game for the World Cup. As with the previous World Cup game, 2002 FIFA World Cup, it is being published by EA Sports.
* Hyundai Motor Company will supply 32 brand-new buses for use by the teams. To promote the tournament, a contest was held on the tournament's website. If a fan could supply a good slogan for their favorite team's bus, they would win tickets to the opening match. The 32 winning slogans were announced on May 22, 2006 and can be seen here.
* The vocal group, Il Divo, and R&B singer, Toni Braxton, sang the official song Time of Our Lives . The official album was released in May 2006 which also included a special version of Shakira's newest hit "Hips Don't Lie".
* Due to the official beer sponsor of the 2006 FIFA World Cup being Anheuser-Busch, hundreds of Dutch fans wearing orange lederhosen, which were part of Dutch brewer Bavaria's marketing campaign, were forced to take to the stands in their underwear.
* In the game between Australia and Croatia, referee Graham Poll showed Croatia's Josip ?imuni? a second yellow card, but, confusingly, did not send him off after marking his match card incorrectly with the name of Australian defender Craig Moore. Poll later showed him a third yellow and this time showed him the red.
* PUMA supplies the kit to 12 of the 32 finalists, making it the leader in this category. Adidas and Nike are joint runners-up with 7 each, while Umbro and Lotto supply two teams each, and Marathon and Joma furnish a single team each. The only group without a Puma-supplied team is Group G. In Group E, only the USA do not wear Puma kits.
* Some hotels where teams lived during the tournament removed Western symbols. I. e.: At the hotel where Saudi-Arabia lived, hotel officials removed bibles, Coca-Cola, beer and other Western symbols. The hotel management also glued arrows at the wall into the direction where Mecca is for praying.