- Which country hosted this world cup--Germany
- What is FIFA--Federation of International Football Association
- How many countries participated in the Final--32
- Number of countries attempted to qualify--197
- Number of venues--12
- Number of matches--64
- Number of players--352
- cost(infrastructure only)--$2000m
- Total prize money-- $272m
- The 32 teams participating in the final are grouped into 8 groups of 4 in each group.
- As per their cedes ,the first 8 strong teams will be the group-leaders of these 8 groups.
- Other teams will join these groups as per lottery.Conditions are that--in any group there should not be more than two teams from European zone; and there should not be two teams from the same zone.The zones are:-1) African zone 2) Asian zone 3) European Zone 4) North,central American and Caribbean Zone 5) Oceanian Zone 6) South American Zone
- The teams in each group will play against other three teams according to Round Robin method.
- A team gets three points for every win and for a drawn match it gets one point.
- The two teams getting maximum points in each group will enter the second round.This is called Knock-out Stage.The position of each team is however determined as follows.
- Most number of points achieved in all group matches.
- Goal difference in all group matches.
- Most number of goals(Goals for)scored in group matches.
*If two or more teams are still equal on the basis of the above three criteria,their position will be determined as follows. - The higher number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned.
- Goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned.
- Higher number of goals scored in all group matches between the teams concerned.
- Drawing of lots by the FIFA World Cup organising committee.
- Adidas Golden Shoe:-For maximum goals
- Adidas Golden Ball:-For best player
- Yashin award:-For best Goal Keeper.
- FIFA Fair Play award
- The most attractive Team award:-This award is given to the team which has played the most entertaining match.
- Gillette Best Young player Award:-This award is given to the young player(age less than 21 years) for his best performance in the beginning of the year in which the Foot Ball World Cup is played.
The bettings in football,cricket,Tennis,Golf etc are called Fixed Odds Betting.Here the Bookie(The one who accepts the bettings)after assessing the prospects of each team decides how much money he will give when which teams will win and will declare this in numbers.These numbers are known as odds.There are three kinds of odds.
- Fractional odds This type of betting is in vogue in England.For example 4/1 odd means the one who bets on winning will get a profit of 400 dollars for every 100 dollars he bets.
- Decimal odds:-This type of betting is done in Europe and Canada.Here the total amout to be paid if won (i.e. the betting amount +profit amount) is declared in decimals.For example if in fractional odds it is 4/1,then in decimal odd, it will be written as 5.0
- Money line odds:-The betting done in America is known as Money Line Odds.Here the number indicates the amount required to bet for winning 100 dollars
In 1970 Brazil won the trophy in Mexico.3964-1970=1994.So Brazil won the Cup in 1994.
Argentina won the cup in 1978. 3964-1978=1986;Therefore in 1986 world Cup in Mexico,Argentina again won the Cup. Germany won the Cup in 1974.3964-1974=1990.So Germany again won the Cup in 1990.Who won the World Cup in 2002? 3964-2002=1962.In 1962 Brazil was the champion.So in 2002 Brazil was again the champion.On similar lines,who will be the World Cup final winner in 2006? 3964-2006=1958;In 1958 Brazil was the winner.So Brazil will win this year cup also.But this was proved wrong as in the final, Italy won.
| Group A | Germany(GER) Ecuador(ECU) Poland(POL) Costa Rica(CRC) | Group B | England(ENG) Sweden(SWE) Paraguay(PAR) Trinidad & Tobago(TRI) | Group C | Argentina(ARG) Netherlands(NED) C�te d'Ivoire(CIV) Serbia & Montenegro(SCG) | Group D | Portugal(POR) Mexico(MEX) Angola(ANG) Iran(IRN) |
| Group E | Italy(ITA) Ghana(GHA) Czech Republic(CZE) USA(USA) |
Group F | Brazil(BRA) Australia(AUS) Croatia(CRO) Japan(JPN) | Group G | Switzerland(SUI) South Korea(KOR) France(FRA) Togo(TOG) | Group H | Spain() Ukraine(UKR) Tunisia(TUN) Saudi Arabia(KSA) |
| S.No. | Teams | Path to the quarter final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | |||||
4-2 | 1-0 | 3-0 | 2-0 | ||
| 2 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 1-1 | 2-0 | |
| 3 | 2-1 | 6-0 | 0-0 | 2-1 | |
| 4 | 0-4 | 4-0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | |
| 5 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 2-1 | 1-0 | |
| 6 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 4-1 | 3-0 | |
| 7 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 2-2 | 1-0 | |
| 8 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 2-0 | 3-1 | |
| S.No. | Date | Match | Teams | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5(1)-3(1) | |||
| 2 | 3-0 | |||
| 3 | 1(0)-3(0) | |||
| 4 | 0-1 |
| S.No. | Date | Match | Teams | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0-2 | |||
| 2 | 0-1 |
| S.No. | Date | Match | Teams | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3-1 |
| S.No. | Date | Match | Teams | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6(1)-4(1) |