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2010 FIFA Rimet Cup
Tournament details
Host countryRussia
Dates7 May – 7 June (30 days)
Teams48 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)12 (in 12 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Denmark
Runners-up Nigeria
Third place Turkey
Fourth place Norway
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The 2006 FIFA Rimet Cup was the 9th edition of FIFA Rimet Cup, a quadrennial world championship for men's national football teams organized by FIFA, for the top teams in FIFA World Cup qualification that do not qualify for the FIFA World Cup. It took place in Russia from 7 May to 7 June 2006, after the country was awarded the hosting rights in 2005.

Qualification edit

Direct bye to group stage edit

16 nations earned a berth directly into the group stage of the competition. Of the 16 teams, 5 were from UEFA (including the host, Russia), 3 from AFC, 3 from CAF, 2 from CONMEBOL, 2 from CONCACAF, and 1 from OFC.

Team Method of
qualification 		Date of
qualification 		Finals
appearance 		Consecutive
appearances 		Previous best
performance 		FIFA
Ranking[nb 1]
  Russia Hosts 18 June 2005
  Kuwait AFC Third Round Group 1 4th place 17 August 2005
  Solomon Islands OFC Final Round Runners-Up 6 September 2005
  Cameroon CAF Second Round Group 3 Runners-Up 9 September 2005
  Nigeria CAF Second Round Group 4 Runners-Up 9 September 2005
  Senegal CAF Second Round Group 1 Runners-Up 9 September 2005
  Colombia CONMEBOL 6th place 12 October 2005
  Guatemala CONCACAF Fourth Round 5th place 12 October 2005
  Panama CONCACAF Fourth Round 6th place 12 October 2005
  Romania UEFA Group 1 3rd place 12 October 2005
  Uzbekistan AFC Fourth Round Runner-up 12 October 2005
  Bahrain CONCACAF–AFC play-off Runner-up 16 November 2005
  Slovakia UEFA play-off Runners-Up 16 November 2005
  Norway UEFA play-off Runners-Up 16 November 2005
  Turkey UEFA play-off Runners-Up 16 November 2005
  Uruguay CONMEBOL–OFC play-off Runner-Up 16 November 2005

Participate in the qualifying round edit

32 nations entered in the qualifying round, which is a two-legged home and away series that was played on 10 February and 19 February 2006. Of the 32 teams, 14 were from UEFA, 1 was from CONMEBOL, 3 from CONCACAF, 2 from OFC, 6 from AFC, and 6 from CAF.

Team Method of
qualification 		Date of
qualification 		Finals
appearance 		Consecutive
appearances 		Previous best
performance 		FIFA
Ranking[nb 2]
  New Zealand 2004 OFC Nations Cup 3rd place 4 June 2004
  Fiji 2004 OFC Nations Cup 4th place 6 June 2004
  United Arab Emirates AFC Second Round Group 5 2nd place 9 June 2004
  China AFC Second Round Group 4 2nd place 8 September 2004
  Honduras CONCACAF Third Round Group 2 3rd place 14 November 2004
  Jamaica CONCACAF Third Round Group 1 3rd place 14 November 2004
  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines CONCACAF Third Round Group 3 3rd place 14 November 2004
  Iraq AFC Second Round Group 2 2nd place 16 November 2004
  Jordan AFC Second Round Group 1 2nd place 17 November 2004
  Lebanon AFC Second Round Group 7 2nd place 17 November 2004
  North Korea AFC Third Round Group 2 4th place 8 June 2005
  DR Congo CAF Second Round Group 2 2nd place 8 October 2005
  Morocco CAF Second Round Group 5 2nd place 8 October 2005
  Egypt CAF Second Round Group 3 3rd place 8 October 2005
  Guinea CAF Second Round Group 5 3rd place 8 October 2005
  South Africa CAF Second Round Group 2 3rd place 8 October 2005
  Zambia CAF Second Round Group 1 3rd place 8 October 2005
  Chile CONMEBOL 7th place 12 October 2005
  Denmark UEFA Group 2 3rd place 12 October 2005
  Northern Ireland UEFA Group 6 4th place 12 October 2005
  Israel UEFA Group 4 3rd place 12 October 2005
  Scotland UEFA Group 5 3rd place 12 October 2005
  Austria UEFA Group 6 3rd place 12 October 2005
  Bosnia and Herzegovina UEFA Group 7 3rd place 12 October 2005
  Bulgaria UEFA Group 8 3rd place 12 October 2005
  Finland UEFA Group 1 4th place 12 October 2005
  Greece UEFA Group 2 4th place 12 October 2005
  Estonia UEFA Group 3 4th place 12 October 2005
  Republic of Ireland UEFA Group 4 4th place 12 October 2005
  Slovenia UEFA Group 5 4th place 12 October 2005
  Belgium UEFA Group 7 4th place 12 October 2005
  Hungary UEFA Group 8 4th place 12 October 2005

Venues edit

Schedule edit

Draw edit

For the draw, the teams were allocated to four pots based on the FIFA World Rankings of February 2006. Pot 1 contained the hosts Russia (who were automatically assigned to Position A1) and the best seven teams, Pot 2 contained the next best eight teams, and so on for Pots 3 and 4. Teams from the same confederation were not drawn against each other for the group stage, except for UEFA where each group contained up to two teams.

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

  Russia (34) (hosts)
  Turkey (11)
  Nigeria (12)
  Denmark (14)
  Cameroon (16)
  Greece (19)
  Uruguay (21)
  Colombia (27)

  Senegal (29)
  Romania (30)
  Morocco (36)
  Norway (39)
  Honduras (42)
  Jamaica (43)
  Israel (44)
  Slovakia (45)

  Finland (46)
  South Africa (50)
  Bahrain (52)
  Belgium (54)
  Iraq (55)
  Guatemala (58)
  Uzbekistan (61)
  Scotland (61)

  DR Congo (73)
  Kuwait (75)
  China (75)
  Estonia (77)
  Panama (79)
  Lebanon (121)
  New Zealand (122)
  Solomon Islands (140)

Squads edit

Qualifying round edit

The first legs were played on 10 February 2006 and the second legs were played on 19 February 2006.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Pacific Cluster
North Korea   1–3   China 1–1 0–2
Lebanon   4–4 (a)   United Arab Emirates 2–1 2–3
Iraq   5–1   Jordan 2–0 3–1
Fiji   2–4   New Zealand 1–0 1–4
African Cluster
Zambia   2–3   DR Congo 2–1 0–2
Guinea   0–2   Morocco 0–0 0–2
South Africa   2–1   Egypt 1–0 1–1
Americas Cluster
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines   2–6   Jamaica 2–3 0–3
Honduras   1–0   Chile 1–0 0–0
UEFA Cluster
Hungary   4–5   Denmark 3–2 1–3
Belgium   2–0   Northern Ireland 1–0 1–0
Slovenia   1–4   Israel 0–2 1–2
Republic of Ireland   1–1 (a)   Scotland 1–1 0–0
Estonia   2–1 (a.e.t.)   Austria 1–0 1–1 (a.e.t.)
Greece   4–0   Bosnia and Herzegovina 3–0 1–0
Finland   0–0 (7–6 p)   Bulgaria 0–0 0–0 (a.e.t.)

Group stage edit

Group A edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Russia 3 2 1 0 6 2 +4 7 Advance to knockout round
2   Norway 3 2 0 1 3 2 +1 6
3   China 3 0 2 1 2 3 −1 2
4   Guatemala 3 0 1 2 1 5 −4 1
Source: FIFA.com
Russia  2–1  Norway
Guatemala  1–1  China
Russia  3–0  Guatemala
China  0–1  Norway
China  1–1  Russia
Norway  1–0  Guatemala

Group B edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Finland 3 1 2 0 5 3 +2 5 Advance to knockout round
2   Morocco 3 1 2 0 4 2 +2 5
3   Greece 3 1 2 0 2 0 +2 5
4   Kuwait 3 0 0 3 1 7 −6 0
Source: FIFA.com
Greece  2–0  Kuwait
Morocco  2–2  Finland
Greece  0–0  Morocco
Finland  3–1  Kuwait
Finland  0–0  Greece
Kuwait  0–2  Morocco

Group C edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Jamaica 3 2 1 0 6 4 +2 7 Advance to knockout round
2   DR Congo 3 1 2 0 7 4 +3 5
3   Uruguay 3 1 1 1 5 4 +1 4
4   Scotland 3 0 0 3 3 9 −6 0
Source: FIFA.com
Uruguay  1–2  Jamaica
Scotland  1–4  DR Congo
Uruguay  2–0  Scotland
DR Congo  1–1  Jamaica
DR Congo  2–2  Uruguay
Jamaica  3–2  Scotland

Group D edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Romania 3 3 0 0 7 1 +6 9 Advance to knockout round
2   Nigeria 3 1 1 1 5 3 +2 4
3   Belgium 3 1 1 1 5 3 +2 4
4   Lebanon 3 0 0 3 0 10 −10 0
Source: FIFA.com
Lebanon  0–4  Belgium
Romania  2–1  Nigeria
Lebanon  0–3  Romania
Nigeria  1–1  Belgium
Nigeria  3–0  Lebanon
Belgium  0–2  Romania

Group E edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Denmark 3 2 1 0 5 2 +3 7 Advance to knockout round
2   Uzbekistan 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
3   Senegal 3 1 1 1 1 2 −1 4
4   Estonia 3 0 1 2 3 5 −2 1
Source: FIFA.com
Senegal  0–0  Uzbekistan
Estonia  1–1  Denmark
Senegal  1–0  Estonia
Denmark  2–1  Uzbekistan
Denmark  2–0  Senegal
Uzbekistan  3–2  Estonia

Group F edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Colombia 3 2 1 0 15 4 +11 7 Advance to knockout round
2   South Africa 3 1 2 0 12 3 +9 5
3   Israel 3 1 1 1 9 4 +5 4
4   Solomon Islands 3 0 0 3 1 26 −25 0
Source: FIFA.com
South Africa  9–0  Solomon Islands
Colombia  3–1  Israel
South Africa  2–2  Colombia
Israel  7–0  Solomon Islands
Israel  1–1  South Africa
Solomon Islands  1–10  Colombia

Group G edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Iraq 3 2 1 0 6 2 +4 7 Advance to knockout round
2   Cameroon 3 1 1 1 4 5 −1 4
3   Honduras 3 0 2 1 4 5 −1 2
4   New Zealand 3 0 2 1 2 4 −2 2
Source: FIFA.com
New Zealand  0–2  Cameroon
Iraq  2–1  Honduras
New Zealand  1–1  Iraq
Honduras  2–2  Cameroon
Honduras  1–1  New Zealand
Cameroon  0–3  Iraq

Group H edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Slovakia 3 3 0 0 8 3 +5 9 Advance to knockout round
2   Turkey 3 2 0 1 8 5 +3 6
3   Panama 3 1 0 2 2 5 −3 3
4   Bahrain 3 0 0 3 2 7 −5 0
Source: FIFA.com
Turkey  3–0  Panama
Bahrain  0–3  Slovakia
Turkey  2–1  Bahrain
Slovakia  1–0  Panama
Slovakia  4–3  Turkey
Panama  2–1  Bahrain

Knockout round edit

 
Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
              
 
26 May – Rostov
 
 
  Finland2
 
29 May – St. Petersburg
 
  Norway (a.e.t.)3
 
  Norway2
 
26 May – Kazan
 
  Morocco0
 
  Jamaica0
 
3 June – Yekaterinburg
 
  Morocco2
 
  Norway0
 
26 May – Vladivostok
 
  Denmark1
 
  Denmark2
 
29 May – Kazan
 
  Cameroon1
 
  Denmark (a.e.t.)2
 
26 May – Moscow
 
  Russia1
 
  Russia3
 
7 June – Moscow
 
  Uzbekistan1
 
  Denmark2
 
27 May – Novosibirsk
 
  Nigeria1
 
  Iraq (pen.) 0 (5) 
 
30 May – Moscow
 
  South Africa0 (3)
 
  Iraq0
 
27 May – Novogorod
 
  Turkey1
 
  Colombia0
 
3 June – Voronezh
 
  Turkey1
 
  Turkey0
 
27 May – Omsk
 
  Nigeria2 Third place
 
  Romania2
 
30 May – Omsk6 June – St. Petersburg
 
  DR Congo1
 
  Romania1 (3)  Norway0
 
27 May – St. Petersburg
 
  Nigeria (pen.)1 (4)    Turkey1
 
  Slovakia1
 
 
  Nigeria2
 


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