2006 World Cup

	Thirty-two teams will compete for the FIFA World Cup in Germany in the summer of 2006. It will be the second time Germany has hosted the tournament, the first came in 1974 in West Germany.
Matches will be played in Hamburg, Hannover, Berlin, Gelsenkirchen, Dortmund, Leipzig, Köln, Frankfurt, Kaiserslautern, Nürnberg, Stuttgart and Münich.

Finals

England will play in Group B with Sweden, Paraguay and Trinidad and Tobago.

		P	W	D	L	F	A	PTS
	England	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Sweden	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Paraguay	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Trinidad andTobago	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Opponent		Paraguay
Date		10/06/2006
Venue		FIFA World Cup Stadium Frankfurt
Result		W 1-0

Opponent		Trinidad And Tobago
Date		15/06/2006
Venue		FIFA World Cup Stadium Frankfurt
Result		w 2-0

Opponent		Sweden
Date		20/06/2006
Venue		FIFA World Cup Stadium Cologne
Result		D 2-2

Opponent		Ecuador
Date		25/06/2006
Venue		Gottlieb-Daimler Stadion
Result		W 1-0

Opponent		Portugal
Date		01/07/2006
Venue		Veltins-Arena
Result		L 0-0

England will play 3 matches during the competition. All kick-offs are UK time.

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Opponent		Paraguay
Date		10/06/2006
Venue		FIFA World Cup Stadium Frankfurt
KO		17:00

Opponent		Trinidad And Tobago
Date		15/06/2006
Venue		Frankenstadion
KO		17:00

Opponent		Sweden
Date		20/06/2006
Venue		FIFA World Cup Stadium Cologne
KO		20:00

Qualification Tournament

There are eight European qualification groups in total, each of the group winners will qualify automatically for the finals. Germany qualify automatically as hosts.

The two best placed group runners-up will also qualify with the remaining six runners-up entering a play-off for the last three places.

		P	W	D	L	F	A	PTS
	Poland	7	6	0	1	22	5	18
	England	6	5	1	0	13	3	16
	Austria	6	3	2	1	11	8	11
	N. Ireland	6	0	3	3	5	13	3
	Wales	6	0	2	4	5	11	2
	Azerbaijan	7	0	2	5	1	17	2

Opponent		Austria
Date		04/09/2004
Venue		Vienna
Result		D 2-2

Opponent		Poland
Date		08/09/2004
Venue		Stadion Slaski
Result		W 2-1

Opponent		Wales
Date		09/10/2004
Venue		Old Trafford, Manchester
Result		W 2-0

Opponent		Azerbaijan
Date		13/10/2004
Venue		Tofig Bakhramov Stadium, Azerbaijan
Result		W 1-0

Opponent		Northern Ireland
Date		26/03/2005
Venue		Old Trafford, Manchester
Result		W 4-0

Opponent		Azerbaijan
Date		30/03/2005
Venue		St James Park, Newcastle
Result		W 2-0

Opponent		Wales
Date		03/09/2005
Venue		Millennium Stadium
Result		W 1-0

Opponent		Northern Ireland
Date		07/09/2005
Venue		Windsor Park, Belfast
Result		L 0-1

Opponent		Austria
Date		08/10/2005
Venue		Old Trafford, Manchester
Result		W 1-0

Opponent		Poland
Date		12/10/2005
Venue		Old Trafford, Manchester
Result		W 2-1