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The 2006 FIFA World Cup began on 9 June 2006 and will end on 9 July 2006. The final match will determine the World Cup champion. The 2006 finals are the eighteenth to be contested. In June 2000, Germany won the right to host the event, beating bids from Brazil, England, Morocco, and South Africa (who will host the 2010 World Cup).

Teams

Qualifying countries
Starting with the 2006 Cup, FIFA has changed the qualification rules so that the winner of the previous World Cup has to qualify for the Finals; only the host nation is given an automatic berth. This arrangement is expected to continue into future Cups.

The following teams, shown by region, have qualified for the finals. The number in brackets is the country's seeding for the tournament. This value was decided using two criteria:

The side's performances at the two most recent World Cups (1998 and 2002)
Their standings in the FIFA World Rankings over the last years (2003-2006)[1]
These seedings were only relevant for the selection of the top eight sides, and their allocation of one to each group. Other nations were drawn according to geographical factors. That Serbia and Montenegro were regarded as the fourteenth UEFA qualifier and thus placed in a separate pot in the draw was determined purely on positions in the FIFA rankings in November 2005.

For details of the seeding system, see 2006 FIFA World Cup seeding
Africa (CAF)
Angola [31] (first-time qualifier)
Côte d'Ivoire [27] (first-time qualifier)
Ghana [30] (first-time qualifier)
Togo [32] (first-time qualifier)
Tunisia [22]
Asia (AFC)
Iran [21]
Japan [12]
Korea Republic [11]
Saudi Arabia [19]
South America (CONMEBOL)
Argentina [3]
Brazil [1] (defending champions)
Ecuador [23]
Paraguay [15]
Oceania (OFC)
Australia [28] (now a member of the AFC)
Europe (UEFA)
Croatia [14]
Czech Republic [16]
England [2]
France [8]
Germany [4] (host nation)
Italy [7]
Netherlands [10]
Poland [20]
Portugal [17]
Serbia and Montenegro [24] (only world cup entry as SM)
Spain [5]
Switzerland [25]
Sweden [13]
Ukraine [26] (first-time qualifier)
North America, Central America & Caribbean (CONCACAF)
Costa Rica [18]
Mexico [6]
Trinidad and Tobago [29] (first-time qualifier)
USA [9]