World Cup 2006 Winner. Fabio grosso of italy scores the winning penalty in a penalty shootout at the end of the fifa world cup germany 2006 final match between italy and france. This was the last match for the former for.
The host country is selected by fifa s council. The match was contested between italy and france. Teams representing 198 national football associations from all six populated continents participated in the qualification process which began in september 2003.
It was held 6 17 september 2006 in mönchengladbach germany.
Teams representing 198 national football associations from all six populated continents participated in the qualification process which began in september 2003. The match had been surrounded mostly around france s zinedine zidane and italy s marco materazzi. Uruguay s 2 1 victory over brazil was the decisive match and one of the last two matches of the tournament that put them ahead on points and ensured that they finished top of the group as world champions. Germany won the tournament for second consecutive time after defeating australia 4 3 in the final.
