Round of Sixteen (2nd Round)
– June 9 to July 9, 2006 –
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| 49 |
24-Jun |
Germany 2  |
x |
 0 Sweden |
München |
| 50 |
24-Jun |
Argentina [2  ] 1  |
x |
 1 [ 1] Mexico  1 |
Leipzig |
| 51 |
25-Jun |
England 1  |
x |
 0 Ecuador |
Stuttgart |
| 52 |
25-Jun |
Portugal 1  |
x |
 0 Netherlands 2 |
Nürnberg |
| 53 |
26-Jun |
Italy 1  |
x |
 0 Australia 3 |
Keiserslautern |
| 54 |
26-Jun |
Switzerland [0  ] 0  |
x |
 0 [ 3] Ukraine 4 |
Köln |
| 55 |
27-Jun |
Brazil 3  |
x |
 0 Ghana |
Dortmund |
| 56 |
27-Jun |
Spain 1  |
x |
 3 France |
Hannover |
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1 
ARG 1x1 MEX (regular time), ARG 2x1 MEX (extra time–in fact, already at the end of 1st half extra time).
2 A match that grew dramatic, owing to the weakest officiating in the current World Cup (2006)–external link to brief match account.
Despite Valentín Ivanov's flashing an unprecedented number of sixteen 
and four 
, the Russian referee was unfortunately unable to keep a tense match under control, there being little football to enjoy, at the end of things, though plenty of delaying & other non-sporting tactics. 
See goal clip.
3 Odd end of match: ITA 0 x 0 AUS up to when Spanish referee Luis Medina Cantalejo surprisingly called a very last minute and controversial penalty that rescued an exhausted and undermanned Italian side from having to endure the 30-minute extra time that looked inevitable. Italy's Fabio Grosso appeared simply to have tripped over just grounded Lucas Neill, who fell while trying to prevent a crossing.
4 SWI 0-0 UKR (regular time), SWI 0-0 UKR (extra time), SWI 0-3 UKR (penalty shoot-out). See, below, data on the shoot-out that decided an otherwise hardly exciting match:
(  Shovkovskyi's save)  Streller  |
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Shevchenko ( Zuberbuehler's save) |
 (on the crossbar) Barnetta |
- |
Milevskiy  |
| ( Shovkovskyi's save) Cabanas |
- |
Rebrov |
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Gusev |
Teams' 
performances & 
possibilities:
The knock-out phase of the competition has begun here.
The top two teams from each Group play this 2nd round, as above indicated.
The 32 Teams, Rd. by Rd.:
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GER: Germany |
ENG: England |
ARG: Argentina |
MEX: Mexico |
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 CRC: Costa Rica |
 PAR: Paraguay |
 CIV: Côte d'Ivoire |
 IRN: Iran |
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 POL: Poland |
 TRI: Trinidad and Tobago |
 SCG: Serbia and Montenegro |
 ANG: Angola |
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ECU: Ecuador |
SWE: Sweden |
NED: Netherlands |
POR: Portugal |
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ITA: Italy  |
BRA: Brazil |
FRA: France |
ESP: Spain |
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GHA: Ghana |
 CRO: Croatia |
SUI: Switzerland |
UKR: Ukraine |
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 USA: United States |
AUS: Australia |
 KOR: Korea Republic |
 TUN: Tunisia |
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 CZE: Czech Republic |
 JPN: Japan |
 TOG: Togo |
 KSA: Saudi Arabia |
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Top 16, above, unshaded – in the Top 8, in italics – the Top 3+4, underlined in italics, the Top 2, in bold type
The 16 not making past the 1st Round, in gray shade
Abbreviations, above: used by FIFA, as well as in this eBook.
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