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  Italy, The World Cup Champion
Statistics Section
 
                         
 
 
  Italia 
—  four times Champion  —
           
 
2006 World Champion!!!
 

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  That's Success! 
 
 
  The numbers of Italy's 2006 victorious campaign
 
   Italy's 2006 victorious Squad
 
   Italy's 2006 Awards:
Silver and Bronze Ball – see respective page
Lev Yashin Award – see respective page
'Man of the Match' top honors – see respective page
 
   Italy: truly  the Best Team in 2006!
 
   Italy's excellent 2006 stricking power
 
   Italy had one of the very best Attacks & Defenses in 2006
 
   Italy had the fewest  Yellow Cards among teams
playing 5 or more matches in 2006, and
committed the fewest # of Fouls among teams
playing 7 matches,
though the maximun number (2) of Red Cards
 
   Italy's coach, Marcello Lippi, among the Top Coaches
 
   Italy is now 2nd in FIFA's Post-WC Rank Update
 
   Italy: one of the 2 teams whose players were
all home-based
 
   Italy's scorers among the top World Cup scorers
 
   Italy's rank among the World Cup All Time Semi-&Finalists
and among the World Cup All Time WC Contestants
 
   Italy: in the Top Three All Time World Cup Points
 
 
   Italy, the Nation
 
 
  Scenes of Italy's 2006 victorious campaign:
 
Cannavaro rises the World Champion Cup !
 
Italy, 2006 World Cup Champions !
 
Slide show 1 - Italy 2006 - World Cup Champions !
 
Slide show 2 - Italy 2006 - World Cup Champions !
 
Italia Campione del Mondo (presentation for Italy-France match–Italian narration)
 
All Italy's goals in 2006
 
All Italy's goals + quick matches highlights (except vs. France)
 
All Italy's goals (except vs. Ukraine) + Prize Ceremony & Celebrations
 
Rome Welcomes the Champions of the World ! (1)
 
Rome Welcomes the Champions of the World ! (2)
 
Rome Welcomes the Champions of the World ! (3)
 
Slide show - Italia Campione del Mondo !
 
Italy World Cup Champions – clip celebrating the Italian Squad
 
Gli Azzurri sing the Italian National Anthem (listen⁄stream here: Italian & all National Anthems)
 
Celebrations in Italy – clip made immediately after Italy won the world cup in 2006, in Lecco, Italy
 
More celebrations in Italy
 
Italia - fans' chant
 
 
  Scenes of Italy's 2006 Matches:
 
     
Italy 2x0 Ghana   Italy 2x0 Ghana
     
Italy 2x0 Ghana  (goals)   Italy 2x0 Ghana (Iaquinta's goal)
     
Italy 1x1 United States   Italy 1x1 United States (highlights)
     
Italy 2x0 Czech Republic   Italy 2x0 Czech Republic (Materazzi's goal)
     
Italy 2x0 Czech Republic (Slide show)   Italy 2x0 Czech Republic (celebrations)
     
Italy 1x0 Australia (Rd. of 16 Match highlights)   Italy 1x0 Australia (Slide show)
     
Italy 1x0 Australia (finding the penalty)   Italy 1x0 Australia (the penalty kick & goal)
     
Italy 1x0 Australia (goals+Medina Cantalejo 'show')   Italy 1x0 Australia (fans' celebrations in San Remo)
     
Italy 3x0 Ukraine (highlights)   Italy 3x0 Ukraine (goals)
     
Italy 3x0 Ukraine (shorter - goals)   Italy 3x0 Ukraine (2nd half, 17'clip)
     
Italy 2x0 Germany   Italy 2x0 Germany (the last two minutes)
     
Italy 2x0 Germany (fans' celebrations)   Italy 2x0 Germany (fans' celebrations in Milan)
     
Italy's goal against France (1) (Materazzi)   Italy's goal against France (2) (Materazzi)
     
Italy 5x3 France (shoot-out) (the penalties)   Italy 1x1 France, PSO: 5x3 (Final Match highlights)
     
 
 
 
  Some of Italy's 2006 Squad players in action:
 
   
Luca Toni Gianluigi Buffon Fabio Grosso
Luca Toni Gianluigi Buffon Fabio Grosso
Alessandro Del Piero Marco Materazzi Fabio Cannavaro
Alessandro Del Piero Andrea Pirlo Fabio Cannavaro
Cristian Zaccardo Andrea Pirlo Gennaro (Rino) Gattuso
Francesco Totti Filippo Inzaghi Simone Perrotta
Francesco Totti Alberto Gilardino Simone Perrotta
Gianluca Zambrotta Alberto Gilardino Massimo Oddo
Mauro Camoranesi Cannavaro & Lippi Massimo Oddo
Marcello Lippi (WCup-1) Marcello Lippi Marcello Lippi (WCup-2)
   
 
 
  Other significant Italian World Cup matches:
 
A classic: Italy 3x2 Brazil - 1982 World Cup -
Paolo Rossi kills a superb Brazilian team, with a hat trick!
 
1994 World Cup Final: Brazil vs Italy Baggio's quotation
 
1990 World Cup Semi-Final: Argentina vs Italy - shoot-out
1982 World Cup Final: Germany vs Italy
 
1978 World Cup 3rd.Place Match: Brazil vs Italy (2x1)
 
1970 World Cup Final: Brazil vs Italy
 
1970 World Cup Semi-Final: Germany vs Italy
1938 World Cup Final: Hungary vs ItalyItaly Champion
 
 
  Legendary Italian players in World Cup action:
 
  Italian Legends
Rivera, Italy 1970 World Cup   Riva, Italy 1970 World Cup
  Rossi, Italy 1982 World Cup  
Vieri, Italy 1982 World Cup   Tardelli, Italy 1982 World Cup
  Baggio & Vieri, Italy 1990 World Cup  
Baggio, Italy 1990 World Cup   Baggio, Italy 1994 World Cup
  Baggio, Italy 1998 World Cup
 
See, too, From Champion to 4th and Overview: all 32 Squads
 
  The 32 Teams, Rd. by Rd.: 
  GER: Germany ENG: England ARG: Argentina MEX: Mexico  
  CRC: Costa Rica PAR: Paraguay CIV: Côte d'Ivoire IRN: Iran  
  POL: Poland TRI: Trinidad and Tobago SCG: Serbia and Montenegro ANG: Angola  
  ECU: Ecuador SWE: Sweden NED: Netherlands POR: Portugal  
  ITA: Italy BRA: Brazil FRA: France ESP: Spain  
  GHA: Ghana CRO: Croatia SUI: Switzerland UKR: Ukraine  
  USA: United States AUS: Australia KOR: Korea Republic TUN: Tunisia  
  CZE: Czech Republic JPN: Japan TOG: Togo KSA: Saudi Arabia  
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.
 
 
         Teams' performances & possibilities:
 
Following the Round of Sixteen matches: see the Round of Sixteen Points and Standings page.