World Cup 2006 Winner. This was the last match for the former for. Wednesday 01 jun 2016 getty images.
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. The quarter final match ups were determined by a draw including. Therefore this match is regarded by fifa as the de facto final of the 1950 world cup.
It was held from 9 june to 9 july 2006 in germany which won the right to host the event in july 2000.
Teams representing 198 national football associations from all six populated continents participated in the qualification process which began in september 2003. The 2006 fifa club world cup officially the fifa club world cup japan 2006 presented by toyota for sponsorship reasons was a football tournament held in japan between 10 december and 17 december 2006. Italy won the world cup after beating france 5 3 in a penalty shoot out following a 1 1 draw at the conclusion of extra time. Spain won the third place match by defeating korea 3 2 with a golden goal.
