2006 World Cup Qualification

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The 2006 FIFA World Cup will be held in Germany during the summer of 2006.
The draw for FIFA World Cup Qualification took place on December 5, 2003 at the Frankfurt Festhalle, Frankfurt am Main, Germany. The *51 teams in the European Zone** are grouped as follows:
Group 1 Czech Republic (QUALIFIED) Netherlands (QUALIFIED) Romania Finland FYR Macedonia Armenia Andorra	Group 2 Turkey Denmark Greece Ukraine (QUALIFIED) Georgia Albania Kazakhstan
Group 3 Portugal (QUALIFIED) Russia Slovakia Latvia Estonia Liechtenstein Luxembourg	Group 4 France (QUALIFIED) Republic of Ireland Switzerland (QUALIFIED) Israel Cyprus Faroe Islands
Group 5 Italy (QUALIFIED) Slovenia Scotland Norway Belarus Moldova	Group 6 England (QUALIFIED) Poland (QUALIFIED) Austria Wales Northern Ireland Azerbaijan
Group 7 Spain (QUALIFIED) Belgium Serbia and Montenegro (QUALIFIED) Bosnia-Herzegovina Lithuania San Marino	Group 8 Sweden (QUALIFIED) Croatia (QUALIFIED) Bulgaria Iceland Hungary Malta
*There are actually 52 teams if you include the hosts Germany.
Eight Group Winners and 2 best runners-up qualify for the 2006 World Cup Finals. The other 6 runners-up will be drawn against each other to play in 3 playoff matches (home/away) to decide the 3 remaining Finals' places. Check FIFA for the most recent European Zone matches and results.

COUNTDOWN TO Germany 2006 for European Zone Teams: September 4, 2004 to October 12, 2005 - Qualification matches played as a league system. November 12 and 16, 2005 - European Zone play-off matches. December 9, 2005 - Draw for the FIFA World Cup finals (32 teams) in Leipzig, Germany. June 9, 2006 - Opening World Cup 2006 match, Stadion Munchen, Munich, Germany. July 9, 2006 - FIFA World Cup 2006: The Final, Olympiastadion, Berlin, Germany.

If you want to have a bet on the 2006 World Cup, go to our bookies page for a wide choice of online bookmakers and sportsbooks.

For World Cup 2006 news and information, check out these sites:
FIFA World Cup Germany 2006 fifaworldcup.yahoo.com	Official Site for the 2006 FIFA World Cup, in association with Yahoo!.
UEFA www.uefa.com	The Official Site for the Union European Football Association.
FIFA Football Confederations www.fifa.com	FIFA's Confederations page with links to all the organisations of the national confederations around the world: AFC, CAF, CONCACAF, CONMEBOL, OFC, and UEFA
FIFA World Rankings www.fifa.com	FIFA's World Football rankings.
Elo Ratings www.eloratings.net	World football ratings - check scores and world rankings. Excellent site! A different take on the World Football rankings.

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