Introduction
This was the sixth
World Cup held in WE8. The field expanded to 78 nations who participated in this World Cup.
CONCACAF expanded for the fourth straight time with the additions of
Canada and the
West Indies, while
UEFA expanded for the second consecutive time, welcoming
Israel.
CAF also expanded to include
Burkina Faso and
Cape Verde Islands. The play-offs were also brought back, with 6 qualification spots up for grab, the most since
World Cup II. Like the previous competition, the defending champions
Norway had to participate in qualifying. In the final 32 were 15 nations from Europe, 8 from Africa, 4 from North America, 3 from Asia, and 2 from South America.
- Teams Entered: 78
- Champion:
Norway (2nd) - Top Scorer:
Solskjaer (7)
Qualification
Results
UEFA Group A
Germany - 16 pts +5 GD 11 GF 6 GA
Bosnia-Herzegovina - 16 pts +2 GD 10 GF 8 GA
Northern Ireland - 12 pts -1 GD 6 GF 7 GA
Serbia & Montenegro - 11 pts +0 GD 7 GF 7 GA
Iceland - 10 pts -1 GD 4 GF 5 GA
Slovenia - 10 pts -5 GD 4 GF 9 GA
Slovenia 1 – 1 Bosnia-Herzegovina [Siliak; Barbarez]
Serbia & Montenegro 1 – 1 Northern Ireland [D. Konacevic; Mic Hugo]
Iceland 0 – 0 Germany
Slovenia 0 – 1 Germany [Bobic]
Bosnia-Herzegovina 0 – 2 Serbia & Montenegro [Mironevic, Icic]
Northern Ireland 1 – 1 Iceland [Mic Hugo; B. Gunnarsson]
Northern Ireland 0 – 2 Slovenia [Acimowic x2]
Iceland 0 – 0 Serbia & Montenegro
Germany 3 – 1 Bosnia-Herzegovina [Schneider, Bobic, Klose; Barbarez]
Slovenia 0 – 0 Iceland
Serbia & Montenegro 0 – 0 Germany
Bosnia-Herzegovina 0 – 0 Northern Ireland
Serbia & Montenegro 1 – 0 Slovenia [Mironevic]
Iceland 0 – 1 Bosnia-Herzegovina [Misimovic]
Germany 0 – 1 Northern Ireland [Jomason]
Bosnia-Herzegovina 3 – 0 Slovenia [Barbarez, Bolsic, Muslimovic]
Northern Ireland 1 – 1 Serbia & Montenegro [Kalki; D. Konacevic]
Germany 1 – 1 Iceland [Kuranyi; Gudjonsen]
Slovenia 0 – 0 Northern Ireland
Serbia & Montenegro 1 – 2 Iceland [Mironevic; Helguson, Hallfredsson]
Bosnia-Herzegovina 2 – 1 Germany [Topic x2; Ballack]
Germany 3 – 0 Slovenia [Bobic, Klose x2]
Serbia & Montenegro 0 – 1 Bosnia-Herzegovina [Misimovic]
Iceland 0 – 1 Northern Ireland [S. Rogones]
Iceland 0 – 0 Slovenia
Germany 1 – 1 Serbia & Montenegro [Bobic; Mironevic]
Northern Ireland 1 – 1 Bosnia-Herzegovina [Mic Hugo; Misimovic]
Slovenia 1 – 0 Serbia & Montenegro [Zaoric]
Bosnia-Herzegovina 0 – 0 Iceland
Northern Ireland 0 – 1 Germany [Kuranyi]
UEFA Group B
England - 18 pts +4 GD 14 GF 10 GA
Portugal - 17 pts +8 GD 14 GF 6 GA
Hungary - 16 pts -2 GD 6 GF 8 GA
Turkey - 13 pts +1 GD 7 GF 6 GA
Scotland - 12 pts -4 GD 6 GF 10 GA
Latvia - 6 pts -7 GD 7 GF 14 GA
Portugal 0 – 0 Turkey
Latvia 1 – 1 England [Docmoptos; Owen]
Scotland 0 – 0 Hungary
Portugal 0 – 1 Hungary [Lisztes]
Turkey 2 – 2 Latvia [Hasan Sas, Tuncay; Vejavusiwaniks, Mikiovia]
England 4 – 1 Scotland [Owen x2, Webster OG, Vassel; McFadden]
England 1 – 0 Portugal [Beckham]
Scotland 0 – 0 Latvia
Hungary 1 – 0 Turkey [Tokoli]
Portugal 0 – 1 Scotland [B. Ferguson]
Latvia 2 – 0 Hungary [Rutsnos, Vejavusiwaniks]
Turkey 0 – 1 England [Hargreaves]
Latvia 0 – 3 Portugal [Figo, Rui Costa, Pauleta]
Scotland 0 – 2 Turkey [Ilhan, Basturk]
Hungary 2 – 0 England [Szabics x2]
Turkey 0 – 2 Portugal [Pauleta x2]
England 3 – 2 Latvia [Hargreaves, Owen, Heskey; Vejavusiwaniks, Docmoptos]
Hungary 0 – 3 Scotland [Dickov x3]
Portugal 3 – 3 England [Pauleta x3; Heskey x2, Hargreaves]
Latvia 0 – 1 Scotland [B. Ferguson]
Turkey 1 – 0 Hungary [Hasan Sas]
Hungary 0 – 2 Portugal [Deco, Pauleta]
Latvia 0 – 2 Turkey [Nihat, Hasan Sas]
Scotland 0 – 1 England [Vassel]
Scotland 0 – 3 Portugal [Pauleta, Deco, Rui Costa]
Hungary 1 – 0 Latvia [Miriuta]
England 0 – 0 Turkey
Portugal 1 – 0 Latvia [Hugo Viana]
Turkey 0 – 0 Scotland
England 0 – 1 Hungary [P. Kovacs]
UEFA Group C
Ukraine - 21 pts +9 GD 21 GF 12 GA
Netherlands - 19 pts +8 GD 14 GF 6 GA
Finland - 16 pts +2 GD 10 GF 8 GA
Spain - 16 pts +0 GD 15 GF 15 GA
Ireland - 8 pts -8 GD 8 GF 16 GA
Croatia - 3 pts -11 GD 4 GF 15 GA
Netherlands 5 – 2 Ukraine [Tymoshchyuk OG, Holovko OG x2, Van Nistelrooy x2; Shevchenko, Gorshkov]
Finland 2 – 1 Ireland [Kuqi x2; Robbie Keane]
Croatia 0 – 1 Spain [Raul]
Netherlands 1 – 3 Spain [Van Der Vaart; Fernando Torres, Luque, Raul]
Ukraine 1 – 0 Finland [Kalinchencko]
Ireland 3 – 1 Croatia [Connolly x2, Robbie Keane; Kinsella OG]
Ireland 0 – 0 Netherlands
Croatia 0 – 1 Finland [Nurmela]
Spain 3 – 2 Ukraine [Morientes, Raul, Fedorov OG; Voronin x2]
Netherlands 0 – 0 Croatia
Finland 0 – 0 Spain
Ukraine 2 – 0 Ireland [Shevchenko x2]
Finland 0 – 0 Netherlands
Croatia 0 – 2 Ukraine [Vorobei, Shevchenko]
Spain 1 – 2 Ireland [Luque; Robbie Keane, Connolly]
Ukraine 0 – 2 Netherlands [Stam, Van Nistelrooy]
Ireland 0 – 3 Finland [Vayrynen x2, Forssell]
Spain 1 – 0 Croatia [Morientes]
Netherlands 1 – 0 Ireland [Van Nisterlrooy]
Finland 1 – 1 Croatia [Johansson; Prso]
Ukraine 4 – 1 Spain [Vorobei, Shevchenko x2, Holovko; Fernando Torres]
Spain 0 – 3 Netherlands [Zenden, Makaay, Van Nistelrooy]
Finland 0 – 3 Ukraine [Voronin, Shevchenko, Vorobei]
Croatia 1 – 1 Ireland [Prso; Robbie Keane]
Croatia 1 – 2 Netherlands [Moscaru; Van Nistelrooy, Seedorf]
Spain 2 – 3 Finland [Raul, Fernando Torres; Sjolund, Forssell x2]
Ireland 1 – 2 Ukraine [Connolly; O'Brien OG, Vorobei]
Netherlands 0 – 0 Finland
Ukraine 3 – 0 Croatia [Venhlinskyy, Holovko, Voronin]
Ireland 0 – 3 Spain [Raul x2, Fernando Torres]
UEFA Group D
Bulgaria - 17 pts +5 GD 11 GF 6 GA
Italy - 16 pts +4 GD 9 GF 5 GA
Austria - 15 pts +2 GD 8 GF 6 GA
Georgia - 13 pts -1 GD 6 GF 7 GA
Greece - 12 pts -6 GD 3 GF 9 GA
Slovakia - 7 pts -4 GD 3 GF 7 GA
Bulgaria 1 – 0 Georgia [Berbatov]
Italy 3 – 0 Austria [Del Piero, Vieri x2]
Greece 0 – 0 Slovakia
Bulgaria 0 – 1 Slovakia [Miucal]
Georgia 1 – 1 Italy [Iashvili; Fiore]
Austria 0 – 1 Greece [Charisteas]
Austria 3 – 0 Bulgaria [Floeggel, Haas, Wallner]
Greece 0 – 0 Italy
Slovakia 0 – 1 Georgia [Hlineta OG]
Bulgaria 3 – 0 Greece [Berbatov x3]
Italy 1 – 0 Slovakia [Pirlo]
Georgia 0 – 0 Austria
Italy 1 – 2 Bulgaria [Vieri; Berbatov x2]
Greece 0 – 1 Georgia [Akhalkatsi]
Austria 1 – 0 Slovakia [Schopp]
Georgia 0 – 1 Bulgaria [Bodojiv]
Austria 0 – 1 Italy [Perrotta]
Slovakia 0 – 1 Greece [Katsouranis]
Bulgaria 0 – 0 Austria
Italy 0 – 1 Greece [Vryzas]
Georgia 2 – 1 Slovakia [Ashvetia, Arveladze; Janaucho]
Slovakia 0 – 0 Bulgaria
Italy 1 – 1 Georgia [Vieri; Ashvetia]
Greece 0 – 1 Austria [Glieder]
Greece 0 – 4 Bulgaria [Slian Pelokov x2, Mandev, Bojirinov]
Slovakia 0 – 0 Italy
Austria 2 – 0 Georgia [Glieder x2]
Bulgaria 0 – 1 Italy [Vieri]
Georgia 0 – 0 Greece
Slovakia 1 – 1 Austria [Reito; Wallner]
UEFA Group E
Denmark - 22 pts +9 GD 18 GF 9 GA
Norway - 15 pts +5 GD 20 GF 15 GA
Belgium - 15 pts +1 GD 10 GF 9 GA
Czech Republic - 14 pts +0 GD 14 GF 14 GA
Russia - 11 pts -5 GD 11 GF 16 GA
Wales - 8 pts -10 GD 9 GF 19 GA
Czech Republic 0 – 2 Belgium [Buffel x2]
Norway 3 – 0 Wales [Carew, Cattison OG, Iversen]
Denmark 1 – 0 Russia [Sand]
Czech Republic 0 – 0 Russia
Belgium 1 – 0 Norway [Sonck]
Wales 1 – 1 Denmark [Jonron; Perez]
Wales 0 – 1 Czech Republic [Galasek]
Denmark 0 – 1 Norway [Andresen]
Russia 0 – 1 Belgium [E. Mpenza]
Czech Republic 1 – 2 Denmark [Heinz; Sand x2]
Norway 2 – 3 Russia [Andresen, Solskjaer; Bulykin, Kerzakov x2]
Belgium 1 – 2 Wales [E. Mpenza; Giggs, Harston]
Norway 4 – 2 Czech Republic [Carew, Riise, Flo, Solskjaer; Bolf, Jankulovski]
Denmark 0 – 1 Belgium [M. Mpenza]
Russia 1 – 0 Wales [Bulykin]
Belgium 1 – 1 Czech Republic [Sonck; Vachousek]
Wales 3 – 2 Norway [Giggs, Harston x2; Riise, Hangeland]
Russia 3 – 5 Denmark [Bulykin, Lovenkrands OG, Titov; P. Nielsen, Tomasson, Rommedahl, Madsen, Sand]
Czech Republic 5 – 0 Wales [Baros x2, Bolf, Calm Rolenson OG, Koller]
Norway 1 – 3 Denmark [Flo; Tomasson, Gronkjaer, Madsen]
Belgium 1 – 1 Russia [E. Mpenza; Bulykin]
Russia 1 – 2 Czech Republic [Bulykin; Koller, Baros]
Norway 2 – 0 Belgium [Riise, El-Fakiri]
Denmark 2 – 1 Wales [Sand x2; Giggs]
Denmark 3 – 0 Czech Republic [Perez, Sand, Tomasson]
Russia 1 – 4 Norway [Bulykin; Solskjaer, Onopko OG, Iversen, F. Johnsen]
Wales 2 – 2 Belgium [Harston, Giggs; Buffel x2]
Czech Republic 2 – 1 Norway [Koller, Lokvenc; Andresen]
Belgium 0 – 1 Denmark [De Vlieger OG]
Wales 0 – 1 Russia [Mostovoi]
UEFA Group F
Romania - 19 pts +7 GD 9 GF 2 GA
France - 17 pts +6 GD 13 GF 7 GA
Poland - 12 pts -5 GD 6 GF 11 GA
Switzerland - 11 pts -1 GD 7 GF 8 GA
Sweden - 11 pts -1 GD 5 GF 6 GA
Israel - 8 pts -6 GD 7 GF 13 GA
Switzerland 1 – 1 Israel [H. Yakin; Golan]
France 0 – 1 Romania [Mutu]
Poland 0 – 0 Sweden
Switzerland 0 – 0 Sweden
Israel 1 – 4 France [Golan; Trezeguet, Henry x2, Zidane]
Romania 1 – 0 Poland [Mutu]
Romania 1 – 1 Switzerland [Mutu; Alexander Frei]
Poland 0 – 3 France [Trezeguet x2, Pires]
Sweden 2 – 1 Israel [Ibrahimovic, Johansson; Colautti]
Switzerland 0 – 2 Poland [Niedzielan x2]
France 0 – 0 Sweden
Israel 0 – 0 Romania
France 3 – 2 Switzerland [Zidane, Trezeguet, Henry; Alexander Frei, Streller]
Poland 1 – 1 Israel [Niedzielan; Ben-Shushan]
Sweden 1 – 0 Romania [Allback]
Israel 0 – 2 Switzerland [Chapuisat; Alexander Frei]
Romania 1 – 0 France [Dica]
Sweden 0 – 1 Poland [Niedzielan]
Switzerland 0 – 0 Romania
France 1 – 0 Poland [Zidane]
Israel 1 – 1 Sweden [Afek; Ibrahimovic]
Sweden 0 – 1 Switzerland [Alexander Frei]
France 0 – 1 Israel [Benayoun]
Poland 0 – 4 Romania [Mutu x2, Bratu x2]
Poland 0 – 0 Switzerland
Sweden 1 – 1 France [Skoog; Zidane]
Romania 0 – 0 Israel
Switzerland 0 – 1 France [Trezeguet]
Israel 1 – 2 Poland [Golan; Niedzielan x2]
Romania 1 – 0 Sweden [Bratu]
CAF Group A
Senegal - 23 pts +15 GD 27 GF 12 GA
Togo - 19 pts +4 GD 12 GF 8 GA
Mozambique - 15 pts +5 GD 17 GF 12 GA
Nigeria - 10 pts -7 GD 8 GF 15 GA
Mali - 7 pts -7 GD 6 GF 13 GA
Cape Verde Islands - 6 pts -10 GD 7 GF 17 GA
Mozambique 2 – 2 Nigeria [Chiquinho Conde x2; Utaka, Okocha]
Togo 1 – 2 Senegal [Adebayor; Henri Camara, Bouba Diop]
Cape Verde Islands 1 – 1 Mali [Larsson; Bagayoko]
Senegal 4 – 3 Mozambique [Diabang x2, Diouf x2; Dario, Eusebio, Tico-Tico]
Cape Verde Islands 1 – 2 Togo [Larsson; Mohamed Kader, Assemoassa]
Mali 0 – 2 Nigeria [Aghahowa, Kanu]
Mozambique 0 – 0 Mali
Nigeria 0 – 1 Togo [Mohamed Kader]
Senegal 1 – 1 Cape Verde Islands [Diouf; Dady]
Togo 1 – 1 Mozambique [Adebayor; Eusebio]
Cape Verde Islands 0 – 3 Nigeria [Okocha, Martins x2]
Mali 1 – 5 Senegal [Sissoko; Niang x2, Diabang, Henri Camara x2]
Mozambique 2 – 1 Cape Verde Islands [Dario, Tico-Tico; Larsson]
Togo 1 – 1 Mali [Mohamed Kader; Diarra]
Nigeria 0 – 3 Senegal [Diouf x2, Niang]
Cape Verde Islands 0 – 2 Mozambique [Chiquinho Conde, Eusebio]
Mali 0 – 1 Togo [D. Traore OG]
Senegal 3 – 0 Nigeria [Diabang, Udeze OG, Feye]
Mozambique 1 – 3 Senegal [Chiquinho Conde; Niang, Diouf x2]
Togo 2 – 1 Cape Verde Islands [Akoto, Mohamed Kader; Larsson]
Nigeria 0 – 0 Mali
Mali 0 – 1 Mozambique [Dario]
Togo 0 – 0 Nigeria
Cape Verde Islands 0 – 3 Senegal [Niang x2, Diomansy Kamara]
Nigeria 0 – 5 Mozambique [Chiquinho Conde x3, Dario, Eusebio]
Senegal 2 – 2 Togo [Diouf, Diomansy Kamara; Adebayor, Salifou]
Mali 0 – 1 Cape Verde Islands [Dady]
Mozambique 0 – 1 Togo [Mohamed Kader]
Nigeria 1 – 1 Cape Verde Islands [Kanu; Larsson]
Senegal 1 – 3 Mali [S. N'Diaye; Kanoute, Sissoko, Bagayoko]
CAF Group B
Burkina Faso - 18 pts +3 GD 19 GF 16 GA
Morocco - 16 pts +3 GD 13 GF 10 GA
Cote d'Ivoire - 14 pts +1 GD 12 GF 11 GA
Egypt - 11 pts -1 GD 12 GF 13 GA
Algeria - 11 pts -2 GD 9 GF 11 GA
Cameroon - 11 pts -4 GD 8 GF 12 GA
Cameroon 0 – 2 Cote d'Ivoire [Tebily, Dindane]
Morocco 1 – 3 Burkina Faso [Hguilned; Yssouf Kone, Pitroipa, Dagano]
Egypt 1 – 2 Algeria [Mido; Zidane, Sofiane]
Cameroon 0 – 1 Algeria [Sofiane]
Cote d'Ivoire 0 – 3 Morocco [Pabos, Zamiki x2]
Burkina Faso 1 – 1 Egypt [Dagano; Belal]
Burkina Faso 3 – 1 Cameroon [Dagano, Yssouf Kone x2; Olembe]
Egypt 0 – 1 Morocco [Bigocare]
Algeria 0 – 0 Cote d'Ivoire
Cameroon 0 – 2 Egypt [Mido x2]
Morocco 2 – 1 Algeria [Hguilned x2; Zidane]
Cote d'Ivoire 2 – 2 Burkina Faso [Kalou, Dindane; Pitroipa, Dagano]
Morocco 0 – 1 Cameroon [Ndiefi]
Egypt 0 – 1 Cote d'Ivoire [Kone]
Algeria 2 – 3 Burkina Faso [Zarabi, Zidane; Pitroipa, Yahia Kebe, Yssouf Kone]
Cote d'Ivoire 1 – 1 Cameroon [Dindane; Mezague]
Burkina Faso 3 – 4 Morocco [Dagano, Pitroipa x2; Juheets Liggi x4]
Algeria 1 – 2 Egypt [Ouadah; Mido, Hossam Hassan]
Cameroon 0 – 1 Burkina Faso [Dagano]
Morocco 1 – 1 Egypt [Khasva; Ghali]
Cote d'Ivoire 1 – 2 Algeria [Bakari; Sofiane, Zidane]
Algeria 0 – 1 Cameroon [Idorissou]
Morocco 0 – 0 Cote d'Ivoire
Egypt 3 – 0 Burkina Faso [T. Said, Mido x2]
Egypt 1 – 3 Cameroon [A. Halim; Idorissou, Eto'o x2]
Algeria 0 – 0 Morocco
Burkina Faso 2 – 2 Cote d'Ivoire [Dagano, Yahia Kebe; Bakayoko, Drogba]
Cameroon 1 – 1 Morocco [Idorissou; Bigocare]
Cote d'Ivoire 3 – 1 Egypt [Kone, Drogba x2; Mido]
Burkina Faso 1 – 0 Algeria [Pitroipa]
CAF Group C
South Africa - 16 pts +2 GD 10 GF 8 GA
Angola - 15 pts +3 GD 11 GF 8 GA
Congo DR - 14 pts +4 GD 9 GF 5 GA
Ghana - 13 pts +0 GD 9 GF 9 GA
Guinea - 12 pts -5 GD 5 GF 10 GA
Tunisia - 9 pts -4 GD 7 GF 11 GA
Guinea 0 – 0 Angola
Ghana 0 – 0 Congo DR
Tunisia 2 – 2 South Africa [Chiromi, Benam; Zuma, Nhleko]
Guinea 1 – 0 South Africa [Mansare]
Angola 2 – 1 Ghana [Mantorras, Akwa; Jamba OG]
Congo DR 0 – 1 Tunisia [Benam]
Congo DR 3 – 0 Guinea
Tunisia 0 – 1 Ghana [Boakye]
South Africa 1 – 1 Angola [Nomvethe; Flavio]
Guinea 1 – 0 Tunisia [Mansare]
Ghana 1 – 2 South Africa [Boakye; Nomvethe, Fish]
Angola 0 – 0 Congo DR
Ghana 0 – 0 Guinea
Tunisia 0 – 1 Angola [Flavio]
South Africa 0 – 0 Congo DR
Angola 0 – 1 Guinea [Mansare]
Congo DR 2 – 2 Ghana [Nonda x2; Amoah, Nyarko]
South Africa 1 – 1 Tunisia [Mayo; Jaili]
Guinea 0 – 2 Congo DR [Nonda, N'kufo]
Ghana 1 – 0 Tunisia [Nyarko]
Angola 2 – 0 South Africa [Akwa, Mantorras]
South Africa 2 – 0 Guinea [Koumantarakis, Mayo]
Ghana 2 – 1 Angola [Tanko, Amoah; Akwa]
Tunisia 0 – 0 Congo DR
Tunisia 2 – 1 Guinea [Benam, Butarahm; S. Bangoura]
South Africa 1 – 0 Ghana [Essien OG]
Congo DR 2 – 1 Angola [N'kufo x2; Mantorras]
Guinea 1 – 1 Ghana [Mansare; Tanko]
Angola 3 – 1 Tunisia [Afonso x3; F.D. Nemtos]
Congo DR 0 – 1 South Africa [Koumantarakis]
CONCACAF Group A
Costa Rica - 22 pts +15 GD 15 GF 0 GA
United States - 11 pts +0 GD 6 GF 6 GA
West Indies - 9 pts -3 GD 5 GF 8 GA
Trinidad & Tobago - 8 pts -3 GD 6 GF 9 GA
Honduras - 5 pts -9 GD 4 GF 13 GA
United States 0 – 1 Costa Rica [Fonseca]
Trinidad & Tobago 1 – 2 Honduras [Yorke; Saul Martinez x2]
BYE: West Indies
Honduras 0 – 0 Costa Rica
West Indies 1 – 0 United States [Dyer]
BYE: Trinidad & Tobago
West Indies 3 – 1 Honduras [Defoe, Ferdinand x2; Pavon]
Costa Rica 1 – 0 Trinidad & Tobago [C. Castro]
BYE: United States
Costa Rica 2 – 0 West Indies [Fonseca, Winston Parks]
United States 2 – 1 Trinidad & Tobago [Mathis, Convey; Stern John]
BYE: Honduras
Trinidad & Tobago 2 – 0 West Indies [Stern John x2]
Honduras 0 – 1 United States [McBride]
BYE: Costa Rica
Costa Rica 2 – 0 United States [Fonseca, Centeno]
Honduras 1 – 2 Trinidad & Tobago [Amado Guevara; Stern John x2]
BYE: West Indies
Costa Rica 4 – 0 Honduras [Ronald Gomez x3, Wanchope]
United States 1 – 1 West Indies [Ashley Cole OG; Ferdinand]
BYE: Trinidad & Tobago
West Indies 0 – 0 Trinidad & Tobago
United States 2 – 0 Honduras [McBride, Mathis]
BYE: Costa Rica
West Indies 0 – 2 Costa Rica [Ronald Gomez x2]
Trinidad & Tobago 0 – 0 United States
BYE: Honduras
Honduras 0 – 0 West Indies
Trinidad & Tobago 0 – 3 Costa Rica [Bryce, Ronald Gomez, Chequi]
BYE: United States
CONCACAF Group B
Suriname - 18 pts +6 GD 13 GF 7 GA
Canada - 12 pts +1 GD 9 GF 8 GA
Jamaica - 11 pts +0 GD 7 GF 7 GA
Guadeloupe - 9 pts -1 GD 4 GF 5 GA
Mexico - 3 pts -6 GD 3 GF 9 GA
Jamaica 0 – 3 Suriname [Seedorf, Denneboom, Hasselbaink]
Canada 2 – 0 Mexico [Gerba, Hargreaves]
BYE: Guadeloupe
Suriname 1 – 0 Guadeloupe [Engelaar]
Jamaica 1 – 1 Canada [Daley; Nsaliwa]
BYE: Mexico
Mexico 0 – 1 Suriname [Redan]
Guadeloupe 0 – 0 Jamaica
BYE: Canada
Guadeloupe 1 – 0 Mexico [Saha]
Suriname 2 – 0 Canada [Engelaar x2]
BYE: Jamaica
Canada 0 – 1 Guadeloupe [Wiltord]
Mexico 0 – 0 Jamaica
BYE: Suriname
Suriname 2 – 4 Jamaica [Hasselbaink x2; Lowe x4]
Mexico 2 – 3 Canada [Borgetti, J.P. Rodriguez; Pardo OG, Radzinski, Hutchinson]
BYE: Guadeloupe
Suriname 2 – 1 Mexico [Redan, Davids; Borgetti]
Jamaica 1 – 0 Guadeloupe [Hayles]
BYE: Canada
Guadeloupe 1 – 2 Suriname [Saha; Melchiot, Redan]
Canada 1 – 1 Jamaica [Will Johnson; Fuller]
BYE: Mexico
Guadeloupe 1 – 1 Canada [Capoue; Friend]
Jamaica 0 – 0 Mexico
BYE: Suriname
Mexico 0 – 0 Guadeloupe
Canada 1 – 0 Suriname [Friend]
BYE: Jamaica
CONMEBOL Group A
Argentina - 14 pts +6 GD 8 GF 2 GA
Uruguay - 8 pts -1 GD 5 GF 6 GA
Ecuador - 5 pts -2 GD 2 GF 4 GA
Colombia - 5 pts -3 GD 4 GF 7 GA
Argentina 2 – 0 Colombia [Crespo, Riquelme]
Uruguay 0 – 2 Ecuador [Mencis, Kabitadez]
Uruguay 1 – 1 Argentina [Zalayeta; Crespo]
Colombia 1 – 0 Ecuador [Angel]
Ecuador 0 – 2 Argentina [Crespo, Kily Gonzalez]
Colombia 1 – 1 Uruguay [Muruzzo; Forlan]
Argentina 1 – 0 Uruguay [Crespo]
Ecuador 0 – 0 Colombia
Argentina 0 – 0 Ecuador
Uruguay 2 – 1 Colombia [Forlan, Regueiro; Helluro]
Colombia 1 – 2 Argentina [Helluro; C. Delgado, Crespo]
Ecuador 0 – 1 Uruguay [Forlan]
CONMEBOL Group B
Chile - 8 pts +2 GD 6 GF 4 GA
Brazil - 8 pts +0 GD 8 GF 8 GA
Paraguay - 8 pts -1 GD 7 GF 8 GA
Peru - 8 pts -1 GD 5 GF 6 GA
Paraguay 1 – 1 Chile [Bonet; Pinilla]
Peru 2 – 0 Brazil [Pizzaro x2]
Chile 2 – 0 Peru [Salas, Martel]
Brazil 2 – 2 Paraguay [Kaka, Ronaldo; Santa Cruz x2]
Brazil 1 – 0 Chile [Ronaldo]
Peru 1 – 0 Paraguay [Farfan]
Peru 0 – 0 Chile
Paraguay 0 – 3 Brazil [Adriano x2, Ronaldo]
Chile 0 – 1 Paraguay [Cardozo]
Brazil 1 – 1 Peru [Adriano; Palacios]
Chile 3 – 1 Brazil [Pinilla, Norambuena x2; Ronaldo]
Paraguay 3 – 1 Peru [Cardozo x2, Santa Cruz; Orejuela]
AFC
China - 22 pts +17 GD 26 GF 9 GA
South Korea - 15 pts -4 GD 15 GF 19 GA
Australia - 12 pts +2 GD 11 GF 9 GA
Japan - 11 pts -4 GD 8 GF 12 GA
Saudi Arabia - 9 pts -7 GD 8 GF 15 GA
Iran - 8 pts -4 GD 9 GF 13 GA
Australia 2 – 2 China [Viduka x2; Xu Jinwei, Lai Wuhang]
Japan 2 – 2 Iran [Ono, Kubo; Kamarapon, Bogodani]
South Korea 1 – 2 Saudi Arabia [Kim Nam Il; Al-Shlhoob, Abushgeer]
Australia 4 – 1 Saudi Arabia [Agostino x2, Sterjovski, Viduka; Al-Meshal]
China 3 – 1 Japan [Qiu Yaying, Xu Jinwei, Cai Xi; Kubo]
Iran 0 – 1 South Korea [Seol Ki Hyeon]
Iran 0 – 1 Australia [Aloisi]
South Korea 2 – 1 Japan [Choi Sung Kuk, Ahn Jung Hwan; Kubo]
Saudi Arabia 0 – 2 China [Lin Ou, Cai Xi]
Australia 0 – 1 South Korea [Seol Ki Hyeon]
Japan 0 – 0 Saudi Arabia
China 2 – 1 Iran [Xu Jinwei, Qiu Yaying; Karimi]
Japan 1 – 0 Australia [Nakamura]
South Korea 3 – 3 China [Ahn Jung Hwan x3; Cho Byung Kuk OG, Qiu Yaying, Lin Ou]
Saudi Arabia 0 – 1 Iran [Bogodani]
China 1 – 1 Australia [Qiu Yaying; Kewell]
Iran 0 – 0 Japan
Saudi Arabia 2 – 1 South Korea [Al-Shloob, Al-Shahrani; Seol Ki Hyeon]
Australia 1 – 1 Iran [Viduka; Kamarapon]
Japan 1 – 1 South Korea [Takahara; Cha Du Ri]
China 2 – 0 Saudi Arabia [Qiu Yaying x2]
Saudi Arabia 1 – 1 Australia [Ali Qahtani; Aloisi]
Japan 0 – 3 China [Qiu Yaying x2, Lin Ou]
South Korea 4 – 2 Iran [Ahn Jung Hwan, Park Ji Sung, Lee Dong Guk, Seol Ki Hyeon; Dalei, Kamarapon]
South Korea 1 – 1 Australia [Foxe OG; Viduka]
Saudi Arabia 1 – 2 Japan [Ali Qahtani; Takahara x2]
Iran 1 – 1 China [Karimi; Lin Ou]
Australia 0 – 0 Japan
China 7 – 0 South Korea [Qiu Yaying x3, Han Kaideng x3, Zhao Bai]
Iran 1 – 1 Saudi Arabia [Dalei; Al-Meshal]
Play-offs
Austria 1 - 0 Finland [Wallner]
Finland 0 - 1 Austria [Schopp]
Austria 2 - 0 FinlandBelgium 0 - 0 Poland
Poland 0 - 1 Belgium [Buffel]
Belgium 1 - 0 PolandHungary 1 - 0 Northern Ireland [Nemeth]
Northern Ireland 2 - 1 Hungary [Healy x2; Gera]
Hungary 2 - 2 Northern Ireland (away goals)
Congo DR 1 - 2 Cote d'Ivoire [Bosingwa; Bakayoko, Kone]
Cote d'Ivoire 0 - 2 Congo DR [Nonda x2]
Congo DR 3 - 2 Cote d'IvoireUruguay 2 - 3 Mozambique [Recoba, Dario Silva; Tico-Tico x2, Eusebio]
Mozambique 2 - 1 Uruguay [Eusebio x2; Bueno]
Mozambique 5 - 3 UruguayAustralia 2 - 2 Brazil [Aloisi, Viduka; Adriano, Gilberto Silva]
Brazil 2 - 2 Australia [Alex, Ronaldo; Chipperfield x2]
Australia 4 - 4 Brazil (8-7 PKs)
[Ronaldo: O, Ronaldinho: O, Ze Roberto: X, Kaka: O, Gilberto Silva: O, Emerson: O, Roberto Carlos: O, Cafu: O, Roque Junior: X]
[Viduka: O, Kewell: O, Lazaridis: O, Emerton: X, Okon: O, Skoko: O, T. Vidmar: O, Muscat: O, Moore: O]Qualified Teams
Germany
Bosnia-Herzegovina
England
Portugal
Ukraine
Netherlands
Bulgaria
Italy
Denmark
Norway
Romania
France
Senegal
Togo
Burkina Faso*
Morocco
South Africa
Angola
Costa Rica
United States
Suriname
Canada*
Argentina
Chile
China*
South Korea
Austria
Belgium
Hungary
Congo DR*
Mozambique
Australia
*First time qualifying
World Cup Finals
Group Stage
Group A
Romania - 5 pts +3 GD 3 GF 0 GA
Togo - 3 pts +0 GD 1 GF 1 GA
Austria - 3 pts +0 GD 1 GF 1 GA
Suriname - 1 pts -3 GD 0 GF 3 GA
Togo 0 - 0 Suriname
Austria 0 - 0 Romania
Romania 3 - 0 Suriname [Mutu, Pancu, Zicu]
Austria 1 - 1 Togo [Wallner; Adebayor]
Togo 0 - 0 Romania
Suriname 0 - 0 Austria
*TIEBREAKER: Penalty Shootout: Togo 5 - 4 Austria
[Adebayor: O, Mohamed Kader: O, Salifou: O, J. Senaya: X, Mamam Toure: O, Romao: X, Aziawonou: O]
[Kollman: O, Glieder: X, Floegel: O, Schopp: O, Ivanschitz: O, Aufhauser: X, Pogatetz: X]Group B
Norway - 6 pts +5 GD 10 GF 5 GA
China - 6 pts +3 GD 10 GF 7 GA
Ukraine - 6 pts +0 GD 5 GF 5 GA
Angola - 0 pts -8 GD 3 GF 11 GA
Angola 0 - 4 Norway [Solskjaer x2, Tessem, F. Johnsen]
China 1 - 2 Ukraine [Xu Jinwei; Melashchenko, Venhlinskyy]
Ukraine 1 - 4 Norway [Federov; Andresen x2, Bakke, Solskjaer]
China 5 - 3 Angola [Qiu Yaying x3, Lin Ou x2; Akwa, Flavio x2]
Angola 0 - 2 Ukraine [Vorobei x2]
Norway 2 - 4 China [F. Johnsen, Carew; Han Kaideng x2, Qiu Yaying, Zhai Zongqi]
Group C
Chile - 5 pts +1 GD 3 GF 2 GA
Congo DR - 4 pts +0 GD 3 GF 3 GA
South Korea - 3 pts +0 GD 4 GF 4 GA
France - 2 pts -1 GD 2 GF 3 GA
South Korea 1 - 1 Chile [Lee Dong Guk; Salas]
Congo DR 1 - 0 France [E. Mpenza]
France 1 - 1 Chile [Saha; Salas]
Congo DR 2 - 2 South Korea [N'kufo x2; Choi Jin Cheul, Chung Kyung Ho]
South Korea 1 - 1 France [Ahn Jung Hwan; Trezeguet]
Chile 1 - 0 Congo DR [Salas]
Group D
Senegal - 7 pts +4 GD 6 GF 2 GA
Netherlands - 5 pts +2 GD 4 GF 2 GA
Germany - 4 pts -1 GD 2 GF 3 GA
United States - 0 pts -5 GD 1 GF 6 GA
Senegal 1 - 1 Netherlands [Diomansy Kamara; Van Der Meyde]
Germany 1 - 0 United States [Kuranyi]
United States 0 - 2 Netherlands [Makaay, Van Nistelrooy]
Germany 0 - 2 Senegal [Diomansy Kamara, Fadiga]
Senegal 3 - 1 United States [Diouf x2, Henri Camara; Donovan]
Netherlands 1 - 1 Germany [Robben; Jeremies]
Group E
Morocco - 5 pts +1 GD 2 GF 1 GA
Hungary - 5 pts +1 GD 2 GF 1 GA
Australia - 4 pts +1 GD 3 GF 2 GA
Bulgaria - 1 pts -3 GD 1 GF 4 GA
Australia 2 - 0 Bulgaria [Aloisi x2]
Hungary 0 - 0 Morocco
Morocco 1 - 0 Bulgaria [Bigocare]
Hungary 1 - 0 Australia [Szabics]
Australia 1 - 1 Morocco [Chipperfield; Khasva]
Bulgaria 1 - 1 Hungary [Huiskov; Kenesei]
*TIEBREAKER: Penalty Shootout: Morocco 4 - 1 Hungary
[Charack: O, Zamiki: O, Mokomori: O, Khasva: O]
[Kenesei: X, Szabics: O, Miriuta: X]Group F
Denmark - 7 pts +2 GD 4 GF 2 GA
Argentina - 4 pts +1 GD 5 GF 4 GA
Italy - 4 pts +1 GD 2 GF 1 GA
South Africa - 1 pts -4 GD 0 GF 4 GA
Italy 0 - 1 Denmark [Gronkjaer]
South Africa 0 - 3 Argentina [Kily Gonzalez, Veron, Aimar]
Argentina 2 - 2 Denmark [Crespo x2; Tomasson, Sand]
South Africa 0 - 0 Italy
Italy 2 - 0 Argentina [Fiore, Vieri]
Denmark 1 - 0 South Africa [A. Mokoena OG]
Group G
Canada - 6 pts +1 GD 5 GF 4 GA
Belgium - 5 pts +1 GD 4 GF 3 GA
England - 4 pts +1 GD 4 GF 3 GA
Burkina Faso - 1 pts -3 GD 4 GF 7 GA
Burkina Faso 1 - 2 Canada [Gnanou; Radzinski, Gerba]
England 0 - 0 Belgium
Belgium 2 - 1 Canada [Soetaers, Buffel; Brennan]
England 3 - 1 Burkina Faso [Rooney, Owen, Vassel; Yssouf Kone]
Burkina Faso 2 - 2 Belgium [Dagano, Yahia Kebe; Pieroni, Soetaers]
Canada 2 - 1 England [Friend x2; Hargreaves]
Group H
Costa Rica - 7 pts +3 GD 4 GF 1 GA
Bosnia-Herzegovina - 3 pts +0 GD 0 GF 0 GA
Portugal - 2 pts -1 GD 2 GF 3 GA
Mozambique - 2 pts -2 GD 3 GF 5 GA
Bosnia-Herzegovina 0 - 0 Mozambique
Portugal 0 - 1 Costa Rica [Fonseca]
Costa Rica 3 - 1 Mozambique [Winston Parks x2, Centeno; Chiquinho Conde]
Portugal 0 - 0 Bosnia-Herzegovina
Bosnia-Herzegovina 0 - 0 Costa Rica
Mozambique 2 - 2 Portugal [Eusebio x2; Deco, Figo]
Knockout Round
Round of Sixteen
Romania 0 - 0 Belgium (4-2 PKs)
Morocco 0 - 1 Congo DR [Nonda]
Chile 0 - 0 Togo (2-3 PKs)
Senegal 4 - 0 Hungary [Niang, Fadiga, Diomansy Kamara, T. Silva]
Canada 2 - 1 China [Marcel de Jong x2; Xu Jinwei]
Denmark 1 - 1 Bosnia-Herzegovina [Sand; Misimovic] (3-4 PKs)
Costa Rica 0 - 1 Argentina [Almeyda]
Norway 3 - 2 Netherlands [Solskjaer, Flo, Hangeland OT; Van Nistelrooy x2]
Quarterfinals
Romania 2 - 0 Congo DR [Bratu, Mutu]
Togo 1 - 1 Senegal [Aziawonou; Henri Camara] (2-4 PKs)
Canada 1 - 3 Bosnia-Herzegovina [Radzinski; Klukowski OG, Rahimic, Topic]
Argentina 3 - 3 Norway [Saviola, Almeyda, Galletti OT; Solskjaer x2, Leo Franco OG OT] (1-3 PKs)
Semifinals
Romania 1 - 3 Senegal [Mutu; Diomansy Kamara x2 1OT, Diabang OT]
Bosnia-Herzegovina 0 - 2 Norway [Riise, Flo]
Third Place
Romania 1 - 0 Bosnia-Herzegovina [Dica]
Championship
Senegal 2 - 3 Norway [Niang x2; Solskjaer, Flo, Diawara OG]
Scoring Award
The top scorers from the tournament (players with 3 or more) were:
Solskjaer - 7
Diomansy Kamara - 5
Qiu Yaying - 4
Flo - 3
Niang - 3
Salas - 3
Van Nistelrooy - 3