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Home  Trivia Sport 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany preliminary competition stats |
| 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany preliminary competition stats |
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| Created: Friday, 27 April 2007 | ||
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194 teams, 847 games and 2,464 goals As is always the case with the four-yearly FIFA World Cupâ„¢ preliminary competition, the world’s ”biggest football tournament“ has once again served up a mine of information for statistics lovers. The facts and figures need little introduction:
while there was no increase on the number of teams that entered the
2002 qualifiers (194) and that figure can barely increase any further
given the number of FIFA member associations, the number of matches
required to determine the 31 teams that will join hosts Germany in the
final competition rose by almost 10%, with some 847 games being played
across the six geographic zones. Over 18 million spectators
(approximately 22,000 per match) attended preliminary competition
matches and celebrated a total of 2,464 goals (averaging 2.91 per
game). For these and a whole host of other statistics, see the table
below and the official event website www.FIFAworldcup.com. STATSNumber of matches Total: 847 African Zone: 190 Asian Zone: 135 European Zone: 282 North, Central American and Caribbean Zone: 111 Oceanian Zone: 38 South American Zone: 91
Most/Fewest matches needed to qualify 20 - Trinidad and Tobago / 9 - Australia Wins (W)/ Draws (D)/Losses (L) Overall W/L: 659 (78%) / D: 188 (22%) Home (H) W: 410 (50%) / D: 183 (23%) / L: 219 (27%) Away (A) W: 219 (27%) / D: 183 (23%) / L: 410 (50%) Neutral (N) W/L: 30 (4%) / D: 5 (1%) Most common results 1:0 / 0:1 (134x)
Teams unbeaten in the preliminary competition
CROATIA, Cuba, FRANCE, Israel, Morocco, NETHERLANDS, PORTUGAL, SAUDI ARABIA, SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO, SPAIN Oldest/youngest team to qualify Sweden (27/03) / Togo (22/04)
Number of 2006 finalists to have qualified for last five World Cups / first-time qualifiers in 2006 2002: 20; 1998: 15; 1994: 9; 1990: 7; 1986: 6 (Argentina, Brazil, Germany, Italy, Korea Republic, Spain) / Angola, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Ukraine Finalists with most appearances in preliminary competitions 17 - Portugal; 16 - Czech Republic (30-94 TCH, as from 1998 CZE), Serbia and Montenegro (30-02 YUG, as from 06 SCG), Sweden, Switzerland
Total number of yellow cards (average per game) 3.016 (3.56)
Most/Fewest goals scored (qualified teams only) 67 - Mexico / 14 - France
Highest/lowest goal average (GF/MP) 3.87 - Australia / 1.25 - Angola
Highest-scoring games & highest wins 13:0 Bermuda v. Montserrat
Number of goals from penalties Most goals from penalties (team, player) 83 6 - Brazil; 3 - RONALDO, RONALDINHO (BRA)
Number of goals by substitutes Most goals by substitutes (team, player) 321 9 - Costa Rica, Portugal; 4 - JOHNSON (USA)
Highest-scoring shirt numbers “9” - 382; “10” - 306; “11” - 225
Hat tricks 61 (5 goals: HMAE/NCL, LAKE/SKN)
Oldest/youngest player in preliminary competition 46/07 - TAYLOR (VIR) 15/09 - SAELUA (ASA)
Oldest/youngest goalscorer in preliminary competition 41/00 - BWALYA (ZAM) 17/03 - THONGPHACHAN (LAO)
Total number of red cards (average per game) 188 (0.22)
Finalists with most yellow/red cards 43 - Argentina / 4 - Argentina
Highest attendances 110,000 - Iran v. Japan 25.03.2005 TEHRAN 90,000 - India v. Japan 08.09.2004 CALCUTTA 85,000 - Congo DR v. South Africa 05.09.2004 KINSHASA
Number of coaches who have qualified for/participated in previous final competitions 11
Total number of referees/assistant referees 359 / 729
Most refereeing assignments REF: 9 - ARCHUNDIA (MEX), STOTT (USA) ARF: 9 - GARWOOD (JAM), HANSEN B. (DEN), REIS (BRA), SALINAS (HON)
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