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Groups for Germany 2006

Teams are allocated into eight groups or pools of four teams, a total of 32 countries. In the first round, each team plays three matches, one against each of the other teams in their group. For a win 3 points are awarded, 1 point for a draw and no points for a loss. The top two teams in each group go through to the next round (see Results).

GROUP A	GROUP E
Germany Costa Rica Poland Ecuador	Italy Ghana USA Czech Republic
GROUP B	GROUP F
England Paraguay Trinidad & Tobago Sweden	Brazil Croatia Australia Japan
GROUP C	GROUP G
Argentina Ivory Coast Serbia & Montenegro Holland	France Switzerland South Korea Togo
GROUP D	GROUP H
Mexico Iran Angola Portugal	Spain Ukraine Tunisia Saudi Arabia

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Groups for Germany 2006

GROUP A

GROUP E

GROUP B

GROUP F

GROUP C

GROUP G

GROUP D

GROUP H