How well did you do?

 

10 correct
You are a smart arse, officially.

7, 8 or 9 correct
Well done, you know
your stuff.

4, 5 or 6 correct
A good attempt

1, 2 or 3 correct
Whoops. Let's put it down to a late night last night!

0 correct
Presumably you sporting interest revolves around netball!

 

 

 

World Cup
2006

 

   
   

1

If Italian World Cup winner Simone Perrotta had played for the country of his birth rather than Italy who would he have played for?
England - he was born in Ashton-under-Lyne and lived in England until he was six years old when his Italian parents returned to Italy.
 

  2 In which city was the stadium pictured alongside?.
Frankfurt - the Waldstadion with its suspended video cube.
 
  3 Who was the only English referee to officiate in the finals? Graham Poll
 
    4 Who finished as the leading goalscorer in the finals?
Miroslav Klose of Germany with 5 goals. 
   
    5 Who were the only one of the World Cup semi-finalists to have finished in second place in the Group stage of the finals?
Germany, Italy and Portugal all finished as group winners but France finished second to Switzerland in their group.
   
    6 Which country was eliminated without conceding a goal in the finals (other than from a penalty shoot-out)?
Switzerland 
   
    7 Who is the manager pictured alongside and which country did he manager at the finals?
Guus Hiddink, Australia.
8 In the Group stage which country lost 0-4 and then won 4-0 in successive matches?
Ukraine who followed a 0-4 defeast to Spain with a 4-0 victory over Saudi Arabia.
   
    9 Which was the only African nation to reach the knock-out stages?
Ghana
     
      10 Who did Zinedine Zidane head-butt?
Marco Materazzi