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 World Cup
The 2006 World Cup is being held in Germany from June 9 to July 9, 2006.
The world cup is held every 4 years and the winning team will receive the solid gold trophy.
England plays their first World Cup game against Paraguay on June 10.
There are 32 countries playing against each other in this years world cup:
- Group A: Germany, Costa Rica, Poland, Ecuador.
- Group B: Italy, Ghana, USA, Czech Republic.
- Group C: England, Paraquay, Trinidad & Tobago, Sweden.
- Group D: Brazil, Croatia, Australia, Japan.
- Group E: Argentina, Ivory coast, Serbia & Montenegro, Holland.
- Group F: France, Switzerland, South Korea, Togo.
- Group G: Mexico, Iran, Angola, Portugal.
- Group H: Spain, Ukraine, Tunisia, Saudi Arabia.
The first two teams to play, will be Germany against Costa Rica.
Match Schedules
Who plays with whom and when
fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/w/schedule.html
Websites with Teaching Resources for the World Cup
FINAL COUNTDOWN
Late for the World Cup final? It's every football player's nightmare... Save the day in the Final Countdown game!
www.bbc.co.uk/blast/opportunities/gameplan/finalcountdown/
 World Cup Press Pack reports
Read match reports written by 32 students
from every World Cup country!
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 World Cup Chart
This Clicker Grid Set from Learning Grids.com enables pupils to track the progress of countries playing in the 2006 World Cup football games.
World Cup 2006 Resources Cool!
www.mape.org.uk/WorldCup2006/index.htm
Activities and resources for the World Cup from Naace.
World Cup Maths Problems
wsgfl.westsussex.gov.uk
Ideas suggested by maths co-ordinators (Spring 2006) related to the 2006 football World Cup competition have been collated in this document.
Bring on the World - Oxfam Cool!
www.oxfam.org.uk/coolplanet/bringontheworld
Teaching resources exploring global issues including the sportswear industry, whether competition is 'a good thing', and the inequalities between participating countries. This site provides you with lesson plans and handouts for work in the foundation
subjects and in English Speaking & Listening including mapwork, quizzes, 'country trumps' card game and photo activities.
From the Oxfam site you can also download a PDF file on facts about the World Cup, its history and details of this year’s tournament.  About the World Cup pdf (117KB pdf).
Sunderland Schools Website
www.sunderlandschools.org/international/resources-worldcup.htm
Provides weblinks under subject areas, ideas for cross curricular links, World Cup 2006 Sudoku, a PDF of World Cup Flags and lots more.
Northwood Primary School
www.northwood.org.uk/world%20cup.htm
Online Games and Top Trump Cards to download
Geography Website
www.sln.org.uk/geography/Sporting%20fever.htm
Football - 2006 World Cup
www.britishcouncil.org/languageassistant-world-cup
Series of lesson plans related to the World Cup.
Teaching Resources
Promethean Resources
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World Cup Design by Janine Lambourne (Darford Cluster ICT Project Officer)
World Cup Sudoku by Janine Lambourne (Darford Cluster ICT Project Officer)
World Cup Venues by Janine Lambourne (Darford Cluster ICT Project Officer)
 Excel Resource (right click on link and select Save Target As)
World Cup 2006 by Dave Whitehead
Excel Spreadsheet for storing Football World Cup 2006 results.
General World Cup Resources
The official site for the 2006 FIFA World Cup™ Germany
The home of the FIFA World Cup. Updated for each tournament and a complete history
History of the World Cup
www.thefa.com/WorldCup2006/History/
Book a Hotel
How much would it cost you to stay in a hotel in Germany?
www.discover-hotels.com/worldcup_2006_hotels.php
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