World Cup ’06

GROUP A

* June 9 -- Costa Rica vs. Germany at Munich, 9 a.m.; Poland vs. Ecuador at Gelsenkirchen, noon.

* June 14 -- Poland vs. Germany at Dortmund, noon.

* June 15 -- Ecuador vs. Costa Rica at Hamburg, 6 a.m.

* June 20 -- Ecuador vs. Germany at Berlin, 7 a.m.; Costa Rica vs. Poland at Hanover, 7 a.m.

GROUP B

* June 10 -- England vs. Paraguay at Frankfurt, 6 a.m.; Trinidad and Tobago vs. Sweden at Dortmund, 9 a.m.

* June 15 -- England vs. Trinidad and Tobago at Nuremberg, 9 a.m.; Sweden vs. Paraguay at Berlin, noon.

* June 20 -- Paraguay vs. Trinidad and Tobago at Kaiserlautern, noon; Sweden vs. England at Cologne, noon.

GROUP C

* June 10 -- Argentina vs. Ivory Coast at Hamburg, noon.

* June 11 -- Serbia and Montenegro vs. Netherlands at Leipzig, 6 a.m.

* June 16 -- Argentina vs. Serbia and Montenegro at Gelsenkirchen, 6 a.m.; Netherlands vs. Ivory Coast at Stuttgart, 9 a.m.

* June 21 -- Netherlands vs. Argentina at Frankfurt, noon; Ivory Coast vs. Serbia and Montenegro at Munich, noon.

GROUP D

* June 11 -- Mexico vs. Iran at Nuremberg, 9 a.m.; Angola vs. Portugal at Cologne, noon.

* June 16 -- Mexico vs. Angola at Hanover, noon.

* June 17 -- Portugal vs. Iran at Frankfurt, 6 a.m.

* June 21 -- Portugal vs. Mexico at Gelsenkirchen, 7 a.m.; Iran vs. Angola at Leipzig, 7 a.m.

GROUP E

* June 12 -- United States vs. Czech Republic at Gelsenkirchen, 9 a.m.; Italy vs. Ghana at Hanover, noon.

* June 17 -- Czech Republic vs. Ghana at Cologne, 9 a.m.; Italy vs. United States at Kaiserlautern, noon.

* June 22 -- Czech Republic vs. Italy at Hamburg, 7 a.m.; Ghana vs. United States at Nuremberg, 7 a.m.

GROUP F

* June 12 -- Australia vs. Japan at Kaiserlautern, 6 a.m.

* June 13 -- Brazil vs. Croatia at Berlin, noon.

* June 18 -- Japan vs. Croatia at Nuremberg, 6 a.m.; Brazil vs. Australia at Munich, 9 a.m.

* June 22 -- Japan vs. Brazil at Dortmund, noon; Croatia vs. Australia at Stuttgart, noon.

GROUP G

* June 13 -- South Korea vs. Togo at Frankfurt, 6 a.m.; France vs. Switzerland at Stuttgart, 9 a.m.

* June 18 -- France vs. South Korea at Leipzig, noon.

* June 19 -- Togo vs. Switzerland at Dortmund, 6 a.m.

* June 23 -- Switzerland vs. South Korea at Hanover, noon; Togo vs. France at Cologne, noon.

GROUP H

* June 14 -- Spain vs. Ukraine at Leipzig, 6 a.m.; Tunisia vs. Saudi Arabia at Munich, 9 a.m.

* June 19 -- Saudi Arabia vs. Ukraine at Hamburg, 9 a.m.; Spain vs. Tunisia at Stuttgart, noon.

* June 23 -- Ukraine vs. Tunisia at Berlin, 7 a.m.; Saudi Arabia vs. Spain at Kaiserlautern, 7 a.m.

SECOND ROUND

* June 24 -- Group A winner vs. Group B runner-up at Munich, 8 a.m.; Group C winner vs. Group D runner-up at Leipzig, noon.

* June 25 -- Group B winner vs. Group A runner-up at Stuttgart, 8 a.m.; Group D winner vs. Group C runner-up at Nuremberg, noon.

* June 26 -- Group E winner vs. Group F runner-up at Kaiserlautern, 8 a.m.; Group G winner vs. Group H runner-up at Cologne, noon.

* June 27 -- Group F winner vs. Group E runner-up at Dortmund, 8 a.m.; Group H winner vs. Group G runner-up at Hanover, noon.

QUARTERFINALS

* June 30 -- June 24 winners at Berlin, 8 a.m.; June 26 winners at Hamburg, noon.

* July 1 -- June 25 winners at Gelsenkirchen, 8 a.m.; June 27 winners at Frankfurt, noon.

SEMIFINALS

* July 4 -- June 30 winners at Dortmund, noon.

* July 5 -- July 1 winners at Munich, noon.

FINALS

* July 8 -- Third-place game at Stuttgart, noon.

* July 9 -- Championship game at Berlin, 11 a.m.