Brazil at the 2006 FIFA World Cup

The Brazilian team reached the quarter-finals, where they were defeated by France, finishing the tournament in the fifth place — for the fourth time in history after 1954, 1982 and 1986.

As of the 2006 World Cup, because of the change in the rules, with the last champion no longer having a secured berth in the competition, the opening match has become another privilege of the host nation (in the 2006 World Cup, Germany, as the host nation, played Costa Rica in the opening match).

The match took place in Basel, at the St. Jakob Stadion and was won by the Brazilian team with a score of 8 goals to nul.

[2] For this period in Switzerland, the Brazilian Football Confederation sold the rights to explore the presence of the national team to a Swiss events enterprise.

In exchange for the declared amount of US$1.2 million, the Swiss company was allowed to sell tickets for the practice sessions — which were sold at €40 each, for about 5,000 people per session —, negotiate permissions for vending points to operate within the training facility and surrounding area — which were sold for about €2,000 plus 10% of the profit — and to organize and explore the friendly matches that the national team was to play during its preparation in Switzerland.

On 6 December 2005, so as to prevent a possible match between Brazil and Germany before the final, FIFA placed the previous competition champion as the sixth seed, in Group F. The opponents of the Brazilian team in the first stage were, respectively, Croatia, Australia and Japan.

All times local (UTC+2) Group F First Round Brazil vs Croatia Tuesday, 13 June 2006 21:00 - Olympiastadion, Berlin - Attendance: 72,000 Second Round Brazil vs. Australia Sunday, 18 June 2006 18:00 - FIFA World Cup Stadium Munich, Munich - Attendance: 66,000 Third Round Brazil vs Japan Thursday, 22 June 2006 21:00 - FIFA World Cup Stadium Dortmund, Dortmund - Attendance: 65,000 Round of 16 – Brazil vs Ghana Tuesday, 27 June 2006 17:00 - FIFA WM-Stadion Dortmund, Dortmund - Attendance: 65,000 Quarterfinal – Brazil vs France Saturday, 1 July 2006 21:00 - FIFA WM-Stadion Frankfurt, Frankfurt - Attendance: 52,000 The Brazilian participation in the World Cup was not restricted to the national football team.