2006 FIFA World Cup

The 2006 FIFA World Cup is an international football tournament which began on 9 June 2006 and will end on 9 July 2006. The final match will determine the World Cup champion. The 2006 finals are the eighteenth to be contested. In June 2000, Germany won the right to host the event, beating bids from Brazil, England, Morocco, and South Africa (who will host the 2010 World Cup).
The top scorer at the conclusion of the tournament will receive the Adidas Golden Shoe Award. Brazil's Ronaldo won the award at the 2002 World Cup, with 8 goals, and is the only former winner still active. Just Fontaine holds the all-time single-tournament scoring record with 13 goals in the 1958 FIFA World Cup while playing for France.
"A time to make friends™" is the slogan of the 2006 FIFA World Cup™ in Germany. One of the elements of this hospitality concept developed by the Federal Government is the "nationwide service and friendliness campaign", sponsored by the Federal Ministry of the Interior and the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology, initiated by the 2006 FIFA World Cup™ Organising Committee and the German National Tourist Board (GNTB), and coordinated by the GNTB. The project sends a signal to the wider German public, and also to visitors from abroad, that the host country is putting into practice the slogan "A time to make friends™“ beyond the confines of the 2006 FIFA World Cup™.
Individual service providers from Germany's tourism and hospitality industry and the people of Germany as a whole will be demonstrating their hospitable and cosmopolitan outlook through a variety of campaigns and competitions. The aim is to highlight the strong commitment to service in Germany as a whole and particularly in the twelve FIFA World Cup Host Cities.
Germany's tourism service providers will also be able to demonstrate their association with the campaign and thus with the 2006 FIFA World Cup™ by using special kits comprising pennants, badges, door signs, stickers and posters, any by taking part in specially designed training courses.