| The
Road to 2006
January
2001
foundation
of the World Cup Organising Committee in
Frankfurt/Main and Munich.
June
25, 2001 handing
over of the obligatory requirements "2006
Stadia" to the bidding cities
Dec.
5 - Dec. 15, 2001 the
bidding cities submit their papers to the
OC
Around
March 31, 2002 the
OC prepares a proposal list of the bidding
cities and submits it to FIFA
April
15, 2002 fixing
of the probably twelve venues. Sixteen cities
and stadia are on the list of selection:
Berlin, Bremen, Dortmund, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt/Main,
Gelsenkirchen, Hamburg, Hannover, Kaiserslautern,
Cologne, Leipzig, Leverkusen, Munchengladbach,
Munich, Nuremberg and Stuttgart.
Decision on the location of the International
Broadcasting Centre, IBC. Berlin, Dusseldorf,
Frankfurt, Leipzig and Munich are among
the potential sites.
May
31 - June 30, 2002 17th
Football World Cup finals in Korea and Japan
December
2003 draw
for the World Cup qualification
Around
May 2004 adoption
of the playing schedule by FIFA
decision on the location of the FIFA Congress
to be held in the week prior to opening
match
development of a concept for cultural events
and other entertainment programmes ("2006
Summer of Culture")
presentation of a ticket sales system by
the OC and fixing of ticket prices in co-operation
with FIFA
Around
November 2004 proposal
of the site for the draw for the 2006 World
Cup finals
2005
Confederations
Cup in Germany with eight teams. Besides
Germany as hosts, they will be the respective
champions of the six Continental Federations
plus the reigning World Cup champion
presentation of a detailed concept for the
opening and closing ceremonies plus safety
and accreditation designs
start of ticket sales (first stage of sale)
development of a list with potential team
hotels and training venues for forwarding
to the participating national associations
draw for the World Cup finals with 32 teams
About
June 9, 2006 The
Opening match
About
July 9, 2006 The
Final
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