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Before announcing their final squad, several teams named a provisional squad of 23 to 33 players, but each country's final squad of 23 players had to be submitted by 15 May 2006. Replacement of injured players was permitted until 24 hours before the team's first World Cup game. Players marked were named as captain for their national squad ...
France (Military) Beirut, Lebanon ... 12 October 1959 1959 Mediterranean Games: Lebanon ... 15 March 1985 1986 World Cup qualification:
Brazil were the defending world champions, but were eliminated by France in the quarter-finals. The 2006 World Cup stands as one of the most watched events in television history, garnering an estimated 26.29 billion times viewed compiled over the course of the tournament. The final attracted an estimated audience of 715.1 million people. [1]
2006 World Cup Q R2: 199 2004-03-23 Syria: 0–1 Friendly 200 2004-03-31 Vietnam: 2–0 2006 World Cup Q R2 201 2004-05-26 Bahrain: 2–2 Friendly 202 2004-06-09 Maldives: 3–0 2006 World Cup Q R2 203 2004-06-17 Iran: 0–4 2004 WAFF Championship GS 204 2004-06-19 Syria: 1–3 2004 WAFF Championship GS 205 2004-07-03 China: 0–6 Friendly 206
Lebanon's first-ever win against South Korea qualified them for the fourth (and final) round of the World Cup qualifiers for the first time. [76] Lebanon against Iran at the 2014 World Cup qualification. In 2012 Lebanon drew into Group A of the fourth round, with South Korea, Uzbekistan, Iran, and Qatar. [77]
The knockout stage was the second and final stage of the 2006 FIFA World Cup, following the group stage. The top two teams from each group (16 in total) advance to the knockout stage to compete in a single-elimination style tournament. A match was played between the two losing teams of the semi-finals to determine which team finished in third ...
Players in bold are still active with Lebanon. First player to reach a century of caps Hassan Maatouk, vs Kuwait on 19 November 2022 [9] Shortest time needed to reach a century of caps Mohamad Haidar, 13 years, 3 months and 28 days between his debut (vs Syria on 17 August 2011) and his 100th cap (vs Kuwait on 15 December 2024)
Spain won all nine games they played. Spain's gold medal in this tournament was the first medal Spain had ever won in a FIBA World Championship. Pau Gasol also became the first Spaniard to win the MVP award. It was the first time a country has won all nine of its games since 1994 when the United States won all nine games and took the gold medal ...