FIFA
announces 2006 World Cup host cities
Zurich, Switzerland
(Sports Network) - The 12 cities that will
stage the 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany have
been announced.
Despite the
first Asian tournament already being under
way, all eyes were turned towards Frankfurt/Main
where German football legend and 1974 World
Champion Gerd M黮ler, who called out the
names of the cities that will host Germany抯
first World Cup as a unified nation.
The venues
are: Berlin, Dortmund, Frankfurt, Gelsenkirchen,
Hamburg, Hannover, Kaiserslautern, Cologne,
Leipzig, Munich, Nuremberg and Stuttgart.
With Leverkusen withdrawing just days before
the decision was made, the unlucky three
were Bremen, Moenchengladbach and Dusseldorf.
FIFA President
Joseph S. Blatter, other representatives
of the world governing body, and the local
Organizing Committee had the final say with
more than 400 invited guests attended the
presentation, 300 journalists and 20 TV
stations reporting from the event.
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