2006 FIFA World Cup
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2006 FIFA World Cup

A year away from the 2006 FIFA World Cup, the new stadia and arenas around Germany are proving highly popular. German champions and recordholders Bayern Munich have suspended season ticket sales after receiving 35,000 orders ? the highest sales figures in the club?s long and illustrious history. Season tickets were frozen in mid-July to ensure that the clubs? 102,000 members have the opportunity to purchase individual match tickets during the coming season.
Bayern?s first two matches of the season in their new arena are already sold out. The games against Borussia Mönchengladbach (5 August 2005) and Hertha Berlin (27 August) will be 66,000 full houses.

FC Cologne, making a welcome return to the Bundesliga, have also enjoyed increased sales in their new FIFA World Cup stadium. Four weeks away from the start of the new Bundesliga season, 25,500 season tickets had already been snapped up: an unprecedented statistic for the Cologne club.

The trend is also mirrored at Eintracht Frankfurt?s new stadium ? if on a more modest scale than in Munich or Cologne. The newly promoted side have sold 12,500 season tickets ? a club record. Hertha Berlin will open the season in the stadium that stages the FIFA World Cup Final on 9 July 2006. And 14,500 fans have already ensured their places to watch coach Falko Götz?s team at every home game: an increase of 2,500 tickets on last season.

Sustainability was the central philosophy in the construction and renovation of the twelve FIFA World Cup stadia. However, summer 2005 has illustrated how investment can stimulate business and record support even in the build up to the tournament.

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Visions of Football: An international dialogue
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Some of German football's newly-constructed stadiums proved their worth at a highly successful FIFA Confederations Cup last month, helping fuel a rising tide of anticipation ahead of the 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany?.
With interest so high, now seems the right time for a thorough examination of the game as it is today. A major conference in Munich this month will do just this, looking football's relationship with everything from society to the world of medicine, via such areas as business and the media.

From 27-29 July, the International Trade Fair (IMC) and the newly opened FIFA World Cup Stadium, Munich will host 'Visions of Football', an international conference organised by the Bavarian state government and the city of Munich in co-operation with FIFA and the 2006 FIFA World Cup? Organising Committee.

The event boasts a distinguished line-up of speakers ready to initiate an international dialogue on the role of the game. More than 30 leading personalities, including FIFA President Joseph S. Blatter, Bayern Munich chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge and Professor Egon Franck of the University of Zurich, will examine and explore subjects including 'Football's role in bringing people together', 'Promoting talent in premier league football', and 'The opportunities and risks resulting from the increasing commercialisation of world football' in presentations and round-table discussions.

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A Review of the 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup
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Brazil's 4-1 triumph in the FIFA Confederations Cup Final was still a fresh and vivid memory when Franz Beckenbauer and Horst R. Schmidt opened the first letter of thanks.
"We were truly impressed by the joyful atmosphere in the stadiums," wrote Japanese association President Saburo Kawabuchi. "We sensed the German fans' heartfelt passion for football."

Japan Football Association General Secretary Takeo Hirata expanded on his President's congratulatory theme. "The training and match facilities laid on by the Organising Committee were outstanding. The friendly support provided by the OC and its staff made our entire squad feel completely at home in your beautiful country."

The authorities will be delighted at the positive reaction to their efforts. The organisers had to cater for 21,000 hospitality customers, issue more than 20,000 accreditations (each one in less than three minutes), arrange around 100 shuttle journeys at each venue every day, train and manage 2,000 volunteers through a total of 25,000 man hours, admit close on 600,000 spectators to the stadiums, and entertain untold millions of TV viewers around the world. The tournament passed off (almost) without incident, and (almost) always put smiles on faces.

The 2005 event has catapulted the FIFA Confederations Cup to a new level of respect within the game, thanks to a happy blend of fantastic football, packed stadiums, a wonderful atmosphere and global media reporting.