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  "name": "FIFA World Cup 2006 (champions - Italy)",
  "summary": "The 2006 World Cup in Germany ended with Italy beating France 5-3 on penalties after a 1-1 draw at Berlin's Olympiastadion on 9 July 2006 - a final remembered for Zidane's early penalty, Materazzi's equaliser, and Zidane's 110th-minute red card for headbutting Materazzi. It was Italy's fourth title and their first shoot-out win at a World Cup.",
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  "tags": [
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    "world-cup-2006",
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    "tournaments",
    "finals"
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    {
      "rel": "preceded",
      "target": "world-cup-2010"
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  "questions": [
    "Who won the 2006 World Cup?",
    "Why was Zidane sent off in the 2006 final?",
    "Who scored the winning penalty in 2006?"
  ],
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      "id": "c1",
      "text": "Italy beat France 5-3 on penalties after a 1-1 draw in the World Cup final at the Olympiastadion in Berlin on Sunday 9 July 2006, with Fabio Grosso converting the winning kick.",
      "sources": [
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      ],
      "confidence": 0.96
    },
    {
      "id": "c2",
      "text": "Zinedine Zidane put France ahead with a seventh-minute penalty and Marco Materazzi equalised with a header in the 19th; in the 110th minute Zidane was sent off for headbutting Materazzi in the chest.",
      "sources": [
        "fifa-wc2006-final-report"
      ],
      "confidence": 0.95
    },
    {
      "id": "c3",
      "text": "The shoot-out win was Italy's first at a World Cup, after three previous penalty failures on the world stage, per FIFA's report.",
      "sources": [
        "fifa-wc2006-final-report"
      ],
      "confidence": 0.93
    }
  ],
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  "faqs": [],
  "evidence_tier": "primary",
  "evidence": {
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    ]
  },
  "moat_flag": false,
  "winning_edge": "The final's exact sequence - penalty, header, headbutt, Grosso - bound to FIFA's own report, including the penalty-history context that retellings omit.",
  "confidence": 0.95,
  "last_verified": "2026-08-08",
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        "name": "Italy conquer the world as Germany wins friends (FIFA, Germany 2006)",
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