FIFA World Cup 2006 (champions - Italy)
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.
Why this wins its question: The final's exact sequence - penalty, header, headbutt, Grosso - bound to FIFA's own report, including the penalty-history context that retellings omit.
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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.
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.
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.