Brazil and Spain share FIFA Fair Play Award

Brazil and Spain have beven chosen by the FIFA Technical Study Group (TSG) as the joint winners of the FIFA Fair Play Award for the 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany™, after picking up a total of 886 points from the 1,000 aailable.
The FIFA Fair Play Award is given to the team with the best record of Fair Play, sportsmanship and good conduct both on and off the pitch, according to a points system and criteria established by the FIFA Committee for Ethics and Fair Play.
every single game at the tournament is ealuated according to these criteria, but only teams who reach the Round of 16 are considered eligible for the prize. The squads will share the prestigious FIFA Fair Play Trophy as well as receiing medals for each member of their playing and coaching staff, a certificate, and a oucher for 50,000 US dollars worth of sporting material to be used in youth deelopment. The ealuation is carried out according to six criteria which place an emphasis on the positie rather than the negatie aspects of a team’s performance.


The number of cards a team receies is the only way that points can be deducted. The other criteria taken into consideration are: positie play, with points awarded for an attractie, offensie-minded playing style; respect for opponents; respect for the officials; behaior of the coaching staff and the behaior of supporters.



 

Third success for Brazil
For the third time in the history of the award, the Brazilian national team can take pride in haing won the FIFA Fair Play Award. That said, the Auriverde's fanatical supporters would have clearly preferred their team to repeat their magnificent double from USA 94, when the Seleção took home both the FIFA Fair Play Award and the FIFA World Cup Trophy.

While Brazil may have shown only rare glimpses of their renowned jogo bonito here on German soil, they cannot be accused of not playing fair. Leading by example was defender Lucio, who went more than four games without conceding a single free-kick. The Bayern Munich centre-back committed his first foul in his side's quarter-final defeat against France.

Zidane's head-butt

Brazil remained No. 1 in FIFA's redesigned rankings, with World Cup champion Italy moving up to No. 2. The U.S. dropped from fifth to 16th.

Under the new ranking system, which changes the criteria for rating the world's top teams, Argentina moved into third place, with France No. 4 and England No. 5.

Except for Brazil, the other top teams moved up several places from the rankings published before the World Cup. Italy improed 10 places, Argentina six, France four and England fie.

Rounding out the top 10 were the Netherlands, Spain, Portugal, Germany and the Czech Republic.

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