High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 2006 FIFA World Cup Final was a football match that took place on 9 July 2006 at the Olympiastadion, Berlin to determine the winner of the 2006 FIFA World Cup. Italy beat France on penalties after the match finished 1–1 after extra time. France`s Zinedine Zidane was sent off in his last-ever match, for headbutting Italy`s Marco Materazzi`s chest in retaliation to verbal insults.