Brazil qualified for the 2006 World Cup Finals on September 4th,
2005; becoming the first World Cup Holders having to go through a qualification process to
defend their trophy.
World Cup Appearances:
Brazil have appeared at all 18 World Cup Finals; the only country to do so.
Brazil began their 2006 World Cup Finals preparations in Weggis.
Tickets for the training sessions sold out fast.
Park Hotel Weggis: Hertensteinstrasse 34, Weggis, Switzerland.
Out of many interesting offers received, the Seleção have chosen the Parkhotel Weggis,
on Lake Lucerne (Vierwaldstätter See) as their warm-up camp, from May 22nd to June 4th.
If you want to stay nearby, you could try the Hotel
Schweizerhof, Gotthardstrasse 3, Weggis.
Brazil Team Hotels
Kempinski Hotel
Falkenstein: Debusweg 4, Königstein im Taunus.
Close to Frankfurt and Wiesbaden, Brazil finally decided to start their World Cup defense
at the five-star Kempinski Hotel
Falkenstein. The hotel has a large fitness centre and the training pitch is only five
minutes away.
Schlosshotel
Lerbach: Lerbacher Weg, Bergisch Gladbach.
This is the hotel where Brazil stayed during the Confederations Cup and they will be
visiting again when they play in Dortmund, between the 18th and 29th June. If they win
their group and then qualify for the quarter-finals, Brazil will return to Königstein; in
preparation for the game in Frankfurt.
Hotels
in Köln:
Most Brazilian fans have chosen to base themselves in the carnival city of Cologne.
Brazil vs Croatia in Berlin:
The World Champions did enough to hold onto the three points in their opening game against
Croatia, in Berlin.
Brazil vs Australia in München:
A goal at the start of the second-half and another just before the final whistle was
enough for the World Champions to book their place in the Second Round.
Japan vs Brazil in Dortmund:
Just as it looked like Brazil were taking it easy, to save Zico's team from humiliation,
they changed the pace of the game again and Ronaldo equalled Gerd Müller's record of 14
World Cup Finals goals.
Second Round Brazil vs Ghana in Dortmund:
Ronaldo scored his 15th World Cup Finals goal to overtake Gerd Müller and set a new
record, as Brazil brushed Ghana aside; even though they weren't firing on all cylinders.
