World Cup 2006 Groups: A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H

Group B Team Profiles: England | Paraguay | Trinidad & Tobago | Sweden

Group B

 England
 Paraguay
 Trinidad & Tobago
 Sweden

Group B Matches

Match # Date & Time Group Teams Result Venue
3 Sat 10th Jun 15:00 B  ENG  PAR 1 - 0 Frankfurt
4 Sat 10th Jun 18:00 B  TRI  SWE 0 - 0 Dortmund
19 Thu 15th Jun 18:00 B  ENG  TRI 2 - 0 Nuremberg
20 Thu 15th Jun 21:00 B  SWE  PAR 1 - 0 Berlin
35 Tue 20th Jun 21:00 B  SWE  ENG 2 - 2 Cologne
36 Tue 20th Jun 21:00 B  PAR  TRI 2 - 0 Kaiserslautern

Match times shown are local times for Germany (CEST/GMT+0200). Click on match date/time to view match statistics.

In a repeat of World Cup 2002, England and Sweden are once again drawn together in the group stage, which is perhaps slightly better news for Sweden than for England who haven't beaten the Swedes in an international match for nearly 40 years. Nevertheless, both Sweden and England progressed to the 2nd Round in 2002 after seeing off Argentina and Nigeria in Group F, and these are the two teams most likely to progress from Group B this time round too.

Paraguay's confidence will be high, having beaten and drawn with Argentina in their qualifying group, and they have the potential to cause an upset or two at World Cup 2006. Having reached the 2nd Round in the last two World Cup competitions, they'll be looking for a similar performance in 2006.

World Cup newcomers Trinidad & Tobago may lack experience at this level, but their coach Leo Beenhakker is no stranger to the highest level of competition, having guided the Netherlands to the 2nd Round in Italia 1990. Although unlikely to make it to the 2nd Round, Trinidad & Tobago's sheer enthusiasm alone will make them difficult to play against.