Despite early success by اوسترالیا میلّی فوتبال تیمی, Ecuador and Ghana, the tournament marked a return to dominance of the traditional football powers. Four years after a فیفا دونیا کاپی ۲۰۰۲ in which teams from North America (آمریکا بیرلشمیش ایالتلری میلّی فوتبال تیمی), Africa (سنقال میلّی فوتبال تیمی), and Asia (جنوبی کوره میلّی فوتبال تیمی) made it deep into the knockout stages and تورکیه میلّی فوتبال تیمی finished third, all eight seeded teams progressed to the knockout stages, and none of the quarter-finalists were from outside Europe or South America. Six former champions took part in the quarter-final round, with Ukraine and Euro 2004 runners-up Portugal as the only relative outsiders. Argentina and Brazil were eliminated in the quarter-finals, leaving an all-European final four for only the fourth time (after the 1934, 1966 and 1982 tournaments).