2006
Africa’s first World Cup, vuvuzelas and all — Iniesta’s extra-time winner.
How it unfolded
Africa’s first World Cup, scored to a million vuvuzelas and a Jabulani ball that swerved like nobody asked it to. Spain passed the planet into submission — tiki-taka at its dizzy peak — and Andrés Iniesta’s extra-time winner clinched a first-ever world title, slotted neatly between their Euro 2008 and 2012 crowns.
Final standings
Moments everyone remembers
- Africa’s first World Cup — and the vuvuzela roar.
- Iniesta’s extra-time winner.