Brazil 2 - 0 Germany
July 1: From Paris depths to Yokohama heights the mission is complete. David Lacey sees Brazil lift the trophy, courtesy of Ronaldo's golden boot.
How the two teams rated
Minute-by-minute match report
Interactive goals: Ronaldo's second
World Cup final gallery
Forlorn giant Kahn meets his fate at the finishing post
Michael Walker finds the German captain struggling to leave the scene of the crime.
Kahn sets the tone for final defiance
Germany 1 - 0 South Korea
June 25: Michael Ballack picked up his second booking of the tournament, then scored the goal which sent the Germans into a final he won't be able to play in.
Minute-by-minute match report
The match in pictures
Long road back from Munich
June 26: How Germany recovered from ignominy to win a seventh World Cup final appearance.
Germans party like it's 1989
Audio: Berliners are ecstatic - and the feelgood factor may have an impact on the country's economy and politics, reports Kate Connolly.
Incredulous Germans hail 'chronically unloved' team
How did the players rate?
Rudi Voller gives Oliver Kahn a pat on the ears, and with good reason. Have you seen his score?
Ballack: 'It was not to be'
Regrets for today's hero, and for South Korea's Guus Hiddink. But Oliver Neuville thinks everything's 'super'.
Germany in grip of King Kahn
June 25: German goalkeeper has rapidly moved from villain to hero in many fans' eyes.
Don't mock, Germany have the spirit to win
June 21: Rudi Völler is defying his critics by aiming for the biggest prize.
Germany get their swagger back
Jim White, June 5: The mauling in Munich was a national disaster for Germany, but they are on the up and look set to demonstrate their new-found confidence.
