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The official match ball for the final was the + Teamgeist Berlin, a gold-coloured variation of the [[Adidas Teamgeist]], which was unveiled on 18 April 2006.<ref name=ball>{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/golden-teamgeist-berlin-ball-for-the-fifa-world-cup-final-19615|title=Golden "Teamgeist Berlin" ball for the FIFA World Cup Final|publisher=fifa.com|date=18 April 2006|access-date=12 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190517103240/https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/golden-teamgeist-berlin-ball-for-the-fifa-world-cup-final-19615|archive-date=17 May 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref> The Adidas Teamgeist was used as the official match ball throughout the tournament, provided by German sports equipment company [[Adidas]].<ref name=ball/>

On 6 July 2006, the Argentine [[Horacio Elizondo]] was chosen as referee for the final, beating out the German [[Markus Merk]] and the Slovakian [[~~Lubos~~Ľuboš ~~Michel~~Micheľ]].<ref name="BBCfinalreferee">{{cite news| title = Elizondo chosen as Cup final ref| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/world_cup_2006/5152952.stm| publisher = BBC| date = 6 July 2006| access-date = 6 July 2006| archive-date = 14 July 2021| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210714202300/https://secure-uk.imrworldwide.com/v51.js| url-status = live}}</ref> Elizondo became a referee in 1994, and refereed his first international match in 1996.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20050113122748/http://www.fifa.com/en/development/refereeing/index/0,1247,72546,00.html?articleid=72546 FIFA - 'Horacio Elizondo: “Referees need to be clinical'"]. Retrieved 1 June 2006. </ref> His compatriots, Dario Garcia and Rodolfo Otero, were chosen as assistant referees,<ref name="BBCfinalreferee"/> and the Spanish Luis Medina Cantalejo as [[fourth official]].<ref name=fourth/> Elizondo had given England striker [[Wayne Rooney]] a red card against Portugal previously in the tournament.<ref name=StunsEngland>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/world_cup_2006/teams/england/5130880.stm Rooney's dismissal stuns England] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081231123453/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/world_cup_2006/teams/england/5130880.stm |date=31 December 2008 }} BBC Sport, 1 July 2006</ref>

Italy's team doctor Enrico Castellacci confirmed on 6 July that Alessandro Nesta was ruled out of the final due to a groin injury he sustained against the Czech Republic on 22 June; France reported no injuries.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2006/jul/07/worldcup2006.sport3|title=Injured Nesta ruled out of final in a heartbreaking hat-trick|work=theguardian|date=7 July 2006|access-date=17 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140924232855/http://www.theguardian.com/football/2006/jul/07/worldcup2006.sport3|archive-date=24 September 2014|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/nesta-italy-shrug-off-favourites-tag-11899|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200724141523/https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/nesta-italy-shrug-off-favourites-tag-11899|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 July 2020|title=No Nesta as Italy shrug off favourites' tag|publisher=fifa.com|date=6 July 2006}}</ref>