2006 FIFA World Cup (known as FIFA World Cup: Germany 2006) is the official video game for the 2006 FIFA World Cup, published by EA Sports. 2006 FIFA World Cup was released simultaneously on all major sixth-generation platforms (Game Boy Advance, GameCube, PlayStation 2 and Xbox), as well as Microsoft Windows, Nintendo DS and Xbox 360 on 24 April 2006, in North America and four days later in Europe, with ports to mobile phones and the PlayStation Portable weeks later. This was the last game released for the Xbox in Asia. There are ten region-specific covers that feature a major player from each region. Microsoft bundled the game with the Xbox 360 in Japan and Europe. It was also bundled with the pre-release order version introduced in India in a World Cup craze. In this featured bundle, there was a limited edition faceplate included from Adidas packaged inside. Playable teams The game contains 127 playable teams. Despite licensing issues between EA and the national football associations of Japan and the Netherlands, the two teams are fully licensed with real names and kits. Brazil (1st) were the highest-ranked team in the game, while San Marino (202nd) were the lowest-ranked. Numbers in parentheses are the in-game world rankings of the teams. Africa Algeria (30) Angola (88) Benin (60) Botswana (116) Burkina Faso (48) Cameroon (19) Cape Verde Islands (114) Chad1 (143) Côte d'Ivoire (27) Congo (96) Congo DR (103) Egypt (12) Gabon (42) Ghana (32) Guinea (87) Kenya (113) Liberia (150) Libya3 (102) Malawi (86) Mali (54) Morocco (70) Niger1 (162) Nigeria (21) Rwanda (107) Senegal (75) South Africa (83) Sudan (118) Togo (76) Tunisia (55) Uganda (73) Zambia (71) Zimbabwe (110) Asia Bahrain (69) China PR1 (84) Hong Kong1 (140) India1 (133) Iran (61) Iraq3 (80) Japan (45) Korea DPR (105) Korea Republic (47) Kuwait (97) Pakistan1 (165) Saudi Arabia (66) Uzbekistan (94) Vietnam1 (117) Europe (79) (201) (100) (68) (109) (82) (59) (51) (39) (10) (67) (33) (36) (8) (99) (125) (52) 3 (9) (120) 1 (6) (13) (57) (90) (26) (5) (129) (46) (149) (49) (127) (61) (157) (89) (4) (56) (22) (58) (3) (41) (28) (11) (202) (43) 2 (15) (34) (25) (2) (37) (24) (29) (23) (77) North, Central America and Caribbean Canada (63) Costa Rica (40) El Salvador (72) Guatemala (114) Honduras3 (38) Jamaica (81) Mexico (17) Nicaragua1 (155) Panama (74) Saint Kitts and Nevis (151)