ECUADOR BEATS COSTA RICA 3-0

Ecuador made history by beating Costa Rica 3-0 in Hamburg to qualify for the knockout rounds of the FIFA World Cup™ for the first time on Thursday, 15 June 2006.

Carlos Tenorio, Agustin Delgado and Ivan Kaviedes scored the goals that secured the South Americans’ progress from Group A. Their victory means that they and hosts Germany become the first two teams to book their places in the last 16 - and ends Costa Rica and Poland’s hopes of advancing.

Luis Suarez’s men did not look back after taking an eight-minute lead through Carlos Tenorio’s header. Agustin Delgado doubled the advantage with a fine near-post finish on 54 minutes and Ivan Kaviedes volleyed the third goal two minutes into added time