The opening ceremony will feature superheroes and super models.

  • One of the highlights of the 30-minute opening ceremony is the appearance of 170 past World Cup winners — amongst them Diego Maradona and Pele.
  • All 22 players of Germany’s 1974 World Cup-winning squad, as well as all but Thomas Haessler of the 1990 winning side will also be present. 
  • German supermodel Claudia Schiffer and Pele will carry the trophy into the stadium for the ceremony, which will be opened by German President Horst Koehler. 
  • German TV personality Thomas Gottschalk is to be the master of ceremonies.

Live on DD-1 from 19.50 onwards