To calculate the seeding for the 1998 FIFA World Cup, FIFA used the FIFA World Rankings in combination with performances of national teams in the three previous World Cups.
To calculate the seeding for the 2006 FIFA World Cup, FIFA used the FIFA World Rankings in combination with performances of national teams in the two previous World Cups.
To calculate the seeding for the 2002 FIFA World Cup, FIFA used the FIFA World Rankings in combination with performances of national teams in the three previous World Cups.
 The formula is virtually identical with the one used for the 1998 FIFA World Cup seeding.
Salman is noted for scoring for Bahrain in the Asia-Concacaf playoff qualifier for the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany against Trinidad and Tobago.
 In doing so he gave Bahrain the lead, playing away at Port of Spain in the first leg.
 That gave Bahrain the advantage to qualify for the World Cup, but Trinidad's Chris Birchall equalized to end the match.
 In the second Leg in Bahrain, Dennis Lawrence scored to give Trinidad and Tobago the win and help them qualify for the 2006 FIFA World Cup, for the first time in their history.
The FIFA men's ranking system 1999–2006 is a calculation technique previously used by FIFA for ranking men's national teams in football (soccer).
 The ranking system was introduced by FIFA in 1999, as an update to an earlier system, and was replaced after the 2006 World Cup with a simplified system.
FIFA 06: Road to FIFA World Cup is a video game developed by EA Sports and DICE for the Xbox 360.
 The game is an officially licensed product of the 2006 FIFA World Cup finals held in Germany.
 "FIFA 06: Road to FIFA World Cup" World Cup mode only includes UEFA qualification groups for the 2006 World Cup.
The FIFA World Ranking is a ranking system for men's national teams in association football, currently led by Germany.
 The teams of the member nations of FIFA, football's world governing body, are ranked based on their game results with the most successful teams being ranked highest.
 The rankings were introduced in December 1992, and eight teams (Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Spain) have held the top position, of which Brazil have spent longest ranked first.
The 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification competition was a series of tournaments organised by the six FIFA confederations.
 Each confederation — the AFC (Asia), CAF (Africa), CONCACAF (North, Central America and Caribbean), CONMEBOL (South America), OFC (Oceania), and UEFA (Europe) — was allocated a certain number of the 32 places at the tournament.
 A total of 197 teams entered the qualification process for the 2006 FIFA World Cup, for the first time ever, the defending champion (Brazil) did not qualify automatically.
 The hosts (Germany) retained their automatic spot.
 In 1934, the defending champions (Uruguay) declined to participate and the hosts (Italy) had to qualify, but in the tournaments between 1938 and 2002 (inclusive), the hosts and the defending champions had automatic berths.
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 the GameCube, PC, PlayStation 2, Xbox and Xbox 360 on April 24, 2006.
 In Europe it was simultaneously released on April 28, 2006.
 It was also released on the Game Boy Advance and Nintendo DS handheld systems at the same time as the console versions.
 This was the last game released for the Xbox in Asia.
 As with some other PlayStation Portable games it was released later on May 22, 2006.
 In Europe, this version was released May 19, 2006.
 There are ten region-specific covers that feature a major player from each region.
The FIFA Fan Fests are public viewing events organized by FIFA and its partners which allow people to watch the FIFA World Cup with thousands of fans from all around the world.
 The Fan Fest first became part of the official program for the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany, following the huge success of unofficial public viewing events in South Korea during the 2002 FIFA World Cup.
 It was a great success, leading FIFA to expand it to include several cities worldwide for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa.
 The locations are large enough to fit many thousands of people, and feature gigantic LED displays which broadcast the matches live.

Question: What country leads the ranking system that was used to calculate the seeding for the 2006 FIFA World Cup?
Answer: Germany