- 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)
Listed below are the dates and results for the
2006 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for Asia.44 Asian teams are affiliated with
FIFA , but fb|CAM, fb|PHI, fb|BHU and fb|BRU decided not to take part, and fb|MYA was banned from the competition, so a total of 39 teams took part, competing for 4.5 places in the World Cup.The qualification was composed of three Rounds. Only the 14 last ranked teams according to FIFA took part in the Preliminary Round, where they were paired 2-by-2 and played home-and-away knock-out matches. The 7 winners joined the other 25 teams in the Second Round, where those 32 teams were divided in 8 Groups of four teams each. The teams in each group would play against each other home-and-away, and the team with most points in each group would advance to the Third Round.
In the Third Round, the 8 remaining teams were divided in two Groups of 4 teams each, that would again play against each other in a home-and-away basis. The two teams with most points in each group would qualify to the World Cup. The two third placed teams would play-off against each other home-and-away. Winner of this play-off would play against the fourth placed team in the Final Round of CONCACAF in an Intercontinental Play-off for a place in the World Cup.
Tiebreakers
Preliminary Round
November 19 ,2003 ,Ashgabat ,Turkmenistan - fb|TKM 11 - 0 fb-rt|AFG|2002November 22 ,2003 ,Kabul ,Afghanistan - fb|AFG|2002 0 - 2 fb-rt|TKM"Turkmenistan" advanced to the Second Round.
November 23 ,2003 ,Taipei ,Republic of China - fb|TPE 3 - 0 fb-rt|MACNovember 29 ,2003 ,Macau - fb|MAC 1 - 3 fb-rt|TPE"Chinese Taipei" advanced to the Second Round.
November 26 ,2003 ,Dhaka ,Bangladesh - fb|BAN 0 - 2 fb-rt|TJKNovember 30 ,2003 ,Dushanbe ,Tajikistan - fb|TJK 2 - 0 fb-rt|BAN"Tajikistan" advanced to the Second Round.
November 29 ,2003 ,Vientiane ,Laos - fb|LAO 0 - 0 fb-rt|SRIDecember 3 ,2003 ,Colombo ,Sri Lanka - fb|SRI 3 - 0 fb-rt|LAO"Sri Lanka" advanced to the Second Round.
November 29 ,2003 ,Karachi ,Pakistan - fb|PAK 0 - 2 fb-rt|KGZDecember 3 ,2003 ,Bishkek ,Kyrgyzstan - fb|KGZ 4 - 0 fb-rt|PAK"Kyrgyzstan" advanced to the Second Round.
November 29 ,2003 ,Ulaanbaatar ,Mongolia - fb|MGL 0 - 1 fb-rt|MDVDecember 3 ,2003 ,Malé ,Maldives - fb|MDV 12 - 0 fb-rt|MGL"Maldives" advanced to the Second Round.
Also, both Guam and Nepal, that would play against each other, withdrew. So, FIFA decided to elect a "lucky loser", the best of the teams that lost, that would also advanced to the Second Round. The losers were compared, using the following criteria to break ties: a) number of points; b) goal difference; c) goals scored.
February 18 ,2004 ,Tashkent ,Uzbekistan - fb|UZB 1 - 1 fb-rt|IRQ|1991February 18 ,2004 ,Doha ,Qatar - fb|PLE 8 - 0 fb-rt|TPEMarch 31 ,2004 ,Taipei ,Republic of China - fb|TPE 0 - 1 fb-rt|UZBMarch 31 ,2004 ,Doha ,Qatar - fb|PLE 1 - 1 fb-rt|IRQ|1991June 9 ,2004 ,Tashkent ,Uzbekistan - fb|UZB 3 - 0 fb-rt|PLEJune 9 ,2004 ,Amman ,Jordan - fb|IRQ|1991 6 - 1 fb-rt|TPESeptember 8 ,2004 ,Ar Rayyan ,Qatar - fb|PLE 0 - 3 fb-rt|UZBSeptember 8 ,2004 ,Taipei ,Republic of China - fb|TPE 1 - 4 fb-rt|IRQ|2004October 13 ,2004 ,Amman ,Jordan - fb|IRQ|2004 1 - 2 fb-rt|UZBOctober 14 ,2004 ,Taipei ,Republic of China - fb|TPE 0 - 1 fb-rt|PLENovember 16 ,2004 ,Doha ,Qatar - fb|IRQ|2004 4 - 1 fb-rt|PLENovember 17 ,2004 ,Tashkent ,Uzbekistan - fb|UZB 6 - 1 fb-rt|TPEGroup 3
February 18 ,2004 ,Al Ain ,United Arab Emirates - fb|UAE 1 - 0 fb-rt|THAFebruary 18 ,2004 ,Sanaa ,Yemen - fb|YEM 1 - 1 fb-rt|PRKMarch 31 ,2004 ,Pyongyang ,North Korea - fb|PRK 0 - 0 fb-rt|UAEMarch 31 ,2004 ,Sanaa ,Yemen - fb|YEM 0 - 3 fb-rt|THAJune 9 ,2004 ,Al Ain ,United Arab Emirates - fb|UAE 3 - 0 fb-rt|YEMJune 9 ,2004 ,Bangkok ,Thailand - fb|THA 1 - 4 fb-rt|PRKSeptember 8 ,2004 ,Sanaa ,Yemen - fb|YEM 3 - 1 fb-rt|UAESeptember 8 ,2004 ,Pyongyang ,North Korea - fb|PRK 4 - 1 fb-rt|THAOctober 13 ,2004 ,Pyongyang ,North Korea - fb|PRK 2 - 1 fb-rt|YEMOctober 13 ,2004 ,Bangkok ,Thailand - fb|THA 3 - 0 fb-rt|UAENovember 17 ,2004 ,Bangkok ,Thailand - fb|THA 1 - 1 fb-rt|YEMNovember 17 ,2004 ,Dubai ,United Arab Emirates - fb|UAE 1 - 0 fb-rt|PRKGroup 6
March 31 ,2004 ,Ashgabat ,Turkmenistan - fb|TKM 3 - 1 fb-rt|IDNMarch 31 ,2004 ,Colombo ,Sri Lanka - fb|SRI 0 - 1 fb-rt|KSAJune 9 ,2004 ,Riyadh ,Saudi Arabia - fb|KSA 3 - 0 fb-rt|TKMSeptember 8 ,2004 ,Colombo ,Sri Lanka - fb|SRI 2 - 2 fb-rt|IDNSeptember 8 ,2004 ,Ashgabat ,Turkmenistan - fb|TKM 0 - 1 fb-rt|KSAOctober 9 ,2004 ,Colombo ,Sri Lanka - fb|SRI 2 - 2 fb-rt|TKMNovember 17 ,2004 ,Jakarta ,Indonesia - fb|IDN 3 - 1 fb-rt|TKMNovember 17 ,2004 ,Dammam ,Saudi Arabia - fb|KSA 3 - 0 fb-rt|SRIThird round
Group A
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Group B
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Play-off
September 3 ,2005 ,Tashkent ,Uzbekistan - fb|UZB 1 - 0 fb-rt|BHR"This result was declared null and void by FIFA due to a referee error"
October 8 ,2005 ,Tashkent ,Uzbekistan - fb|UZB 1 - 1 fb-rt|BHROctober 12 ,2005 ,Manama ,Bahrain - fb|BHR 0 - 0 fb-rt|UZB"Bahrain" advanced to the Asia-CONCACAF playoff against Trinidad and Tobago on the
away goals rule (1-0).
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