2006 FIFA World Cup Qualification

2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
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In the qualification process for the 2006 FIFA World Cup, 197 teams from the six FIFA
confederations were allocated a share of the 31 spots available on the basis of the strength of their
teams. The final distribution was as follows:
 Europe - represented by UEFA : 51 teams competing for 13 places (Germany qualified

automatically as host nation for a total of 14 places)
 Africa - the CAF : 51 teams, 5 places
 South America - CONMEBOL : 10 teams, 4.5 places
 Asia - the AFC : 39 teams, 4.5 places
 North, Central American and Caribbean - CONCACAF : 34 teams, 3.5 places
 Oceania - the OFC : 12 teams, 0.5 places (not guaranteed a position).
Each .5 indicates a place in inter-confederation matchups for the last two spots, namely playoffs
between AFC and CONCACAF and between CONMEBOL and OFC.
A total of 194 teams played at least one qualifying match. A total of 847 qualifying matches were
played, and 2464 goals were scored (an average of 2.91 per match).
[edit] Notes on qualification

For the first time ever, the defending champion (Brazil) did not qualify automatically. The hosts
(Germany) will retain 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.
The original distribution of places between the six confederations called for Oceania to be given one
full spot in the final 32; however, this idea was seen as giving Australia a virtually certain place in the
finals, being by far the strongest footballing nation in their region. This decision was reconsidered in
June 2003 and the previous distribution of places between Oceania and South America was restored.
The draw for five of the six qualification tournaments took place on December 5, 2003 in Frankfurt,
whilst all of the members of the South American federation (CONMEBOL) competed in a single
group. Qualification itself began in January 2004.
[edit] Qualified teams
Finals Last
Team Streak
Appearance Appearance
Angola 1st 1 -
Argentina 14th 9 2002
Australia 2nd 1 1974
Brazil 18th 18 2002
Costa Rica 3rd 2 2002
Côte d'Ivoire 1st 1 -
Croatia 3rd(1) 3 2002
Czech Republic 1st(2) 1 -(2)
Ecuador 2nd 2 2002
England 12th 3 2002
France 12th 3 2002
Germany (h) 16th(3) 14(3) 2002
Ghana 1st 1 -
Iran 3rd 1 1998
Italy 16th 12 2002
Japan 3rd 3 2002
Korea Republic 7th 6 2002
Mexico 13th 4 2002

Netherlands 8th 1 1998
Paraguay 7th 3 2002
Poland 7th 2 2002
Portugal 4th 2 2002
Saudi Arabia 4th 4 2002
Serbia & Montenegro 2nd(4) 1 1998(4)
Spain 12th 8 2002
Sweden 11th 2 2002
Switzerland 8th 1 1994
Togo 1st 1 -
Trinidad and Tobago 1st 1 -
Tunisia 4th 3 2002
Ukraine 1st(5) 1 -(5)
USA 8th 5 2002
(h) - qualified automatically as hosts

1
Excludes appearances by pre-division Yugoslavia.
2
Excludes appearances by Czechoslovakia. If those are counted together, this is their 9th
appearance, and their previous appearance was in 1990.
3
Includes 10 appearances by DFB representing West Germany between 1954 and 1990.
4
Excludes appearances by pre-division Yugoslavia. If those are counted together, this is their 10th
appearance. This is also their first and presumably last appearance under this name; at the
previous qualifying tournament they had competed as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, and the
two parts of the country finally split in June 2006.
5
Excludes appearances by pre-division USSR.
Qualifying countries
[edit] Qualification Groups

[edit] Europe (UEFA)
Main article: 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)
(14 berths, including Germany as host)

The ten teams in bold qualified for the Football World Cup 2006.
The three teams in bold italics qualified for the Football World Cup 2006 through a single-pairing
home-and-away playoff.
The three teams in italics qualified for the playoff, but did not qualify for the World Cup.
Ukraine qualified for the 2006 World Cup on September 3, 2005.

Croatia, England, Italy, Poland, Netherlands and Portugal qualified on October 8, 2005.
France, Sweden and Serbia and Montenegro qualified on October 12, 2005.
Czech Republic, Spain and Switzerland qualified through the playoffs on November 16,
2005
Group standings:
Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4

1. Netherlands 1. Ukraine 1. Portugal 1. France
2. Czech Republic 2. Turkey 2. Slovakia 2. Switzerland
3. Romania 3. Denmark 3. Russia 3. Israel
4. Finland 4. Greece 4. Estonia 4. Republic of Ireland
5. FYR Macedonia 5. Albania 5. Latvia 5. Cyprus
6. Armenia 6. Georgia 6. Liechtenstein 6. Faroe Islands
7. Andorra 7. Kazakhstan 7. Luxembourg
Group 5 Group 6 Group 7 Group 8
1. Serbia &
1. Italy 1. England 1. Croatia
Montenegro
2. Norway 2. Poland 2. Spain 2. Sweden
3. Bosnia and
3. Scotland 3. Austria 3. Bulgaria
Herzegovina
4. Slovenia 4. Northern Ireland 4. Belgium 4. Hungary
5. Belarus 5. Wales 5. Lithuania 5. Iceland
6. Moldova 6. Azerbaijan 6. San Marino 6. Malta
The draw for the playoffs was made on October 14, 2005.
[edit] South American (CONMEBOL)

Main article: 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)
(4 berths, after losing a playoff against Oceania)
This zone is played as a league system on a home-and-away basis involving all 10 teams in a
tournament which began in September 2003. The top 4 teams qualify automatically for the 2006 World
Cup Finals; the fifth-placed team played off with Oceania.
In bold: The 4 teams that clinched World Cup berths

Argentina qualified to participate in World Cup 2006, after a 3-1 win against Brazil on 8
June 2005.
Brazil qualified after a 5-0 win over Chile on 4 September 2005.
Paraguay and Ecuador got their ticket on 8 October 2005
In italics: Qualified for a play-off against Australia.
Uruguay had a home-and-away playoff against Oceania winner Australia on 12 and 16
November, having secured 5th place on October 12, 2005. The play-offs ended in a 1-0
victory for each home team, and Australia won the penalty shootout 4-2.
Final standings:
1. Brazil
2. Argentina
3. Ecuador
4. Paraguay
5. Uruguay
6. Colombia
7. Chile
8. Venezuela
9. Peru
10. Bolivia
[edit] Africa (CAF)

Main article: 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)
(5 berths)
Teams that have clinched a spot in the World Cup are in bold.
Togo qualified with a 3-2 win over Congo on 8 October 2005.
Ghana wins their group with the South Africa-Congo DR 2-2 draw on 8 October 2005.
Cote d'Ivoire clinched their berth with the Cameroon-Egypt 1-1 draw, on 8 October 2005.
Angola qualified for the 2006 World Cup with a 1-0 win over Rwanda on 8 October 2005.
Tunisia qualified on 8 October 2005 with a 2-2 tie against Morocco.
Group standings of the Final Round:
Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 Group 5

1. Côte
1. Togo 1. Ghana 1. Angola 1. Tunisia
d'Ivoire
2. Senegal 2. Congo DR 2. Cameroon 2. Nigeria 2. Morocco
3. Zambia 3. South Africa 3. Egypt 3. Zimbabwe 3. Guinea
4. Republic of 4. Burkina
4. Libya 4. Gabon 4. Kenya
Congo Faso
5. Mali 5. Cape Verde 5. Sudan 5. Algeria 5. Botswana
6. Liberia 6. Uganda 6. Benin 6. Rwanda 6. Malawi
[edit] Oceania (OFC)
Main article: 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC)
(1 berth after winning a playoff with South America)
The top two teams in Oceania played against each other to earn the right to compete against the fifth-
placed team from South America.
1. Australia
2. Solomon Islands
3. New Zealand
4. Fiji
5. Tahiti
6. Vanuatu
Australia then beat Solomon Islands 9-1 on aggregate. (1st leg: 7-0 on September 3, 2005; 2nd leg: 2-1
on September 6, 2005), and won the right to compete in the playoff against the fifth placed South
American team. Their opponent was Uruguay, as they qualified in 5th place on October 12, 2005.
Australia finally prevailed 4-2 in a penalty shoot-out after both play-off matches had ended 1-0 for the
home team.
[edit] Asia (AFC)
Main article: 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)
(4 berths, after losing a playoff to CONCACAF)
Teams that have clinched berths for 2006 are bolded.

Saudi Arabia, Japan, South Korea and Iran all qualified on June 8, 2005.
Teams that have clinched a play-off place are in italics.
Uzbekistan and Bahrain clinched play-off berths on August 17, 2005.
Group A Group B
1. Saudi Arabia 1. Japan
2. Korea Republic 2. Iran
3. Uzbekistan 3. Bahrain
4. Kuwait 4. Korea DPR
Uzbekistan and Bahrain (the 3rd place teams in each group) played a home-and-away match to
determine Asia's representative in a playoff against CONCACAF's 4th place team, and are displayed in
italics. On September 3, 2005, Uzbekistan won the first game 1-0, but FIFA decided that the match was
to be declared void and ordered a replay following a refereeing blunder.
The playoffs were postponed to October 8, 2005 in Uzbekistan and October 12, 2005 in Bahrain. The
first leg ended in a 1-1 draw, and the 2nd leg match was a 0-0 draw. Bahrain, having scored one away
goal to Uzbekistan's zero, advanced to the playoff. Trinidad and Tobago defeated Bahrain, 2-1
aggregate, to advance to the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
[edit] North America, Central America and Caribbean (CONCACAF)
Main article: 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF)
(4 berths by winning a playoff with Asia)
Teams that have clinched berths for 2006 are bolded.

United States clinched the first berth to Germany with a 2-0 win over Mexico on September
3, 2005.
Mexico clinched the second of the three guaranteed berths on September 7, 2005 with a 5-
0 win over Panama.
Costa Rica clinched the final automatic berth on October 8, 2005 with a 3-0 win over the
United States.
Trinidad and Tobago, earned a playoff with the Asian 5th-place winner Bahrain with a 2-1
victory over Mexico on October 12, 2005. They subsequently won the playoff on November
16, 2005 on aggregate 2-1, clinching a 2006 berth. They are in bold italics.
1. USA
2. Mexico
3. Costa Rica
4. Trinidad and Tobago
5. Guatemala
6. Panama
[edit] Playoffs
On November 12 and November 16, 2005, five two-legged playoffs were conducted, with the winners
earning the last five places in the World Cup:
 The six second-place teams from Europe that did not automatically qualify were drawn into
three playoff matches. Full details of these playoffs can be found at 2006 FIFA World Cup -
European Qualification Playoffs.
 Australia won the Oceania-South America Qualification Playoff penalty shootout 4-2 after
both games were won 1:0 by the home team. Full details of this playoff can be found at
2006 FIFA World Cup - Oceania-South America Qualification Playoff.
 Trinidad and Tobago won the Asia-CONCACAF Qualification Playoff with an aggregate score
of 2-1. Full details of this playoff can be found at 2006 FIFA World Cup - Asia-CONCACAF
Qualification Playoff.
[edit] Summary
The teams that were involved in the playoffs are listed below. Qualifying countries shown in bold.
 Europe (UEFA)
o Norway vs Czech Republic (aggregate score 0-2)
o Spain vs Slovakia (aggregate score 6-2)
o Switzerland vs Turkey (aggregate score 4-4, Switzerland won on away
goals)
(Czech Republic, Turkey, and Spain were seeded because they were the three highest
placed according to the FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking for September 2005.)
 Oceania (OFC) vs South America (CONMEBOL)
o Uruguay vs Australia (aggregate score 1-1, Australia won penalty shootout
4-2)
 Asia (AFC) vs North America, Central America & Caribbean (CONCACAF)

o Trinidad and Tobago vs Bahrain (aggregate score 2-1)
2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)

Listed below are the dates and results for the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for Africa.
51 teams took part (only Djibouti and Comoros did not enroll), competing for 5 places in the
World Cup.
The qualification was composed of two Rounds. 9 teams entered the competition directly on the
Second Round: the 5 teams that qualified for the 2002 World Cup Finals (Cameroon, Nigeria, Senegal,
South Africa, and Tunisia) and the 4 highest ranking teams in the June 25, 2003 FIFA world rankings
(Congo DR, Cote d'Ivoire, Egypt, and Morocco). The other 42 teams were paired 2-by-2 and played
knock-out matches home-and-away. The 21 winners would advance to the Second Round.
In the Second Round, the 30 teams were divided in 5 groups of 6 teams each. Teams in each group
would play against each other in a home-and-away basis. The team with most points in each group
would qualify to the World Cup.
The competition also constituted the qualification competition for the 2006 African Nations Cup with
the top three nations of each group qualifying (except for Egypt, which qualifies as the host nation, the
fourth nation in Egypt's group qualifying in Egypt's place).
[edit] Tiebreakers
If teams are even on points at the end of group play, the tied teams will be ranked as follows:
1. greater number of points obtained in matches between the tied teams

2. goal difference in matches between the tied teams
3. greater number of goals scored in matches between the tied teams
4. goal difference in all group matches
5. greater number of goals scored in all group matches
6. a play-off on neutral ground, with extra time and penalties if necessary (in qualifying)
7. drawing of lots (at the final event)
This is a change from the 2002 FIFA World Cup, where total goal difference was the first tiebreaker.
[edit] First round
Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg
Guinea-Bissau 1-4 Mali 1-2 0-2
Madagascar 3-4 Benin 1-1 2-3
Seychelles 1-5 Zambia 0-4 1-1
Botswana 4-1 Lesotho 4-1 0-0
Equatorial Guinea 1-2 Togo 1-0 0-2
São Tomé and Príncipe 0-9 Libya 0-1 0-8
Tanzania 0-3 Kenya 0-0 0-3
Niger 0-7 Algeria 0-1 0-6

Uganda 4-3 Mauritius 3-0 1-3
Zimbabwe 4-2 Mauritania 3-0 1-2
Swaziland 1-4 Cape Verde 1-1 0-3
Burundi 1-4 Gabon 0-0 1-4
Chad 3-3ag Angola 3-1 0-2
Congo 1-0 Sierra Leone 1-0 0-0
Ethiopia 1-3 Malawi 1-3 0-0
Rwanda 4-1 Namibia 3-0 1-1
Guinea 5-3 Mozambique 1-0 4-3
Gambia 2-3 Liberia 2-0 0-3
Sudan 3-0 Eritrea 3-0 0-0
Somalia 0-7 Ghana 0-5 0-2
Burkina Faso w/o Central African Republic -- --
Central African Republic withdrew, so Burkina Faso advanced to the Second Round automatically.
[edit] Second round

[edit] Group 1
Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD

Togo 23 10 7 2 1 20 8 12
Senegal 21 10 6 3 1 21 8 13
Zambia 19 10 6 1 3 16 10 6
Republic of Congo 10 10 3 1 6 10 14 -4
Mali 8 10 2 2 6 11 14 -3
Liberia 4 10 1 1 8 3 27 -24
June 5, 2004, Dakar, Senegal - Senegal 2 - 0 Republic of Congo
June 5, 2004, Lusaka, Zambia - Zambia 1 - 0 Togo
June 5, 2004, Monrovia, Liberia - Liberia 1 - 0 Mali
June 19, 2004, Bamako, Mali - Mali 1 - 1 Zambia
June 20, 2004, Lomé, Togo - Togo 3 - 1 Senegal
June 20, 2004, Brazzaville, Congo - Republic of Congo 3 - 0 Liberia
July 3, 2004, Dakar, Senegal - Senegal 1 - 0 Zambia
July 4, 2004, Monrovia, Liberia - Liberia 0 - 0 Togo
July 4, 2004, Brazzaville, Congo - Republic of Congo 1 - 0 Mali
September 4, 2004, Lusaka, Zambia - Zambia 1 - 0 Liberia
September 5, 2004, Bamako, Mali - Mali 2 - 2 Senegal
September 5, 2004, Lomé, Togo - Togo 2 - 0 Republic of Congo
October 10, 2004, Monrovia, Liberia - Liberia 0 - 3 Senegal
October 10, 2004, Brazzaville, Congo - Republic of Congo 2 - 3 Zambia
October 10, 2004, Lomé, Togo - Togo 1 - 0 Mali
March 26, 2005, Dakar, Senegal - Senegal 6 - 1 Liberia

March 26, 2005, Chililabombwe, Zambia - Zambia 2 - 0 Republic of Congo
March 26, 2005, Bamako, Mali - Mali 1 - 2 Togo
June 5, 2005, Ségou, Mali - Mali 4 - 1 Liberia
June 5, 2005, Brazzaville, Congo - Republic of Congo 0 - 0 Senegal
June 5, 2005, Lomé, Togo - Togo 4 - 1 Zambia
June 18, 2005, Chililabombwe, Zambia - Zambia 2 - 1 Mali
June 18, 2005, Dakar, Senegal - Senegal 2 - 2 Togo
June 19, 2005, Paynesville, Liberia - Liberia 0 - 2 Republic of Congo
September 3, 2005, Chililabombwe, Zambia - Zambia 0 - 1 Senegal
September 3, 2005, Bamako, Mali - Mali 2 - 0 Republic of Congo
September 4, 2005, Lomé, Togo - Togo 3 - 0 Liberia
October 1, 2005, Monrovia, Liberia - Liberia 0 - 5 Zambia
October 8, 2005, Dakar, Senegal - Senegal 3 - 0 Mali
October 8, 2005, Brazzaville, Congo - Republic of Congo 2 - 3 Togo
[edit] Group 2
Ghana 21 10 6 3 1 17 4 13
Congo DR 16 10 4 4 2 14 10 4
South Africa 16 10 5 1 4 12 14 -2
Burkina Faso 13 10 4 1 5 14 13 1
Cape Verde 10 10 3 1 6 8 15 -7
Uganda 8 10 2 2 6 6 15 -9
June 5, 2004, Bloemfontein, South Africa - South Africa 2 - 1 Cape Verde
June 5, 2004, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso - Burkina Faso 1 - 0 Ghana
June 6, 2004, Kampala, Uganda - Uganda 1 - 0 Congo DR
June 19, 2004, Praia, Cape Verde - Cape Verde 1 - 0 Uganda
June 20, 2004, Kumasi, Ghana - Ghana 3 - 0 South Africa
June 20, 2004, Kinshasa, Congo DR - Congo DR 3 - 2 Burkina Faso
July 3, 2004, Johannesburg, South Africa - South Africa 2 - 0 Burkina Faso
July 3, 2004, Praia, Cape Verde - Cape Verde 1 - 1 Congo DR
July 3, 2004, Kampala, Uganda - Uganda 1 - 1 Ghana
September 4, 2004, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso - Burkina Faso 2 - 0 Uganda
September 5, 2004, Kinshasa, Congo DR - Congo DR 1 - 0 South Africa
September 5, 2004, Kumasi, Ghana - Ghana 2 - 0 Cape Verde
October 9, 2004, Praia, Cape Verde - Cape Verde 1 - 0 Burkina Faso
October 10, 2004, Kampala, Uganda - Uganda 0 - 1 South Africa
October 10, 2004, Kumasi, Ghana - Ghana 0 - 0 Congo DR
March 26, 2005, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso - Burkina Faso 1 - 2 Cape Verde
March 26, 2005, Johannesburg, South Africa - South Africa 2 - 1 Uganda
March 27, 2005, Kinshasa, Congo DR - Congo DR 1 - 1 Ghana
June 4, 2005, Praia, Cape Verde - Cape Verde 1 - 2 South Africa
June 5, 2005, Kumasi, Ghana - Ghana 2 - 1 Burkina Faso
June 5, 2005, Kinshasa, Congo DR - Congo DR 4 - 0 Uganda
June 18, 2005, Johannesburg, South Africa - South Africa 0 - 2 Ghana
June 18, 2005, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso - Burkina Faso 2 - 0 Congo DR
June 18, 2005, Kampala, Uganda - Uganda 1 - 0 Cape Verde
September 3, 2005, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso - Burkina Faso 3 - 1 South Africa
September 4, 2005, Kinshasa, Congo DR - Congo DR 2 - 1 Cape Verde
September 4, 2005, Kumasi, Ghana - Ghana 2 - 0 Uganda
October 8, 2005, Durban, South Africa - South Africa 2 - 2 Congo DR
October 8, 2005, Praia, Cape Verde - Cape Verde 0 - 4 Ghana
October 8, 2005, Kampala, Uganda - Uganda 2 - 2 Burkina Faso
[edit] Group 3
Côte d'Ivoire 22 10 7 1 2 20 7 13
Cameroon 21 10 6 3 1 18 10 8
Egypt 17 10 5 2 3 26 15 11
Libya 12 10 3 3 4 8 10 -2
Sudan 6 10 1 3 6 6 22 -16
Benin 5 10 1 2 7 9 23 -14
June 6, 2004, Khartoum, Sudan - Sudan 0 - 3 Egypt
June 6, 2004, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire - Côte d'Ivoire 2 - 0 Libya
June 6, 2004, Yaoundé, Cameroon - Cameroon 2 - 1 Benin
June 18, 2004, Misurata, Libya - Libya 0 - 0 Cameroon
June 20, 2004, Alexandria, Egypt - Egypt 1 - 2 Côte d'Ivoire
June 20, 2004, Cotonou, Benin - Benin 1 - 1 Sudan

July 3, 2004, Khartoum, Sudan - Sudan 0 - 1 Libya
July 4, 2004, Yaoundé, Cameroon - Cameroon 2 - 0 Côte d'Ivoire
July 4, 2004, Cotonou, Benin - Benin 3 - 3 Egypt
September 3, 2004, Tripoli, Libya - Libya 4 - 1 Benin
September 5, 2004, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire - Côte d'Ivoire 5 - 0 Sudan
September 5, 2004, Cairo, Egypt - Egypt 3 - 2 Cameroon
October 8, 2004, Tripoli, Libya - Libya 2 - 1 Egypt
October 9, 2004, Omdurman, Sudan - Sudan 1 - 1 Cameroon
October 10, 2004, Cotonou, Benin - Benin 0 - 1 Côte d'Ivoire
March 27, 2005, Cairo, Egypt - Egypt 4 - 1 Libya
March 27, 2005, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire - Côte d'Ivoire 3 - 0 Benin
March 27, 2005, Yaoundé, Cameroon - Cameroon 2 - 1 Sudan
June 3, 2005, Tripoli, Libya - Libya 0 - 0 Côte d'Ivoire
June 4, 2005, Cotonou, Benin - Benin 1 - 4 Cameroon
June 5, 2005, Cairo, Egypt - Egypt 6 - 1 Sudan
June 19, 2005, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire - Côte d'Ivoire 2 - 0 Egypt
June 19, 2005, Yaoundé, Cameroon - Cameroon 1 - 0 Libya
August 17, 2005, Omdurman, Sudan - Sudan 1 - 0 Benin
September 2, 2005, Tripoli, Libya - Libya 0 - 0 Sudan
September 4, 2005, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire - Côte d'Ivoire 2 - 3 Cameroon
September 4, 2005, Cairo, Egypt - Egypt 4 - 1 Benin
October 8, 2005, Yaoundé, Cameroon - Cameroon 1 - 1 Egypt
October 8, 2005, Omdurman, Sudan - Sudan 1 - 3 Côte d'Ivoire
October 9, 2005, Cotonou, Benin - Benin 1 - 0 Libya

[edit] Group 4
Angola 21 10 6 3 1 12 6 6
Nigeria 21 10 6 3 1 21 7 14
Zimbabwe 15 10 4 3 3 13 14 -1
Gabon 10 10 2 4 4 11 13 -2
Algeria 8 10 1 5 4 8 15 -7
Rwanda 5 10 1 2 7 6 16 -10
NB: Angola finished above Nigeria based on head-to-head results (Angola 1-0 Nigeria; Nigeria 1-1
Angola).
June 5, 2004, Port Harcourt, Nigeria - Nigeria 2 - 0 Rwanda
June 5, 2004, Libreville, Gabon - Gabon 1 - 1 Zimbabwe
June 5, 2004, Annaba, Algeria - Algeria 0 - 0 Angola
June 19, 2004, Kigali, Rwanda - Rwanda 3 - 1 Gabon
June 20, 2004, Harare, Zimbabwe - Zimbabwe 1 - 1 Algeria
June 20, 2004, Luanda, Angola - Angola 1 - 0 Nigeria
July 3, 2004, Libreville, Gabon - Gabon 2 - 2 Angola
July 3, 2004, Kigali, Rwanda - Rwanda 0 - 2 Zimbabwe
July 3, 2004, Abuja, Nigeria - Nigeria 1 - 0 Algeria
September 5, 2004, Harare, Zimbabwe - Zimbabwe 0 - 3 Nigeria
September 5, 2004, Luanda, Angola - Angola 1 - 0 Rwanda
September 5, 2004, Annaba, Algeria - Algeria 0 - 3 Gabon

October 9, 2004, Libreville, Gabon - Gabon 1 - 1 Nigeria
October 9, 2004, Kigali, Rwanda - Rwanda 1 - 1 Algeria
October 10, 2004, Luanda, Angola - Angola 1 - 0 Zimbabwe
March 26, 2005, Port Harcourt, Nigeria - Nigeria 2 - 0 Gabon
March 27, 2005, Oran, Algeria - Algeria 1 - 0 Rwanda
March 27, 2005, Harare, Zimbabwe - Zimbabwe 2 - 0 Angola
June 5, 2005, Harare, Zimbabwe - Zimbabwe 1 - 0 Gabon
June 5, 2005, Luanda, Angola - Angola 2 - 1 Algeria
June 5, 2005, Kigali, Rwanda - Rwanda 1 - 1 Nigeria
June 18, 2005, Kano, Nigeria - Nigeria 1 - 1 Angola
June 18, 2005, Libreville, Gabon - Gabon 3 - 0 Rwanda
June 19, 2005, Oran, Algeria - Algeria 2 - 2 Zimbabwe
September 4, 2005, Oran, Algeria - Algeria 2 - 5 Nigeria
September 4, 2005, Harare, Zimbabwe - Zimbabwe 3 - 1 Rwanda
September 4, 2005, Luanda, Angola - Angola 3 - 0 Gabon
October 8, 2005, Kigali, Rwanda - Rwanda 0 - 1 Angola
October 8, 2005, Abuja, Nigeria - Nigeria 5 - 1 Zimbabwe
October 8, 2005, Port-Gentil, Gabon - Gabon 0 - 0 Algeria
[edit] Group 5
Tunisia 21 10 6 3 1 25 9 14
Morocco 20 10 5 5 0 17 7 10
Guinea 17 10 5 2 3 15 10 5
Kenya 10 10 3 1 6 8 17 -9
Botswana 9 10 3 0 7 10 18 -8
Malawi 6 10 1 3 6 12 26 -14
June 5, 2004, Blantyre, Malawi - Malawi 1 - 1 Morocco
June 5, 2004, Tunis, Tunisia - Tunisia 4 - 1 Botswana
June 19, 2004, Gaborone, Botswana - Botswana 2 - 0 Malawi
June 20, 2004, Conakry, Guinea - Guinea 2 - 1 Tunisia
July 3, 2004, Gaborone, Botswana - Botswana 0 - 1 Morocco
July 3, 2004, Lilongwe, Malawi - Malawi 1 - 1 Guinea
September 4, 2004, Nairobi, Kenya - Kenya 3 - 2 Malawi
September 4, 2004, Rabat, Morocco - Morocco 1 - 1 Tunisia
September 5, 2004, Conakry, Guinea - Guinea 4 - 0 Botswana
October 9, 2004, Blantyre, Malawi - Malawi 2 - 2 Tunisia
October 9, 2004, Gaborone, Botswana - Botswana 2 - 1 Kenya
October 10, 2004, Conakry, Guinea - Guinea 1 - 1 Morocco
November 17, 2004, Nairobi, Kenya - Kenya 2 - 1 Guinea
February 9, 2005, Rabat, Morocco - Morocco 5 - 1 Kenya
March 26, 2005, Tunis, Tunisia - Tunisia 7 - 0 Malawi
March 26, 2005, Rabat, Morocco - Morocco 1 - 0 Guinea
March 26, 2005, Nairobi, Kenya - Kenya 1 - 0 Botswana
June 4, 2005, Gaborone, Botswana - Botswana 1 - 3 Tunisia

June 4, 2005, Rabat, Morocco - Morocco 4 - 1 Malawi
June 5, 2005, Conakry, Guinea - Guinea 1 - 0 Kenya
June 11, 2005, Tunis, Tunisia - Tunisia 2 - 0 Guinea
June 18, 2005, Nairobi, Kenya - Kenya 0 - 0 Morocco
June 18, 2005, Blantyre, Malawi - Malawi 1 - 3 Botswana
August 17, 2005, Tunis, Tunisia - Tunisia 1 - 0 Kenya
September 3, 2005, Nairobi, Kenya - Kenya 0 - 2 Tunisia
September 3, 2005, Rabat, Morocco - Morocco 1 - 0 Botswana
September 4, 2005, Conakry, Guinea - Guinea 3 - 1 Malawi
October 8, 2005, Gaborone, Botswana - Botswana 1 - 2 Guinea
October 8, 2005, Blantyre, Malawi - Malawi 3 - 0 Kenya
October 8, 2005, Tunis, Tunisia - Tunisia 2 - 2 Morocco
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 Cambodia, Philippines, Bhutan and Brunei Darussalam
decided not to take part, and Myanmar 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.
[edit] Tiebreakers

[edit] Preliminary Round

November 19, 2003, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan - Turkmenistan 11 - 0 Afghanistan
November 22, 2003, Kabul, Afghanistan - Afghanistan 0 - 2 Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan advanced to the Second Round.
November 23, 2003, Taipei, Republic of China - Chinese Taipei 3 - 0 Macau
November 29, 2003, Macau - Macau 1 - 3 Chinese Taipei
Chinese Taipei advanced to the Second Round.
November 26, 2003, Dhaka, Bangladesh - Bangladesh 0 - 2 Tajikistan
November 30, 2003, Dushanbe, Tajikistan - Tajikistan 2 - 0 Bangladesh
Tajikistan advanced to the Second Round.
November 29, 2003, Vientiane, Laos - Laos 0 - 0 Sri Lanka
December 3, 2003, Colombo, Sri Lanka - Sri Lanka 3 - 0 Laos
Sri Lanka advanced to the Second Round.
November 29, 2003, Karachi, Pakistan - Pakistan 0 - 2 Kyrgyzstan
December 3, 2003, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan - Kyrgyzstan 4 - 0 Pakistan
Kyrgyzstan advanced to the Second Round.
November 29, 2003, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia - Mongolia 0 - 1 Maldives

December 3, 2003, Malé, Maldives - Maldives 12 - 0 Mongolia
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.
Laos 1 2 0 1 1 0 3 -3
Bangladesh 0 2 0 0 2 0 4 -4
Macau 0 2 0 0 2 1 6 -5
Pakistan 0 2 0 0 2 0 6 -6
Afghanistan 0 2 0 0 2 0 13 -13
Mongolia 0 2 0 0 2 0 13 -13
Thus, Laos advanced to the Second Round.
[edit] Second round

[edit] Group 1
Iran 15 6 5 0 1 22 4 18
Jordan 12 6 4 0 2 10 6 4
Qatar 9 6 3 0 3 16 8 8
Laos 0 6 0 0 6 3 33 -30
February 18, 2004, Tehran, Iran - Iran 3 - 1 Qatar
February 18, 2004, Amman, Jordan - Jordan 5 - 0 Laos
March 31, 2004, Amman, Jordan - Jordan 1 - 0 Qatar
March 31, 2004, Vientiane, Laos - Laos 0 - 7 Iran
June 9, 2004, Tehran, Iran - Iran 0 - 1 Jordan
June 9, 2004, Doha, Qatar - Qatar 5 - 0 Laos

September 8, 2004, Vientiane, Laos - Laos 1 - 6 Qatar
September 8, 2004, Amman, Jordan - Jordan 0 - 2 Iran
October 13, 2004, Vientiane, Laos - Laos 2 - 3 Jordan
October 13, 2004, Doha, Qatar - Qatar 2 - 3 Iran
November 17, 2004, Doha, Qatar - Qatar 2 - 0 Jordan
November 17, 2004, Tehran, Iran - Iran 7 - 0 Laos
[edit] Group 2
Uzbekistan 16 6 5 1 0 16 3 13
Iraq 11 6 3 2 1 17 7 10
Palestine 7 6 2 1 3 11 11 0
Chinese Taipei 0 6 0 0 6 3 26 -23
February 18, 2004, Tashkent, Uzbekistan - Uzbekistan 1 - 1 Iraq
February 18, 2004, Doha, Qatar - Palestine 8 - 0 Chinese Taipei
March 31, 2004, Taipei, Republic of China - Chinese Taipei 0 - 1 Uzbekistan
March 31, 2004, Doha, Qatar - Palestine 1 - 1 Iraq
June 9, 2004, Tashkent, Uzbekistan - Uzbekistan 3 - 0 Palestine
June 9, 2004, Amman, Jordan - Iraq 6 - 1 Chinese Taipei
September 8, 2004, Ar Rayyan, Qatar - Palestine 0 - 3 Uzbekistan
September 8, 2004, Taipei, Republic of China - Chinese Taipei 1 - 4 Iraq
October 13, 2004, Amman, Jordan - Iraq 1 - 2 Uzbekistan
October 14, 2004, Taipei, Republic of China - Chinese Taipei 0 - 1 Palestine
November 16, 2004, Doha, Qatar - Iraq 4 - 1 Palestine
November 17, 2004, Tashkent, Uzbekistan - Uzbekistan 6 - 1 Chinese Taipei
[edit] Group 3
Japan 18 6 6 0 0 16 1 15
Oman 10 6 3 1 2 14 3 11
India 4 6 1 1 4 2 18 -16
Singapore 3 6 1 0 5 3 13 -10
February 18, 2004, Saitama, Japan - Japan 1 - 0 Oman
February 18, 2004, Goa, India - India 1 - 0 Singapore
March 31, 2004, Kochi, India - India 1 - 5 Oman
March 31, 2004, Singapore - Singapore 1 - 2 Japan
June 9, 2004, Muscat, Oman - Oman 7 - 0 Singapore
June 9, 2004, Saitama, Japan - Japan 7 - 0 India
September 8, 2004, Singapore - Singapore 0 - 2 Oman
September 8, 2004, Kolkata, India - India 0 - 4 Japan
October 13, 2004, Singapore - Singapore 2 - 0 India
October 13, 2004, Muscat, Oman - Oman 0 - 1 Japan
November 17, 2004, Muscat, Oman - Oman 0 - 0 India
November 17, 2004, Saitama, Japan - Japan 1 - 0 Singapore
[edit] Group 4
Kuwait 15 6 5 0 1 15 2 13
China PR 15 6 5 0 1 14 1 13
Hong Kong 6 6 2 0 4 5 15 -10
Malaysia 0 6 0 0 6 2 18 -16
February 18, 2004, Guangzhou, China - China PR 1 - 0 Kuwait
February 18, 2004, Kuantan, Malaysia - Malaysia 1 - 3 Hong Kong

March 31, 2004, Kuantan, Malaysia - Malaysia 0 - 2 Kuwait
March 31, 2004, Hong Kong - Hong Kong 0 - 1 China PR
June 9, 2004, Tianjin, China - China PR 4 - 0 Malaysia
June 9, 2004, Kuwait, Kuwait - Kuwait 4 - 0 Hong Kong
September 8, 2004, Penang, Malaysia - Malaysia 0 - 1 China PR
September 8, 2004, Hong Kong - Hong Kong 0 - 2 Kuwait
October 13, 2004, Hong Kong - Hong Kong 2 - 0 Malaysia
October 13, 2004, Kuwait, Kuwait - Kuwait 1 - 0 China PR
November 17, 2004, Kuwait, Kuwait - Kuwait 6 - 1 Malaysia
November 17, 2004, Guangzhou, China - China PR 7 - 0 Hong Kong
[edit] Group 5
Korea DPR 11 6 3 2 1 11 5 6
United Arab Emirates 10 6 3 1 2 6 6 0
Thailand 7 6 2 1 3 9 10 -1
Yemen 5 6 1 2 3 6 11 -5
February 18, 2004, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates - United Arab Emirates 1 - 0 Thailand
February 18, 2004, Sanaa, Yemen - Yemen 1 - 1 Korea DPR
March 31, 2004, Pyongyang, North Korea - Korea DPR 0 - 0 United Arab Emirates
March 31, 2004, Sanaa, Yemen - Yemen 0 - 3 Thailand
June 9, 2004, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates - United Arab Emirates 3 - 0 Yemen
June 9, 2004, Bangkok, Thailand - Thailand 1 - 4 Korea DPR
September 8, 2004, Sanaa, Yemen - Yemen 3 - 1 United Arab Emirates
September 8, 2004, Pyongyang, North Korea - Korea DPR 4 - 1 Thailand
October 13, 2004, Pyongyang, North Korea - Korea DPR 2 - 1 Yemen
October 13, 2004, Bangkok, Thailand - Thailand 3 - 0 United Arab Emirates
November 17, 2004, Bangkok, Thailand - Thailand 1 - 1 Yemen
November 17, 2004, Dubai, United Arab Emirates - United Arab Emirates 1 - 0 Korea DPR
[edit] Group 6
Bahrain 14 6 4 2 0 15 4 11
Syria 8 6 2 2 2 7 7 0
Tajikistan 7 6 2 1 3 5 9 -4
Kyrgyzstan 4 6 1 1 4 5 12 -7
February 18, 2004, Manama, Bahrain - Bahrain 2 - 1 Syria
February 18, 2004, Bishkek, Kyrgystan - Kyrgyzstan 1 - 2 Tajikistan
March 31, 2004, Bishkek, Kyrgystan - Kyrgyzstan 1 - 1 Syria
March 31, 2004, Dushanbe, Tajikistan - Tajikistan 0 - 0 Bahrain
June 9, 2004, Al Muharraq, Bahrain - Bahrain 5 - 0 Kyrgyzstan
June 10, 2004, Homs, Syria - Syria 2 - 1 Tajikistan
September 8, 2004, Dushanbe, Tajikistan - Tajikistan 0 - 1 Syria
September 8, 2004, Bishkek, Kyrgystan - Kyrgyzstan 1 - 2 Bahrain
October 13, 2004, Damascus, Syria - Syria 2 - 2 Bahrain
October 13, 2004, Dushanbe, Tajikistan - Tajikistan 2 - 1 Kyrgyzstan
November 17, 2004, Damascus, Syria - Syria 0 - 1 Kyrgyzstan
November 17, 2004, Manama, Bahrain - Bahrain 4 - 0 Tajikistan
[edit] Group 7
Korea Republic 14 6 4 2 0 9 2 7
Lebanon 11 6 3 2 1 11 5 6
Vietnam 4 6 1 1 4 5 9 -4
Maldives 4 6 1 1 4 5 14 -9
February 18, 2004, Suwon, South Korea - Korea Republic 2 - 0 Lebanon
February 18, 2004, Hanoi, Vietnam - Vietnam 4 - 0 Maldives
March 31, 2004, Nam Dinh, Vietnam - Vietnam 0 - 2 Lebanon
March 31, 2004, Malé, Maldives - Maldives 0 - 0 Korea Republic
June 9, 2004, Daejeon, South Korea - Korea Republic 2 - 0 Vietnam
June 9, 2004, Beirut, Lebanon - Lebanon 3 - 0 Maldives
September 8, 2004, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam - Vietnam 1 - 2 Korea Republic
September 8, 2004, Malé, Maldives - Maldives 2 - 5 Lebanon
October 13, 2004, Malé, Maldives - Maldives 3 - 0 Vietnam
October 13, 2004, Beirut, Lebanon - Lebanon 1 - 1 Korea Republic
November 17, 2004, Beirut, Lebanon - Lebanon 0 - 0 Vietnam
November 17, 2004, Seoul, South Korea - Korea Republic 2 - 0 Maldives
[edit] Group 8
Saudi Arabia 18 6 6 0 0 14 1 13
Turkmenistan 7 6 2 1 3 8 10 -2
Indonesia 7 6 2 1 3 8 12 -4
Sri Lanka 2 6 0 2 4 4 11 -7
February 18, 2004, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - Saudi Arabia 3 - 0 Indonesia
February 18, 2004, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan - Turkmenistan 2 - 0 Sri Lanka
March 31, 2004, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan - Turkmenistan 3 - 1 Indonesia
March 31, 2004, Colombo, Sri Lanka - Sri Lanka 0 - 1 Saudi Arabia
June 9, 2004, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - Saudi Arabia 3 - 0 Turkmenistan
June 9, 2004, Jakarta, Indonesia - Indonesia 1 - 0 Sri Lanka
September 8, 2004, Colombo, Sri Lanka - Sri Lanka 2 - 2 Indonesia
September 8, 2004, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan - Turkmenistan 0 - 1 Saudi Arabia
October 9, 2004, Colombo, Sri Lanka - Sri Lanka 2 - 2 Turkmenistan
October 12, 2004, Jakarta, Indonesia - Indonesia 1 - 3 Saudi Arabia
November 17, 2004, Jakarta, Indonesia - Indonesia 3 - 1 Turkmenistan
November 17, 2004, Dammam, Saudi Arabia - Saudi Arabia 3 - 0 Sri Lanka
[edit] Third round

[edit] Group A
Saudi Arabia 14 6 4 2 0 10 1 9
Korea Republic 10 6 3 1 2 9 5 4
Uzbekistan 5 6 1 2 3 7 11 -4
Kuwait 4 6 1 1 4 4 13 -9
February 9, 2005, Seoul, South Korea - Korea Republic 2 - 0 Kuwait
February 9, 2005, Tashkent, Uzbekistan - Uzbekistan 1 - 1 Saudi Arabia
March 25, 2005, Dammam, Saudi Arabia - Saudi Arabia 2 - 0 Korea Republic
March 25, 2005, Kuwait, Kuwait - Kuwait 2 - 1 Uzbekistan
March 30, 2005, Kuwait, Kuwait - Kuwait 0 - 0 Saudi Arabia
March 30, 2005, Seoul, South Korea - Korea Republic 2 - 1 Uzbekistan
June 3, 2005, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - Saudi Arabia 3 - 0 Kuwait
June 3, 2005, Tashkent, Uzbekistan - Uzbekistan 1 - 1 Korea Republic
June 8, 2005, Kuwait, Kuwait - Kuwait 0 - 4 Korea Republic

June 8, 2005, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - Saudi Arabia 3 - 0 Uzbekistan
August 17, 2005, Seoul, South Korea - Korea Republic 0 - 1 Saudi Arabia
August 17, 2005, Tashkent, Uzbekistan - Uzbekistan 3 - 2 Kuwait
[edit] Group B
Japan 15 6 5 0 1 9 4 5
Iran 13 6 4 1 1 7 3 4
Bahrain 4 6 1 1 4 4 7 -3
Korea DPR 3 6 1 0 5 5 11 -6
February 9, 2005, Saitama, Japan - Japan 2 - 1 Korea DPR
February 9, 2005, Manama, Bahrain - Bahrain 0 - 0 Iran
March 25, 2005, Tehran, Iran - Iran 2 - 1 Japan
March 25, 2005, Pyongyang, North Korea - Korea DPR 1 - 2 Bahrain
March 30, 2005, Pyongyang, North Korea - Korea DPR 0 - 2 Iran
March 30, 2005, Saitama, Japan - Japan 1 - 0 Bahrain
June 3, 2005, Manama, Bahrain - Bahrain 0 - 1 Japan
June 3, 2005, Tehran, Iran - Iran 1 - 0 Korea DPR
June 8, 2005, Bangkok, Thailand - Korea DPR 0 - 2 Japan
June 8, 2005, Tehran, Iran - Iran 1 - 0 Bahrain
August 17, 2005, Manama, Bahrain - Bahrain 2 - 3 Korea DPR
August 17, 2005, Yokohama, Japan - Japan 2 - 1 Iran
[edit] Play-off
September 3, 2005, Tashkent, Uzbekistan - Uzbekistan 1 - 0 Bahrain
This result was declared null and void by FIFA due to a referee error
October 8, 2005, Tashkent, Uzbekistan - Uzbekistan 1 - 1 Bahrain

October 12, 2005, Manama, Bahrain - Bahrain 0 - 0 Uzbekistan
Bahrain advanced to the Asia-CONCACAF playoff against Trinidad and Tobago on the away goals
rule (1-0).
2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)

Listed below are the dates and results for the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for UEFA
teams. A total of 51 teams took part, divided in 8 Groups - five groups of 6 teams each and three
groups of 7 teams each - competing for 13 places in the World Cup. Germany, the hosts, were already
qualified, for a total of 14 European places in the tournament.
The teams in each group would play against each other in a home-and-away basis. The team with most
points in each group would qualify to the World Cup. The runners-up would be ranked. For the sake of
fairness, in groups with 7 teams, results against the 7th placed team were ignored. The two best ranked
runners-up would also qualify to the World Cup. The other six runners-up were drawn into three home-
and-away knock-out matches, winners of those matches also qualifying.
The race to join hosts Germany at the 2006 FIFA World Cup™ featured an unlikely winner in Europe
where Ukraine became the first team to qualify, having finished above Turkey, Denmark and Greece in
arguably the continent’s toughest qualifying group.
If first-time finalists Ukraine caused a surprise, elsewhere many of the usual suspects were prominent.
The Netherlands, Portugal, France, Italy and England all won their groups, although in the case of the
French and English only after a stumble or two along the way.
One of the big shocks also included reigning European Champions Greece failing to qualify for the
tournament finishing fourth in group 2 featuring Turkey, Denmark, and Ukraine. Another idiosyncracy
was Israel finishing unbeaten (in a tough group containing France, Switzerland and the Republic Of
Ireland) yet coming third in the group and failing to even make the play-offs.
Serbia and Montenegro and Croatia also advanced to Germany at the head of their sections, the former
forcing Spain into the play-offs in the process. Besides the eight group winners, two teams progressed
automatically as best runners-up, namely Poland and Sweden while the play-offs offered a second
chance to six others.
[edit] Tiebreakers

[edit] Group 1
Netherlands 32 12 10 2 0 27 3 24
Czech Republic 27 12 9 0 3 35 12 23
Romania 25 12 8 1 3 20 10 10
Finland 16 12 5 1 6 21 19 2
FYR Macedonia 9 12 2 3 7 11 24 -13
Armenia 7 12 2 1 9 9 25 -16
Andorra 5 12 1 2 9 4 34 -30
August 18,
2004 FYR Macedonia 3–0 Armenia City Stadium, Skopje
20:00 Pandev 5' Attendance: 4,375
Sakiri 37' Referee: Guenov
Sumolikoski 90' (Bulgaria)
August 18,
2004 Romania 2–1 Finland Giuleşti Stadium,
20:30 Mutu 50' Eremenko 93' Bucharest
Petre 90' Attendance: 17,500
Referee: Gilewski
(Poland)
September 4,
2004 Romania 2–1 FYR Macedonia Ion Oblemenko
20:30 Pancu 15' Vasoski 70' Craiova
Mutu 88' Attendance: 14,500
Referee: Plautz
(Austria)
September 4,
2004 Finland 3–0 Andorra Ratina Stadion
17:00 Eremenko 42', 64' Tampere
Riihilahti 58' Attendance: 7,437
Referee: Siric
(Croatia)
September 8,
2004 Netherlands 2–0 Czech Republic Amsterdam ArenA
20:30 van Hooijdonk 34', 84' Amsterdam
Attendance: 48,888
Referee: Merk
(Germany)
September 8,
2004 Armenia 0–2 Finland Hanrapetakan Stadium
21:00 Forsell 24' Yerevan
Eremenko 67' Attendance: 2,864
Referee: Malzinskas
(Lithuania)
September 8,
2004 Andorra 1–5 Romania Comunal, Andorra la
16:00 Pujol 28' (pen) Cernat 1', 17' Vella
Pancu 5', 83' Attendance: 1,100
Niculae 70' Referee: Kircher
(Germany)
October 9,
2004 Czech Republic 1–0 Romania Toyota Arena, Prague
Koller 36' (pen)
Attendance: 16,028
Referee: Rosetti (ITA)
October 9,
2004 Finland 3–1 Armenia Ratina Stadion,
Kuqi 8' Shahgeldyan 32' Tampere
Eremenko 28'
Kuqi 87' Attendance: 7,894
Referee: Fandel (GER)
October 9,
2004 FYR Macedonia 2–2 Netherlands City Stadium, Skopje
Pandev 45' Bouma 43'
Stojkov 70' Kuyt 66' Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Frøjdfeldt (SWE)
October 13,
2004 Andorra 1–0 FYR Macedonia Comunal, Andorra la
Bernaus 60' Vella
Attendance: 200
Referee: Podeschi (SMR)
October 13,
2004 Netherlands 3–1 Finland Amsterdam ArenA,
Sneijder 39' Tainio 14' Amsterdam
Van Nistelrooy 41’, 63’
Attendance: 49,000
Referee: Bennett (ENG)
October 13,
2004 Armenia 0–3 Czech Republic Hanrapetakan
Koller 3’, 78’ Stadium, Yerevan
Rosický 30’
Attendance: 8000
Referee: Granat (POL)
November 17,
2004 FYR Macedonia 0–2 Czech Republic Skopje City Stadium,
Lokvenc 22’ Skopje
Koller 90’
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Meier (SUI)
November 17,
2004 Armenia 1–1 Romania Hanrapetakan
Dokhoyan 62’ Marica 29’ Stadium, Yerevan
Attendance: 2500
Referee: De Bleeckere
(BEL)
November 17,
2004 Andorra 0–3 Netherlands Estadi Olímpic Lluís
Cocu 21’ Companys, Barcelona,
Robben 31’ Spain
Sneijder 78’
Attendance: 2000
Referee: Yefet (ISR)
February 9,
2005 FYR Macedonia 0–0 Andorra Skopje City Stadium,
Skopje
Attendance: 1000
Referee: Verlist (BEL)
March 26,
2005 Romania 0–2 Netherlands Giuleşti Stadium,
Cocu 1' Bucharest
Babel 85'
Attendance: 19,000
Referee: Cantalejo (ESP)
March 26,
2005 Czech Republic 4–3 Finland Na Stinadlech Teplice
Baroš 8’ Litmanen 46’
Rosický 34’ Riihilahti 73’ Attendance: 16,200
Polák 58’ Johansson 79’ Referee: Bo Larsen (DEN)
Lokvenc 87’
March 26,
2005 Armenia 2–1 Andorra Hanrapetakan Stadium
Hakobyan 32’ Silva 57’ Yerevan
Khachatryan 73’
Attendance: 9566
Referee: Attard (MLT)
March 30,
2005 Netherlands 2–0 Armenia Philips Stadion
Castelen 3’ Eindhoven
Van Nistelrooy 34’
Attendance: 34,000
Referee: Trefoloni (ITA)
March 30,
2005 Andorra 0–4 Czech Republic Comunal, Andorra la
Jankulovski 31’ (pen) Vella
Baroš 40’
Lokvenc 53’ Attendance: 1000
Rosický 90’ (pen) Referee: Messner (AUT)
March 30,
2005 FYR Macedonia 1–2 Romania Skopje City Stadium
Maznov 31’ Mitea 18’, 58’ Skopje
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Ovrebo (NOR)
June 4, 2005
Netherlands 2–0 Romania De Kuip Rotterdam
Robben 26’
Kuyt 46’ Attendance: 50,000
Referee: De Santis (ITA)
June 4, 2005
Czech Republic 8–1 Andorra U Nisy Liberec
Lokvenc 13’, 90’ Riera 35’
Koller 29’ Attendance: 9520
Šmicer 38’ Referee: Selcuk (TUR)
Galásek 52’ (pen)
Baroš 80’
Rosický 85’ (pen)
Polák 87’
June 4, 2005
Armenia 1–2 FYR Macedonia Hanrapetakan Stadium
Manucharyan 55’ Pandev 29’ (pen), 46’ Yerevan
Attendance: 8000
Referee: Mikulski (POL)
June 8, 2005
Finland 0–4 Netherlands Olympiastadion
Van Nistelrooy 36’ Helsinki
Kuyt 77’
Cocu 84’ Attendance: 37,000
Van Persie 87’ Referee: Hamer (LUX)
June 8, 2005
Czech Republic 6–1 FYR Macedonia Na Stinadlech Teplice
Koller 42’, 45’, 49’, 53’ Pandev 14’
Rosický 74’ (pen) Attendance: 14,150
Baroš 88’ Referee: Ibanez (ESP)
June 8, 2005
Romania 3–0 Armenia Gheorghe Hagi
Petre 29’ Constanţa
Bucur 40’, 80’
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Briakos (GRE)
August 17,
2005 Romania 2–0 Andorra Gheorghe Hagi
Mutu 29’, 41’ Constanţa
Attendance: 8,200
Referee: Jakov (ISR)
August 17,
2005 FYR Macedonia 0–3 Finland Skopje City Stadium
Eremenko Jr 8’, 45’ Skopje
Roiha 87’
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Messias (ENG)
September 3,
2005 Armenia 0–1 Netherlands Hanrapetakan
Van Nistelrooy 63’ Stadium, Yerevan
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Dougal (SCO)
September 3,
2005 Romania 2–0 Czech Republic Gheorghe Hagi
Mutu 28’, 56’ Constanţa
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Hauge (NOR)
September 3,
2005 Andorra 0–0 Finland Comunal, Andorra la
Vella
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Vereecke (BEL)
September 7,
2005 Netherlands 4–0 Andorra Philips Stadion
van der Vaart 23’, Eindhoven
Lima 27’ (og),
Van Nistelrooy 42’, 89’ Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Hanacsek (HUN)
September 7, 2005, Olomouc, Czech Republic - Czech Republic 4 - 1 Armenia
September 7, 2005, Tampere, Finland - Finland 5 - 1 FYR Macedonia
October 8, 2005, Prague, Czech Republic - Czech Republic 0 - 2 Netherlands
October 8, 2005, Helsinki, Finland - Finland 0 - 1 Romania
October 12, 2005, Helsinki, Finland - Finland 0 - 3 Czech Republic
October 12, 2005, Amsterdam, Netherlands - Netherlands 0 - 0 FYR Macedonia
October 12, 2005, Andorra la Vella, Andorra - Andorra 0 - 3 Armenia
[edit] Group 2
Ukraine 25 12 7 4 1 18 7 11
Turkey 23 12 6 5 1 23 9 14
Denmark 22 12 6 4 2 24 12 12
Greece 21 12 6 3 3 15 9 6
Albania 13 12 4 1 7 11 20 -9
Georgia 10 12 2 4 6 14 25 -11
Kazakhstan 1 12 0 1 11 6 29 -23
September 4, 2004, Copenhagen, Denmark - Denmark 1 - 1 Ukraine
September 4, 2004, Trabzon, Turkey - Turkey 1 - 1 Georgia
September 4, 2004, Tirana, Albania - Albania 2 - 1 Greece
September 8, 2004, Piraeus, Greece - Greece 0 - 0 Turkey
September 8, 2004, Almaty, Kazakhstan - Kazakhstan 1 - 2 Ukraine
September 8, 2004, Tbilisi, Georgia - Georgia 2 - 0 Albania
October 9, 2004, Istanbul, Turkey - Turkey 4 - 0 Kazakhstan
October 9, 2004, Tirana, Albania - Albania 0 - 2 Denmark
October 9, 2004, Kiev, Ukraine - Ukraine 1 - 1 Greece
October 13, 2004, Lviv, Ukraine - Ukraine 2 - 0 Georgia
October 13, 2004, Almaty, Kazakhstan - Kazakhstan 0 - 1 Albania
October 13, 2004, Copenhagen, Denmark - Denmark 1 - 1 Turkey
November 17, 2004, Piraeus, Greece - Greece 3 - 1 Kazakhstan
November 17, 2004, Tbilisi, Georgia - Georgia 2 - 2 Denmark
November 17, 2004, Istanbul, Turkey - Turkey 0 - 3 Ukraine
February 9, 2005, Tirana, Albania - Albania 0 - 2 Ukraine
February 9, 2005, Piraeus, Greece - Greece 2 - 1 Denmark
March 26, 2005, Istanbul, Turkey - Turkey 2 - 0 Albania
March 26, 2005, Copenhagen, Denmark - Denmark 3 - 0 Kazakhstan
March 26, 2005, Tbilisi, Georgia - Georgia 1 - 3 Greece
March 30, 2005, Piraeus, Greece - Greece 2 - 0 Albania

March 30, 2005, Kiev, Ukraine - Ukraine 1 - 0 Denmark
March 30, 2005, Tbilisi, Georgia - Georgia 2 - 5 Turkey
June 4, 2005, Kiev, Ukraine - Ukraine 2 - 0 Kazakhstan
June 4, 2005, Tirana, Albania - Albania 3 - 2 Georgia
June 4, 2005, Istanbul, Turkey - Turkey 0 - 0 Greece
June 8, 2005, Almaty, Kazakhstan - Kazakhstan 0 - 6 Turkey
June 8, 2005, Copenhagen, Denmark - Denmark 3 - 1 Albania
June 8, 2005, Piraeus, Greece - Greece 0 - 1 Ukraine
August 17, 2005, Almaty, Kazakhstan - Kazakhstan 1 - 2 Georgia
September 3, 2005, Tbilisi, Georgia - Georgia 1 - 1 Ukraine
September 3, 2005, Istanbul, Turkey - Turkey 2 - 2 Denmark
September 3, 2005, Tirana, Albania - Albania 2 - 1 Kazakhstan
September 7, 2005, Copenhagen, Denmark - Denmark 6 - 1 Georgia
September 7, 2005, Almaty, Kazakhstan - Kazakhstan 1 - 2 Greece
September 7, 2005, Kiev, Ukraine - Ukraine 0 - 1 Turkey
October 8, 2005, Copenhagen, Denmark - Denmark 1 - 0 Greece
October 8, 2005, Tbilisi, Georgia - Georgia 0 - 0 Kazakhstan
October 8, 2005, Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine - Ukraine 2 - 2 Albania
October 12, 2005, Piraeus, Greece - Greece 1 - 0 Georgia
October 12, 2005, Almaty, Kazakhstan - Kazakhstan 1 - 2 Denmark
October 12, 2005, Tirana, Albania - Albania 0 - 1 Turkey
[edit] Group 3

Portugal 30 12 9 3 0 35 5 30
Slovakia 23 12 6 5 1 24 8 16
Russia 23 12 6 5 1 23 12 11
Estonia 17 12 5 2 5 16 17 -1
Latvia 15 12 4 3 5 18 21 -3
Liechtenstein 8 12 2 2 8 13 23 -10
Luxembourg 0 12 0 0 12 5 48 -43
August 18, 2004, Vaduz, Liechtenstein - Liechtenstein 1 - 2 Estonia
August 18, 2004, Bratislava, Slovakia - Slovakia 3 - 1 Luxembourg
September 4, 2004, Riga, Latvia - Latvia 0 - 2 Portugal
September 4, 2004, Moscow, Russia - Russia 1 - 1 Slovakia
September 4, 2004, Tallinn, Estonia - Estonia 4 - 0 Luxembourg
September 8, 2004, Bratislava, Slovakia - Slovakia 7 - 0 Liechtenstein
September 8, 2004, Luxembourg, Luxembourg - Luxembourg 3 - 4 Latvia
September 8, 2004, Leiria, Portugal - Portugal 4 - 0 Estonia
October 9, 2004, Luxembourg, Luxembourg - Luxembourg 0 - 4 Russia
October 9, 2004, Bratislava, Slovakia - Slovakia 4 - 1 Latvia
October 9, 2004, Vaduz, Liechtenstein - Liechtenstein 2 - 2 Portugal
October 13, 2004, Riga, Latvia - Latvia 2 - 2 Estonia
October 13, 2004, Luxembourg, Luxembourg - Luxembourg 0 - 4 Liechtenstein
October 13, 2004, Lisbon, Portugal - Portugal 7 - 1 Russia

November 17, 2004, Luxembourg, Luxembourg - Luxembourg 0 - 5 Portugal
November 17, 2004, Krasnodar, Russia - Russia 4 - 0 Estonia
November 17, 2004, Vaduz, Liechtenstein - Liechtenstein 1 - 3 Latvia
March 26, 2005, Vaduz, Liechtenstein - Liechtenstein 1 - 2 Russia
March 26, 2005, Tallinn, Estonia - Estonia 1 - 2 Slovakia
March 30, 2005, Bratislava, Slovakia - Slovakia 1 - 1 Portugal
March 30, 2005, Tallinn, Estonia - Estonia 1 - 1 Russia
March 30, 2005, Riga, Latvia - Latvia 4 - 0 Luxembourg
June 4, 2005, Lisbon, Portugal - Portugal 2 - 0 Slovakia
June 4, 2005, Saint Petersburg, Russia - Russia 2 - 0 Latvia
June 4, 2005, Tallinn, Estonia - Estonia 2 - 0 Liechtenstein
June 8, 2005, Tallinn, Estonia - Estonia 0 - 1 Portugal
June 8, 2005, Riga, Latvia - Latvia 1 - 0 Liechtenstein
June 8, 2005, Luxembourg, Luxembourg - Luxembourg 0 - 4 Slovakia
August 17, 2005, Riga, Latvia - Latvia 1 - 1 Russia
August 17, 2005, Vaduz, Liechtenstein - Liechtenstein 0 - 0 Slovakia
September 3, 2005, Tallinn, Estonia - Estonia 2 - 1 Latvia
September 3, 2005, Moscow, Russia - Russia 2 - 0 Liechtenstein
September 3, 2005, Faro, Portugal - Portugal 6 - 0 Luxembourg
September 7, 2005, Vaduz, Liechtenstein - Liechtenstein 3 - 0 Luxembourg
September 7, 2005, Riga, Latvia - Latvia 1 - 1 Slovakia
September 7, 2005, Moscow, Russia - Russia 0 - 0 Portugal
October 8, 2005, Bratislava, Slovakia - Slovakia 1 - 0 Estonia
October 8, 2005, Moscow, Russia - Russia 5 - 1 Luxembourg

October 8, 2005, Aveiro, Portugal - Portugal 2 - 1 Liechtenstein
October 12, 2005, Porto, Portugal - Portugal 3 - 0 Latvia
October 12, 2005, Bratislava, Slovakia - Slovakia 0 - 0 Russia
October 12, 2005, Luxembourg, Luxembourg - Luxembourg 0 - 2 Estonia
[edit] Group 4
France 20 10 5 5 0 14 2 12
Switzerland 18 10 4 6 0 18 7 11
Israel 18 10 4 6 0 15 10 5
Republic of Ireland 17 10 4 5 1 12 5 7
Cyprus 4 10 1 1 8 8 20 -12
Faroe Islands 1 10 0 1 9 4 27 -23
September 4, 2004, Saint-Denis, France - France 0 - 0 Israel
September 4, 2004, Basel, Switzerland - Switzerland 6 - 0 Faroe Islands
September 4, 2004, Dublin, Ireland - Republic of Ireland 3 - 0 Cyprus
September 8, 2004, Torshavn, Faroe Islands - Faroe Islands 0 - 2 France
September 8, 2004, Basel, Switzerland - Switzerland 1 - 1 Republic of Ireland
September 8, 2004, Tel Aviv, Israel - Israel 2 - 1 Cyprus
October 9, 2004, Nicosia, Cyprus - Cyprus 2 - 2 Faroe Islands
October 9, 2004, Tel Aviv, Israel - Israel 2 - 2 Switzerland

October 9, 2004, Saint-Denis, France - France 0 - 0 Republic of Ireland
October 13, 2004, Dublin, Ireland - Republic of Ireland 2 - 0 Faroe Islands
October 13, 2004, Nicosia, Cyprus - Cyprus 0 - 2 France
November 17, 2004, Nicosia, Cyprus - Cyprus 1 - 2 Israel
March 26, 2005, Tel Aviv, Israel - Israel 1 - 1 Republic of Ireland
March 26, 2005, Saint-Denis, France - France 0 - 0 Switzerland
March 30, 2005, Tel Aviv, Israel - Israel 1 - 1 France
March 30, 2005, Zürich, Switzerland - Switzerland 1 - 0 Cyprus
June 4, 2005, Dublin, Ireland - Republic of Ireland 2 - 2 Israel
June 4, 2005, Toftir, Faroe Islands - Faroe Islands 1 - 3 Switzerland
June 8, 2005, Torshavn, Faroe Islands - Faroe Islands 0 - 2 Republic of Ireland
August 17, 2005, Toftir, Faroe Islands - Faroe Islands 0 - 3 Cyprus
September 3, 2005, Lens, France - France 3 - 0 Faroe Islands
September 3, 2005, Basel, Switzerland - Switzerland 1 - 1 Israel
September 7, 2005, Nicosia, Cyprus - Cyprus 1 - 3 Switzerland
September 7, 2005, Dublin, Ireland - Republic of Ireland 0 - 1 France
September 7, 2005, Torshavn, Faroe Islands - Faroe Islands 0 - 2 Israel
October 8, 2005, Berne, Switzerland - Switzerland 1 - 1 France
October 8, 2005, Tel Aviv, Israel - Israel 2 - 1 Faroe Islands
October 8, 2005, Nicosia, Cyprus - Cyprus 0 - 1 Republic of Ireland
October 12, 2005, Dublin, Ireland - Republic of Ireland 0 - 0 Switzerland
October 12, 2005, Saint-Denis, France - France 4 - 0 Cyprus
[edit] Group 5
Italy 23 10 7 2 1 17 8 9
Norway 18 10 5 3 2 12 7 5
Scotland 13 10 3 4 3 9 7 2
Slovenia 12 10 3 3 4 10 13 -3
Belarus 10 10 2 4 4 12 14 -2
Moldova 5 10 1 2 7 5 16 -11
September 4, 2004, Celje, Slovenia - Slovenia 3 - 0 Moldova
September 4, 2004, Palermo, Italy - Italy 2 - 1 Norway
September 8, 2004, Chişinău, Moldova - Moldova 0 - 1 Italy
September 8, 2004, Oslo, Norway - Norway 1 - 1 Belarus
September 8, 2004, Glasgow, Scotland - Scotland 0 - 0 Slovenia
October 9, 2004, Glasgow, Scotland - Scotland 0 - 1 Norway
October 9, 2004, Minsk, Belarus - Belarus 4 - 0 Moldova
October 9, 2004, Celje, Slovenia - Slovenia 1 - 0 Italy
October 13, 2004, Parma, Italy - Italy 4 - 3 Belarus
October 13, 2004, Oslo, Norway - Norway 3 - 0 Slovenia
October 13, 2004, Chişinău, Moldova - Moldova 1 - 1 Scotland
March 26, 2005, Milan, Italy - Italy 2 - 0 Scotland
March 30, 2005, Chişinău, Moldova - Moldova 0 - 0 Norway
March 30, 2005, Celje, Slovenia - Slovenia 1 - 1 Belarus

June 4, 2005, Oslo, Norway - Norway 0 - 0 Italy
June 4, 2005, Minsk, Belarus - Belarus 1 - 1 Slovenia
June 4, 2005, Glasgow, Scotland - Scotland 2 - 0 Moldova
June 8, 2005, Minsk, Belarus - Belarus 0 - 0 Scotland
September 3, 2005, Glasgow, Scotland - Scotland 1 - 1 Italy
September 3, 2005, Celje, Slovenia - Slovenia 2 - 3 Norway
September 3, 2005, Chişinău, Moldova - Moldova 2 - 0 Belarus
September 7, 2005, Chişinău, Moldova - Moldova 1 - 2 Slovenia
September 7, 2005, Minsk, Belarus - Belarus 1 - 4 Italy
September 7, 2005, Oslo, Norway - Norway 1 - 2 Scotland
October 8, 2005, Oslo, Norway - Norway 1 - 0 Moldova
October 8, 2005, Glasgow, Scotland - Scotland 0 - 1 Belarus
October 8, 2005, Palermo, Italy - Italy 1 - 0 Slovenia
October 12, 2005, Minsk, Belarus - Belarus 0 - 1 Norway
October 12, 2005, Lecce, Italy - Italy 2 - 1 Moldova
October 12, 2005, Celje, Slovenia - Slovenia 0 - 3 Scotland
[edit] Group 6
England 25 10 8 1 1 17 5 12
Poland 24 10 8 0 2 27 9 18
Austria 15 10 4 3 3 15 12 3
Northern Ireland 9 10 2 3 5 10 18 -8
Wales 8 10 2 2 6 10 15 -5
Azerbaijan 3 10 0 3 7 1 21 -20
September 4, 2004, Vienna, Austria - Austria 2 - 2 England
September 4, 2004, Belfast, Northern Ireland - Northern Ireland 0 - 3 Poland
September 4, 2004, Baku, Azerbaijan - Azerbaijan 1 - 1 Wales
September 8, 2004, Chorzow, Poland - Poland 1 - 2 England
September 8, 2004, Cardiff, Wales - Wales 2 - 2 Northern Ireland
September 8, 2004, Vienna, Austria - Austria 2 - 0 Azerbaijan
October 9, 2004, Manchester, England - England 2 - 0 Wales
October 9, 2004, Vienna, Austria - Austria 1 - 3 Poland
October 9, 2004, Baku, Azerbaijan - Azerbaijan 0 - 0 Northern Ireland
October 13, 2004, Cardiff, Wales - Wales 2 - 3 Poland
October 13, 2004, Belfast, Northern Ireland - Northern Ireland 3 - 3 Austria
October 13, 2004, Baku, Azerbaijan - Azerbaijan 0 - 1 England
March 26, 2005, Cardiff, Wales - Wales 0 - 2 Austria
March 26, 2005, Manchester, England - England 4 - 0 Northern Ireland
March 26, 2005, Warsaw, Poland - Poland 8 - 0 Azerbaijan
March 30, 2005, Warsaw, Poland - Poland 1 - 0 Northern Ireland
March 30, 2005, Newcastle, England - England 2 - 0 Azerbaijan
March 30, 2005, Vienna, Austria - Austria 1 - 0 Wales
June 4, 2005, Baku, Azerbaijan - Azerbaijan 0 - 3 Poland
September 3, 2005, Cardiff, Wales - Wales 0 - 1 England
September 3, 2005, Chorzow, Poland - Poland 3 - 2 Austria

September 3, 2005, Belfast, Northern Ireland - Northern Ireland 2 - 0 Azerbaijan
September 7, 2005, Belfast, Northern Ireland - Northern Ireland 1 - 0 England
September 7, 2005, Baku, Azerbaijan - Azerbaijan 0 - 0 Austria
September 7, 2005, Warsaw, Poland - Poland 1 - 0 Wales
October 8, 2005, Manchester, England - England 1 - 0 Austria
October 8, 2005, Belfast, Northern Ireland - Northern Ireland 2 - 3 Wales
October 12, 2005, Manchester, England - England 2 - 1 Poland
October 12, 2005, Vienna, Austria - Austria 2 - 0 Northern Ireland
October 12, 2005, Cardiff, Wales - Wales 2 - 0 Azerbaijan
[edit] Group 7
Serbia & Montenegro 22 10 6 4 0 16 1 15
Spain 20 10 5 5 0 19 3 16
Bosnia and Herzegovina 16 10 4 4 2 12 9 3
Belgium 12 10 3 3 4 16 11 5
Lithuania 10 10 2 4 4 8 9 -1
San Marino 0 10 0 0 10 2 40 -38
September 4, 2004, Serravalle, San Marino - San Marino 0 - 3 Serbia & Montenegro
September 4, 2004, Charleroi, Belgium - Belgium 1 - 1 Lithuania
September 8, 2004, Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina - Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 - 1 Spain
September 8, 2004, Kaunas, Lithuania - Lithuania 4 - 0 San Marino

October 9, 2004, Santander, Spain - Spain 2 - 0 Belgium
October 9, 2004, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina - Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 - 0 Serbia &
Montenegro
October 13, 2004, Vilnius, Lithuania - Lithuania 0 - 0 Spain
October 13, 2004, Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro - Serbia & Montenegro 5 - 0 San Marino
November 17, 2004, Serravalle, San Marino - San Marino 0 - 1 Lithuania
November 17, 2004, Brussels, Belgium - Belgium 0 - 2 Serbia & Montenegro
February 9, 2005, Almería, Spain - Spain 5 - 0 San Marino
March 26, 2005, Brussels, Belgium - Belgium 4 - 1 Bosnia and Herzegovina
March 30, 2005, Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro - Serbia & Montenegro 0 - 0 Spain
March 30, 2005, Serravalle, San Marino - San Marino 1 - 2 Belgium
March 30, 2005, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina - Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 - 1 Lithuania
June 4, 2005, Valencia, Spain - Spain 1 - 0 Lithuania
June 4, 2005, Serravalle, San Marino - San Marino 1 - 3 Bosnia and Herzegovina
June 4, 2005, Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro - Serbia & Montenegro 0 - 0 Belgium
June 8, 2005, Valencia, Spain - Spain 1 - 1 Bosnia and Herzegovina
September 3, 2005, Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro - Serbia & Montenegro 2 - 0 Lithuania
September 3, 2005, Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina - Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 - 0 Belgium
September 7, 2005, Vilnius, Lithuania - Lithuania 0 - 1 Bosnia and Herzegovina
September 7, 2005, Madrid, Spain - Spain 1 - 1 Serbia & Montenegro
September 7, 2005, Antwerp, Belgium - Belgium 8 - 0 San Marino
October 8, 2005, Vilnius, Lithuania - Lithuania 0 - 2 Serbia & Montenegro
October 8, 2005, Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina - Bosnia and Herzegovina 3 - 0 San Marino
October 8, 2005, Brussels, Belgium - Belgium 0 - 2 Spain

October 12, 2005, Serravalle, San Marino - San Marino 0 - 6 Spain
October 12, 2005, Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro - Serbia & Montenegro 1 - 0 Bosnia and
Herzegovina
October 12, 2005, Vilnius, Lithuania - Lithuania 1 - 1 Belgium
[edit] Group 8
Croatia 24 10 7 3 0 21 5 16
Sweden 24 10 8 0 2 30 4 26
Bulgaria 15 10 4 3 3 17 17 0
Hungary 14 10 4 2 4 13 14 -1
Iceland 4 10 1 1 8 14 27 -13
Malta 3 10 0 3 7 4 32 -28
September 4, 2004, Ta' Qali, Malta - Malta 0 - 7 Sweden
September 4, 2004, Zagreb, Croatia - Croatia 3 - 0 Hungary
September 4, 2004, Reykjavík, Iceland - Iceland 1 - 3 Bulgaria
September 8, 2004, Gothenburg, Sweden - Sweden 0 - 1 Croatia
September 8, 2004, Budapest, Hungary - Hungary 3 - 2 Iceland
October 9, 2004, Zagreb, Croatia - Croatia 2 - 2 Bulgaria
October 9, 2004, Ta' Qali, Malta - Malta 0 - 0 Iceland
October 9, 2004, Stockholm, Sweden - Sweden 3 - 0 Hungary
October 13, 2004, Reykjavík, Iceland - Iceland 1 - 4 Sweden
October 13, 2004, Sofia, Bulgaria - Bulgaria 4 - 1 Malta

November 17, 2004, Ta' Qali, Malta - Malta 0 - 2 Hungary
March 26, 2005, Sofia, Bulgaria - Bulgaria 0 - 3 Sweden
March 26, 2005, Zagreb, Croatia - Croatia 4 - 0 Iceland
March 30, 2005, Zagreb, Croatia - Croatia 3 - 0 Malta
March 30, 2005, Budapest, Hungary - Hungary 1 - 1 Bulgaria
June 4, 2005, Gothenburg, Sweden - Sweden 6 - 0 Malta
June 4, 2005, Sofia, Bulgaria - Bulgaria 1 - 3 Croatia
June 4, 2005, Reykjavík, Iceland - Iceland 2 - 3 Hungary
June 8, 2005, Reykjavík, Iceland - Iceland 4 - 1 Malta
September 3, 2005, Stockholm, Sweden - Sweden 3 - 0 Bulgaria
September 3, 2005, Reykjavík, Iceland - Iceland 1 - 3 Croatia
September 3, 2005, Budapest, Hungary - Hungary 4 - 0 Malta
September 7, 2005, Budapest, Hungary - Hungary 0 - 1 Sweden
September 7, 2005, Ta' Qali, Malta - Malta 1 - 1 Croatia
September 7, 2005, Sofia, Bulgaria - Bulgaria 3 - 2 Iceland
October 8, 2005, Sofia, Bulgaria - Bulgaria 2 - 0 Hungary
October 8, 2005, Zagreb, Croatia - Croatia 1 - 0 Sweden
October 12, 2005, Stockholm, Sweden - Sweden 3 - 1 Iceland
October 12, 2005, Budapest, Hungary - Hungary 0 - 0 Croatia
October 12, 2005, Ta' Qali, Malta - Malta 1 - 1 Bulgaria
[edit] Play-offs
Main article: Football World Cup 2006 - European Qualification Playoffs
Sweden and Poland qualified directly to the World Cup. The other teams had to play-off.

Sweden 24 10 8 0 2 30 4 26
Poland 24 10 8 0 2 27 9 18
Czech Republic 21 10 7 0 3 23 11 12
Spain 20 10 5 5 0 19 3 16
Switzerland 18 10 4 6 0 18 7 11
Norway 18 10 5 3 2 12 7 5
Slovakia 17 10 4 5 1 17 7 10
Turkey 17 10 4 5 1 13 9 4

(CONCACAF)
Listed below are the dates and results for the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for North,
Central America and Caribbean. A total of 34 teams took part (out of 35 eligible - only Puerto Rico
declined to participate), competing for 3.5 places in the World Cup.
The qualification process was divided in three Rounds. In the Preliminary Round, the 34 teams were
divided in 10 groups of 3 teams each and 2 groups of 2 teams each. Groups with 3 teams had two
rounds, with the best ranked team according to FIFA in each group entering the competition in the
second round. In each group, teams were paired 2-by-2 and played home-and-away matches.
The 12 winners of the Preliminary Round advanced to the Semifinal Round, where they were divided
in 3 groups of 4 teams each. Teams in each group would play against each other home-and-away, and
the two teams with most points in each group would advance to the Final Round.
In the Final Round, also known as the "Hexagonal", the six teams were put in a single group, and
played against each other home-and-away. The three teams with most points qualified to the World
Cup. The fourth placed team advanced to the Asia-CONCACAF playoff against the winner of a play-
off between third placed teams in the Third Round of Asia.
[edit] Tiebreakers

[edit] Preliminary Round

Main article: 2006 CONCACAF FIFA World Cup qualification Preliminary Round
[edit] Group 1
Round One
February 28, 2004, St. George's, Grenada - Grenada 5 - 0 Guyana
March 14, 2004, Blairmont, Guyana - Guyana 1 - 3 Grenada
Grenada advanced to the next round by the aggregate score of 8-1.
Round Two
June 13, 2004, Columbus, USA - USA 3 - 0 Grenada
June 20, 2004, St. George's, Grenada - Grenada 2 - 3 USA
United States advanced to the Semifinal Round by the aggregate score of 6-2.
[edit] Group 2
Round One
February 29, 2004, Hamilton, Bermuda - Bermuda 13 - 0 Montserrat
March 21, 2004, Plymouth, Montserrat - Montserrat 0 - 7 Bermuda

Bermuda advanced to the next round by the aggregate score of 20-0.
Round Two
June 13, 2004, San Salvador, El Salvador - El Salvador 2 - 1 Bermuda
June 20, 2004, Hamilton, Bermuda - Bermuda 2 - 2 El Salvador
El Salvador advanced to the Semifinal Round by the aggregate score of 4-3.
[edit] Group 3
Round One
February 18, 2004, Miami, USA - Haiti 5 - 0 Turks and Caicos Islands
February 21, 2004, Hialeah, USA - Turks and Caicos Islands 0 - 2 Haiti
Haiti advanced to the next round by the aggregate score of 7-0.
Round Two
June 12, 2004, Miami, USA - Haiti 1 - 1 Jamaica
June 20, 2004, Kingston, Jamaica - Jamaica 3 - 0 Haiti
Jamaica advanced to the Semifinal Round by the aggregate score of 4-1.
[edit] Group 4
Round One
February 22, 2004, Tortola, British Virgin Islands - British Virgin Islands 0 - 1 Saint Lucia
February 28, 2004, Vieux Fort, Saint Lucia - Saint Lucia 9 - 0 British Virgin Islands
Saint Lucia advanced to the next round by the aggregate score of 10-0.
Round Two
June 13, 2004, Panama City, Panama - Panama 4 - 0 Saint Lucia
June 20, 2004, Vieux Fort, Saint Lucia - Saint Lucia 0 - 3 Panama
Panama advanced to the Semifinal Round by the aggregate score of 7-0.
[edit] Group 5
Round One
February 22, 2004, George Town, Cayman Islands - Cayman Islands 1 - 2 Cuba
February 27, 2004, Havana, Cuba - Cuba 3 - 0 Cayman Islands
Cuba advanced to the next round by the aggregate score of 5-1.
Round Two
June 12, 2004, Havana, Cuba - Cuba 2 - 2 Costa Rica
June 20, 2004, Alajuela, Costa Rica - Costa Rica 1 - 1 Cuba
The aggregate score was tied 3-3, and Costa Rica advanced to the Semifinal Round due to the away
goals rule (2-1).
[edit] Group 6
Round One
February 28, 2004, Oranjestad, Aruba - Aruba 1 - 2 Suriname
March 27, 2004, Paramaribo, Suriname - Suriname 8 - 1 Aruba
Suriname advanced to the next round by the aggregate score of 10-2.
Round Two
June 12, 2004, Paramaribo, Suriname - Suriname 1 - 1 Guatemala
June 20, 2004, Guatemala City, Guatemala - Guatemala 3 - 1 Suriname
Guatemala advanced to the Semifinal Round by the aggregate score of 4-2.
[edit] Group 7
Round One
February 18, 2004, Saint John's, Antigua and Barbuda - Antigua and Barbuda 2 - 0 Netherlands
Antilles
March 31, 2004, Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles - Netherlands Antilles 3 - 0 Antigua and Barbuda
Netherlands Antilles advanced to the next round by the aggregate score of 3-2.
Round Two
June 12, 2004, Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles - Netherlands Antilles 1 - 2 Honduras
June 19, 2004, San Pedro Sula, Honduras - Honduras 4 - 0 Netherlands Antilles
Honduras advanced to the Semifinal Round by the aggregate score of 6-1.
[edit] Group 8
June 13, 2004, Kingston, Canada - Canada 4 - 0 Belize
June 16, 2004, Kingston, Canada - Belize 0 - 4 Canada
Canada advanced to the Semifinal Round by the aggregate score of 8-0.
[edit] Group 9
Round One
March 26, 2004, Nassau, Bahamas - Dominica 1 - 1 Bahamas
March 28, 2004, Nassau, Bahamas - Bahamas 1 - 3 Dominica
Dominica advanced to the next round by the aggregate score of 4-2.
Round Two
June 19, 2004, San Antonio, USA - Dominica 0 - 10 Mexico
June 27, 2004, Aguascalientes, Mexico - Mexico 8 - 0 Dominica
Mexico advanced to the Semifinal Round by the aggregate score of 18-0.
[edit] Group 10
Round One
February 18, 2004, Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands - U.S. Virgin Islands 0 - 4 Saint Kitts and
Nevis
March 31, 2004, Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis - Saint Kitts and Nevis 7 - 0 U.S. Virgin Islands
Saint Kitts and Nevis advanced to the next round by the aggregate score of 11-0.
Round Two
June 13, 2004, Bridgetown, Barbados - Barbados 0 - 2 Saint Kitts and Nevis
June 19, 2004, Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis - Saint Kitts and Nevis 3 - 2 Barbados
Saint Kitts and Nevis advanced to the Semifinal Round by the aggregate score of 5-2.
[edit] Group 11
Round One
March 19, 2004, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic - Dominican Republic 0 - 0 Anguilla
March 21, 2004, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic - Anguilla 0 - 6 Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic advanced to the next round by the aggregate score of 6-0.
Round Two
June 13, 2004, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic - Dominican Republic 0 - 2 Trinidad &
Tobago
June 20, 2004, Marabella, Trinidad and Tobago - Trinidad & Tobago 4 - 0 Dominican Republic
Trinidad and Tobago advanced to the Semifinal Round by the aggregate score of 6-0.
[edit] Group 12
June 13, 2004, Diriamba, Nicaragua - Nicaragua 2 - 2 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
June 20, 2004, Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
4 - 1 Nicaragua
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines advanced to the Semifinal Round by the aggregate score of 6-3.
[edit] Semifinal Round

Main article: 2006 CONCACAF FIFA World Cup qualification Semifinal Round
[edit] Group 1
USA 12 6 3 3 0 13 3 10
Panama 8 6 2 2 2 8 11 -3
Jamaica 7 6 1 4 1 7 5 2
El Salvador 4 6 1 1 4 2 11 -9
August 18, 2004, San Salvador, El Salvador - El Salvador 2 - 1 Panama
August 18, 2004, Kingston, Jamaica - Jamaica 1 - 1 USA
September 4, 2004, Kingston, Jamaica - Jamaica 1 - 2 Panama
September 4, 2004, Foxboro, USA - USA 2 - 0 El Salvador
September 8, 2004, Panama City, Panama - Panama 1 - 1 USA
September 8, 2004, San Salvador, El Salvador - El Salvador 0 - 3 Jamaica
October 9, 2004, San Salvador, El Salvador - El Salvador 0 - 2 USA
October 9, 2004, Panama City, Panama - Panama 1 - 1 Jamaica
October 13, 2004, Washington DC, USA - USA 6 - 0 Panama
October 13, 2004, Kingston, Jamaica - Jamaica 0 - 0 El Salvador
November 17, 2004, Columbus, USA - USA 1 - 1 Jamaica
November 17, 2004, Panama City, Panama - Panama 3 - 0 El Salvador
[edit] Group 2
Costa Rica 10 6 3 1 2 12 8 4
Guatemala 10 6 3 1 2 7 9 -2
Honduras 7 6 1 4 1 9 7 2
Canada 5 6 1 2 3 4 8 -4
August 18, 2004, Alajuela, Costa Rica - Costa Rica 2 - 5 Honduras
August 18, 2004, Vancouver, Canada - Canada 0 - 2 Guatemala

September 4, 2004, Edmonton, Canada - Canada 1 - 1 Honduras
September 4, 2004, Guatemala City, Guatemala - Guatemala 2 - 1 Costa Rica
September 8, 2004, San José, Costa Rica - Costa Rica 1 - 0 Canada
September 8, 2004, San Pedro Sula, Honduras - Honduras 2 - 2 Guatemala
October 9, 2004, San Pedro Sula, Honduras - Honduras 1 - 1 Canada
October 9, 2004, San José, Costa Rica - Costa Rica 5 - 0 Guatemala
October 13, 2004, Guatemala City, Guatemala - Guatemala 1 - 0 Honduras
October 13, 2004, Vancouver, Canada - Canada 1 - 3 Costa Rica
November 17, 2004, Guatemala City, Guatemala - Guatemala 0 - 1 Canada
November 17, 2004, San Pedro Sula, Honduras - Honduras 0 - 0 Costa Rica
[edit] Group 3
Mexico 18 6 6 0 0 27 1 26
Trinidad & Tobago 12 6 4 0 2 12 9 3
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 6 6 2 0 4 5 12 -7
Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 6 0 0 6 2 24 -22
August 18, 2004, Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
0 - 2 Trinidad & Tobago
September 4, 2004, Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis - Saint Kitts and Nevis 1 - 2 Trinidad &
Tobago
September 8, 2004, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago - Trinidad & Tobago 1 - 3 Mexico
September 10, 2004, Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - Saint Vincent and the
Grenadines 1 - 0 Saint Kitts and Nevis
October 6, 2004, Pachuca, Mexico - Mexico 7 - 0 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
October 10, 2004, Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
0 - 1 Mexico
October 10, 2004, Marabella, Trinidad and Tobago - Trinidad & Tobago 5 - 1 Saint Kitts and Nevis
October 13, 2004, Puebla, Mexico - Mexico 3 - 0 Trinidad & Tobago
October 13, 2004, Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis - Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 - 3 Saint Vincent and
the Grenadines
November 13, 2004, Miami, USA - Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 - 5 Mexico
November 17, 2004, Monterrey, Mexico - Mexico 8 - 0 Saint Kitts and Nevis
November 17, 2004, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago - Trinidad & Tobago 2 - 1 Saint Vincent
and the Grenadines
[edit] Final Round
USA 22 10 7 1 2 16 6 10
Mexico 22 10 7 1 2 22 9 13
Costa Rica 16 10 5 1 4 15 14 1
Trinidad & Tobago 13 10 4 1 5 10 15 -5
Guatemala 11 10 3 2 5 16 18 -2
Panama 2 10 0 2 8 4 21 -17
NB: The USA topped the group based on a 3-2 advantage in head-to-head goals against Mexico.
9 February
2005 Costa Rica 1-2 Mexico Estadio Ricardo
Wanchope 38' Lozano 8' 10 Saprissa
San José, Costa Rica
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Batres
(Guatemala)
9 February
2005 Panama 0-0 Guatemala Estadio Rommel
Fernandez
Panama City, Panama
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Prendergast
(Jamaica)
9 February
2005 Trinidad & Tobago 1-2 USA Queen's Park Oval
Angus Eve 89' Eddie Johnson 30' Port of Spain, Trinidad
Eddie Lewis 54' and Tobago
Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Archundia
(Mexico)
26 March
2005 Guatemala 5-1 Trinidad & Tobago Estadio Mateo Flores
Guillermo Ramirez 17' Carlos Edwards 32' Guatemala City,
Carlos Ruiz 30' Guatemala
Carlos Ruiz 38' Attendance: 22,506
Dwight Pezzarossi 78' Referee: Stott (USA)
Dwight Pezzarossi 87'
26 March
2005 Costa Rica 2-1 Panama Estadio Ricardo
Whayne Wilson 40' Roberto Brown 58' Saprissa
(pen) (pen) San José, Costa Rica
Roy Myrie 91' Attendance: 0
(banned)
Referee: Rodriquez
(Mexico)
27 March
2005 Mexico 2-1 USA Estadio Azteca
Jared Borgetti 32' Eddie Lewis 58' Mexico City, Mexico
Zinha 32' Attendance: 110,000
Referee: Sibrian (El
Salvador)
March 30, 2005, Panama City, Panama - Panama 1 - 1 Mexico
March 30, 2005, Birmingham, USA - USA 2 - 0 Guatemala
March 30, 2005, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago - Trinidad & Tobago 0 - 0 Costa Rica
June 4, 2005, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago - Trinidad & Tobago 2 - 0 Panama
June 4, 2005, Salt Lake City, USA - USA 3 - 0 Costa Rica
June 4, 2005, Guatemala City, Guatemala - Guatemala 0 - 2 Mexico
June 8, 2005, San José, Costa Rica - Costa Rica 3 - 2 Guatemala
June 8, 2005, Panama City, Panama - Panama 0 - 3 USA
June 8, 2005, Monterrey, Mexico - Mexico 2 - 0 Trinidad & Tobago
August 17, 2005, Mexico City, Mexico - Mexico 2 - 0 Costa Rica
August 17, 2005, East Hartford, USA - USA 1 - 0 Trinidad & Tobago
August 17, 2005, Guatemala City, Guatemala - Guatemala 2 - 1 Panama
September 3, 2005, Panama City, Panama - Panama 1 - 3 Costa Rica
September 3, 2005, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago - Trinidad & Tobago 3 - 2 Guatemala
September 3, 2005, Columbus, USA - USA 2 - 0 Mexico
September 7, 2005, San José, Costa Rica - Costa Rica 2 - 0 Trinidad & Tobago
September 7, 2005, Mexico City, Mexico - Mexico 5 - 0 Panama
September 7, 2005, Guatemala City, Guatemala - Guatemala 0 - 0 USA
October 8, 2005, San José, Costa Rica - Costa Rica 3 - 0 USA
October 8, 2005, San Luis Potosí, Mexico - Mexico 5 - 2 Guatemala
October 8, 2005, Panama City, Panama - Panama 0 - 1 Trinidad & Tobago
October 12, 2005, Foxboro, USA - USA 2 - 0 Panama
October 12, 2005, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago - Trinidad & Tobago 2 - 1 Mexico
October 12, 2005, Guatemala City, Guatemala - Guatemala 3 - 1 Costa Rica
2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC)
Listed below are the dates and results for the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for
Oceania. 12 teams took part, competing not for a place in the World Cup, but for a place in an
Intercontinental Play-off against the fifth ranked team from South America. The winner of this play-off
would qualify to the World Cup.
The competition was composed of three rounds. Australia and New Zealand entered the competition
directly in the Second Round. The other 10 teams were divided in two groups of five teams each, and
played against each other once. The two teams with most points in each group would advance to the
Second Round.
In the Second Round, the six teams were put in a single group, and played against each other once. The
two teams with most points advanced to a play-off, and played against each other home-and-away. The
winner of this play-off would advance to the Intercontinental Play-off.
This qualifying tournament also doubled as the Oceania Nations Cup 2004, except for the final play-off
stage.
[edit] Tiebreakers

[edit] First round

[edit] Group 1
Solomon Islands 10 4 3 1 0 14 1 13
Tahiti 8 4 2 2 0 5 1 4
New Caledonia 7 4 2 1 1 16 2 14
Tonga 3 4 1 0 3 2 17 -15
Cook Islands 0 4 0 0 4 1 17 -16
May 10, 2004

14:00 Solomon Islands 6–0 Tonga Lawson Tama, Honiara
Fa'arodo 12', 30', 77' (Report) Attendance: 12,385
Maemae 62', 76' Referee: Attison
Samani 79' (Vanuatu)
May 10, 2004

16:00 Tahiti 2–0 Cook Islands Lawson Tama, Honiara
Temataua 2' (Report) Attendance: 12,000
Moretta 80' Referee: R. Singh
(Fiji)
May 12, 2004

14:00 Solomon Islands 5–0 Cook Islands Lawson Tama, Honiara
Waita 21' (Report) Attendance: 14,000
Omokirio 27' Referee: Fred
Samani 45' (Vanuatu)
Maemae 70'
Leslie 81'
May 12, 2004

16:00 Tahiti 0–0 New Caledonia Lawson Tama, Honiara
(Report) Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Rakaroi (Fiji)
May 15, 2004

14:00 Tonga 2–1 Cook Islands Lawson Tama, Honiara
Uhatahi 46' (Report) Pareanga 59' Attendance: 15,000
Vaitiki 61' Referee: Sosongan
(PNG)
May 15, 2004

16:00 Solomon Islands 2–0 New Caledonia Lawson Tama, Honiara
Omokirio 10' (Report) Attendance: 20,000
G. Suri 42' Referee: Attison
(Vanuatu)
May 17, 2004

14:00 New Caledonia 8–0 Cook Islands Lawson Tama, Honiara
P. Wajoka 3' (Report) Attendance: 400
M. Hmae 20', 40', 42', Referee: R. Singh
52', 85' (Fiji)
Djamali 25'
J. Hmae 35'
May 17, 2004

16:00 Tahiti 2–0 Tonga Lawson Tama, Honiara
G. Wajoka 1' (Report) Attendance: 400
Temataua 78' Referee: Sosongan
(PNG)
May 19, 2004

14:00 New Caledonia 8–0 Tonga Lawson Tama, Honiara
J. Hmae 4' (Report) Attendance: 14,000
Poatinda 26', 42', 79' Referee: Fred
M. Hmae 45' (Vanuatu)
P. Wajoka 54', 58'
Kaumé 72'
May 19, 2004

16:00 Solomon Islands 1–1 Tahiti Lawson Tama, Honiara
B. Suri 80' (Report) Simon 30' Attendance: 18,000
Solomon Islands and Tahiti progress to the second group stage.
[edit] Group 2
Vanuatu 10 4 3 1 0 16 2 14
Fiji 9 4 3 0 1 19 5 14
Papua New Guinea 7 4 2 1 1 17 6 11
Samoa 3 4 1 0 3 5 11 -6
American Samoa 0 4 0 0 4 1 34 -33
May 10, 2004

Papua New Guinea Toleafoa J.S. Blatter
1–1 Vanuatu
Complex, Apia, Samoa
Wasi 73' (Report) Lauru 90+' Attendance: 500
Referee: Breeze
(Australia)
May 10, 2004

Samoa 4–0 American Samoa Toleafoa J.S. Blatter
Bryce 12' (Report) Complex, Apia, Samoa
Fasavalu 30', 53' Attendance: 500
Michael 66' (pen) Referee: Afu
(Solomon Islands)
May 12, 2004

Vanuatu 9–1 American Samoa Toleafoa J.S. Blatter
Qorig 30' (pen), 45+' (Report) Natia 39' Complex, Apia, Samoa
Mermer 37', 56', 90+' Attendance: 400
Poida 55' Referee: Fox (New
Chilia 65' Zealand)
Maleb 80', 90+'
May 12, 2004

Papua New Toleafoa J.S. Blatter
Fiji 4–2
Guinea Complex, Apia, Samoa
Rabo 24' (Report) Davani 12' Attendance: 400
Toma 45+' Komboi 44' Referee: Diomis
Gataurua 78' (Australia)
Rokotakala 90'
May 15, 2004

Fiji 11–0 American Samoa Toleafoa J.S. Blatter
Toma 7', 11', 16' (Report) Complex, Apia, Samoa
Vulivuli 24' Attendance: 300
Rokotakala 32', 38' Referee: Fox (New
Sabutu 45+', 81' Zealand)
Masinisau 60'
Gataurua 75', 77'
May 15, 2004

Samoa 0–3 Vanuatu Toleafoa J.S. Blatter
(Report) Mermer 13' Complex, Apia, Samoa
Chillia 55' Attendance: 650
Maleb 57' Referee: Breeze
(Australia)
May 17, 2004

Papua New Guinea Toleafoa J.S. Blatter
10–0 American Samoa
Complex, Apia, Samoa
Davani 23', 24', 40', (Report) Attendance: 150
79' Referee: Afu
Andrew Lepani 26', (Solomon Islands)
28', 64'
Wasi 34'
Komboi 37'
Lohai 71'
May 17, 2004
Samoa 0–4 Fiji Toleafoa J.S. Blatter
(Report) Toma 17' Complex, Apia, Samoa
Sabutu 52' Attendance: 450
Masinisau 82' Referee: Diomis
Rokotakala 84' (Australia)
May 19, 2004

Vanuatu 3–0 Fiji Toleafoa J.S. Blatter
Thomsen 45+' (Report) Complex, Apia, Samoa
Lauru 63', 65' Attendance: 200
Referee: Breeze
(Australia)
May 19, 2004

Papua New Toleafoa J.S. Blatter
Samoa 1–4
Guinea Complex, Apia, Samoa
Michael 69' (Report) Davani 16' Attendance: 300
Andrew Lepani 37' Referee: Diomis
Nathaniel Lepani 55' (Australia)
Komeng 68'
Vanuatu and Fiji progress to the second group stage.
[edit] Second round
Australia 13 5 4 1 0 21 3 18
Solomon Islands 10 5 3 1 1 9 6 3
New Zealand 9 5 3 0 2 17 5 12
Fiji 4 5 1 1 3 3 10 -7
Tahiti 4 5 1 1 3 2 24 -22
Vanuatu 3 5 1 0 4 5 9 -4
May 29, 2004

Solomon Islands 1–0 Vanuatu Marden Sports
Batram Suri 51' (pen) (Report) Complex, Adelaide,
Australia
Attendance: 200
Referee: Shield
(Australia)
May 29, 2004

Tahiti 0–0 Fiji Hindmarsh Stadium,
(Report) Adelaide, Australia
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Diomis
(Australia)
May 29, 2004

Australia 1–0 New Zealand Hindmarsh Stadium,
Bresciano 40' (Report) Adelaide, Australia
Attendance: 12,130
Referee: Bo Larsen
(Denmark)
May 31, 2004

New Zealand 3–0 Solomon Islands Marden Sports
Fisher 36' (Report) Complex, Adelaide,
Oughton 81' Australia
Lines 90' Attendance: 217
Referee: Gonzalez
(Spain)
May 31, 2004

Australia 9–0 Tahiti Hindmarsh Stadium,
Cahill 14', 47' (Report) Adelaide, Australia
Skoko 43' Attendance: 1,200
Simon 44' (OG) Referee: Attison
Sterjovski 51', 61', 74' (Vanuatu)
Zdrilic 85'
Chipperfield 89'
May 31, 2004

Fiji 1–0 Vanuatu Hindmarsh Stadium,
Toma 73' (Report) Adelaide, Australia
Attendance: 500
Referee: Ariiotima
(Tahiti)
June 2, 2004
Australia 6–1 Fiji Marden Sports
Madaschi 6', 50' (Report) Gataurua 19' Complex, Adelaide,
Cahill 39', 66', 75' Australia
Elrich 89' Attendance: 2,200
Referee: Gonzalez
(Spain)
June 2, 2004
Solomon Islands 4–0 Tahiti Hindmarsh Stadium,
Fa'arodo 9' (Report) Adelaide, Australia
Menapi 14', 80' Attendance: 50
Batram Suri 42' Referee: Rakaroi (Fiji)
June 2, 2004
Vanuatu 4–2 New Zealand Hindmarsh Stadium,
Chillia 37' (Report) Coveny 61', 75' Adelaide, Australia
Bibi 64' Attendance: 356
Maleb 72' Referee: Farina (Italy)
Qorig 88'
June 4, 2004
New Zealand 10–0 Tahiti Marden Sports
Coveny 6', 38', 45+' (Report) Complex, Adelaide,
Fisher 16', 22', 63' Australia
Jones 72' Attendance: 200
Oughton 74' Referee: Shield
Nelsen 82', 87' (Australia)
June 4, 2004
Solomon Islands 2–1 Fiji Hindmarsh Stadium,
Kakai 16' (Report) Toma 21' Adelaide, Australia
Houkarawa 82' Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Attison
(Vanuatu)
June 4, 2004
Australia 3–0 Vanuatu Hindmarsh Stadium,
Aloisi 25, 85' (Report) Adelaide, Australia
Emerton 81' Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Ariiotima
(Tahiti)
June 6, 2004
Tahiti 2–1 Vanuatu Marden Sports
Temataua 40' (Report) Iwai 23' Complex, Adelaide,
Gabriel Wajoka 89' Australia
Attendance: 300
June 6, 2004
New Zealand 2–0 Fiji Hindmarsh Stadium,
Bunce 8' (Report) Adelaide, Australia
Coveny 56' Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Bo Larsen
(Denmark)
June 6, 2004
Australia 2–2 Solomon Islands Hindmarsh Stadium,
Cahill 50' (Report) Menapi 43', 75' Adelaide, Australia
Emerton 52' Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Gonzalez
(Spain)
Australia and the Solomon Islands progress to the final stages.

[edit] Play-off
September 3,
2005 Australia 7–0 Solomon Islands Telstra Stadium,
19:30 Sydney
Culina 20' (Report)
Viduka 36', 43' Attendance: 16,000
Cahill 57' Referee: Mohd Salleh
Chipperfield 64' (Malaysia)
Thompson 68'
Emerton 89'
September 6,
2005 Solomon Islands 1–2 Australia Lawson Tama, Honiara
13:00 Attendance: 16,000
Fa'arodo 49' (Report) Thompson 19'
Emerton 58' Referee: Maidin
(Singapore)
Australia win 9-1 on aggregate and advance to the Oceania-CONMEBOL playoff against
Uruguay.
Australia advanced to the World Cup after defeating Uruguay.
Australia advanced to Confederations Cup 2005.

(CONMEBOL)
Listed below are the dates and results for the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for South
America. 10 teams took part, all in a single group. The rules were very simple: the teams would play
against each other in a home-and-away basis, the four teams with most points qualifying to the World
Cup. The fifth ranked team would have to play-off against the best team from Oceania, winner of this
play-off also qualifying.
[edit] Tiebreakers

[edit] Final standings
Brazil 34 18 9 7 2 35 17 18
Argentina 34 18 10 4 4 29 17 12
Ecuador 28 18 8 4 6 23 19 4
Paraguay 28 18 8 4 6 23 23 0
Uruguay 25 18 6 7 5 23 28 -5
Colombia 24 18 6 6 6 24 16 8
Chile 22 18 5 7 6 18 22 -4
Venezuela 18 18 5 3 10 20 28 -8
Peru 18 18 4 6 8 20 28 -8
Bolivia 14 18 4 2 12 20 37 -17
[edit] Round 1
September 6, 2003, Buenos Aires, Argentina - Argentina 2 - 2 Chile
September 6, 2003, Quito, Ecuador - Ecuador 2 - 0 Venezuela
September 6, 2003, Lima, Peru - Peru 4 - 1 Paraguay

September 7, 2003, Montevideo, Uruguay - Uruguay 5 - 0 Bolivia
September 7, 2003, Barranquilla, Colombia - Colombia 1 - 2 Brazil
[edit] Round 2
September 9, 2003, Caracas, Venezuela - Venezuela 0 - 3 Argentina
September 9, 2003, Santiago, Chile - Chile 2 - 1 Peru
September 10, 2003, La Paz, Bolivia - Bolivia 4 - 0 Colombia
September 10, 2003, Asunción, Paraguay - Paraguay 4 - 1 Uruguay
September 10, 2003, Manaus, Brazil - Brazil 1 - 0 Ecuador
[edit] Round 3
November 15, 2003, Asunción, Paraguay - Paraguay 2 - 1 Ecuador
November 15, 2003, Montevideo, Uruguay - Uruguay 2 - 1 Chile
November 15, 2003, Buenos Aires, Argentina - Argentina 3 - 0 Bolivia
November 15, 2003, Barranquilla, Colombia - Colombia 0 - 1 Venezuela
November 16, 2003, Lima, Peru - Peru 1 - 1 Brazil
[edit] Round 4
November 18, 2003, Maracaibo, Venezuela - Venezuela 2 - 1 Bolivia
November 18, 2003, Santiago, Chile - Chile 0 - 1 Paraguay
November 19, 2003, Curitiba, Brazil - Brazil 3 - 3 Uruguay
November 19, 2003, Quito, Ecuador - Ecuador 0 - 0 Peru
November 19, 2003, Barranquilla, Colombia - Colombia 1 - 1 Argentina
[edit] Round 5
March 30, 2004, Buenos Aires, Argentina - Argentina 1 - 0 Ecuador
March 30, 2004, La Paz, Bolivia - Bolivia 0 - 2 Chile
March 31, 2004, Lima, Peru - Peru 0 - 2 Colombia

March 31, 2004, Asunción, Paraguay - Paraguay 0 - 0 Brazil
March 31, 2004, Montevideo, Uruguay - Uruguay 0 - 3 Venezuela
[edit] Round 6
June 1, 2004, Montevideo, Uruguay - Uruguay 1 - 3 Peru
June 1, 2004, San Cristóbal, Venezuela - Venezuela 0 - 1 Chile
June 1, 2004, La Paz, Bolivia - Bolivia 2 - 1 Paraguay
June 2, 2004, Belo Horizonte, Brazil - Brazil 3 - 1 Argentina
June 2, 2004, Quito, Ecuador - Ecuador 2 - 1 Colombia
[edit] Round 7
June 5, 2004, Quito, Ecuador - Ecuador 3 - 2 Bolivia
June 6, 2004, Santiago, Chile - Chile 1 - 1 Brazil
June 6, 2004, Barranquilla, Colombia - Colombia 5 - 0 Uruguay
June 6, 2004, Buenos Aires, Argentina - Argentina 0 - 0 Paraguay
June 6, 2004, Lima, Peru - Peru 0 - 0 Venezuela
[edit] Round 8
September 4, 2004, Lima, Peru - Peru 1 - 3 Argentina
September 5, 2004, Santiago, Chile - Chile 0 - 0 Colombia
September 5, 2004, Asunción, Paraguay - Paraguay 1 - 0 Venezuela
September 5, 2004, São Paulo, Brazil - Brazil 3 - 1 Bolivia
September 5, 2004, Montevideo, Uruguay - Uruguay 1 - 0 Ecuador
[edit] Round 9
October 9, 2004, Maracaibo, Venezuela - Venezuela 2 - 5 Brazil
October 9, 2004, Barranquilla, Colombia - Colombia 1 - 1 Paraguay
October 9, 2004, Buenos Aires, Argentina - Argentina 4 - 2 Uruguay

October 9, 2004, La Paz, Bolivia - Bolivia 1 - 0 Peru
October 10, 2004, Quito, Ecuador - Ecuador 2 - 0 Chile
[edit] Round 10
October 12, 2004, La Paz, Bolivia - Bolivia 0 - 0 Uruguay
October 13, 2004, Maceió, Brazil - Brazil 0 - 0 Colombia
October 13, 2004, Asunción, Paraguay - Paraguay 1 - 1 Peru
October 13, 2004, Santiago, Chile - Chile 0 - 0 Argentina
October 14, 2004, San Cristóbal, Venezuela - Venezuela 3 - 1 Ecuador
[edit] Round 11
November 17, 2004, Montevideo, Uruguay - Uruguay 1 - 0 Paraguay
November 17, 2004, Buenos Aires, Argentina - Argentina 3 - 2 Venezuela
November 17, 2004, Barranquilla, Colombia - Colombia 1 - 0 Bolivia
November 17, 2004, Quito, Ecuador - Ecuador 1 - 0 Brazil
November 17, 2004, Lima, Peru - Peru 2 - 1 Chile
[edit] Round 12
March 26, 2005, Santiago, Chile - Chile 1 - 1 Uruguay
March 26, 2005, La Paz, Bolivia - Bolivia 1 - 2 Argentina
March 26, 2005, Maracaibo, Venezuela - Venezuela 0 - 0 Colombia
March 27, 2005, Quito, Ecuador - Ecuador 5 - 2 Paraguay
March 27, 2005, Goiânia, Brazil - Brazil 1 - 0 Peru
[edit] Round 13
March 29, 2005, La Paz, Bolivia - Bolivia 3 - 1 Venezuela
March 30, 2005, Montevideo, Uruguay - Uruguay 1 - 1 Brazil
March 30, 2005, Lima, Peru - Peru 2 - 2 Ecuador

March 30, 2005, Buenos Aires, Argentina - Argentina 1 - 0 Colombia
March 30, 2005, Asunción, Paraguay - Paraguay 2 - 1 Chile
[edit] Round 14
June 4, 2005, Barranquilla, Colombia - Colombia 5 - 0 Peru
June 4, 2005, Quito, Ecuador - Ecuador 2 - 0 Argentina
June 4, 2005, Maracaibo, Venezuela - Venezuela 1 - 1 Uruguay
June 4, 2005, Santiago, Chile - Chile 3 - 1 Bolivia
June 5, 2005, Porto Alegre, Brazil - Brazil 4 - 1 Paraguay
[edit] Round 15
June 7, 2005, Lima, Peru - Peru 0 - 0 Uruguay
June 8, 2005, Buenos Aires, Argentina - Argentina 3 - 1 Brazil
June 8, 2005, Santiago, Chile - Chile 2 - 1 Venezuela
June 8, 2005, Barranquilla, Colombia - Colombia 3 - 0 Ecuador
June 8, 2005, Asunción, Paraguay - Paraguay 4 - 1 Bolivia
[edit] Round 16
September 3, 2005, Maracaibo, Venezuela - Venezuela 4 - 1 Peru
September 3, 2005, La Paz, Bolivia - Bolivia 1 - 2 Ecuador
September 3, 2005, Asunción, Paraguay - Paraguay 1 - 0 Argentina
September 4, 2005, Brasília, Brazil - Brazil 5 - 0 Chile
September 4, 2005, Montevideo, Uruguay - Uruguay 3 - 2 Colombia
[edit] Round 17
October 8, 2005, Maracaibo, Venezuela - Venezuela 0 - 1 Paraguay
October 8, 2005, Quito, Ecuador - Ecuador 0 - 0 Uruguay
October 8, 2005, Barranquilla, Colombia - Colombia 1 - 1 Chile

October 9, 2005, Buenos Aires, Argentina - Argentina 2 - 0 Peru
October 9, 2005, La Paz, Bolivia - Bolivia 1 - 1 Brazil
[edit] Round 18
October 12, 2005, Belém, Brazil - Brazil 3 - 0 Venezuela
October 12, 2005, Montevideo, Uruguay - Uruguay 1 - 0 Argentina
October 12, 2005, Asunción, Paraguay - Paraguay 0 - 1 Colombia
October 12, 2005, Tacna, Peru - Peru 4 - 1 Bolivia
October 12, 2005, Santiago, Chile - Chile 0 - 0 Ecuador
[edit] Comments
As in the 2002 Qualifications, the last match for Argentina was against Uruguay, and on both occasions
Uruguay needed a favourable result to reach the 5th place and to then playoff for a place in the World
Cup.
In 2002 the match finished tied at 1-1, allowing Uruguay to clinch the 5th place. This received criticism
from the media across South America, as Argentina, which had already qualified, played in an
extremely relaxed fashion, some saying consciously favouring their friendly neighbour.
Mistrust arose again in 2005 when Uruguay needed a victory to avoid depending on the results of
Colombia versus Chile. Even though Colombia won its match against Paraguay in Paraguay, Uruguay
also won the match against Argentina, again reaching the position to playoff for the last place at
Germany. Both Argentina and Paraguay had already qualified.
Unlike the outcome in 2002, Uruguay did not qualify for the 2006 World Cup, since it lost the playoff
against Australia.
2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (play-off

AFC-CONCACAF)
The 2006 FIFA World Cup - Asia-CONCACAF Qualification Playoff was a home-and-away
playoff between the following teams:
 The fifth-place team of the Asia qualifying tournament, Bahrain.

 The fourth-place team in the CONCACAF qualifying tournament, Trinidad and Tobago.
The draw for determining the order of the home and away legs was made at a FIFA congress on
September 10, 2005.
Trinidad and Tobago was awarded a place in 2006 FIFA World Cup after winning the playoff 2-1 on
aggregate.
November 12, 2005
Trinidad & Tobago 1:1 (0:0) Bahrain Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of
Birchall 77' Ghuloom 72' Spain
November 16, 2005
Bahrain 0:1 (0:0) Trinidad & Tobago

Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa
Lawrence 49'

CONMEBOL-OFC)
The 2006 FIFA World Cup OFC-CONMEBOL qualification play-off was a two-legged home-and-
away tie between the winners of the Oceania qualifying tournament, Australia, and the fifth-placed
team from the South American qualifying tournament, Uruguay. The tie was played on November 12,
2005 and November 16, 2005 in Montevideo and Sydney respectively. With the home team winning 1-
0 in both mathces, the aggregate score was tied 1-1, and the play-off was decided by a penalty
shootout, which Australia won 4-2 in order to qualify for the FIFA World Cup for the first time since
the 1974 tournament.
[edit] Background
This pairing was the same as the pairing for the 2002 OFC-CONMEBOL playoff, which Uruguay won
3-1 on aggregate. The draw for determining the order of the home and away legs was made at a FIFA
congress on September 10, 2005.
[edit] Leg 1
November 12,
2005 Uruguay 1–0 Australia Estadio Centenario,
D.Rodríguez 37' (Report) Montevideo
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Larsen (Denmark)
[edit] Leg 2
November 16,
2005 1–0 (AET) Telstra Stadium,
Australia Uruguay
(4–2 PSO) Sydney
M.Bresciano 35' (Report)
Attendance: 82,698
Referee: Medina Cantalejo
(Spain)
Penalties
H.Kewell: scored 4–2 D.Rodríguez: saved
L.Neill: scored G.Varela: scored

T.Vidmar: scored F.Estoyanoff: scored
M.Viduka: missed M.Zalayeta: saved
J.Aloisi: scored

UEFA)
The 2006 FIFA World Cup European Qualification Playoffs were a set of home-and-away playoffs
to decide the final three places granted to national football teams from European nations (more
precisely, UEFA members) for the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
By the rules of the UEFA qualifying tournament, the first-place finishers in each of eight groups
received automatic berths, along with the two second-place teams that had earned the most points
against teams in the top six of their individual groups.
The six remaining second-place teams were divided into two pots based on their standings in the
September 2005 FIFA World Rankings. The division was:
Pot 1:
 Czech Republic
 Spain
 Turkey
Pot 2:
 Norway
 Slovakia
 Switzerland
A draw was held on October 14, 2005 at FIFA headquarters in Zürich to pair each team from Pot 1
with a team from Pot 2. A second draw at the same time and location determined the order of the
fixtures.
The playoffs were decided by the standard FIFA method of aggregate score, with away goals and, if
necessary, extra time with the possibility of a penalty shootout at the end of the second leg. The winner
of each playoff was awarded a place in the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
[edit] Playoff 1
Spain advance on aggregate, 6-2.
November 12, 2005
Spain 5-1 Slovakia

Luis García 10, 18, 74
Vicente Calderón Stadium, Madrid
Torres (pen) 65 Németh 49
Morientes 79
November 16, 2005
Slovakia 1-1 Spain

Tehelné pole, Bratislava
Holosko 50 Villa 71
[edit] Playoff 2
Switzerland advance on away goals (2-0) after series is drawn on aggregate, 4-4.
November 12, 2005
Switzerland 2-0 Turkey

Senderos 41 Stade de Suisse, Bern
Behrami 86
November 16, 2005
Turkey 4-2 Switzerland Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, Istanbul

Tuncay 22, 36, 89 Frei (pen) 2
Necati (pen) 52 Streller 84
[edit] Playoff 3
Czech Republic advance on aggregate, 2-0.
November 12, 2005
Norway 0-1 Czech Republic

Ullevaal Stadium, Oslo
Šmicer 31
November 16, 2005
Czech Republic 1-0 Norway

Toyota Arena, Prague

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 Europe - represented by UEFA : 51 teams competing for 13 places (Germany qualified

[edit] Notes on qualification

[edit] Qualified teams

Argentina 14th 9 2002

Australia 2nd 1 1974

Brazil 18th 18 2002

Costa Rica 3rd 2 2002

Côte d'Ivoire 1st 1 -

Croatia 3rd(1) 3 2002

Czech Republic 1st(2) 1 -(2)

Ecuador 2nd 2 2002

England 12th 3 2002

France 12th 3 2002

Germany (h) 16th(3) 14(3) 2002

Iran 3rd 1 1998

Italy 16th 12 2002

Japan 3rd 3 2002

Korea Republic 7th 6 2002

Mexico 13th 4 2002

Paraguay 7th 3 2002

Poland 7th 2 2002

Portugal 4th 2 2002

Saudi Arabia 4th 4 2002

Serbia & Montenegro 2nd(4) 1 1998(4)

Spain 12th 8 2002

Sweden 11th 2 2002

Switzerland 8th 1 1994

Trinidad and Tobago 1st 1 -

Tunisia 4th 3 2002

Ukraine 1st(5) 1 -(5)

USA 8th 5 2002

(h) - qualified automatically as hosts

[edit] Qualification Groups

Main article: 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)

(14 berths, including Germany as host)

Ukraine qualified for the 2006 World Cup on September 3, 2005.

Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4

[edit] South American (CONMEBOL)

(4 berths, after losing a playoff against Oceania)

In bold: The 4 teams that clinched World Cup berths

[edit] Africa (CAF)

Group standings of the Final Round:

Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 Group 5

[edit] Oceania (OFC)

Main article: 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC)

(1 berth after winning a playoff with South America)

Group standings of the Final Round:

[edit] Asia (AFC)

Main article: 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)

(4 berths, after losing a playoff to CONCACAF)

Teams that have clinched berths for 2006 are bolded.

[edit] North America, Central America and Caribbean (CONCACAF)

Main article: 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF)

(4 berths by winning a playoff with Asia)

Teams that have clinched berths for 2006 are bolded.

Group standings of the Final Round:

 Asia (AFC) vs North America, Central America & Caribbean (CONCACAF)

2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)

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1. greater number of points obtained in matches between the tied teams