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2006 FIFA World Cup The 2006 FIFA World Cup, also branded as Germany 2006, was the 18th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament. It was held from 9 June to 9 July 2006 in Germany, which had won the right to host th ...

qualification rounds for

Asia Asia (, ) is one of the world's most notable geographical regions, which is either considered a continent in its own right or a subcontinent of Eurasia, which shares the continental landmass of Afro-Eurasia with Africa. Asia covers an are ...

. 44 Asian teams are affiliated with

FIFA FIFA (; stands for ''Fédération Internationale de Football Association'' (French), meaning International Association Football Federation ) is the international governing body of association football, beach football and futsal. It was found ...

, but

Cambodia Cambodia (; also Kampuchea ; km, កម្ពុជា, UNGEGN: ), officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochinese Peninsula in Southeast Asia, spanning an area of , bordered by Thailand ...

Philippines The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no), * bik, Republika kan Filipinas * ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas * cbk, República de Filipinas * hil, Republ ...

Bhutan Bhutan (; dz, འབྲུག་ཡུལ་, Druk Yul ), officially the Kingdom of Bhutan,), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is situated in the Eastern Himalayas, between China in the north and India in the south. A mountainou ...

and

Brunei Brunei ( , ), formally Brunei Darussalam ( ms, Negara Brunei Darussalam, Jawi: , ), is a country located on the north coast of the island of Borneo in Southeast Asia. Apart from its South China Sea coast, it is completely surrounded by th ...

decided not to take part, and

Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John Wells explai ...

was banned from the competition (for refusing to play a qualifier in Iran during 2002 qualifying), so a total of 39 teams took part, competing for 4.5 places in the World Cup.

Format

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 The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football,, ; french: Confédération de football d'Amérique du Nord, d'Amérique centrale et des Caraïbes, . Dutch uses the English name. abbreviated as CONCACAF ( ; types ...

in an intercontinental play-off for a place in the World Cup.

First round

Guam Guam (; ch, Guåhan ) is an organized, unincorporated territory of the United States in the Micronesia subregion of the western Pacific Ocean. It is the westernmost point and territory of the United States (reckoned from the geographic cent ...

and

Nepal Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is ma ...

were scheduled to play against each other on November 21 and 25; Nepal withdrew, so Guam progressed to the 2nd round, but Guam later withdrew. FIFA then decided to elect a "lucky loser", to select the best of the teams that lost, to advance 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 Laos (, ''Lāo'' )), officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic ( Lao: ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ, French: République démocratique populaire lao), is a socialist s ...

advanced to the Second Round.

Second round

In the second round, the 25 teams who received byes, as well as the 7 play-off round winners, were split into eight groups of four teams each. Teams played home-and-away games with the other teams in their group, and the top-ranked team qualified for the third round.

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Group 4

Group 5

Group 6

Group 7

Group 8

Third round

In the third round, the 8 teams who won their groups in the earlier round were split into two groups of four teams each. Teams played home-and-away games with the other teams in their group, and the top two teams qualified for the

. Meanwhile, the third-placed teams entered a play-off to determine who would contest the AFC–CONCACAF play-off.

Group 1

*Saudi Arabia and Korea Republic qualified for the

. *Uzbekistan advanced to the AFC playoffs.

Group 2

*Japan and Iran qualified for the

. *Bahrain advanced to the AFC playoffs.

Fourth round

Teams finishing 3rd in the third round groups played each other to determine a possible 5th qualifier from Asia. The first leg was originally played on 3 September 2005 but the match was ordered to be replayed by FIFA after a refereeing mistake. With

Uzbekistan Uzbekistan (, ; uz, Ozbekiston, italic=yes / , ; russian: Узбекистан), officially the Republic of Uzbekistan ( uz, Ozbekiston Respublikasi, italic=yes / ; russian: Республика Узбекистан), is a doubly landlocked co ...

leading the tie 1–0, a penalty was awarded to them but the referee disallowed the resulting goal and offered an indirect freekick to Bahrain for encroachment. Uzbekistan had formally requested for the match to be recorded as an automatic 3–0 victory. Bahrain advanced to the AFC–CONCACAF play-off on the

away goals rule The away goals rule is a method of tiebreaking in association football and other sports when teams play each other twice, once at each team's home ground. Under the away goals rule, if the total goals scored by each team are equal, the team that ...

Inter-confederation play-offs

The Fourth Round winner then played the fourth-placed team of the CONCACAF qualifying group, Trinidad and Tobago, in a home-and-away play-off. The winner of this play-off qualified for the

finals.

Qualified teams

The following four teams from AFC qualified for the final tournament. :

¹ Bold indicates champions for that year. ''Italic'' indicates hosts for that year.

Goalscorers

There were 401 goals scored in 136 matches (including 2 international play-offs), for an average of 2.95 goals per match. ;9 goals *

Ali Daei Ali Daei ( fa, ; born 21 March 1969) is an Iranian football manager and former player. A striker, he was the captain of the Iranian national team between 2000 and 2006 and played in the German Bundesliga for Arminia Bielefeld, Bayern Munich ...

;6 goals *

A'ala Hubail A'ala Ahmed Mohamed Hubail ( ar, علاء أحمد محمد حبيل; born 25 June 1982) is a Bahraini former professional footballer who played as a striker. With the Bahrain national team, he was the top scorer in the 2004 AFC Asian Cup. 201 ...

* Lee Dong-gook *

Ali Ashfaq Ali Ashfaq (; born 6 September 1985) is a Maldivian professional footballer who plays as a forward and captains the Maldives national team. Nicknamed "Man of Steel" (), he is regarded as one of the best players in the South Asian region. A pr ...

* Begençmuhammet Kulyýew ;5 goals *

Husain Ali Husain Ali (born 31 December 1981) is a Bahraini retired football player known as Husain Pelé. He last played for Al-Shabab of Bahrain and was a former player for the Bahrain national team. He was top goalscorer in the Bahrain Premier League ...

* Ilham Jaya Kesuma *

Bashar Abdullah Bashar Abdullah Abdul Aziz ( ar, بشار عبد الله سالم عبد العزيز; born 12 October 1977) is a Kuwaiti former professional footballer. He was a part of the mini revival of Kuwaiti football between 1996 and 1998. His part inc ...

* Maksim Shatskikh ;4 goals * Vahid Hashemian * Hong Yong-jo *

Bader Al-Mutawa Bader Ahmed al-Mutawa ( ar, بدر أحمد المطوع; born 10 January 1985) is a Kuwaiti professional footballer who plays for Qadsia and the Kuwait national team, where he usually operates as a second striker. He wears the jersey number ...

* Badar Al-Maimani * Yasser Al-Qahtani *

Alexander Geynrikh Alexander Rudolfovich Geynrikh (russian: Александр Рудольфович Гейнрих, , german: Alexander Heinrich; born 6 October 1984) is a Uzbek former footballer who played as a forward for the Uzbekistan national team. Caree ...

;3 goals * Talal Yousef * Hao Haidong * Li Jinyu *

Huang Wei-yi Huang Wei-yi (, born 11 September 1985 in Yilan, Republic of China) is a Taiwanese football striker who currently plays for Tatung F.C. He comes from Atayal tribe. In 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification games, he scored 3 goals, which were ...

* Javad Nekounam *

Razzaq Farhan Razzaq Farhan Mussa ( ar, رزاق فرحان موسى; born 1 July 1974) is a former Iraqi footballer and Olympic athlete who is currently the assistant manager of the Iraq national football team. Razzaq Farhan is an instinctive goalscorer, ...

* Qusay Munir *

Takashi Fukunishi is a Japanese former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He played for Japan national team. Club career Fukunishi was born in Niihama on September 1, 1976. After graduating from high school, he joined Júbilo Iwata in 1995. H ...

Mitsuo Ogasawara is a Japanese former. professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He played for Japan national team. Club career Ogasawara was born in Morioka on April 5, 1979. After graduating from high school, he joined J1 League club Kashima Antlers ...

* Takayuki Suzuki * Badran Al Shagran * Roda Antar *

Ali Nasseredine Ali Hassan Nasseredine ( ar, علي حسن نصر الدين; born 24 January 1983) is a Lebanese former footballer who played as a striker. He played for the Lebanon national team between 2003 and 2006, scoring eight goals in 19 caps. Comin ...

* Sergey Chikishev *

Ibrahim Fazeel Ibrahim Fazeel (born 9 October 1980) is a Maldivian footballer nicknamed "Oppo", who can play both as a midfielder and as a forward currently who plays for Llangefni Town FC He started his career while he was a student in Majeedhiyaa School in ...

* Ahmed Thoriq * Roberto Kettlun *

Saad Al-Harthi Saad Mish'al Al-Harthi - also transliterated Sa'ad Al-Harthi - ( ar, سعد مشعل الحارثي) is a Saudi Arabian former football striker who played for Saudi Premiership side Al-Nassr FC. He retired from playing football in 2013. Career ...

* Sami Al-Jaber * Ibrahim Sowed * Rejepmyrat Agabaýew * Guwançmuhammet Öwekow * Mohamed Omer * Server Djeparov *

Mirjalol Qosimov Mirjalol Kushakovich Qosimov ( uz, Mirjalol Qoʻshoqovich Qosimov, russian: Мирджалол Кушакович Касымов; in English also: Mirdjalal Kasimov or Kasymov) (born 17 September 1970) is a former head coach of the Uzbekistan na ...

Anvarjon Soliev Anvarjon Soliev (born 5 February 1978) is a retired Uzbekistani football striker and football coach. Early life He was born in Turakurgan of Namangan region. Career Navbahor Namangan Firstly he played in Yoshlik football team. Then he cont ...

* Phan Văn Tài Em ;2 goals * Li Xiaopeng *

Shao Jiayi Shao Jiayi (; born 10 April 1980) is a Chinese former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He represented Beijing Guoan (two spells), TSV 1860 Munich, Energie Cottbus and MSV Duisburg as well as the China national team with whic ...

* Chen Jui-te *

Chu Siu Kei Chu Siu Kei (; born 11 January 1980, Hong Kong) is a former Hong Kong professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He is currently the assistant coach of Hong Kong Premier League club HK U23. Club career Chu was a member of the Su ...

* P. Renedy Singh *

Arash Borhani Arash Borhani ( fa, آرش برهانی ; born 14 September 1983 in Kerman, Iran) is a retired Iranian football player and coach. He is the all-time top goal scorer of Esteghlal and also the second all-time top goal scorer in Iran's Premier ...

Reza Enayati Gholam Reza Enayati ( fa, غلام رضا عنايتى ; born 23 September 1976) is an Iranian football manager and former player. He is a former member of Iran national football team. Enayati played as a striker and is the all-time top goals ...

Mehdi Mahdavikia Mehdi Mahdavikia ( fa, ; born 24 July 1977) is an Iranian professional football coach and former player usually played as a right winger or right back. He is currently under contract by Hamburger SV as a youth coach, and also manages his own ...

Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht ( fa, علیرضا واحدی نیکبخت; born 30 June 1980) is an Iranian football coach and former player. He has played for Aboomoslem, Esteghlal, Al-Wasl, Persepolis, Steel Azin, Saba Qom, Paykan, Damash Gila ...

Ebrahim Taghipour Ebrahim Taghipour (born September 23, 1976 in Sari, Iran) is a retired Iranian football player who previously played for Zob Ahan, Persepolis, Esteghlal and also Iran national football team. Honours ;Zob Ahan *Iranian Hazfi Cup (1): 2002 ...

Salih Sadir Salih Sadir Salih Al-Sadoun ( ar, صالح سدير صالح السعدون; born 21 August 1981) is an Iraqi former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. Previously, Sadir played with Rah Ahan and Paykan in the Persian ...

Ahmad Mnajed Ahmed Mnajed Abbas ( ar, أحمد مناجد) (born 13 December 1981) is a former Iraqi footballer. He last played for Sulaymaniya FC in Iraq and the Iraq national football team. He usually played the second striker position. Biography Ahmed ...

Tatsuhiko Kubo is a former Japanese football player. He played for Japan national team. Club career Kubo was born in Chikuzen, Fukuoka on June 18, 1976. After graduating from high school, he joined Sanfrecce Hiroshima in 1995. He debuted in 1996 and became a ...

* Yuji Nakazawa *

Masashi Oguro is a Japanese former professional footballer who played as a forward. He made 22 appearances scoring 5 goals for Japan national team between 2005 and 2008. Club career Oguro joined the J1 League in 1999, with Gamba Osaka. He was loaned to C ...

* An Yong-hak * Kim Yong-su *

Kim Do-heon Kim Do-heon (, ; born 14 July 1982) is a South Korean former professional footballer. Club career Kim played for Suwon Samsung Bluewings and Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma before joining West Bromwich Albion. He led each team's K League title, and hi ...

* Lee Young-pyo * Park Chu-young * Mesaed Al Enezi *

Faraj Laheeb Faraj Laheeb ( ar, فرج لهيب) (born October 3, 1978 in Kuwait) is a retired Kuwaiti football player. He played for Al-Kuwait in the 2007 AFC Champions League The 2007 AFC Champions League was the 26th edition of the top-level Asian c ...

* Evgeny Boldygin *

Mohamed Nizam Mohamed Nizam (born 17 May 1974) is a Maldivian former footballer who played as a forward. He was the captain of the Maldives national football team The Maldives national football team ( Dhivehi: ދިވެހިރާއްޖޭ ގައުމީ ފުޓ ...

* Ahmed Mubarak * Mohamed Al Hinai * Amad Ali * Khalifa Ayil Al-Naufli * Taysir Amer * Safwan Habaib * Sayed Ali Bechir * Mubarak Fazli *

Waleed Hamzah Waleed Hamzah Rasoul Al-Bloushi is a Qatari football (soccer) player who was awarded the Asian Young Footballer of the Year by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) in 1999. He played at 2004 AFC Asian Cup. He is of Pakistani origin. He pla ...

* Waleed Jassem *

Talal Al-Meshal Talal Al-Meshal ( ar, طلال المشعل) (born 7 June 1978) is a Saudi Arabian former footballer. Club career A prolific striker, Al-Meshal played for Al-Ahli, Al-Nassr, Al-Ittihad, Al-Markhiya and Al-Raed. He played for Al-Ittihad at ...

Mohammad Al-Shalhoub Mohammad Bandar Al-Shalhoub ( ar, محمد بندر الشلهوب; born 8 December 1980) is a former Saudi Arabian footballer who played as an attacking midfielder for Al Hilal in the Saudi Professional League. A legend of Saudi football, he w ...

* Mohammed Noor * Indra Sahdan Daud * Raja Rafe * Yousef Shekh Eleshra * Pirmurod Burkhanov * Numonjon Hakimov * Akmal Kholmatov * Yusuf Rabiev * Kiatisuk Senamuang * Nazar Bayramov * Wladimir Baýramow * Leonid Koshelev * Ali Al Nono ;1 goal * Duaij Naser Abdulla * Mohamed Hubail * Mohamed Husain * Salman Isa * Sayed Mahfoodh * Li Weifeng * Sun Jihai * Xu Yunlong * Yu Genwei * Chang Wu-yeh * Chiang Shih-lu * Chuang Yao-tsung * Kwok Yue Hung * Ng Wai Chiu * Wong Chun Yue * Elie Aiboy * Ismed Sofyan * Budi Sudarsono * Mohammad Nosrati * Rahman Rezaei * Nashat Akram * Ahmad Salah Alwan * Saad Attiya * Hussam Fawzi * Younis Mahmoud * Emad Mohammed * Jassim Swadi * Toshiya Fujita * Akira Kaji * Tsuneyasu Miyamoto * Shunsuke Nakamura * Shinji Ono * Naohiro Takahara * Keiji Tamada * Atsushi Yanagisawa * Abdelhadi Al Maharmeh * Haitham Al Shboul * Hatem Aqel * Moayad Mansour * Awad Ragheb * Mustafa Shehdeh * Mahmoud Shelbaieh * An Chol-hyok * Choe Chol-man * Kim Chol-ho * Nam Song-chol * Ri Han-jae * Ri Hyok-chol (footballer, born 1985), Ri Hyok-chol * Pak Song-gwan * Sin Yong-nam * Ahn Jung-hwan * Cha Du-ri * Cho Byung-kuk * Choi Jin-cheul * Lee Chun-soo * Park Ji-sung * Abdul Al Dawood * Fahad Al Hamad * Hamad Al Harbi * Waleed Jumah * Nawaf Humaidan * Husain Seraj * Vyacheslav Amin * Valeri Berezovsky * Vladimir Chertkov (footballer), Vladimir Chertkov * Azamat Ishenbaev * Emil Kenjisariev * Andrey Krasnov * Phutthadavong Chanthalome * Visay Phaphouvanin * Sengphet Thongphachan * Faysal Antar * Mahmoud Chahoud * Khaled Hamieh * Haitham Zein * Fu Weng Lei * Rosdi Talib * Mohd Amri Yahyah * Assad Ghani * Mohamed Nazeeh * Ali Umar * Ahmed Al Mukhaini * Yousef Shaaban * Francisco Atura * Ziyad Al-Kord * Ahmed Keshkesh * Imad Zatara * Meshal Abdullah * Mohamed Salem Al Hamad * Nayef Al Khater * Saad Al-Shammari * Bilal Mohammed * Nasser Kamil Mubarak * Wesam Rizik * Sami Al-Anbar *

* Fahad Fallata * Saud Kariri * Omar Sulaimani * Khairul Mohd * Channa Ediri * Mohamed Hameed * Kasun Jayasuriya * Dudley Lincoln Steinwall, Dudley Steinwall * Chandradasa Karunaratne * Rathnayake Mudyanselage * Isuru Perera * Jehad Al-Hussain * Mohamad Yehya Al Rashed * Meaataz Kailouni * Sukhrob Hamidov * Sarayoot Chaikamdee * Therdsak Chaiman * Jiensathawong Jakapong * Anon Nanok * Niweat Siriwong * Sutee Suksomkit * Nirut Surasiang * Dovlet Bayramov * Omar Berdiýew * Gurbangeldi Durdiyev * Artem Nazarov (Turkmenistan footballer), Artem Nazarov * Didargylyç Urazow * Rashid Abdulrahman * Saleh Obaid * Mohamed Rashid * Bakhtiyor Ashurmatov * Marat Bikmaev * Vladimir Shishelov * Nguyễn Minh Hai * Phạm Văn Quyến * Radwan Abduljabar * Akram Al Selwi * Saleh Al-Shehri (Yemeni footballer), Saleh Al-Shehri * Fathi Jaber ;1 own goal * Mohamed Salmeen (playing against Japan national football team, Japan) * Yahya Golmohammadi (playing against Qatar national football team, Qatar) * Ebrahim Mirzapour (playing against Japan national football team, Japan) * Nitsavong Khoupchansy (playing against Iran national football team, Iran) * Battulga Khishigdalai (playing against Maldives national football team, Maldives)

References

External links

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