2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC First Round

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Tournament details
Dates19 November – 3 December 2003
Teams12 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played12
Goals scored46 (3.83 per match)
Top scorer(s)Turkmenistan Begençmuhammet Kulyýew
(5 goals)
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The 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification AFC play-off was the first round of the Asian Football Confederation qualification for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. The 14 teams with the lowest FIFA rankings played home-and-away knockout matches to qualify for the second stage.

Summary[]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Turkmenistan  13–0  Afghanistan 11–0 2–0
Chinese Taipei  6–1  Macau 3–0 3–1
Bangladesh  0–4  Tajikistan 0–2 0–2
Laos  0–3  Sri Lanka 0–0 0–3
Pakistan  0–6  Kyrgyzstan 0–2 0–4
Mongolia  0–13  Maldives 0–1 0–12

Matches[]

Turkmenistan 11–0 Afghanistan
Öwekow Goal 6', 35'
Kulyýew Goal 8', 22', 81'
Baýramow Goal 27'
Berdiýew Goal 42'
Agabaýew Goal 49', 65', 67'
Urazow Goal 90'		 (Report)
Olympic Stadium, Ashgabat
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: (Kyrgyzstan)
Afghanistan 0–2 Turkmenistan
(Report) Kulyýew Goal 85', 91'
National Stadium, Kabul
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: (Pakistan)

Turkmenistan won 13–0 on aggregate and advanced to the Second Round.

Chinese Taipei 3–0 Macau
Goal 23'
Goal 52'
Chang Wu-yeh Goal 57'		 (Report)
Chungshan Soccer Stadium, Taipei
Attendance: 2,000
Macau 1–3 Chinese Taipei
Goal 87' (Report) Goal 14', 69'
Chiang Shih-lu Goal 66'
Attendance: 250
Referee: (China PR)

Chinese Taipei won 6–1 on aggregate and advanced to the Second Round.

Bangladesh 0–2 Tajikistan
(Report) Hamidov Goal 11'
Khakimov Goal 51'
Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Dhaka
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: (Thailand)
Tajikistan 2–0 Bangladesh
Kholmatov Goal 15'
Rabiev Goal 83'		 (Report)
Attendance: 12,000

Tajikistan won 4–0 on aggregate and advanced to the Second Round.

Laos 0–0 Sri Lanka
(Report)
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: (Vietnam)
Sri Lanka 3–0 Laos
Goal 35'
Jayasuriya Goal 59'
Hameed Goal 90+3'		 (Report)
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: (Maldives)

Sri Lanka won 3–0 on aggregate and advanced to the Second Round.

Pakistan 0–2 Kyrgyzstan
(Report) Goal 36'
Chikishev Goal 59'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: (Bangladesh)
Kyrgyzstan 4–0 Pakistan
Chikishev Goal 18'
Goal 28'
Goal 67'
Krasnov Goal 92'		 (Report)
Spartak Stadium, Bishkek
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: (Turkmenistan)

Kyrgyzstan won 6–0 on aggregate and advanced to the Second Round.

Mongolia 0–1 Maldives
(Report) Nizam Goal 24'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: (China PR)
Maldives 12–0 Mongolia
Ashfaq Goal 4', 61', 63', 68'
Nizam Goal 42'
Fazeel Goal 45+1', 45+4'
Goal 65'
Thoriq Goal 74', 78'
Goal 75' (o.g.)
Nazeeh Goal 80'		 (Report)
Rasmee Dhandu Stadium, Malé
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: (Sri Lanka)

Maldives won 13–0 on aggregate and advanced to the Second Round.

Ranking of losing teams[]

Both Guam and Nepal would have played against each other to decide who progresses to the next round. After Nepal withdrew first, Guam would have progressed but Guam withdrew later as well. So, FIFA decided to elect a "lucky loser", to find the best of the teams that lost, who would also 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

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Laos 2 0 1 1 0 3 −3 1
 Bangladesh 2 0 0 2 0 4 −4 0
 Macau 2 0 0 2 1 6 −5 0
 Pakistan 2 0 0 2 0 6 −6 0
 Afghanistan 2 0 0 2 0 13 −13 0
 Mongolia 2 0 0 2 0 13 −13 0

Thus, Laos advanced to the Second Round.

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References[]

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