2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC Third Round

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2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC Third Round
Tournament details
Dates9 February 2005 – 17 August 2005
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played24
Goals scored55 (2.29 per match)
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The AFC Third Round of 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification began on 9 February 2005 and finished on 17 August 2005.

The top two countries in each group at the end of the stage qualified for the 2006 FIFA World Cup, while the third-placed teams entered a play-off to determine an entrant for the play-off with the fifth-placed CONCACAF team.[1]

Format[]

The 8 group-winners from the previous round were split into two groups of four teams each – with all teams playing home and away against each of the other three teams in the group.[1]

The top two teams in each group qualified for the 2006 FIFA World Cup.[1]

Group 1[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Saudi Arabia 6 4 2 0 10 1 +9 14 — 2–0 3–0 3–0
 South Korea 6 3 1 2 9 5 +4 10 0–1 — 2–1 2–0
 Uzbekistan 6 1 2 3 7 11 −4 5 1–1 1–1 — 3–2
 Kuwait 6 1 1 4 4 13 −9 4 0–0 0–4 2–1 —
Source: [2]
South Korea 2–0 Kuwait
Lee Dong-Gook Goal 23'
Lee Young-Pyo Goal 81'		 Report
Attendance: 53,287
Uzbekistan 1–1 Saudi Arabia
Soliev Goal 90+3' Report Al-Jaber Goal 77'
Pakhtakor Stadium, Tashkent
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Toru Kamikawa (Japan)
Saudi Arabia 2–0 South Korea
Khariri Goal 29'
Al-Qahtani Goal 73' (pen.)		 Report
Attendance: 25,000
Kuwait 2–1 Uzbekistan
Abdullah Goal 7', 62' Report Geynrikh Goal 77'
Kazma SC Stadium, Kuwait City
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Sun Baojie (China PR)
Kuwait 0–0 Saudi Arabia
Report
Kazma SC Stadium, Kuwait City
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Masoud Moradi (Iran)
South Korea 2–1 Uzbekistan
Lee Young-Pyo Goal 55'
Lee Dong-Gook Goal 62'		 Report Geynrikh Goal 79'
Attendance: 62,857
Referee: Tallat Najm (Lebanon)
Saudi Arabia 3–0 Kuwait
Al-Shalhoub Goal 19', 49'
Al-Harthi Goal 83'		 Report
King Fahd Stadium, Riyadh
Attendance: 72,000
Referee: Toru Kamikawa (Japan)
Uzbekistan 1–1 South Korea
Shatskikh Goal 62' Report Park Chu-Young Goal 90+1'
Pakhtakor Stadium, Tashkent
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Masoud Moradi (Iran)
Kuwait 0–4 South Korea
Report Park Chu-Young Goal 19'
Lee Dong-Gook Goal 29' (pen.)
Chung Kyung-ho Goal 55'
Park Ji-Sung Goal 61'
Kazma SC Stadium, Kuwait City
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: (Thailand)
Saudi Arabia 3–0 Uzbekistan
Al-Jaber Goal 8', 60'
Al-Harthi Goal 87'		 Report
King Fahd Stadium, Riyadh
Attendance: 72,000
Referee: Huang Junjie (China PR)
South Korea 0–1 Saudi Arabia
Report Al-Anbar Goal 5'
Attendance: 61,586
Referee: (Thailand)
Uzbekistan 3–2 Kuwait
Djeparov Goal 41' (pen.)
Shatskikh Goal 62'
Soliev Goal 76'		 Report Al-Mutawa Goal 16'
Abdullah Goal 31'
Pakhtakor Stadium, Tashkent
Attendance: 40,000


Group 2[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Japan 6 5 0 1 9 4 +5 15 — 2–1 1–0 2–1
 Iran 6 4 1 1 7 3 +4 13 2–1 — 1–0 1–0
 Bahrain 6 1 1 4 4 7 −3 4 0–1 0–0 — 2–3
 North Korea 6 1 0 5 5 11 −6 3 0–2 0–2 1–2 —
Source: [2]
Japan 2–1 North Korea
Ogasawara Goal 4'
Oguro Goal 90+1'		 Report Nam Song-Chol Goal 61'
Saitama Stadium, Saitama
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)
Bahrain 0–0 Iran
Report
Attendance: 25,000
North Korea 1–2 Bahrain
Pak Song-Gwan Goal 63' Report Ali Goal 7', 58'
Kim Il Sung Stadium, Pyongyang
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: (Thailand)
Iran 2–1 Japan
Hashemian Goal 13', 75' Report Fukunishi Goal 66'
Attendance: 110,000
North Korea 0–2 Iran
Report Mahdavikia Goal 34'
Nekounam Goal 79'
Kim Il Sung Stadium, Pyongyang
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: (Syria)
Japan 1–0 Bahrain
Salmeen Goal 72' (o.g.) Report
Saitama Stadium, Saitama
Attendance: 67,549
Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)
Iran 1–0 North Korea
Rezaei Goal 45' Report
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)
Bahrain 0–1 Japan
Report Ogasawara Goal 34'
Attendance: 32,000
Iran 1–0 Bahrain
Nosrati Goal 48' Report
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Kwon Jong-Chul (Korea Republic)

Note: This match was used as backdrop for the 2006 Iranian film Offside.

North Korea 0–2 Japan
Report Yanagisawa Goal 67'
Oguro Goal 89'
Suphachalasai Stadium, Bangkok (Thailand)
Attendance: 0

Note: Since there were crowd troubles in the previous two North Korea's home matches,[3] FIFA decided that the next one North Korea's home match be moved to a neutral venue (Thailand) and played behind closed doors.[4]

Japan 2–1 Iran
Kaji Goal 28'
Oguro Goal 76'		 Report Daei Goal 79' (pen.)
International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama
Attendance: 66,098
Referee: (Kuwait)
Bahrain 2–3 North Korea
Isa Goal 49'
Ali Goal 54'		 Report Choe Chol-Man Goal 28'
Kim Chol-Ho Goal 43'
An Chol-Hyok Goal 90'
Attendance: 3,000

References[]

  1. ^ a b c "World Cup 2006 Qualifying". RSSSF.com. 26 November 2009. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  2. ^ a b "2006 FIFA World Cup Germany Preliminaries: Asian Zone". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 11 January 2008. Retrieved 11 January 2008.
  3. ^ "FIFA decision on N Korea on April 29". The-AFC.com. 27 April 2005. Retrieved 3 October 2011.
  4. ^ "FIFA.com - Korea DPR to play Japan in Thailand". FIFA.com. 9 May 2005. Retrieved 3 October 2011.[dead link]

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