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 for a place in the intercontinental play-off against the fifth-placed team from South America. The winner of this play-off qualified for the World Cup.
This qualifying tournament also doubled as the 2004 OFC Nations Cup, up to the final play-off stage.
Tiebreakers[]
If teams were even on points at the end of group play, the tied teams were ranked by:[1]
- Greatest number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned
- Goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned
- Greatest number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned
- Goal difference in all group matches
- Greatest number of goals scored in all group matches
- A play-off on neutral ground. If, after 90 minutes, this match ended in a draw, two 15-minute periods of extra time would be played. If the score was still level after extra time, a penalty shoot-out would determine the winner.
This was a change from the 2002 FIFA World Cup, where total goal difference was the first tiebreaker.
First round[]
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 advanced to the Second Round.
Group 1[]
All matches were held in Honiara, Solomon Islands (UTC+11)
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Solomon Islands | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 1 | +13 | 10 |
Tahiti | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 8 |
New Caledonia | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 2 | +14 | 7 |
Tonga | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 17 | –15 | 3 |
Cook Islands | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 17 | –16 | 0 |
Group 2[]
All games are held in Apia, Samoa
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Vanuatu | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 2 | +14 | 10 |
Fiji | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 5 | +14 | 9 |
Papua New Guinea | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 6 | +11 | 7 |
Samoa | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 11 | –6 | 3 |
American Samoa | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 34 | –33 | 0 |
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 advanced to the intercontinental play-off.
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |||||||
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Australia | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 3 | +18 | 13 | — | 2–2 | 1–0 | 6–1 | 9–0 | 3–0 | |
Solomon Islands | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 10 | — | — | — | — | 4–0 | 1–0 | |
New Zealand | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 5 | +12 | 9 | — | 3–0 | — | — | 10–0 | 2–4 | |
Fiji | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 4 | — | 1–2 | 0–2 | — | 0–0 | 1–0 | |
Tahiti | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 24 | −22 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | 2–1 | |
Vanuatu | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
2004 OFC Nations Cup Final[]
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Solomon Islands | 1–11 | Australia | 1–5 | 0–6 |
Australia and the Solomon Islands progressed to the final stage.
Final round[]
Australia | 7–0 | Solomon Islands |
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Culina 20' Viduka 36', 43' Cahill 57' Chipperfield 64' Thompson 68' Emerton 89' |
Report |
- Australia won 9–1 on aggregate and advanced to the CONMEBOL–OFC play-off against Uruguay.
Inter-confederation play-offs[]
The final round winners then played the fifth-placed team of CONMEBOL qualifying, Uruguay, in a home-and-away play-off. The winner of this play-off qualified for the 2006 FIFA World Cup finals.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Uruguay | 1–1 (2–4 p) | Australia | 1–0 | 0–1 (a.e.t.) |
Qualified teams[]
The following team from OFC qualified for the final tournament.
Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances in FIFA World Cup1 |
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Australia | CONMEBOL-OFC play-off winners | 16 November 2005 | 1 (1974) |
- 1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
Goalscorers[]
- 7 goals
- 6 goals
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- 5 goals
- 4 goals
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- 3 goals
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- 2 goals
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- 1 goal
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- 1 own goal
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References[]
- ^ "Regulations 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany" (PDF). 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 February 2009. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
- ^ "Australia Win Narrowly Over Gallant Solomons". Socceroos. Retrieved 2019-12-23.
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