The AFC Second Round of 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification began on 18 February 2004 and finished on 17 November 2004.
The highest-ranked country in each group at the end of the stage progressed to the third round , where the eight remaining teams will be divided into two groups of four.
The 32 teams (25 teams given a bye directly to the second round and 7 winners from the play-off round ) were split into five groups of four teams each – with all teams playing home and away against each of the other three teams in the group.
The highest-ranked team in each group qualified for the third round .
Group 1
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Iran
6 5 0 1 22 4 +18 15
Jordan
6 4 0 2 10 6 +4 12
Qatar
6 3 0 3 16 8 +8 9
Laos
6 0 0 6 3 33 −30 0
18 February 2004 16:00
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Sultan Al Mozahmi (
Oman )
18 February 2004 19:00
Attendance: 0 (as punishment for violence in an Asian Cup qualifier against North Korea in 12 November 2003)
Referee: Khader Haj Khader (
Syria )
31 March 2004 18:30
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Qasem Shaban (
Kuwait )
Group 2
18 February 2004 17:00
Attendance: 24,000
Referee: Suresh Srinivasan (
India )
31 March 2004 17:05
Attendance: 500
Referee: Hassan Al Shoufi (
Syria )
9 June 2004 18:00
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Jassim Al Hail (
Qatar )
8 September 2004 15:00
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Purushothaman Baskar (
India )
Group 3
18 February 2004 16:00
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Farajollah Yasrebi (
Iran )
9 June 2004 19:45
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Abdulhameed Ebrahim (
Bahrain )
8 September 2004 17:30
Attendance: 90,000
Referee: Basel Hajjar (
Syria )
17 November 2004 18:00
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Mahmoud Nurilddin (
Iraq )
Group 4
31 March 2004 20:45
Attendance: 9,327
Referee: Kazuhiko Matsumura (
Japan )
8 September 2004 20:45
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Jasim Abdul Karim (
Bahrain )
Group 5
31 March 2004 16:00
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Mohammad Mansour (
Lebanon )
17 November 2004 19:00
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Purushothaman Baskar (
India )
Group 6
18 February 2004 18:30
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Adunyachart Khanthama (
Thailand )
31 March 2004 16:00
Attendance: 17,000
Referee: Praveer Bose (
India )
13 October 2004 15:00
Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Naser Al Enezi (
Kuwait )
Group 7
31 March 2004 16:00
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Anura de Silva Vidanagamage (
Sri Lanka )
9 June 2004 20:30
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Mahmoud Nurilddin (
Iraq )
8 September 2004 16:00
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Hassan Al Ajmi (
Oman )
13 October 2004 15:45
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Rizwan Haq (
India )
17 November 2004 18:00
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Abdulhameed Ebrahim (
Bahrain )
Group 8
18 February 2004 20:15
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Naser Al Ghafary (
Jordan )
31 March 2004 19:00
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Muhammad Sahib (
Iraq )
9 June 2004 21:00
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Adunyachart Khanthama (
Thailand )
8 September 2004 18:30
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Marshoud Hassan (
Jordan )
17 November 2004 19:30
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Shaban Qasem (
Kuwait )
17 November 2004 20:00
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Muflah Mohamed (
Oman )