2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC Third Round
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.
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.
The top two teams in each group qualified for the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
Group 1
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South Korea |
2–0 | |
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Lee Dong-Gook Lee Young-Pyo |
(Report) |
Uzbekistan |
1–1 | |
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Soliev |
(Report) | Al-Jaber |
Saudi Arabia |
2–0 | |
---|---|---|
Khariri Al-Qahtani |
(Report) |
Kuwait |
2–1 | |
---|---|---|
Abdullah |
(Report) | Geynrikh |
South Korea |
2–1 | |
---|---|---|
Lee Young-Pyo Lee Dong-Gook |
(Report) | Geynrikh |
Saudi Arabia |
3–0 | |
---|---|---|
Al-Shalhoub Al-Harthi |
(Report) |
Uzbekistan |
1–1 | |
---|---|---|
Shatskikh |
(Report) | Park Chu-Young |
Kuwait |
0–4 | |
---|---|---|
(Report) | Park Chu-Young Lee Dong-Gook Chung Kyung-ho Park Ji-Sung |
Saudi Arabia |
3–0 | |
---|---|---|
Al-Jaber Al-Harthi |
(Report) |
South Korea |
0–1 | |
---|---|---|
(Report) | Al-Anbar |
Group 2
|
|
Japan |
2–1 | |
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Ogasawara Oguro |
(Report) | Nam Song-Chol |
North Korea |
1–2 | |
---|---|---|
Pak Song-Gwan |
(Report) | Ali |
North Korea |
0–2 | |
---|---|---|
(Report) | Mahdavikia Nekounam |
Iran |
1–0 | |
---|---|---|
Rezaei |
(Report) |
Note: This match was used as backdrop for the 2006 Iranian film Offside.
North Korea |
0–2 | |
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(Report) | Yanagisawa Oguro |
Note: Since there were crowd troubles in the previous two North Korea's home matches,[1] FIFA decided that the next one North Korea's home match be moved to a neutral venue (Thailand) and played behind closed doors.[2]
Bahrain |
2–3 | |
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Isa Ali |
(Report) | Choe Chol-Man Kim Chol-Ho An Chol-Hyok |
References
- ↑ "FIFA decision on N Korea on April 29". The-AFC.com. 27 April 2005. Retrieved 3 October 2011.
- ↑ "FIFA.com - Korea DPR to play Japan in Thailand". FIFA.com. 9 May 2005. Retrieved 3 October 2011.