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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.[1]

Format

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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

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification        
1   Saudi Arabia 6 4 2 0 10 1 +9 14 2006 FIFA World Cup — 2–0 3–0 3–0
2   South Korea 6 3 1 2 9 5 +4 10 0–1 — 2–1 2–0
3   Uzbekistan 6 1 2 3 7 11 −4 5 Fourth round 1–1 1–1 — 3–2
4   Kuwait 6 1 1 4 4 13 −9 4 0–0 0–4 2–1 —
Source: [2]
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
South Korea  2–0  Kuwait
Lee Dong-gook   23'
Lee Young-pyo   81'		 Report
Attendance: 53,287
Uzbekistan  1–1  Saudi Arabia
Soliev   90+3' Report Al-Jaber   77'
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Toru Kamikawa (Japan)
Saudi Arabia  2–0  South Korea
Khariri   29'
Al-Qahtani   73' (pen.)		 Report
Attendance: 25,000
Kuwait  2–1  Uzbekistan
Abdullah   7', 62' Report Geynrikh   77'
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Sun Baojie (China PR)
Kuwait  0–0  Saudi Arabia
Report
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Masoud Moradi (Iran)
South Korea  2–1  Uzbekistan
Lee Young-pyo   55'
Lee Dong-gook   62'		 Report Geynrikh   79'
Attendance: 62,857
Referee: Tallat Najm (Lebanon)
Saudi Arabia  3–0  Kuwait
Al-Shalhoub   19', 49'
Al-Harthi   83'		 Report
Attendance: 72,000
Referee: Toru Kamikawa (Japan)
Uzbekistan  1–1  South Korea
Shatskikh   62' Report Park Chu-young   90+1'
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Masoud Moradi (Iran)
Kuwait  0–4  South Korea
Report Park Chu-young   19'
Lee Dong-gook   29' (pen.)
Chung Kyung-ho   55'
Park Ji-sung   61'
Attendance: 15,000
Saudi Arabia  3–0  Uzbekistan
Al-Jaber   8', 60'
Al-Harthi   87'		 Report
Attendance: 72,000
Referee: Huang Junjie (China PR)
South Korea  0–1  Saudi Arabia
Report Al-Anbar   5'
Attendance: 61,586
Uzbekistan  3–2  Kuwait
Djeparov   41' (pen.)
Shatskikh   62'
Soliev   76'		 Report Al-Mutawa   16'
Abdullah   31'
Attendance: 40,000

Group 2

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification        
1   Japan 6 5 0 1 9 4 +5 15 2006 FIFA World Cup — 2–1 1–0 2–1
2   Iran 6 4 1 1 7 3 +4 13 2–1 — 1–0 1–0
3   Bahrain 6 1 1 4 4 7 −3 4 Fourth round 0–1 0–0 — 2–3
4   North Korea 6 1 0 5 5 11 −6 3 0–2 0–2 1–2 —
Source: [2]
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Japan  2–1  North Korea
Ogasawara   4'
Oguro   90+1'		 Report Nam Song-Chol   61'
Attendance: 60,000
Bahrain  0–0  Iran
Report
Attendance: 25,000
North Korea  1–2  Bahrain
Pak Song-Gwan   63' Report Ali   7', 58'
Attendance: 50,000
Iran  2–1  Japan
Hashemian   13', 75' Report Fukunishi   66'
Attendance: 110,000
North Korea  0–2  Iran
Report Mahdavikia   34'
Nekounam   79'
Attendance: 55,000
Japan  1–0  Bahrain
Salmeen   72' (o.g.) Report
Attendance: 67,549
Iran  1–0  North Korea
Rezaei   45' Report
Attendance: 35,000
Bahrain  0–1  Japan
Report Ogasawara   34'
Attendance: 32,000
Iran  1–0  Bahrain
Nosrati   48' Report
Attendance: 80,000

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

North Korea  0–2  Japan
Report Yanagisawa   67'
Oguro   89'
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   28'
Oguro   76'		 Report Daei   79' (pen.)
Attendance: 66,098
Referee: Qasem Shaban (Kuwait)
Bahrain  2–3  North Korea
Isa   49'
Ali   54'		 Report Choe Chol-Man   28'
Kim Chol-Ho   43'
An Chol-Hyok   90'
Attendance: 3,000

Goalscorers

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There were 55 goals scored in 24 matches, for an average of 2.29 goals per match.

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

References

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  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. Archived from the original on 23 January 2013. Retrieved 3 October 2011.
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