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2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC first round

The 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification AFC play-off was the first round of the Asian Football Confederation qualification for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. The 14 teams with the lowest FIFA rankings played home-and-away knockout matches to qualify for the second stage.

Summary edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Turkmenistan   13–0   Afghanistan 11–0 2–0
Chinese Taipei   6–1   Macau 3–0 3–1
Bangladesh   0–4   Tajikistan 0–2 0–2
Laos   0–3   Sri Lanka 0–0 0–3
Pakistan   0–6   Kyrgyzstan 0–2 0–4
Mongolia   0–13   Maldives 0–1 0–12

Matches edit

Turkmenistan  11–0  Afghanistan
Öwekow   6', 35'
Kulyýew   8', 22', 81'
Baýramow   27'
Berdiýew   42'
Agabaýew   49', 65', 67'
Urazow   90'		 (Report)
Attendance: 12,000
Afghanistan  0–2  Turkmenistan
(Report) Kulyýew   85', 91'
Attendance: 6,000

Turkmenistan won 13–0 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

Chinese Taipei  3–0  Macau
Chuang Yao-tsung   23'
Chen Jui-te   52'
Chang Wu-yeh   57'		 (Report)
Attendance: 2,000
Macau  1–3  Chinese Taipei
Fu Weng Lei   87' (Report) Chen Jui-te   14', 69'
Chiang Shih-lu   66'
Attendance: 250

Chinese Taipei won 6–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

Bangladesh  0–2  Tajikistan
(Report) Hamidov   11'
Khakimov   51'
Attendance: 6,000
Tajikistan  2–0  Bangladesh
Kholmatov   15'
Rabiev   83'		 (Report)
Attendance: 12,000

Tajikistan won 4–0 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

Laos  0–0  Sri Lanka
(Report)
Attendance: 4,500
Sri Lanka  3–0  Laos
Ediri   35'
Jayasuriya   59'
Hameed   90+3'		 (Report)
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Ali Saleem (Maldives)

Sri Lanka won 3–0 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

Pakistan  0–2  Kyrgyzstan
(Report) Boldygin   36'
Chikishev   59'
Attendance: 10,000
Kyrgyzstan  4–0  Pakistan
Chikishev   18'
Chertkov   28'
Boldygin   67'
Krasnov   92'		 (Report)
Attendance: 12,000

Kyrgyzstan won 6–0 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

Mongolia  0–1  Maldives
(Report) Nizam   24'
Attendance: 2,000
Maldives  12–0  Mongolia
Ashfaq   4', 61', 63', 68'
Nizam   42'
Fazeel   45+1', 45+4'
Ghani   65'
Thoriq   74', 78'
Battulga   75' (o.g.)
Nazeeh   80'		 (Report)
Attendance: 9,000

Maldives won 13–0 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

Ranking of losing teams edit

Both Guam and Nepal would have played against each other to decide who progresses to the next round. After Nepal withdrew first, Guam would have progressed but Guam withdrew later as well. So, FIFA decided to elect a "lucky loser", to find the best of the teams that lost, who would also advance to the second round.

The losers were compared, using the following criteria to break ties:
a) number of points
b) goal difference
c) goals scored

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Laos 2 0 1 1 0 3 −3 1
  Bangladesh 2 0 0 2 0 4 −4 0
  Macau 2 0 0 2 1 6 −5 0
  Pakistan 2 0 0 2 0 6 −6 0
  Afghanistan 2 0 0 2 0 13 −13 0
  Mongolia 2 0 0 2 0 13 −13 0

Thus, Laos advanced to the second round.

Goalscorers edit

There were 46 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 3.83 goals per match.

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

See also edit

References edit

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