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Listed below are the dates and results for the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for Asia.

44 Asian teams are affiliated with FIFA, but  Cambodia,  Philippines,  Bhutan and  Brunei decided not to take part, and  Myanmar was banned from the competition, so a total of 39 teams took part, competing for 4.5 places in the World Cup.

The qualification was composed of three Rounds. Only the 14 last ranked teams according to FIFA took part in the Preliminary Round, where they were paired 2-by-2 and played home-and-away knock-out matches. The 7 winners joined the other 25 teams in the Second Round, where those 32 teams were divided in 8 Groups of four teams each. The teams in each group would play against each other home-and-away, and the team with most points in each group would advance to the Third Round.

In the Third Round, the 8 remaining teams were divided in two Groups of 4 teams each, that would again play against each other in a home-and-away basis. The two teams with most points in each group would qualify to the World Cup. The two third placed teams would play-off against each other home-and-away. Winner of this play-off would play against the fourth placed team in the Final Round of CONCACAF in an Intercontinental Play-off for a place in the World Cup.

Contents 1 Tiebreakers 2 Preliminary Round 3 Second Round 3.1 Group 1 3.2 Group 2 3.3 Group 3 3.4 Group 4 3.5 Group 5 3.6 Group 6 3.7 Group 7 3.8 Group 8 4 Third Round 4.1 Group A 4.2 Group B 4.3 Play-off

[edit] Tiebreakers

If teams are even on points at the end of group play, the tied teams will be ranked as follows:

1. greater number of points obtained in matches between the tied teams
2. goal difference in matches between the tied teams
3. greater number of goals scored in matches between the tied teams
4. goal difference in all group matches
5. greater number of goals scored in all group matches
6. a play-off on neutral ground, with extra time and penalties if necessary (in qualifying)
7. drawing of lots (at the final event)

This is a change from the 2002 FIFA World Cup, where total goal difference was the first tiebreaker.

[edit] Preliminary Round

November 19, 2003, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan -  Turkmenistan 11 - 0 Afghanistan 

November 22, 2003, Kabul, Afghanistan -  Afghanistan 0 - 2 Turkmenistan 

Turkmenistan advanced to the Second Round.

November 23, 2003, Taipei, Republic of China -  Chinese Taipei 3 - 0 Macau 

November 29, 2003, Macau -  Macau 1 - 3 Chinese Taipei 

Chinese Taipei advanced to the Second Round.

November 26, 2003, Dhaka, Bangladesh -  Bangladesh 0 - 2 Tajikistan 

November 30, 2003, Dushanbe, Tajikistan -  Tajikistan 2 - 0 Bangladesh 

Tajikistan advanced to the Second Round.

November 29, 2003, Vientiane, Laos -  Laos 0 - 0 Sri Lanka 

December 3, 2003, Colombo, Sri Lanka -  Sri Lanka 3 - 0 Laos 

Sri Lanka advanced to the Second Round.

November 29, 2003, Karachi, Pakistan -  Pakistan 0 - 2 Kyrgyzstan 

December 3, 2003, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan -  Kyrgyzstan 4 - 0 Pakistan 

Kyrgyzstan advanced to the Second Round.

November 29, 2003, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia -  Mongolia 0 - 1 Maldives 

December 3, 2003, Malé, Maldives -  Maldives 12 - 0 Mongolia 

Maldives advanced to the Second Round.

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Guam and Nepal, scheduled to play against each other, withdrew.

FIFA decided to elect a "lucky loser", the best of the teams that lost, that would also advanced 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

Laos advanced to the Second Round.

[edit] Second Round

[edit] 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

IRN – 0-1 7-0 3-1  JOR 0-2 – 5-0 1-0  LAO 0-7 2-3 – 1-6  QAT 2-3 2-0 5-0 –

Iran advanced to the Third Round.

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[edit] Group 2

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Uzbekistan 6 5 1 0 16 3 +13 16  Iraq 6 3 2 1 17 7 +10 11  Palestine 6 2 1 3 11 11 0 7  Chinese Taipei 6 0 0 6 3 26 −23 0

IRQ – 4-1 6-1 1-2  PLE 1-1 – 8-0 0-3  TPE 1-4 0-1 – 0-1  UZB 1-1 3-0 6-1 –

Uzbekistan advanced to the Third Round

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[edit] Group 3

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Japan 6 6 0 0 16 1 +15 18  Oman 6 3 1 2 14 3 +11 10  India 6 1 1 4 2 18 −16 4  Singapore 6 1 0 5 3 13 −10 3

IND – 0-4 1-5 1-0  JPN 7-0 – 1-0 1-0  OMA 0-0 0-1 – 7-0  SIN 2-0 1-2 0-2 –

Japan advanced to the Third Round

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[edit] Group 4

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Kuwait 6 5 0 1 15 2 +13 15  China PR 6 5 0 1 14 1 +13 15  Hong Kong 6 2 0 4 5 15 −10 6  Malaysia 6 0 0 6 2 18 −16 0

CHN – 7-0 1-0 4-0  HKG 0-1 – 0-2 2-0  KUW 1-0 4-0 – 6-1  MAS 0-1 1-3 0-2 –

Kuwait advanced to the Third Round.

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[edit] Group 5

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Korea DPR 6 3 2 1 11 5 +6 11  United Arab Emirates 6 3 1 2 6 6 0 10  Thailand 6 2 1 3 9 10 −1 7  Yemen 6 1 2 3 6 11 −5 5

PRK – 4-1 0-0 2-1  THA 1-4 – 3-0 1-1  UAE 1-0 1-0 – 3-0  YEM 1-1 0-3 3-1 –

Korea DPR advanced to the Third Round

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[edit] Group 6

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Bahrain 6 4 2 0 15 4 +11 14  Syria 6 2 2 2 7 7 0 8  Tajikistan 6 2 1 3 5 9 −4 7  Kyrgyzstan 6 1 1 4 5 12 −7 4

BHR – 5-0 2-1 4-0  KGZ 1-2 – 1-1 1-2  SYR 2-2 0-1 – 2-1  TJK 0-0 2-1 0-1 –

Bahrain advanced to the Third Round

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[edit] Group 7

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Korea Republic 6 4 2 0 9 2 +7 14  Lebanon 6 3 2 1 11 5 +6 11  Vietnam 6 1 1 4 5 9 −4 4  Maldives 6 1 1 4 5 14 −9 4

KOR – 2-0 2-0 2-0  LIB 1-1 – 3-0 0-0  MDV 0-0 2-5 – 3-0  VIE 1-2 0-2 4-0 –

Korea Republic advanced to the Third Round

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[edit] Group 8

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Saudi Arabia 6 6 0 0 14 1 +13 18  Turkmenistan 6 2 1 3 8 10 -2 7  Indonesia 6 2 1 3 8 12 -4 7  Sri Lanka 6 0 2 4 4 11 -7 2

KSA – 3-0 3-0 3-0  TKM 0-1 – 3-1 2-0  IDN 1-3 3-1 – 1-0  SRI 0-1 2-2 2-2 –

Saudi Arabia advanced to the Third Round

[edit] Third Round

[edit] Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Saudi Arabia	6	4	2	0	10	1	+9	14
Korea Republic	6	3	1	2	9	5	+4	10
Uzbekistan	6	1	2	3	7	11	−4	5
Kuwait	6	1	1	4	4	13	−9	4

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February 9, 2005	Korea Republic	2 – 0	Kuwait	Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul Attendance: 53,287 Referee: MAIDIN Shamsul (SIN)
	Lee Dong-Gook 23' Lee Young-Pyo 81'	(Report)

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February 9, 2005	Uzbekistan	1 – 1	Saudi Arabia	Pakhtakor Stadium, Tashkent Attendance: 45,000 Referee: KAMIKAWA Toru (JPN)
	Soliev 90+3'	(Report)	Al-Jaber 77'

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March 25, 2005	Saudi Arabia	2 – 0	Korea Republic	Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium, Dammam Attendance: 25,000 Referee: MOHD SALLEH Subkhiddin (MAS)
	Khariri 29' Al-Qahtani 73' (pen)	(Report)

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March 25, 2005	Kuwait	2 – 1	Uzbekistan	Kazma SC, Kuwait City Attendance: 12,000 Referee: SUN Baojie (CHN)
	Abdullah 7', 62'	(Report)	Geynrikh 77'

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March 30, 2005	Kuwait	0 – 0	Saudi Arabia	Kazma SC, Kuwait City Attendance: 25,000 Referee: MORADI Masoud (IRN)

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March 30, 2005	Korea Republic	2 – 1	Uzbekistan	Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul Attendance: 62,857 Referee: NAJM Tallat (LIB)
	Lee Young-Pyo 55' Lee Dong-Gook 62'	(Report)	Geynrikh 79'

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June 3, 2005	Saudi Arabia	3 – 0	Kuwait	King Fahd Stadium, Riyadh Attendance: 72,000 Referee: KAMIKAWA Toru (JPN)
	Al-Shalhoub 19', 49' Al-Harthi 83'	(Report)

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June 3, 2005	Uzbekistan	1 – 1	Korea Republic	Pakhtakor Stadium, Tashkent Attendance: 40,000 Referee: MORADI Masoud (IRN)
	Shatskikh 62'	(Report)	Park Chu-Young 90+1'

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June 8, 2005	Kuwait	0 – 4	Korea Republic	Kazma SC, Kuwait City Attendance: 15,000 Referee: KHANTHAMA Adunyachart (THA)
		(Report)	Park Chu-Young 16' Lee Dong-Gook 28' (pen), 55' Park Ji-Sung 58'

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June 8, 2005	Saudi Arabia	3 – 0	Uzbekistan	King Fahd Stadium, Riyadh Attendance: 72,000 Referee: HUANG Junjie (CHN)
	Al-Jaber 8', 60' Al-Harthi 87'	(Report)

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August 17, 2005	Korea Republic	0 – 1	Saudi Arabia	Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul Attendance: 61,586 Referee: KIM Dong Jin (KOR)
		(Report)	Al-Anbar 5'

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August 17, 2005	Uzbekistan	3 – 2	Kuwait	Pakhtakor Stadium, Tashkent Attendance: 40,000 Referee: MOHD SALLEH Subkhiddin (MAS)
	Djeparov 41' (pen) Shatskikh 62' Soliev 76'	(Report)	Al-Mutawa 16' Abdullah 31'

[edit] Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Japan	6	5	0	1	9	4	+5	15
Iran	6	4	1	1	7	3	+4	13
Bahrain	6	1	1	4	4	7	−3	4
Korea DPR	6	1	0	5	5	11	−6	3

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February 9, 2005	Japan	2 – 1	Korea DPR	Saitama Stadium, Saitama Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Al Ghamdi Khalil (KSA)
	Ogasawara 4' Oguro 90+1'	(Report)	Nam Song-Chol 61'

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February 9, 2005	Bahrain	0 – 0	Iran	Bahrain National Stadium, Manama Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Mohd Salleh Subkhiddin (MAS)
		(Report)

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March 25, 2005	Korea DPR	1 – 2	Bahrain	Kim Il Sung Stadium, Pyongyang Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Rungklay Mongkol (THA)
	Pak Song-Kwang 63'	(Report)	Ali 6', 57'

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March 25, 2005	Iran	2 – 1	Japan	Azadi Stadium, Tehran Attendance: 110,000 Referee: Maidin Shamsul (SIN)
	Hashemian 13', 75'	(Report)	Fukunishi 66'

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March 30, 2005	Korea DPR	0 – 2	Iran	Kim Il Sung Stadium, Pyongyang Attendance: 55,000 Referee: Kousa Mohammed (SYR)
		(Report)	Mahdavikia 34' Nekounam 79'

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March 30, 2005	Japan	1 – 0	Bahrain	Saitama Stadium, Saitama Attendance: 67,549 Referee: Irmatov Ravshan (UZB)
	Salmeen 72' (og)	(Report)

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June 3, 2005	Iran	1 – 0	Korea DPR	Azadi Stadium, Tehran Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Al Ghamdi Khalil (KSA)
	Rezaei 45'	(Report)

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June 3, 2005	Bahrain	0 – 1	Japan	Bahrain National Stadium, Manama Attendance: 32,000 Referee: Mohd Salleh Subkhiddin (MAS)
		(Report)	Ogasawara 34'

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June 8, 2005	Iran	1 – 0	Bahrain	Azadi Stadium, Tehran Attendance: 80,000 Referee: Kwon Jong Chul (KOR)
	Nosrati 48'	(Report)

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June 8, 2005	Korea DPR	0 – 2	Japan	Suphachalasai Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand Attendance: 0 Referee: De Bleeckere Frank (BEL)
		(Report)	Yanagisawa 67' Oguro 89'

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August 17, 2005	Japan	2 – 1	Iran	International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama Attendance: 66,098 Referee: Shaban Qasem (KUW)
	Kaji 28' Mirzapour 76' (og)	(Report)	Daei 79' (pen)

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August 17, 2005	Bahrain	2 – 3	Korea DPR	Bahrain National Stadium, Manama Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Maidin Shamsul (SIN)
	Isa 49' Ali 54'	(report)	Choe Chol-Man 28' Kim Chol-Ho 43' An Chol-Hyok 90'

[edit] Play-off

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September 3, 2005	Uzbekistan	1 – 0	Bahrain	Pakhtakor Stadium, Tashkent Attendance: --- Referee: Toshimitsu Yoshida (Japan)
	Kasimov 12'	(Report)

This result was declared null and void by FIFA due to a referee error

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October 8, 2005	Uzbekistan	1 – 1	Bahrain	Pakhtakor Stadium, Tashkent Attendance: 55,000 Referee: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)
	Shatskikh 19'	(Report)	Mohamed 17'

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October 12, 2005	Bahrain	0 – 0	Uzbekistan	Bahrain National Stadium, Manama Attendance: 25,00 Referee: Graham Poll (England)
		(Report)

Bahrain advanced to the Asia-CONCACAF playoff against Trinidad and Tobago on the away goals rule (1-0).

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