2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (inter-confederation play-offs)

For the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification, there were two scheduled inter-confederation play-offs to determine the final two qualification spots to the 2006 FIFA World Cup.

2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (inter-confederation play-offs)
Tournament details
Dates12–16 November 2005
Teams4 (from 4 confederations)
Tournament statistics
Matches played4
Goals scored5 (1.25 per match)
Attendance197,689 (49,422 per match)
Top scorer(s)Australia Mark Bresciano
Bahrain Salman Isa
Trinidad and Tobago Chris Birchall
Trinidad and Tobago Dennis Lawrence
Uruguay Darío Rodríguez
(1 goal each)
2002
2010

Qualified teams

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The four teams participating were:

Confederation Placement Team
AFC Fourth round (play-off) winner   Bahrain
CONCACAF Fourth round 4th place   Trinidad and Tobago
CONMEBOL Round-robin 5th place   Uruguay
OFC Final round winner   Australia

Format

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The draw for the order in which the two matches were played was held on 10 September 2005 during the FIFA Congress in Marrakech, Morocco.[1]

The ties themselves were not drawn, but were allocated by FIFA as:

Matches

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CONCACAF v AFC

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Trinidad and Tobago   2–1   Bahrain 1–1 1–0
Trinidad and Tobago  1–1  Bahrain
Birchall   76' Report   72' Isa
Bahrain  0–1  Trinidad and Tobago
Report   49' Lawrence
Attendance: 35,000

Trinidad and Tobago won 2–1 on aggregate and qualified for the 2006 FIFA World Cup.

CONMEBOL v OFC

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Uruguay   1–1 (2–4 p)   Australia 1–0 0–1 (a.e.t.)
Uruguay  1–0  Australia
Rodríguez   37' Report
Australia  1–0 (a.e.t.)  Uruguay
Bresciano   35' Report
Penalties
Kewell  
Neill  
Vidmar  
Viduka  
Aloisi  
4–2   Rodríguez
  Varela
  Estoyanoff
  Zalayeta
Attendance: 82,698

1–1 on aggregate. Australia won 4–2 on penalties and qualified for the 2006 FIFA World Cup.

Goalscorers

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There were 5 goals scored in 4 matches, for an average of 1.25 goals per match.

1 goal

References

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  1. ^ "Intercontinental play-off schedule confirmed". FIFA. 10 September 2005. Archived from the original on 22 January 2013.