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

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)
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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.

Qualified teams

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

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

CONCACAF v AFC

Main article: 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC–CONCACAF play-off)
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
Attendance: 24,991
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

Main article: 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL–OFC play-off)
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
Attendance: 55,000

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

Goalscorers

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

1 goal

References

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