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2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC)

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Listed below are the dates and results for the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for Oceania. 12 teams took part, competing for a place in the intercontinental play-off against the fifth-placed team from South America. The winner of this play-off qualified for the World Cup.

2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC)
Tournament details
Dates10 May 2004 (2004-05-10) – 16 November 2005 (2005-11-16)
Teams12 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played39
Goals scored175 (4.49 per match)
Attendance227,596 (5,836 per match)
Top scorer(s)Australia Tim Cahill
Fiji Veresa Toma
(7 goals each)
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2010 →

This qualifying tournament also doubled as the 2004 OFC Nations Cup, up to the final play-off stage.

First round

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Main article: 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – OFC first round

The competition was composed of three rounds. Australia and New Zealand entered the competition directly in the Second Round. The other 10 teams were divided in two groups of five teams each, and played against each other once. The two teams with most points in each group advanced to the Second Round.

Group 1

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification          
1   Solomon Islands (H) 4 3 1 0 14 1 +13 10 Advance to 2004 OFC Nations Cup — 1–1 2–0 6–0 5–0
2   Tahiti 4 2 2 0 5 1 +4 8 — — 0–0 2–0 2–0
3   New Caledonia 4 2 1 1 16 2 +14 7 — — — 8–0 8–0
4   Tonga 4 1 0 3 2 17 −15 3 — — — — 2–1
5   Cook Islands 4 0 0 4 1 17 −16 0 — — — — —
Source: FIFA
(H) Hosts

Group 2

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification          
1   Vanuatu 4 3 1 0 16 2 +14 10 Advance to 2004 OFC Nations Cup — — — — —
2   Fiji 4 3 0 1 19 5 +14 9 0–3 — 4–2 — 11–0
3   Papua New Guinea 4 2 1 1 17 6 +11 7 1–1 — — — —
4   Samoa (H) 4 1 0 3 5 11 −6 3 0–3 0–4 1–4 — 4–0
5   American Samoa 4 0 0 4 1 34 −33 0 1–9 — 0–10 — —
Source: FIFA
(H) Hosts

Second round

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Main article: 2004 OFC Nations Cup

In the Second round, the six teams were put in a single group, and played against each other once. The two teams with most points advanced to a play-off, and played against each other home and away. The winner of this play-off advanced to the intercontinental play-off.

Group stage

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification            
1   Australia 5 4 1 0 21 3 +18 13 Advance to final — — 1–0 6–1 9–0 —
2   Solomon Islands 5 3 1 1 9 6 +3 10 2–2 — — — — —
3   New Zealand 5 3 0 2 17 5 +12 9 — 3–0 — — 10–0 —
4   Fiji 5 1 1 3 3 10 −7 4 — 1–2 0–2 — — 1–0
5   Tahiti 5 1 1 3 2 24 −22 4 — 0–4 — 0–0 — 2–1
6   Vanuatu 5 1 0 4 5 9 −4 3 0–3 0–1 4–2 — — —
Source: [1]
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Final

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Solomon Islands   1–11   Australia 1–5 0–6

Australia and the Solomon Islands progressed to the final stage.

Final round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Australia   9–1   Solomon Islands 7–0 2–1
Australia  7–0  Solomon Islands
Culina   20'
Viduka   36', 43'
Cahill   57'
Chipperfield   64'
Thompson   68'
Emerton   89'		 Report
Attendance: 16,000
Solomon Islands  1–2  Australia
Fa'arodo   49' (pen.)[2] Report Thompson   19'
Emerton   58'
Attendance: 16,000
Australia won 9–1 on aggregate and advanced to the CONMEBOL–OFC play-off against Uruguay.

Inter-confederation play-offs

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

The final round winners then played the fifth-placed team of CONMEBOL qualifying, Uruguay, in a home-and-away play-off. The winner of this play-off qualified for the 2006 FIFA World Cup finals.

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.)

Qualified teams

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The following team from OFC qualified for the final tournament.

Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in FIFA World Cup1
  Australia CONMEBOL-OFC play-off winners 16 November 2005 1 (1974)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Top goalscorers

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There were 175 goals scored in 39 matches, for an average of 4.49 goals per match.

7 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

Below are full goalscorer lists for each round:

References

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  1. ^ "FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC) 2006, football - table and standings". soccer365.me. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
  2. ^ "Australia Win Narrowly Over Gallant Solomons". Socceroos. 7 September 2005. Retrieved 2019-12-23.
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