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

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

Turkmenistan 11–0 Afghanistan
Öwekow 6', 35'
Kulyýew 8', 22', 81'
Baýramow 27'
Berdiýew 42'
Agabaýew 49', 65', 67'
Urazow 90'		 (Report)
Olympic Stadium, Ashgabat
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Emil Busurmankulov (Kyrgyzstan)
Afghanistan 0–2 Turkmenistan
(Report) Kulyýew 85', 91'
National Stadium, Kabul
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Jahangir Khan (Pakistan)

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)
Macau 1–3 Chinese Taipei
Fu Weng Lei 87' (Report) Chen Jui-te 14', 69'
Chiang Shih-lu 66'
Attendance: 250
Referee: Zhou Weixin (China PR)

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
Referee: Virat Khanthachai (Thailand)
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
Referee: Luong The Tai (Vietnam)
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
Referee: Ibrahim Nesar (Bangladesh)
Kyrgyzstan 4–0 Pakistan
Chikishev 18'
Chertkov 28'
Boldygin 67'
Krasnov 92'		 (Report)
Spartak Stadium, Bishkek
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Mamed Mamedov (Turkmenistan)

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

Mongolia 0–1 Maldives
(Report) Nizam 24'
National Sports Stadium, Ulan Bator
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Yang Zhiqiang (China PR)
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
Referee: Deshapryia Arambekade (Sri Lanka)

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

Ranking of losing teams

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

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

  • Mongolia Khishigdalai Battulga (against Maldives)

See also

References