2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC)

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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) Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tim Cahill
Flag of Fiji.svg Veresa Toma
(7 goals each)
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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.

Contents

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

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

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg Flag of French Polynesia.svg Flag of France.svg Flag of Tonga.svg Flag of the Cook Islands.svg
1Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands (H)4310141+1310Advance to 2004 OFC Nations Cup — 1–1 2–0 6–0 5–0
2Flag of French Polynesia.svg  Tahiti 422051+48—— 0–0 2–0 2–0
3Flag of France.svg  New Caledonia 4211162+147——— 8–0 8–0
4Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga 4103217−153———— 2–1
5Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands 4004117−160—————
Source: FIFA
(H) Hosts

Group 2

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification Flag of Vanuatu.svg Flag of Fiji.svg Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Flag of Samoa.svg Flag of American Samoa.svg
1Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu 4310162+1410Advance to 2004 OFC Nations Cup —————
2Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 4301195+149 0–3 — 4–2 — 11–0
3Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 4211176+117 1–1 ————
4Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa (H)4103511−63 0–3 0–4 1–4 — 4–0
5Flag of American Samoa.svg  American Samoa 4004134−330 1–9 — 0–10 ——
Source: FIFA
(H) Hosts

Second round

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

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification Flag of Australia (converted).svg Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg Flag of New Zealand.svg Flag of Fiji.svg Flag of French Polynesia.svg Flag of Vanuatu.svg
1Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 5410213+1813Advance to final —— 1–0 6–1 9–0 —
2Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands 531196+310 2–2 —————
3Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 5302175+129— 3–0 —— 10–0 —
4Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 5113310−74— 1–2 0–2 —— 1–0
5Flag of French Polynesia.svg  Tahiti 5113224−224— 0–4 — 0–0 — 2–1
6Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu 510459−43 0–3 0–1 4–2 ———
Source: [1]
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Final

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Solomon Islands  Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg1–11Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 1–5 0–6

Australia and the Solomon Islands progressed to the final stage.

Final round

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg9–1Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands 7–02–1
Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg7–0Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands
Culina Soccerball shade.svg20'
Viduka Soccerball shade.svg36', 43'
Cahill Soccerball shade.svg57'
Chipperfield Soccerball shade.svg64'
Thompson Soccerball shade.svg68'
Emerton Soccerball shade.svg89'		 Report
Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia)
Solomon Islands  Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg1–2Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Fa'arodo Soccerball shade.svg49' (pen.) [2] Report Thompson Soccerball shade.svg19'
Emerton Soccerball shade.svg58'
Lawson Tama, Honiara
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Shamsul Maidin (Singapore)
Australia won 9–1 on aggregate and advanced to the CONMEBOL–OFC play-off against Uruguay.

Inter-confederation play-offs

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 scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Uruguay  Flag of Uruguay.svg1–1 (2–4 p)Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 1–0 0–1 (a.e.t.)

Qualified teams

The following team from OFC qualified for the final tournament.

TeamQualified asQualified onPrevious appearances in FIFA World Cup 1
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia CONMEBOL-OFC play-off winners16 November 20051 (1974)
1Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Top goalscorers

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

  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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