2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC second round

The AFC second round of 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification began on 18 February 2004 and finished on 17 November 2004.

The highest-ranked country in each group at the end of the stage progressed to the third round, where the eight remaining teams were divided into two groups of four.

Format

The 32 teams (25 teams given a bye directly to the second round and 7 winners from the preliminaries) were split into eight groups of four teams each – with all teams playing home and away against each of the other three teams in the group.

The highest-ranked team in each group qualified for the third round.

Seeding

Pot A	Pot B	Pot C	Pot D
South Korea   Japan   China   Saudi Arabia   Iran   United Arab Emirates   Bahrain   Uzbekistan	Qatar   Iraq   Oman   Thailand   Syria   Lebanon   Kuwait   Indonesia	Turkmenistan   Yemen   India   Vietnam   Jordan   Palestine   Malaysia   Kyrgyzstan	Hong Kong   Maldives   Sri Lanka   Laos   Tajikistan   Singapore   Chinese Taipei   North Korea

Schedule

Matchday	Date	Fixtures
Matchday 1	18 February 2004	1 v 2, 3 v 4
Matchday 2	31 March 2004	4 v 1, 3 v 2
Matchday 3	9–10 June 2004	1 v 3, 2 v 4
Matchday 4	8 September 2004	3 v 1, 4 v 2
Matchday 5	9–14 October 2004	2 v 1, 4 v 3
Matchday 6	16–17 November 2004	1 v 4, 2 v 3

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Iran	6	5	0	1	22	4	+18	15	Third round		—	0–1	3–1	7–0
2	Jordan	6	4	0	2	10	6	+4	12			0–2	—	1–0	5–0
3	Qatar	6	3	0	3	16	8	+8	9			2–3	2–0	—	5–0
4	Laos	6	0	0	6	3	33	−30	0			0–7	2–3	1–6	—

Source: ^[1]
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

18 February 2004

16:00

Jordan	5–0	Laos
Aqel 40' Shelbaieh 45' Al-Shagran 63' Ragheb 90' Shehdeh 90+2'	Report

Amman International Stadium, Amman

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Sultan Al Mozahmi (Oman)

18 February 2004

19:00

Iran	3–1	Qatar
Vahedi 8' Mahdavikia 44' Daei 62' (pen.)	Report	Hamzah 70'

Azadi Stadium, Tehran

Attendance: 0 (as punishment for violence in an Asian Cup qualifier against North Korea in 12 November 2003)

Referee: Khader Haj Khader (Syria)

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31 March 2004

17:00

Laos	0–7	Iran
	Report	Daei 9', 17' Enayati 32', 36' Khouphachansy 54' (o.g.) Taghipour 68', 83'

Laos National Stadium, Vientiane

Attendance: 7,000

Referee: Yang Mu Sheng (Chinese Taipei)

31 March 2004

18:30

Jordan	1–0	Qatar
Salim 70'	Report

Amman International Stadium, Amman

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Qasem Shaban (Kuwait)

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9 June 2004

18:30

Iran	0–1	Jordan
	Report	Al-Shboul 83'

Azadi Stadium, Tehran

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Toru Kamikawa (Japan)

9 June 2004

19:30

Qatar	5–0	Laos
Mustafa 17', 37' Jassem 69', 86' Bechir 89'	Report

Al-Gharafa Stadium, Doha

Attendance: 500

Referee: Naji Abu Armana (Palestine)

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8 September 2004

17:00

Laos	1–6	Qatar
Chanthalome 88'	Report	Rizik 36' Kamil 42' Bechir 50' Hamzah 70' Abdullah 86' Al-Shammari 89'

Laos National Stadium, Vientiane

Attendance: 2,900

Referee: Jimmy Napitupulu (Indonesia)

8 September 2004

20:00

Jordan	0–2	Iran
	Report	Vahedi 80' Daei 91'

Amman International Stadium, Amman

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Lu Jun (China PR)

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13 October 2004

17:00

Laos	2–3	Jordan
Phaphouvanin 13' Thongphachan 53'	Report	Al-Maharmeh 28' Al-Shagran 73', 76'

Laos National Stadium, Vientiane

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Ram Gosh (Bangladesh)

13 October 2004

19:30

Qatar	2–3	Iran
Mohammed 18' Golmohammadi 75' (o.g.)	Report	Hashemian 9', 89' Borhani 78'

Al-Gharafa Stadium, Doha

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Kwon Jong-chul (Korea Republic)

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17 November 2004

19:00

Qatar	2–0	Jordan
Al-Mal 60' Al Khater 75'	Report

Al-Gharafa Stadium, Doha

Attendance: 800

Referee: Toshimitsu Yoshida (Japan)

17 November 2004

19:30

Iran	7–0	Laos
Daei 8', 20', 28', 58' Nekounam 63', 72' Borhani 69'	Report

Azadi Stadium, Tehran

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Mamed Mamedov (Turkmenistan)

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Uzbekistan	6	5	1	0	16	3	+13	16	Third round		—	1–1	3–0	6–1
2	Iraq	6	3	2	1	17	7	+10	11			1–2	—	4–1	6–1
3	Palestine	6	2	1	3	11	11	0	7			0–3	1–1	—	8–0
4	Chinese Taipei	6	0	0	6	3	26	−23	0			0–1	1–4	0–1	—

Source: ^[1]
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

18 February 2004

17:00

Uzbekistan	1–1	Iraq
Soliev 78'	Report	Salah 57'

Pakhtakor Markaziy Stadium, Tashkent

Attendance: 24,000

Referee: Suresh Srinivasan (India)

18 February 2004

18:30

Palestine	8–0	Chinese Taipei
Al-Kord 10' Habaib 20', 32' Atura 43' Kettlun 52', 86' Amer 76' Keshkesh 82'	Report

Al-Wakrah Stadium, Al Wakrah, Qatar

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Mukhtar Al Yarimi (Yemen)

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31 March 2004

15:00

Chinese Taipei	0–1	Uzbekistan
	Report	Koshelev 59'

Chungshan Soccer Stadium, Taipei

Attendance: 2,500

Referee: Setiyono Midi Nitrorejo (Indonesia)

31 March 2004

17:05

Palestine	1–1	Iraq
Kettlun 72'	Report	Farhan 20'

Al-Wakrah Stadium, Al Wakrah, Qatar

Attendance: 500

Referee: Hassan Al Shoufi (Syria)

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9 June 2004

18:00

Iraq	6–1	Chinese Taipei
Farhan 2', 14' Fawzi 18' Mnajed 50', 85' Swadi 68'	Report	Huang 57'

Amman International Stadium, Amman, Jordan

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Jassim Al Hail (Qatar)

9 June 2004

19:00

Uzbekistan	3–0	Palestine
Ashurmatov 6' Shishelov 42' Djeparov 89'	Report

Pakhtakor Markaziy Stadium, Tashkent

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Masoud Moradi (Iran)

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8 September 2004

15:00

Chinese Taipei	1–4	Iraq
Huang 82'	Report	Sadir 4', 43' Attiya 75' Mahmoud 86'

Chungshan Soccer Stadium, Taipei

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Purushothaman Baskar (India)

8 September 2004

18:30

Palestine	0–3	Uzbekistan
	Report	Qosimov 9' Djeparov 32' Bikmoev 78'

Umm-Affai Stadium, Ar Rayyan, Qatar

Attendance: 400

Referee: Shamsul Maidin (Singapore)

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13 October 2004

18:00

Iraq	1–2	Uzbekistan
Munir 29'	Report	Shatskikh 10' Geynrikh 22'

Amman International Stadium, Amman, Jordan

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Shamsul Maidin (Singapore)

14 October 2004

16:00

Chinese Taipei	0–1	Palestine
	Report	Amer 90+4'

Chungshan Soccer Stadium, Taipei

Attendance: 500

Referee: Riyaz Rasheed (Maldives)

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16 November 2004

19:30

Iraq	4–1	Palestine
Munir 54', 58' Mohammed 65' Akram 70'	Report	Zatara 71'

Al-Gharafa Stadium, Doha, Qatar

Attendance: 500

Referee: Ali Al Mutlaq (Saudi Arabia)

17 November 2004

16:00

Uzbekistan	6–1	Chinese Taipei
Geynrikh 5' Qosimov 12', 45', 85' Shatskikh 18' Koshelev 34'	Report	Huang 64'

Pakhtakor Markaziy Stadium, Tashkent

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Muhsen Basma (Syria)

Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Japan	6	6	0	0	16	1	+15	18	Third round		—	1–0	7–0	1–0
2	Oman	6	3	1	2	14	3	+11	10			0–1	—	0–0	7–0
3	India	6	1	1	4	2	18	−16	4			0–4	1–5	—	1–0
4	Singapore	6	1	0	5	3	13	−10	3			1–2	0–2	2–0	—

Source: ^[1]
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

18 February 2004

16:00

India	1–0	Singapore
Renedy 50'	Report

Fatorda Stadium, Margao

Attendance: 28,000

Referee: Farajollah Yasrebi (Iran)

18 February 2004

19:20

Japan	1–0	Oman
Kubo 90+2'	Report

Saitama Stadium, Saitama

Attendance: 60,270

Referee: Halim Abdul Hamid (Malaysia)

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31 March 2004

17:45

India	1–5	Oman
Renedy 18'	Report	Amad Ali 12' Ahmed Mubarak 26', 49' Al-Hinai 60', 88'

Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Kochi

Attendance: 48,000

Referee: Danny Kim Heng (Malaysia)

31 March 2004

20:00

Singapore	1–2	Japan
Sahdan 62'	Report	Takahara 33' Fujita 81'

Jalan Besar Stadium, Singapore

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Bae Jae-yong (Korea Republic)

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9 June 2004

19:20

Japan	7–0	India
Kubo 12' Fukunishi 25' Nakamura 29' Suzuki 54' Nakazawa 65', 76' Ogasawara 68'	Report

Saitama Stadium, Saitama

Attendance: 63,000

Referee: Huang Junjie (China PR)

9 June 2004

19:45

Oman	7–0	Singapore
Al-Maimani 9', 44', 64', 86' Ayil 25', 53' Al-Mukhaini 39'	Report

Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Abdulhameed Ebrahim (Bahrain)

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8 September 2004

17:30

India	0–4	Japan
	Report	Suzuki 45' Ono 60' Fukunishi 71' Miyamoto 87'

Yuva Bharati Krirangan, Bidhannagar

Attendance: 90,000

Referee: Basel Hajjar (Syria)

8 September 2004

19:30

Singapore	0–2	Oman
	Report	Shaaban 3' Ali 82'

Jalan Besar Stadium, Singapore

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Deshapryia Arambekade (Sri Lanka)

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13 October 2004

18:30

Oman	0–1	Japan
	Report	Suzuki 52'

Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Lu Jun (China PR)

13 October 2004

19:30

Singapore	2–0	India
Sahdan 73' Amri 76'	Report

Jalan Besar Stadium, Singapore

Attendance: 3,609

Referee: Yousuf Husain (Bahrain)

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17 November 2004

18:00

Oman	0–0	India
	Report

Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Mahmoud Nurilddin (Iraq)

17 November 2004

19:20

Japan	1–0	Singapore
Tamada 13'	Report

Saitama Stadium, Saitama

Attendance: 58,881

Referee: Mohsen Torky (Iran)

Group 4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Kuwait	6	5	0	1	15	2	+13	15	Third round		—	1–0	4–0	6–1
2	China	6	5	0	1	14	1	+13	15			1–0	—	7–0	4–0
3	Hong Kong	6	2	0	4	5	15	−10	6			0–2	0–1	—	2–0
4	Malaysia	6	0	0	6	2	18	−16	0			0–2	0–1	1–3	—

Source: ^[1]
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

18 February 2004

19:30

China	1–0	Kuwait
Hao Haidong 75'	Report

Tianhe Stadium, Guangzhou

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: Dmitriy Roman (Uzbekistan)

18 February 2004

20:45

Malaysia	1–3	Hong Kong
Talib 39' (pen.)	Report	Ng Wai Chiu 17' Chu Siu Kei 84' Kwok Yue Hung 90+3'

Darulmakmur Stadium, Kuantan

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Santhan Nagalingam (Singapore)

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31 March 2004

20:00

Hong Kong	0–1	China
	Report	Hao Haidong 71'

Siu Sai Wan Sports Ground, Hong Kong

Attendance: 9,000

Referee: Mongkol Rungklay (Thailand)

31 March 2004

20:45

Malaysia	0–2	Kuwait
	Report	Al-Mutawa 75' Al Harbi 87'

Darulmakmur Stadium, Kuantan

Attendance: 9,327

Referee: Kazuhiko Matsumura (Japan)

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9 June 2004

19:30

China	4–0	Malaysia
Hao Haidong 43' Sun Jihai 62' Li Xiaopeng 66', 76'	Report

TEDA Football Stadium, Tianjin

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Park Sang-gu (Korea Republic)

9 June 2004

20:30

Kuwait	4–0	Hong Kong
Seraj 12' Al-Mutawa 38' Neda 45' Al-Salamah 75'	Report

Kazma SC Stadium, Kuwait City

Attendance: 9,000

Referee: Tallat Najm (Lebanon)

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8 September 2004

20:00

Hong Kong	0–2	Kuwait
	Report	Neda 38' Humaidan 70'

Siu Sai Wan Sports Ground, Hong Kong

Attendance: 1,500

Referee: Emil Busurmankulov (Kyrgyzstan)

8 September 2004

20:45

Malaysia	0–1	China
	Report	Li Jinyu 67'

City Stadium, Penang

Attendance: 14,000

Referee: Jasim Abdul Karim (Bahrain)

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13 October 2004

19:00

Kuwait	1–0	China
Ali 47'	Report

Kazma SC Stadium, Kuwait City

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Chaiwat Kunsuta (Thailand)

13 October 2004

20:00

Hong Kong	2–0	Malaysia
Chu Siu Kei 5' Wong Chun Yue 51'	Report

Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong

Attendance: 2,425

Referee: Radwan Ghandour (Lebanon)

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17 November 2004

16:00

Kuwait	6–1	Malaysia
Al-Mutawa 17' Abdullah 60', 70' Laheeb 75', 85' Al Hamad 82'	Report	Yahyah 19'

Kazma SC Stadium, Kuwait City

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Nail Lutfullin (Uzbekistan)

17 November 2004

21:00

China	7–0	Hong Kong
Li Jinyu 8', 47' Shao Jiayi 42', 44' Xu Yunlong 49' Yu Genwei 88' Li Weifeng 90+2'	Report

Tianhe Stadium, Guangzhou

Attendance: 20,300

Referee: Lee Jong-kuk (Korea Republic)

Group 5

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	North Korea	6	3	2	1	11	5	+6	11	Third round		—	0–0	4–1	2–1
2	United Arab Emirates	6	3	1	2	6	6	0	10			1–0	—	1–0	3–0
3	Thailand	6	2	1	3	9	10	−1	7			1–4	3–0	—	1–1
4	Yemen	6	1	2	3	6	11	−5	5			1–1	3–1	0–3	—

Source: ^[1]
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

18 February 2004

16:00

Yemen	1–1	North Korea
Al Selwi 73'	Report	Hong Yong-jo 85'

Althawra Sports City Stadium, Sana'a

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Yousuf Husain (Bahrain)

18 February 2004

19:15

United Arab Emirates	1–0	Thailand
Rashid 22'	Report

Sheikh Khalifa International Stadium, Al Ain

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Sun Baojie (China PR)

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31 March 2004

16:00

Yemen	0–3	Thailand
	Report	Chaikamdee 69' Surasiang 71' Senamuang 88'

Althawra Sports City Stadium, Sana'a

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Mohammad Mansour (Lebanon)

31 March 2004

16:00

North Korea	0–0	United Arab Emirates
	Report

Kim Il-sung Stadium, Pyongyang

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Zhou Weixin (China PR)

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9 June 2004

19:00

Thailand	1–4	North Korea
Senamuang 51'	Report	Kim Yong-su 42', 71' Sin Yong-nam 52' Hong Yong-jo 67'

Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Vladislav Tseytlin (Uzbekistan)

9 June 2004

20:00

United Arab Emirates	3–0	Yemen
Abdulrahman 24' Omer 28', 73'	Report

Sheikh Khalifa International Stadium, Al Ain

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Allabergen Sapaev (Turkmenistan)

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8 September 2004

16:00

Yemen	3–1	United Arab Emirates
Al Nono 22', 77' Abduljabar 49'	Report	Omer 26'

Althawra Sports City Stadium, Sana'a

Attendance: 17,000

Referee: Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)

8 September 2004

16:00

North Korea	4–1	Thailand
An Yong-hak 49', 73' Hong Yong-jo 55' Ri Hyok-chol 60'	Report	Suksomkit 72'

Yanggakdo Stadium, Pyongyang

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Masoud Moradi (Iran)

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13 October 2004

15:30

North Korea	2–1	Yemen
Ri Han-jae 1' Hong Yong-jo 64'	Report	Jaber 76'

Yanggakdo Stadium, Pyongyang

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Võ Minh Trí (Vietnam)

13 October 2004

19:00

Thailand	3–0	United Arab Emirates
Jakapong 10' Nanok 30' Chaiman 67'	Report

Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Yuichi Nishimura (Japan)

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17 November 2004

18:30

United Arab Emirates	1–0	North Korea
Obaid 58'	Report

Al-Rashid Stadium, Dubai

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Halim Abdul Hamid (Malaysia)

17 November 2004

19:00

Thailand	1–1	Yemen
Siriwong 90+5'	Report	Al-Shehri 69'

Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Purushothaman Baskar (India)

Group 6

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Bahrain	6	4	2	0	15	4	+11	14	Third round		—	2–1	4–0	5–0
2	Syria	6	2	2	2	7	7	0	8			2–2	—	2–1	0–1
3	Tajikistan	6	2	1	3	5	9	−4	7			0–0	0–1	—	2–1
4	Kyrgyzstan	6	1	1	4	5	12	−7	4			1–2	1–1	1–2	—

Source: ^[1]
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

18 February 2004

15:00

Kyrgyzstan	1–2	Tajikistan
Berezovsky 12'	Report	Burkhanov 31', 53'

Spartak Stadium, Bishkek

Attendance: 14,000

Referee: Nail Lutfullin (Uzbekistan)

18 February 2004

18:30

Bahrain	2–1	Syria
A. Hubail 64', 73'	Report	Sheikh Al-Eshreh 80'

Al Muharraq Stadium, Arad

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Adunyachart Khanthama (Thailand)

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31 March 2004

16:00

Kyrgyzstan	1–1	Syria
Ishenbaev 55'	Report	Kailouni 86'

Spartak Stadium, Bishkek

Attendance: 17,000

Referee: Praveer Bose (India)

31 March 2004

16:00

Tajikistan	0–0	Bahrain
	Report

Pamir Stadium, Dushanbe

Attendance: 17,000

Referee: Shamsul Maidin (Singapore)

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9 June 2004

19:15

Bahrain	5–0	Kyrgyzstan
A. Hubail 12', 45', 60' Ali 66' Abdulla 82'	Report

Al Muharraq Stadium, Arad

Attendance: 2,800

Referee: Mohamed Al Saeedi (United Arab Emirates)

10 June 2004

17:15

Syria	2–1	Tajikistan
Al Rashed 76' Rafe 80'	Report	Kholmatov 35'

Khaled bin Walid Stadium, Homs

Attendance: 18,000

Referee: Saad Kamil Al-Fadhli (Kuwait)

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8 September 2004

16:00

Tajikistan	0–1	Syria
	Report	Rafe 35'

Pamir Stadium, Dushanbe

Attendance: 18,000

Referee: Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia)

8 September 2004

17:00

Kyrgyzstan	1–2	Bahrain
Kenjisariev 86'	Report	Ali 23' M. Hubail 58'

Spartak Stadium, Bishkek

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Mongkol Rungklay (Thailand)

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13 October 2004

15:00

Tajikistan	2–1	Kyrgyzstan
Rabiev 19' Hakimov 37'	Report	Chikishev 84'

Pamir Stadium, Dushanbe

Attendance: 11,000

Referee: Naser Al Enezi (Kuwait)

13 October 2004

18:00

Syria	2–2	Bahrain
Sheikh Al-Eshreh 12' Al Hussain 18'	Report	Mahfoodh 27' Yousef 90+2'

Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Masoud Moradi (Iran)

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17 November 2004

17:00

Syria	0–1	Kyrgyzstan
	Report	Amin 47'

Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Satop Tongkhan (Thailand)

17 November 2004

18:00

Bahrain	4–0	Tajikistan
Yousef 9' Husain 41' M. Hubail 42', 77'	Report

Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Sun Baojie (China PR)

Group 7

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Korea	6	4	2	0	9	2	+7	14	Third round		—	2–0	2–0	2–0
2	Lebanon	6	3	2	1	11	5	+6	11			1–1	—	0–0	3–0
3	Vietnam	6	1	1	4	5	9	−4	4			1–2	0–2	—	4–0
4	Maldives	6	1	1	4	5	14	−9	4			0–0	2–5	3–0	—

Source: ^[1]
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

18 February 2004

17:00

Vietnam	4–0	Maldives
Phan Văn Tài Em 9', 60' Nguyễn Minh Hải 13' Phạm Văn Quyến 80' (pen.)	Report

Mỹ Đình National Stadium, Hanoi

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Fong Yau Fat Jame (Hong Kong)

18 February 2004

19:00

South Korea	2–0	Lebanon
Cha Du-ri 32' Cho Byung-kuk 51'	Report

Suwon World Cup Stadium, Suwon

Attendance: 22,000

Referee: Maugeb Al Dosari (Saudi Arabia)

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31 March 2004

16:00

Maldives	0–0	South Korea
	Report

Rasmee Dhandu Stadium, Malé

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Anura de Silva Vidanagamage (Sri Lanka)

31 March 2004

17:00

Vietnam	0–2	Lebanon
	Report	R. Antar 83' Hamieh 88'

Chùa Cuõi Stadium, Nam Định

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

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9 June 2004

19:00

South Korea	2–0	Vietnam
Ahn Jung-hwan 29' Kim Do-heon 61'	Report

Daejeon World Cup Stadium, Daejeon

Attendance: 40,019

Referee: Omer Al Mehannah (Saudi Arabia)

9 June 2004

20:30

Lebanon	3–0	Maldives
Zein 21' R. Antar 87' Nasseredine 93'	Report

Beirut Municipal Stadium, Beirut

Attendance: 18,000

Referee: Mahmoud Nurilddin (Iraq)

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8 September 2004

16:00

Maldives	2–5	Lebanon
Fazeel 79' Umar 88'	Report	Nasseredine 4', 58' F. Antar 44' Chahoud 63' R. Antar 75'

Rasmee Dhandu Stadium, Malé

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Hassan Al Ajmi (Oman)

8 September 2004

17:00

Vietnam	1–2	South Korea
Phan Văn Tài Em 49'	Report	Lee Dong-gook 63' Lee Chun-soo 76'

Thống Nhất Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Toshimitsu Yoshida (Japan)

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13 October 2004

15:45

Maldives	3–0	Vietnam
Thariq 29' Ashfaq 68', 85'	Report

Rasmee Dhandu Stadium, Malé

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Rizwan Haq (India)

13 October 2004

18:00

Lebanon	1–1	South Korea
Nasseredine 28'	Report	Choi Jin-cheul 8'

Beirut Municipal Stadium, Beirut

Attendance: 21,000

Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

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17 November 2004

18:00

Lebanon	0–0	Vietnam
	Report

Beirut Municipal Stadium, Beirut

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Abdulhameed Ebrahim (Bahrain)

17 November 2004

20:00

South Korea	2–0	Maldives
Kim Do-heon 66' Lee Dong-gook 80'	Report

Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul

Attendance: 64,000

Referee: Subash Lazar (Singapore)

Group 8

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Saudi Arabia	6	6	0	0	14	1	+13	18	Third round		—	3–0	3–0	3–0
2	Turkmenistan	6	2	1	3	8	10	−2	7			0–1	—	3–1	2–0
3	Indonesia	6	2	1	3	8	12	−4	7			1–3	3–1	—	1–0
4	Sri Lanka	6	0	2	4	4	11	−7	2			0–1	2–2	2–2	—

Source: ^[1]
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

18 February 2004

20:15

Saudi Arabia	3–0	Indonesia
Sowed 4', 39' Al-Qahtani 45'	Report

King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Naser Al Ghafary (Jordan)

18 February 2004

19:00

Turkmenistan	2–0	Sri Lanka
Öwekow 40' N. Baýramow 56'	Report

Köpetdag Stadium, Ashgabat

Attendance: 11,000

Referee: Abdulla Al Banai (United Arab Emirates)

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31 March 2004

19:00

Turkmenistan	3–1	Indonesia
W. Baýramow 10', 74' Kulyýew 35'	Report	Budi Sudarsono 30'

Olympic Stadium, Ashgabat

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Muhammad Sahib (Iraq)

31 March 2004

18:30

Sri Lanka	0–1	Saudi Arabia
	Report	Sowed 51'

Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Kadyrbek Chynybekov (Kyrgyzstan)

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9 June 2004

21:00

Saudi Arabia	3–0	Turkmenistan
Al-Meshal 27', 45' Noor 32'	Report

King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Adunyachart Khanthama (Thailand)

9 June 2004

19:00

Indonesia	1–0	Sri Lanka
Aiboy 30'	Report

Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Ibrahim Nesar (Bangladesh)

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8 September 2004

18:30

Sri Lanka	2–2	Indonesia
Steinwall 81' Karunaratne 82'	Report	Ilham 8' Sofyan 51'

Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Marshoud Hassan (Jordan)

8 September 2004

19:00

Turkmenistan	0–1	Saudi Arabia
	Report	Al-Qahtani 47'

Olympic Stadium, Ashgabat

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Kwon Jong-chul (Korea Republic)

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9 October 2004

19:00

Sri Lanka	2–2	Turkmenistan
Perera 47' Mudyanselage 57'	Report	D. Baýramow 20' Nazarow 70'

Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Al Bannai Abdulla (United Arab Emirates)

12 October 2004

19:30

Indonesia	1–3	Saudi Arabia
Ilham 50'	Report	Al-Meshal 9' Abdulghani 13' Al-Qahtani 80'

Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia)

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17 November 2004

19:30

Indonesia	3–1	Turkmenistan
Ilham 20', 47', 59'	Report	Durdyýew 25'

Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Shaban Qasem (Kuwait)

17 November 2004

20:00

Saudi Arabia	3–0	Sri Lanka
Al-Harthi 6' Al-Shalhoub 45' (pen.) Fallata 65'	Report

Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium, Dammam

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Muflah Mohamed (Oman)

Goalscorers

There were 297 goals scored in 96 matches, for an average of 3.09 goals per match.

8 goals

• Ali Daei

5 goals

• A'ala Hubail
• Ilham Jaya Kesuma

4 goals

• Ali Nasseredine
• Hong Yong-jo
• Badar Al-Maimani
• Mirjalol Qosimov

3 goals

• Mohamed Hubail
• Hao Haidong
• Li Jinyu
• Huang Wei-yi
• Razzaq Farhan
• Qusay Munir
• Takayuki Suzuki
• Badran Al-Shagran
• Bader Al-Mutawa
• Roda Antar
• Roberto Kettlun
• Talal Al-Meshal
• Yasser Al-Qahtani
• Ibrahim Sowed
• Mohamed Omer
• Phan Văn Tài Em

2 goals

• Husain Ali
• Talal Yousef
• Li Xiaopeng
• Shao Jiayi
• Chu Siu Kei
• Renedy Singh
• Arash Borhani
• Reza Enayati
• Vahid Hashemian
• Javad Nekounam
• Ebrahim Taghipour
• Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht
• Ahmad Mnajed
• Salih Sadir
• Takashi Fukunishi
• Tatsuhiko Kubo
• Yuji Nakazawa
• Bashar Abdullah
• Faraj Laheeb
• Musaed Neda
• Ali Ashfaq
• An Yong-hak
• Kim Yong-su
• Mohammed Al-Hinai
• Amad Ali
• Khalifa Ayil
• Ahmed Mubarak
• Taysir Amer
• Safwan Habaib
• Sayed Ali Bechir
• Waleed Hamzah
• Waleed Jassem
• Mubarak Mustafa
• Indra Sahdan Daud
• Kim Do-heon
• Lee Dong-gook
• Yousef Sheikh Al-Eshreh
• Raja Rafe
• Pirmurod Burkhanov
• Kiatisuk Senamuang
• Wladimir Baýramow
• Server Djeparov
• Alexander Geynrikh
• Leonid Koshelev
• Maksim Shatskikh
• Ali Al Nono

1 goal

• Mohamed Husain
• Sayed Mahfoodh
• Duaij Naser Abdulla
• Li Weifeng
• Sun Jihai
• Xu Yunlong
• Yu Genwei
• Wong Chun Yue
• Ng Wai Chiu
• Kwok Yue Hung
• Elie Aiboy
• Ismed Sofyan
• Budi Sudarsono
• Mehdi Mahdavikia
• Nashat Akram
• Saad Attiya
• Hussam Fawzi
• Younis Mahmoud
• Emad Mohammed
• Ahmad Salah Alwan
• Jassim Swadi
• Toshiya Fujita
• Tsuneyasu Miyamoto
• Shunsuke Nakamura
• Mitsuo Ogasawara
• Shinji Ono
• Naohiro Takahara
• Keiji Tamada
• Abdel-Hadi Al-Maharmeh
• Haitham Al-Shboul
• Hatem Aqel
• Awad Ragheb
• Mo'ayyad Salim
• Mustafa Shehdeh
• Mahmoud Shelbaieh
• Fahad Al Hamad
• Hamad Al Harbi
• Khalaf Al-Salamah
• Waleed Ali
• Nawaf Humaidan
• Hussain Seraj
• Vyacheslav Amin
• Valeri Berezovsky
• Sergey Chikishev
• Azamat Ishenbaev
• Emil Kenjisariev
• Phutthadavong Chanthalome
• Visay Phaphouvanin
• Sengphet Thongphachan
• Faisal Antar
• Mahmoud Chahoud
• Khaled Hamieh
• Haitham Zein
• Mohd Amri Yahyah
• Rosdi Talib
• Ibrahim Fazeel
• Ahmed Thoriq
• Ali Umar
• Ri Han-jae
• Ri Hyok-chol
• Sin Yong-nam
• Ahmed Hadid Al-Mukhaini
• Yousuf Shaaban
• Ziyad Al-Kord
• Francisco Atura
• Ahmed Keshkesh
• Imad Zatara
• Meshal Abdullah
• Nayef Mubarak Al-Khater
• Saad Al-Shammari
• Nasser Kamil Mubarak
• Bilal Mohammed
• Wesam Rizik
• Mohammed Salem Al-Mal
• Hussein Abdulghani
• Saad Al-Harthi
• Mohammad Al-Shalhoub
• Fahad Fallata
• Mohammed Noor
• Khairul Amri
• Ahn Jung-hwan
• Cha Du-ri
• Cho Byung-kuk
• Choi Jin-cheul
• Lee Chun-soo
• Chandradasa Karunaratne
• Rathnayake Mudyanselage
• Isuru Perera
• Dudley Steinwall
• Jehad Al Hussain
• Mohamad Yehya Al Rashed
• Meaataz Kailouni
• Mansurdzhon Hakimov
• Akmal Kholmatov
• Yusuf Rabiev
• Sarayoot Chaikamdee
• Therdsak Chaiman
• Nontapan Jeansatawong
• Anon Nanok
• Niweat Siriwong
• Sutee Suksomkit
• Nirut Surasiang
• Döwlet Baýramow
• Nazar Baýramow
• Gurbangeldi Durdyýew
• Begençmuhammet Kulyýew
• Artýom Nazarow
• Guwançmuhammet Öwekow
• Rashid Abdulrahman
• Saleh Obaid
• Mohamed Rashid
• Bakhtiyor Ashurmatov
• Marat Bikmoev
• Vladimir Shishelov
• Anvarjon Soliev
• Nguyễn Minh Hải
• Phạm Văn Quyến
• Radwan Abduljabar
• Akram Al-Selwi
• Saleh Al-Shehri
• Fathi Jaber

1 own goal

• Yahya Golmohammadi (against Qatar)
• Nitsavong Khoupachansy (against Iran)

References

1. "2006 FIFA World Cup Germany Preliminaries: Asian Zone". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 11 January 2008. Retrieved 11 January 2008.

External links

• 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) at RSSSF.com
• 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) at FIFA.com