2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC third round

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The AFC third round of 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification began on 9 February 2005 and finished on 17 August 2005.

Format

The 8 group-winners from the previous round were split into two groups of four teams each – with all teams playing home and away against each of the other three teams in the group.^[1]

The top two teams in each group qualified for the 2006 FIFA World Cup.^[1]

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Saudi Arabia	6	4	2	0	10	1	+9	14	2006 FIFA World Cup	—	2–0	3–0	3–0
2	South Korea	6	3	1	2	9	5	+4	10	2006 FIFA World Cup	0–1	—	2–1	2–0
3	Uzbekistan	6	1	2	3	7	11	−4	5	Fourth round	1–1	1–1	—	3–2
4	Kuwait	6	1	1	4	4	13	−9	4		0–0	0–4	2–1	—

Source: ^[2]
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

9 February 2005

South Korea	2–0	Kuwait
Lee Dong-gook 23' Lee Young-pyo 81'	Report

Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul

Attendance: 53,287

Referee: Shamsul Maidin (Singapore)

9 February 2005

Uzbekistan	1–1	Saudi Arabia
Soliev 90+3'	Report	Al-Jaber 77'

Pakhtakor Stadium, Tashkent

Attendance: 45,000

Referee: Toru Kamikawa (Japan)

25 March 2005

Saudi Arabia	2–0	South Korea
Khariri 29' Al-Qahtani 73' (pen.)	Report

Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium, Dammam

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia)

25 March 2005

Kuwait	2–1	Uzbekistan
Abdullah 7', 62'	Report	Geynrikh 77'

Kazma SC Stadium, Kuwait City

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Sun Baojie (China PR)

30 March 2005

Kuwait	0–0	Saudi Arabia
	Report

Kazma SC Stadium, Kuwait City

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Masoud Moradi (Iran)

30 March 2005

South Korea	2–1	Uzbekistan
Lee Young-pyo 55' Lee Dong-gook 62'	Report	Geynrikh 79'

Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul

Attendance: 62,857

Referee: Tallat Najm (Lebanon)

3 June 2005

Saudi Arabia	3–0	Kuwait
Al-Shalhoub 19', 49' Al-Harthi 83'	Report

King Fahd Stadium, Riyadh

Attendance: 72,000

Referee: Toru Kamikawa (Japan)

3 June 2005

Uzbekistan	1–1	South Korea
Shatskikh 62'	Report	Park Chu-young 90+1'

Pakhtakor Stadium, Tashkent

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Masoud Moradi (Iran)

8 June 2005

Kuwait	0–4	South Korea
	Report	Park Chu-young 19' Lee Dong-gook 29' (pen.) Chung Kyung-ho 55' Park Ji-sung 61'

Kazma SC Stadium, Kuwait City

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Adunyachart Khanthama (Thailand)

8 June 2005

Saudi Arabia	3–0	Uzbekistan
Al-Jaber 8', 60' Al-Harthi 87'	Report

King Fahd Stadium, Riyadh

Attendance: 72,000

Referee: Huang Junjie (China PR)

17 August 2005

South Korea	0–1	Saudi Arabia
	Report	Al-Anbar 5'

Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul

Attendance: 61,586

Referee: Chaiwat Kunsuta (Thailand)

17 August 2005

Uzbekistan	3–2	Kuwait
Djeparov 41' (pen.) Shatskikh 62' Soliev 76'	Report	Al-Mutawa 16' Abdullah 31'

Pakhtakor Stadium, Tashkent

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia)

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Japan	6	5	0	1	9	4	+5	15	2006 FIFA World Cup	—	2–1	1–0	2–1
2	Iran	6	4	1	1	7	3	+4	13	2006 FIFA World Cup	2–1	—	1–0	1–0
3	Bahrain	6	1	1	4	4	7	−3	4	Fourth round	0–1	0–0	—	2–3
4	North Korea	6	1	0	5	5	11	−6	3		0–2	0–2	1–2	—

Source: ^[2]
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

9 February 2005

Japan	2–1	North Korea
Ogasawara 4' Oguro 90+1'	Report	Nam Song-Chol 61'

Saitama Stadium, Saitama

Attendance: 60,000

Referee: Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)

9 February 2005

Bahrain	0–0	Iran
	Report

Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia)

25 March 2005

North Korea	1–2	Bahrain
Pak Song-Gwan 63'	Report	Ali 7', 58'

Kim Il Sung Stadium, Pyongyang

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: Mongkol Rungklay (Thailand)

25 March 2005

Iran	2–1	Japan
Hashemian 13', 75'	Report	Fukunishi 66'

Azadi Stadium, Tehran

Attendance: 110,000

Referee: Shamsul Maidin (Singapore)

30 March 2005

North Korea	0–2	Iran
	Report	Mahdavikia 34' Nekounam 79'

Kim Il Sung Stadium, Pyongyang

Attendance: 55,000

Referee: Mohammed Kousa (Syria)

30 March 2005

Japan	1–0	Bahrain
Salmeen 72' (o.g.)	Report

Saitama Stadium, Saitama

Attendance: 67,549

Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

3 June 2005

Iran	1–0	North Korea
Rezaei 45'	Report

Azadi Stadium, Tehran

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)

3 June 2005

Bahrain	0–1	Japan
	Report	Ogasawara 34'

Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa

Attendance: 32,000

Referee: Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia)

8 June 2005

Iran	1–0	Bahrain
Nosrati 48'	Report

Azadi Stadium, Tehran

Attendance: 80,000

Referee: Kwon Jong-Chul (Korea Republic)

Note: This match was used as backdrop for the 2006 Iranian film Offside.

8 June 2005

North Korea	0–2	Japan
	Report	Yanagisawa 67' Oguro 89'

Suphachalasai Stadium, Bangkok (Thailand)

Attendance: 0

Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)

Note: Since there were crowd troubles in the previous two North Korea's home matches,^[3] FIFA decided that the next one North Korea's home match be moved to a neutral venue (Thailand) and played behind closed doors.^[4]

17 August 2005

Japan	2–1	Iran
Kaji 28' Oguro 76'	Report	Daei 79' (pen.)

International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama

Attendance: 66,098

Referee: Qasem Shaban (Kuwait)

17 August 2005

Bahrain	2–3	North Korea
Isa 49' Ali 54'	Report	Choe Chol-Man 28' Kim Chol-Ho 43' An Chol-Hyok 90'

Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Shamsul Maidin (Singapore)

Goalscorers

There were 55 goals scored in 24 matches, for an average of 2.29 goals per match.

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Mohamed Salmeen (against Japan)

References

1 2 3 "World Cup 2006 Qualifying". RSSSF.com. 26 November 2009. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
1 2 "2006 FIFA World Cup Germany Preliminaries: Asian Zone". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 11 January 2008. Retrieved 11 January 2008.
↑ "FIFA decision on N Korea on April 29". The-AFC.com. 27 April 2005. Retrieved 3 October 2011.
↑ "FIFA.com - Korea DPR to play Japan in Thailand". FIFA.com. 9 May 2005. Archived from the original on 23 January 2013. Retrieved 3 October 2011.

External links

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

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[rsssf-1] 1 2 3 "World Cup 2006 Qualifying". RSSSF.com. 26 November 2009. Retrieved 16 July 2021.

[asianzone-2] 1 2 "2006 FIFA World Cup Germany Preliminaries: Asian Zone". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 11 January 2008. Retrieved 11 January 2008.

[3] "FIFA decision on N Korea on April 29". The-AFC.com. 27 April 2005. Retrieved 3 October 2011.

[fifa-decision-4] "FIFA.com - Korea DPR to play Japan in Thailand". FIFA.com. 9 May 2005. Archived from the original on 23 January 2013. Retrieved 3 October 2011.

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2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC third round

Contents

Format

Group 1

Group 2

Goalscorers

References

External links