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

The top two countries in each group at the end of the stage qualified for the 2006 FIFA World Cup, while the third-placed teams entered a play-off to determine an entrant for the play-off with the fifth-placed CONCACAF team.[1]

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
1  Saudi Arabia 6 4 2 0 10 1 +9 14 — 2–0 3–0 3–0
2  South Korea 6 3 1 2 9 5 +4 10 0–1 — 2–1 2–0
3  Uzbekistan 6 1 2 3 7 11 −4 5 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
South Korea 2–0 Kuwait
Lee Dong-Gook 23'
Lee Young-Pyo 81'		 Report
Attendance: 53,287
Uzbekistan 1–1 Saudi Arabia
Soliev 90+3' Report Al-Jaber 77'
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Toru Kamikawa (Japan)
Kuwait 2–1 Uzbekistan
Abdullah 7', 62' Report Geynrikh 77'
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Sun Baojie (China PR)
Kuwait 0–0 Saudi Arabia
Report
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Masoud Moradi (Iran)
South Korea 2–1 Uzbekistan
Lee Young-Pyo 55'
Lee Dong-Gook 62'		 Report Geynrikh 79'
Attendance: 62,857
Referee: Tallat Najm (Lebanon)
Saudi Arabia 3–0 Kuwait
Al-Shalhoub 19', 49'
Al-Harthi 83'		 Report
Attendance: 72,000
Referee: Toru Kamikawa (Japan)
Uzbekistan 1–1 South Korea
Shatskikh 62' Report Park Chu-Young 90+1'
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Masoud Moradi (Iran)
Kuwait 0–4 South Korea
Report Park Chu-Young 19'
Lee Dong-Gook 29' (pen.)
Chung Kyung-ho 55'
Park Ji-Sung 61'
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Adunyachart Khanthama (Thailand)
Saudi Arabia 3–0 Uzbekistan
Al-Jaber 8', 60'
Al-Harthi 87'		 Report
Attendance: 72,000
Referee: Huang Junjie (China PR)
South Korea 0–1 Saudi Arabia
Report Al-Anbar 5'
Attendance: 61,586
Referee: Chaiwat Kunsuta (Thailand)
Uzbekistan 3–2 Kuwait
Djeparov 41' (pen.)
Shatskikh 62'
Soliev 76'		 Report Al-Mutawa 16'
Abdullah 31'
Attendance: 40,000

Group 2

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Japan 6 5 0 1 9 4 +5 15 — 2–1 1–0 2–1
2  Iran 6 4 1 1 7 3 +4 13 2–1 — 1–0 1–0
3  Bahrain 6 1 1 4 4 7 −3 4 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
Japan 2–1 North Korea
Ogasawara 4'
Oguro 90+1'		 Report Nam Song-Chol 61'
Attendance: 60,000
Bahrain 0–0 Iran
Report
Attendance: 25,000
North Korea 1–2 Bahrain
Pak Song-Gwan 63' Report Ali 7', 58'
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Mongkol Rungklay (Thailand)
Iran 2–1 Japan
Hashemian 13', 75' Report Fukunishi 66'
Attendance: 110,000
North Korea 0–2 Iran
Report Mahdavikia 34'
Nekounam 79'
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Mohammed Kousa (Syria)
Japan 1–0 Bahrain
Salmeen 72' (o.g.) Report
Attendance: 67,549
Iran 1–0 North Korea
Rezaei 45' Report
Attendance: 35,000
Bahrain 0–1 Japan
Report Ogasawara 34'
Attendance: 32,000
Iran 1–0 Bahrain
Nosrati 48' Report
Attendance: 80,000

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

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]

Japan 2–1 Iran
Kaji 28'
Oguro 76'		 Report Daei 79' (pen.)
Attendance: 66,098
Referee: Qasem Shaban (Kuwait)
Bahrain 2–3 North Korea
Isa 49'
Ali 54'		 Report Choe Chol-Man 28'
Kim Chol-Ho 43'
An Chol-Hyok 90'
Attendance: 3,000

References

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