Football World Cup 2006 / qualification

The qualifying matches (referred to as preliminary round matches by FIFA ) for the 2006 World Cup took place from September 6, 2003 to November 16, 2005 .

Attendees

197 of the 204 associations organized within FIFA (not counting Germany as a qualified host) wanted to take part in the World Cup qualification; only Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Djibouti and Puerto Rico decided not to take part in the first place. In the end, 194 associations played around 31 starting places, as Guam, Nepal and the Central African Republic withdrew their entries before the first match day (but after the qualification groups had been drawn). The participation of 194 nations in the qualifying games is the previous record.

Germany , set as hosts, completed the field of finalists. All qualification options use either the championship or the cup system.

The 197 participants were divided among the six FIFA confederations as follows:

• 51 teams from Europe
• 10 teams from South America
• 34 teams from North and Central America
• 51 teams from Africa
• 39 teams from Asia
• 12 teams from Oceania

The draw for the qualification groups took place on December 5, 2003 in the Festhalle in Frankfurt am Main .

Qualified teams

Germany was set to host the 2006 World Cup finals . By decision of FIFA, the world champion also had to qualify, so that only the host is automatically represented at the tournament.

Four countries in the Asian World Cup qualification zone were the first nations to qualify for the 2006 World Cup. First, on June 8, 2005, the news came from Japan that the national team had bought the ticket for the World Cup in Germany. Just four hours later, Iran finally secured participation in the finals. Saudi Arabia and South Korea were added on the same day .

An early decision was also made in the South American qualification zone: Argentina qualified directly for the World Cup finals in Germany on June 9, 2005 by beating defending champions Brazil 3-1 .

On September 3, 2005, Ukraine became the first European country to participate in the finals through the qualifiers.

Qualified teams

Since the organizer Germany was directly qualified and the World Cup finals were held with 32 teams, 31 free places in the finals were available for the 194 participating teams; went away

13 to Europe	Netherlands	Ukraine	Portugal	France	Italy
	England	Poland	Serbia-Montenegro	Croatia	Sweden
	Czech Republic	Switzerland	Spain
4½ to South America	Brazil	Argentina	Paraguay	Ecuador
3½ to North and Central America	United States	Mexico	Costa Rica	Trinidad and Tobago *
5 to Africa	Togo	Ghana	Ivory Coast	Angola	Tunisia
4½ to Asia	Saudi Arabia	South Korea	Japan	Iran
½ to Oceania	Australia *		* qualified through intercontinental playoffs
1 to the host	Germany

Qualification mode

Qualification for the 2006 World Cup began on September 6, 2003. 197 of 204 associations had started qualifying for the World Cup, only 31 teams remained on November 16, 2005. Germany completed the field of 32 finalists.

In six zones, the continental federations of FIFA , the 31 participants were determined through more than 800 qualifying games, which, in addition to Germany, made up the starting field for the World Cup finals:

The UEFA had in the World Cup starting places thirteen plus hosts Germany. The winners of the eight qualifying groups and the two best runners-up went to the World Cup. The six remaining runners-up played on 12/16. November 2005 in three play-off games with two legs, the last three European representatives.

The CONMEBOL had four direct launch sites. Ten teams played against each other with a round trip, the best four were directly qualified for the World Cup. The fifth had to play in two qualifying matches against the winner from Oceania / OFC and thus had the opportunity to take part in the final round.

The CONCACAF had three direct launch sites. The teams had to prevail in three qualifying rounds. Twelve participants from the first round qualified for the second round. Then the game was continued in three groups of four. The first two in each group advanced to the third round. The six remaining teams played from February 9 to October 12, 2005 in a group against each other with a round trip. The three best qualified for the World Cup finals. The fourth still had the opportunity to qualify in play-off games (return leg) against the fifth from Asia / AFC .

The CAF had five starting places at the World Cup. Nine teams were set for qualification, plus 21 from a relegation. The total of 30 teams were divided into five groups of six, from which the respective group winners could qualify for the World Cup.

The AFC played with a total of 32 teams, which were divided into eight groups. The eight group winners were in the third round (February 9 to August 17, 2005). The group winners were divided into two groups of four, the first and the second of both groups went to Germany. The two thirds in the group determined who was allowed to play another World Cup participant against the fourth in the North and Central America qualifiers.

The OFC did not have a direct starting place. Therefore it was possible that no team from the countries around the fifth continent took part in the World Cup. Six teams remained after the first round. They played an everyone-versus-everyone round. The first and second place players competed against each other on September 3 and 7, 2005 in the play-off (return leg). The winner then met the fifth from South America (also in the two legs) - the winner from this encounter qualified for the World Cup finals .

European Zone / UEFA

Game mode: The game was played in eight groups (3 groups with 7 and 5 groups with 6 teams), each against each other in return matches. The eight group winners and the two best runners-up qualified for the 2006 finals. The remaining six runners-up played the remaining three places in three pairings with a return leg. To determine the best runners-up in the group, only the games that the runner-up had played against the teams in places 1 and 3 to 6 were counted.

Status after the play-off games: Ukraine, the Netherlands, Italy, Poland, England, Croatia, Portugal, France, Sweden and Serbia-Montenegro qualified directly for the World Cup. The last three European World Cup participants - Spain, the Czech Republic and Switzerland - were determined in play-off games:

Overview

Group 1	Group 2	Group 3	Group 4
1. Netherlands *	1. Ukraine *	1. Portugal *	1. France *
2. Czech Republic *	2. Turkey	2. Slovakia	2. Switzerland *
3. Romania	3. Denmark	3. Russia	3. Israel
4. Finland	4. Greece	4. Estonia	4. Ireland
5. Macedonia	5. Albania	5. Latvia	5. Cyprus
6. Armenia	6. Georgia	6. Liechtenstein	6. Faroe Islands
7. Andorra	7. Kazakhstan	7. Luxembourg
Group 5	Group 6	Group 7	Group 8
1. Italy *	1. England *	1. Serbia-Montenegro *	1. Croatia *
2. Norway	2. Poland *	2. Spain *	2. Sweden *
3. Scotland	3. Austria	3. Bosnia-Herzegovina	3. Bulgaria
4. Slovenia	4. Northern Ireland	4. Belgium	4. Hungary
5. Belarus	5. Wales	5. Lithuania	5. Iceland
6. Moldova	6. Azerbaijan	6. San Marino	6. Malta
* qualified for World Cup

Group stage

The teams marked with two red stars ( ** ) had qualified directly for the world championship, teams with a red star ( * ) had to qualify for the world championship in the play-off.

Group 1

Closing table

rank	country	Gates	Pt
1	Netherlands **	27: 03	32
2	Czech Republic *	35:12	27
3	Romania	20:10	25th
4th	Finland	21:19	16
5	Macedonia	11:24	09
6th	Armenia	09:25	07th
7th	Andorra	04:34	05

Game results

08/18/2004	Romania	-	Finland	2: 1
08/18/2004	Macedonia	-	Armenia	3-0
09/04/2004	Finland	-	Andorra	3-0
09/04/2004	Romania	-	Macedonia	2: 1
09/08/2004	Armenia	-	Finland	0: 2
09/08/2004	Andorra	-	Romania	1: 5
09/08/2004	Netherlands	-	Czech Republic	2-0
10/09/2004	Finland	-	Armenia	3: 1
10/09/2004	Czech Republic	-	Romania	1-0
10/09/2004	Macedonia	-	Netherlands	2: 2
10/13/2004	Andorra	-	Macedonia	1-0
10/13/2004	Armenia	-	Czech Republic	0: 3
10/13/2004	Netherlands	-	Finland	3: 1
11/17/2004	Armenia	-	Romania	1: 1
11/17/2004	Macedonia	-	Czech Republic	0: 2
11/17/2004	Andorra	-	Netherlands	0: 3
02/09/2005	Macedonia	-	Andorra	0-0
03/26/2005	Armenia	-	Andorra	2: 1
03/26/2005	Czech Republic	-	Finland	4: 3
03/26/2005	Romania	-	Netherlands	0: 2
03/30/2005	Andorra	-	Czech Republic	0: 4

03/30/2005	Macedonia	-	Romania	1: 2
03/30/2005	Netherlands	-	Armenia	2-0
06/04/2005	Czech Republic	-	Andorra	8: 1
06/04/2005	Armenia	-	Macedonia	1: 2
06/04/2005	Netherlands	-	Romania	2-0
06/08/2005	Czech Republic	-	Macedonia	6: 1
06/08/2005	Romania	-	Armenia	3-0
06/08/2005	Finland	-	Netherlands	0: 4
08/17/2005	Macedonia	-	Finland	0: 3
08/17/2005	Romania	-	Andorra	2-0
09/03/2005	Andorra	-	Finland	0-0
09/03/2005	Armenia	-	Netherlands	0: 1
09/03/2005	Romania	-	Czech Republic	2-0
09/07/2005	Czech Republic	-	Armenia	4: 1
09/07/2005	Finland	-	Macedonia	5: 1
09/07/2005	Netherlands	-	Andorra	4-0
10/08/2005	Finland	-	Romania	0: 1
10/08/2005	Czech Republic	-	Netherlands	0: 2
10/12/2005	Andorra	-	Armenia	0: 3
10/12/2005	Netherlands	-	Macedonia	0-0
10/12/2005	Finland	-	Czech Republic	0: 3

Group 2

Closing table

	country	Gates	Pt
1	Ukraine **	18: 07	25th
2	Turkey *	23: 09	23
3	Denmark	24:12	22nd
4th	Greece	15: 09	21st
5	Albania	11:20	13
6th	Georgia	14:25	10
7th	Kazakhstan	06:29	01

Game results

09/04/2004	Turkey	-	Georgia	1: 1
09/04/2004	Denmark	-	Ukraine	1: 1
09/04/2004	Albania	-	Greece	2: 1
09/08/2004	Kazakhstan	-	Ukraine	1: 2
09/08/2004	Georgia	-	Albania	2-0
09/08/2004	Greece	-	Turkey	0-0
10/09/2004	Ukraine	-	Greece	1: 1
10/09/2004	Turkey	-	Kazakhstan	4-0
10/09/2004	Albania	-	Denmark	0: 2
10/13/2004	Kazakhstan	-	Albania	0: 1
10/13/2004	Ukraine	-	Georgia	2-0
10/13/2004	Denmark	-	Turkey	1: 1
11/17/2004	Georgia	-	Denmark	2: 2
11/17/2004	Turkey	-	Ukraine	0: 3
11/17/2004	Greece	-	Kazakhstan	3: 1
02/09/2005	Albania	-	Ukraine	0: 2
02/09/2005	Greece	-	Denmark	2: 1
03/26/2005	Georgia	-	Greece	1: 3
03/26/2005	Turkey	-	Albania	2-0
03/26/2005	Denmark	-	Kazakhstan	3-0
03/30/2005	Ukraine	-	Denmark	1-0

03/30/2005	Georgia	-	Turkey	2: 5
03/30/2005	Greece	-	Albania	2-0
06/04/2005	Ukraine	-	Kazakhstan	2-0
06/04/2005	Albania	-	Georgia	3: 2
06/04/2005	Turkey	-	Greece	0-0
06/08/2005	Kazakhstan	-	Turkey	0: 6
06/08/2005	Denmark	-	Albania	3: 1
06/08/2005	Greece	-	Ukraine	0: 1
08/17/2005	Kazakhstan	-	Georgia	1: 2
09/03/2005	Georgia	-	Ukraine	1: 1
09/03/2005	Albania	-	Kazakhstan	2: 1
09/03/2005	Turkey	-	Denmark	2: 2
09/07/2005	Kazakhstan	-	Greece	1: 2
09/07/2005	Ukraine	-	Turkey	0: 1
09/07/2005	Denmark	-	Georgia	6: 1
10/08/2005	Georgia	-	Kazakhstan	0-0
10/08/2005	Denmark	-	Greece	1-0
10/08/2005	Ukraine	-	Albania	2: 2
10/12/2005	Greece	-	Georgia	1-0
10/12/2005	Albania	-	Turkey	0: 1
10/12/2005	Kazakhstan	-	Denmark	1: 2

Group 3

Closing table

rank	country	Gates	Pt
1	Portugal **	35: 05	30th
2	Slovakia *	24: 08	23
3	Russia	23:12	23
4th	Estonia	16:17	17th
5	Latvia	18:21	15th
6th	Liechtenstein	13:23	08th
7th	Luxembourg	05:48	00

Game results

08/18/2004	Slovakia	-	Luxembourg	3: 1
08/18/2004	Liechtenstein	-	Estonia	1: 2
09/04/2004	Russia	-	Slovakia	1: 1
09/04/2004	Estonia	-	Luxembourg	4-0
09/04/2004	Latvia	-	Portugal	0: 2
09/08/2004	Luxembourg	-	Latvia	3: 4
09/08/2004	Slovakia	-	Liechtenstein	7-0
09/08/2004	Portugal	-	Estonia	4-0
10/09/2004	Slovakia	-	Latvia	4: 1
10/09/2004	Luxembourg	-	Russia	0: 4
10/09/2004	Liechtenstein	-	Portugal	2: 2
10/13/2004	Latvia	-	Estonia	2: 2
10/13/2004	Luxembourg	-	Liechtenstein	0: 4
10/13/2004	Portugal	-	Russia	7: 1
11/17/2004	Russia	-	Estonia	4-0
11/17/2004	Luxembourg	-	Portugal	0: 5
11/17/2004	Liechtenstein	-	Latvia	1: 3
03/26/2005	Estonia	-	Slovakia	1: 2
03/26/2005	Liechtenstein	-	Russia	1: 2
03/30/2005	Estonia	-	Russia	1: 1
03/30/2005	Latvia	-	Luxembourg	4-0

03/30/2005	Slovakia	-	Portugal	1: 1
06/04/2005	Russia	-	Latvia	2-0
06/04/2005	Estonia	-	Liechtenstein	2-0
06/04/2005	Portugal	-	Slovakia	2-0
06/08/2005	Latvia	-	Liechtenstein	1-0
06/08/2005	Estonia	-	Portugal	0: 1
06/08/2005	Luxembourg	-	Slovakia	0: 4
08/17/2005	Latvia	-	Russia	1: 1
08/17/2005	Liechtenstein	-	Slovakia	0-0
09/03/2005	Russia	-	Liechtenstein	2-0
09/03/2005	Estonia	-	Latvia	2: 1
09/03/2005	Portugal	-	Luxembourg	6-0
09/07/2005	Russia	-	Portugal	0-0
09/07/2005	Latvia	-	Slovakia	1: 1
09/07/2005	Liechtenstein	-	Luxembourg	3-0
10/08/2005	Russia	-	Luxembourg	5: 1
10/08/2005	Slovakia	-	Estonia	1-0
10/08/2005	Portugal	-	Liechtenstein	2: 1
10/12/2005	Portugal	-	Latvia	3-0
10/12/2005	Luxembourg	-	Estonia	0: 2
10/12/2005	Slovakia	-	Russia	0-0

Group 4

Closing table

rank	country	Gates	Pt
1	France **	14: 02	20th
2	Switzerland *	18: 07	18th
3	Israel	15:10	18th
4th	Ireland	12: 05	17th
5	Cyprus	08:20	04th
6th	Faroe Islands	04:27	01

Game results

09/04/2004	Ireland	-	Cyprus	3-0
09/04/2004	Switzerland	-	Faroe Islands	6-0
09/04/2004	France	-	Israel	0-0
09/08/2004	Faroe Islands	-	France	0: 2
09/08/2004	Israel	-	Cyprus	2: 1
09/08/2004	Switzerland	-	Ireland	1: 1
10/09/2004	Cyprus	-	Faroe Islands	2: 2
10/09/2004	Israel	-	Switzerland	2: 2
10/09/2004	France	-	Ireland	0-0
10/13/2004	Ireland	-	Faroe Islands	2-0
10/13/2004	Cyprus	-	France	0: 2
11/17/2004	Cyprus	-	Israel	1: 2
03/26/2005	Israel	-	Ireland	1: 1
03/26/2005	France	-	Switzerland	0-0
03/30/2005	Israel	-	France	1: 1

03/30/2005	Switzerland	-	Cyprus	1-0
06/04/2005	Faroe Islands	-	Switzerland	1: 3
06/04/2005	Ireland	-	Israel	2: 2
06/08/2005	Faroe Islands	-	Ireland	0: 2
08/17/2005	Faroe Islands	-	Cyprus	0: 3
09/03/2005	Switzerland	-	Israel	1: 1
09/03/2005	France	-	Faroe Islands	3-0
09/07/2005	Faroe Islands	-	Israel	0: 2
09/07/2005	Cyprus	-	Switzerland	1: 3
09/07/2005	Ireland	-	France	0: 1
10/08/2005	Israel	-	Faroe Islands	2: 1
10/08/2005	Cyprus	-	Ireland	0: 1
10/08/2005	Switzerland	-	France	1: 1
10/12/2005	France	-	Cyprus	4-0
10/12/2005	Ireland	-	Switzerland	0-0

Group 5

Closing table

rank	country	Gates	Pt
1	Italy **	17: 08	23
2	Norway *	12: 07	18th
3	Scotland	09: 07	13
4th	Slovenia	10:13	12
5	Belarus	12:14	10
6th	Moldova	05:16	05

Game results

09/04/2004	Slovenia	-	Moldova	3-0
09/04/2004	Italy	-	Norway	2: 1
09/08/2004	Norway	-	Belarus	1: 1
09/08/2004	Moldova	-	Italy	0: 1
09/08/2004	Scotland	-	Slovenia	0-0
10/09/2004	Scotland	-	Norway	0: 1
10/09/2004	Belarus	-	Moldova	4-0
10/09/2004	Slovenia	-	Italy	1-0
10/13/2004	Norway	-	Slovenia	3-0
10/13/2004	Moldova	-	Scotland	1: 1
10/13/2004	Italy	-	Belarus	4: 3
03/26/2005	Italy	-	Scotland	2-0
03/30/2005	Moldova	-	Norway	0-0
03/30/2005	Slovenia	-	Belarus	1: 1
06/04/2005	Scotland	-	Moldova	2-0

06/04/2005	Belarus	-	Slovenia	1: 1
06/04/2005	Norway	-	Italy	0-0
06/08/2005	Belarus	-	Scotland	0-0
09/03/2005	Moldova	-	Belarus	2-0
09/03/2005	Scotland	-	Italy	1: 1
09/03/2005	Slovenia	-	Norway	2: 3
09/07/2005	Norway	-	Scotland	1: 2
09/07/2005	Belarus	-	Italy	1: 4
09/07/2005	Moldova	-	Slovenia	1: 2
10/08/2005	Scotland	-	Belarus	0: 1
10/08/2005	Norway	-	Moldova	1-0
10/08/2005	Italy	-	Slovenia	1-0
10/12/2005	Italy	-	Moldova	2: 1
10/12/2005	Slovenia	-	Scotland	0: 3
10/12/2005	Belarus	-	Norway	0: 1

Group 6

Closing table

rank	country	Gates	Pt
1	England **	17: 05	25th
2	Poland **	27: 09	24
3	Austria	15:12	15th
4th	Northern Ireland	10:18	09
5	Wales	10:15	08th
6th	Azerbaijan	01:21	03

Game results

09/04/2004	Northern Ireland	-	Poland	0: 3
09/04/2004	Azerbaijan	-	Wales	1: 1
09/04/2004	Austria	-	England	2: 2
09/08/2004	Poland	-	England	1: 2
09/08/2004	Austria	-	Azerbaijan	2-0
09/08/2004	Wales	-	Northern Ireland	2: 2
10/09/2004	England	-	Wales	2-0
10/09/2004	Azerbaijan	-	Northern Ireland	0-0
10/09/2004	Austria	-	Poland	1: 3
10/13/2004	Azerbaijan	-	England	0: 1
10/13/2004	Northern Ireland	-	Austria	3: 3
10/13/2004	Wales	-	Poland	2: 3
03/26/2005	England	-	Northern Ireland	4-0
03/26/2005	Wales	-	Austria	0: 2
03/26/2005	Poland	-	Azerbaijan	8-0

03/30/2005	Poland	-	Northern Ireland	1-0
03/30/2005	Austria	-	Wales	1-0
03/30/2005	England	-	Azerbaijan	2-0
06/04/2005	Azerbaijan	-	Poland	0: 3
09/03/2005	Wales	-	England	0: 1
09/03/2005	Northern Ireland	-	Azerbaijan	2-0
09/03/2005	Poland	-	Austria	3: 2
09/07/2005	Azerbaijan	-	Austria	0-0
09/07/2005	Poland	-	Wales	1-0
09/07/2005	Northern Ireland	-	England	1-0
10/08/2005	Northern Ireland	-	Wales	2: 3
10/08/2005	England	-	Austria	1-0
10/12/2005	Austria	-	Northern Ireland	2-0
10/12/2005	England	-	Poland	2: 1
10/12/2005	Wales	-	Azerbaijan	2-0

Group 7

Closing table

rank	country	Gates	Pt
1	Serbia-Montenegro **	16: 01	22nd
2	Spain *	19: 03	20th
3	Bosnia Herzegovina	12: 09	16
4th	Belgium	16:11	12
5	Lithuania	08: 09	10
6th	San Marino	02:40	00

Game results

09/04/2004	Belgium	-	Lithuania	1: 1
09/04/2004	San Marino	-	Serbia-Mont.	0: 3
09/08/2004	Lithuania	-	San Marino	3-0
09/08/2004	Bosnia heart.	-	Spain	1: 1
10/09/2004	Bosnia heart.	-	Serbia-Mont.	0-0
10/09/2004	Spain	-	Belgium	2-0
10/13/2004	Serbia-Mont.	-	San Marino	5-0
10/13/2004	Lithuania	-	Spain	0-0
11/17/2004	Belgium	-	Serbia-Mont.	0: 2
11/17/2004	San Marino	-	Lithuania	0: 1
02/09/2005	Spain	-	San Marino	5-0
03/26/2005	Belgium	-	Bosnia heart.	4: 1
03/30/2005	Bosnia heart.	-	Lithuania	1: 1
03/30/2005	San Marino	-	Belgium	1: 2
03/30/2005	Serbia-Mont.	-	Spain	0-0

06/04/2005	Serbia-Mont.	-	Belgium	0-0
06/04/2005	San Marino	-	Bosnia heart.	1: 3
06/04/2005	Spain	-	Lithuania	1-0
06/08/2005	Spain	-	Bosnia heart.	1: 1
09/03/2005	Bosnia heart.	-	Belgium	1-0
09/03/2005	Serbia-Mont.	-	Lithuania	2-0
09/07/2005	Lithuania	-	Bosnia heart.	0: 1
09/07/2005	Belgium	-	San Marino	8-0
09/07/2005	Spain	-	Serbia-Mont.	1: 1
10/08/2005	Lithuania	-	Serbia-Mont.	0: 2
10/08/2005	Bosnia heart.	-	San Marino	3-0
10/08/2005	Belgium	-	Spain	0: 2
10/12/2005	Serbia-Mont.	-	Bosnia heart.	1-0
10/12/2005	Lithuania	-	Belgium	1: 1
10/12/2005	San Marino	-	Spain	0: 6

Bosnia-Herz: Bosnia-Herzegovina
Serbia-Mont .: Serbia-Montenegro

Group 8

Closing table

rank	country	Gates	Pt
1	Croatia **	21: 05	24
2	Sweden **	30: 04	24
3	Bulgaria	17:17	15th
4th	Hungary	13:14	14th
5	Iceland	14:27	04th
6th	Malta	04:32	03

Game results

09/04/2004	Iceland	-	Bulgaria	1: 3
09/04/2004	Croatia	-	Hungary	3-0
09/04/2004	Malta	-	Sweden	0: 7
09/08/2004	Sweden	-	Croatia	0: 1
09/08/2004	Hungary	-	Iceland	3: 2
10/09/2004	Sweden	-	Hungary	3-0
10/09/2004	Malta	-	Iceland	0-0
10/09/2004	Croatia	-	Bulgaria	2: 2
10/13/2004	Bulgaria	-	Malta	4: 1
10/13/2004	Iceland	-	Sweden	1: 4
11/17/2004	Malta	-	Hungary	0: 2
03/26/2005	Bulgaria	-	Sweden	0: 3
03/26/2005	Croatia	-	Iceland	4-0
03/30/2005	Croatia	-	Malta	3-0
03/30/2005	Hungary	-	Bulgaria	1: 1

06/04/2005	Bulgaria	-	Croatia	1: 3
06/04/2005	Sweden	-	Malta	6-0
06/04/2005	Iceland	-	Hungary	2: 3
06/08/2005	Iceland	-	Malta	4: 1
09/03/2005	Sweden	-	Bulgaria	3-0
09/03/2005	Iceland	-	Croatia	1: 3
09/03/2005	Hungary	-	Malta	4-0
09/07/2005	Bulgaria	-	Iceland	3: 2
09/07/2005	Malta	-	Croatia	1: 1
09/07/2005	Hungary	-	Sweden	0: 1
10/08/2005	Bulgaria	-	Hungary	2-0
10/08/2005	Croatia	-	Sweden	1-0
10/12/2005	Malta	-	Bulgaria	1: 1
10/12/2005	Sweden	-	Iceland	3: 1
10/12/2005	Hungary	-	Croatia	0-0

Play-off games

Sweden and Poland qualified directly for the World Cup as the two best runners-up in the group. The matches of the remaining six runners-up in the group were drawn. They had to determine the last three qualifiers for the World Cup in a return match. After eliminating the games against the bottom of the table in groups 1 to 3, the following final table of the group runners-up resulted:

Table of runners-up

rank	country	Gates	Pt
1	Sweden *	30: 04	24
2	Poland *	27: 09	24
3	Czech Republic	23:11	21st
4th	Spain	19: 03	20th
5	Switzerland	18: 07	18th
6th	Norway	12: 07	18th
7th	Slovakia	17: 07	17th
8th	Turkey	13: 09	17th

* Sweden and Poland qualified as best runners-up for the World Cup

Play-off games of the other runners-up in the group

November 12, 2005	Spain	-	Slovakia	Madrid	5: 1
November 16, 2005	Slovakia	-	Spain *	Bratislava	1: 1
November 12, 2005	Switzerland	-	Turkey	Bern	2-0
November 16, 2005	Turkey	-	Switzerland *	Istanbul	4: 2
November 12, 2005	Norway	-	Czech Republic	Oslo	0: 1
November 16, 2005	Czech Republic *	-	Norway	Prague	1-0

* Spain, Switzerland and the Czech Republic qualified for the World Cup

After the play-off game in Turkey there were physical attacks by Turkish players and security forces on members of the Swiss national team. Three players from the Turkish team and the Swiss Benjamin Huggel were banned for several games, in addition Turkey had to play 3 European Championship qualifiers 500 km outside Turkey and without spectators, as well as a fine of 200,000 francs (plus procedural costs over 100,000 €) against the Turkish Association TFF arranged. The three games took place in Frankfurt am Main .

See also : Turkey - Switzerland international football match 2005

South American Zone / CONMEBOL

Game mode: All ten teams played in a group with home and away legs. The four best-placed teams automatically qualified for the 2006 finals, the fifth-placed team played another place with the winner of the Oceania zone. The qualification began in September 2003. With the 3-1 win against Brazil on July 8, 2005 Argentina qualified early for the final tournament, on September 4, defending champions Brazil also bought their ticket to the World Cup and on October 8, Paraguay and Ecuador came added. Uruguay played fifth in the table in the play-off games against oceanic qualifiers Australia . Teams with two red stars ( ** ) qualified directly for the World Cup, the team with a red star ( * ) had to play qualifying games for the World Cup against the winner of the Oceania group.

Qualifying round

Closing table

rank	country	Games	Gates	Pt
1	Brazil **	18th	35:17	34
2	Argentina **	18th	29:17	34
3	Ecuador **	18th	23:19	28
4th	Paraguay **	18th	23:23	28
5	Uruguay *	18th	23:28	25th
6th	Colombia	18th	24:16	24
7th	Chile	18th	18:22	22nd
8th	Venezuela	18th	20:28	18th
9	Peru	18th	20:28	18th
10	Bolivia	18th	20:37	14th
Venezuela in 8th place ahead of Peru by direct comparison

** Brazil, Argentina, Ecuador and Paraguay qualified for the World Cup
* Uruguay played in the relegation against the winner of the Oceania group

Game results

Matchday 1
09/06/2003	Argentina	-	Chile	2: 2
09/06/2003	Ecuador	-	Venezuela	2-0
07.09.2003	Peru	-	Paraguay	4: 1
07.09.2003	Uruguay	-	Bolivia	5-0
07.09.2003	Colombia	-	Brazil	1: 2
Matchday 2
09/10/2003	Venezuela	-	Argentina	0: 3
09/10/2003	Chile	-	Peru	2: 1
09/10/2003	Bolivia	-	Colombia	4-0
09/10/2003	Paraguay	-	Uruguay	4: 1
09/11/2003	Brazil	-	Ecuador	1-0
Matchday 3
11/15/2003	Uruguay	-	Chile	2: 1
11/15/2003	Colombia	-	Venezuela	0: 1
11/15/2003	Paraguay	-	Ecuador	2: 1
11/16/2003	Argentina	-	Bolivia	3-0
11/16/2003	Peru	-	Brazil	1: 1
Matchday 4
11/19/2003	Venezuela	-	Bolivia	2: 1
11/19/2003	Chile	-	Paraguay	0: 1
11/19/2003	Ecuador	-	Peru	0-0
11/20/2003	Brazil	-	Uruguay	3: 3
11/20/2003	Colombia	-	Argentina	1: 1
Matchday 5
03/30/2004	Bolivia	-	Chile	0: 2
03/31/2004	Argentina	-	Ecuador	1-0
04/01/2004	Uruguay	-	Venezuela	0: 3
04/01/2004	Paraguay	-	Brazil	0-0
04/01/2004	Peru	-	Colombia	0: 2
Matchday 6
06/01/2004	Bolivia	-	Paraguay	2: 1
06/02/2004	Venezuela	-	Chile	0: 1
06/02/2004	Uruguay	-	Peru	1: 3
06/02/2004	Ecuador	-	Colombia	2: 1
06/03/2004	Brazil	-	Argentina	3: 1
Matchday 7
06/05/2004	Ecuador	-	Bolivia	3: 2
06/06/2004	Argentina	-	Paraguay	0-0
06/06/2004	Peru	-	Venezuela	0-0
06/07/2004	Colombia	-	Uruguay	5-0
06/07/2004	Chile	-	Brazil	1: 1
Matchday 8
09/05/2004	Peru	-	Argentina	1: 3
09/05/2004	Uruguay	-	Ecuador	1-0
09/05/2004	Brazil	-	Bolivia	3: 1
09/05/2004	Paraguay	-	Venezuela	1-0
09/06/2004	Chile	-	Colombia	0-0
Matchday 9
10/09/2004	Argentina	-	Uruguay	4: 2
10/09/2004	Bolivia	-	Peru	1-0
10/10/2004	Colombia	-	Paraguay	1: 1
10/10/2004	Venezuela	-	Brazil	2: 5
10/10/2004	Ecuador	-	Chile	2-0

Matchday 10
10/12/2004	Bolivia	-	Uruguay	0-0
10/13/2004	Paraguay	-	Peru	1: 1
10/14/2004	Chile	-	Argentina	0-0
10/14/2004	Brazil	-	Colombia	0-0
10/15/2004	Venezuela	-	Ecuador	3: 1
Matchday 11
11/17/2004	Ecuador	-	Brazil	1-0
11/17/2004	Uruguay	-	Paraguay	1-0
11/18/2004	Colombia	-	Bolivia	1-0
11/18/2004	Argentina	-	Venezuela	3: 2
11/18/2004	Peru	-	Chile	2: 1
Matchday 12
03/26/2005	Bolivia	-	Argentina	1: 2
03/27/2005	Venezuela	-	Colombia	0-0
03/27/2005	Chile	-	Uruguay	1: 1
03/27/2005	Brazil	-	Peru	1-0
03/27/2005	Ecuador	-	Paraguay	5: 2
Matchday 13
03/29/2005	Bolivia	-	Venezuela	3: 1
03/31/2005	Paraguay	-	Chile	2: 1
03/31/2005	Argentina	-	Colombia	1-0
03/31/2005	Uruguay	-	Brazil	1: 1
03/31/2005	Peru	-	Ecuador	2: 2
Matchday 14
06/04/2005	Colombia	-	Peru	5-0
06/04/2005	Ecuador	-	Argentina	2-0
06/05/2005	Venezuela	-	Uruguay	1: 1
06/05/2005	Chile	-	Bolivia	3: 1
06/05/2005	Brazil	-	Paraguay	4: 1
Matchday 15
06/08/2005	Peru	-	Uruguay	0-0
06/08/2005	Colombia	-	Ecuador	3-0
06/09/2005	Paraguay	-	Bolivia	4: 1
06/09/2005	Chile	-	Venezuela	2: 1
06/09/2005	Argentina	-	Brazil	3: 1
Matchday 16
09/03/2005	Bolivia	-	Ecuador	1: 2
09/03/2005	Paraguay	-	Argentina	1-0
09/04/2005	Venezuela	-	Peru	4: 1
09/04/2005	Brazil	-	Chile	5-0
09/04/2005	Uruguay	-	Colombia	3: 2
Matchday 17
10/08/2005	Colombia	-	Chile	1: 1
10/08/2005	Venezuela	-	Paraguay	0: 1
10/08/2005	Ecuador	-	Uruguay	0-0
10/09/2005	Bolivia	-	Brazil	1: 1
10/10/2005	Argentina	-	Peru	2-0
Matchday 18
10/13/2005	Paraguay	-	Colombia	0: 1
10/13/2005	Uruguay	-	Argentina	1-0
10/13/2005	Chile	-	Ecuador	0-0
10/13/2005	Brazil	-	Venezuela	3-0
10/13/2005	Peru	-	Bolivia	4: 1

Relegation against the winner of the Oceania group

Play-off against the winner from Oceania
11/12/2005	Uruguay	-	Australia	Montevideo	1-0
11/16/2005	Australia **	-	Uruguay	Sydney	1: 0 n.V., 4: 2 i. E.

Australia qualifies for the World Cup

North, Central American and Caribbean Zones / CONCACAF

First round

The first round was played in the cup system with a return leg. The winning team ( marked with * ) advanced to the second round.

02/19/2004	Haiti	-	Turks and Caicos Islands	5-0
02/22/2004	Turks and Caicos	-	Haiti *	0: 2
02/29/2004	Grenada	-	Guyana	5-0
03/14/2004	Guyana	-	Grenada *	1: 3
03/19/2004	Dominican Republic	-	Anguilla	0-0
03/21/2004	Anguilla	-	Dominican Republic *	0: 6
02/29/2004	Bermuda	-	Montserrat	13: 00
03/22/2004	Montserrat	-	Bermuda *	0: 7
02/23/2004	Cayman Islands	-	Cuba	1: 2
03/27/2004	Cuba *	-	Cayman Islands	3-0
02/29/2004	Aruba	-	Suriname	1: 2
03/27/2004	Suriname *	-	Aruba	8: 1
03/27/2004	Dominica	-	Bahamas	1: 1
03/28/2004	Bahamas	-	Dominica *	1: 3
02/22/2004	British Virgin Islands	-	St. Lucia	0: 1
03/28/2004	St. Lucia *	-	British Virgin Islands	9-0
02/19/2004	American Virgin Islands	-	St. Kitts & Nevis	0: 4
04/01/2004	St. Kitts and Nevis *	-	American Virgin Islands	7-0
02/18/2004	Antigua and Barbuda	-	Netherlands Antilles	2-0
04/01/2004	Netherlands Antilles *	-	Antigua and Barbuda	3-0

The teams marked with * qualified for the second round

Second round

The second round was played in the cup system with a return leg. The ten winning teams of the first round met the 14 seeded teams of the CONCACAF group. The pairings were drawn from two lottery pots (pot 1: winner of the first round, pot 2: seeded teams) so that two winners of the first round could not meet in this second round. The last two matches were determined from the four remaining countries in the second pot.
The winner after the first and second leg ( marked with * ) advanced to the third round.

06/13/2004	Canada	-	Belize	4-0
06/17/2004	Belize	-	Canada *	0: 4
06/14/2004	Barbados	-	St. Kitts & Nevis	0: 2
06/20/2004	St. Kitts and Nevis *	-	Barbados	3: 2
06/13/2004	Netherlands Antilles	-	Honduras	1: 2
06/20/2004	Honduras *	-	Netherlands Antilles	4-0
06/12/2004	Cuba	-	Costa Rica	2: 2
06/20/2004	Costa Rica *	-	Cuba	1: 1
06/13/2004	Nicaragua	-	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	2: 2
06/20/2004	St. Vincent and the Grenadines *	-	Nicaragua	4: 1
06/13/2004	United States	-	Grenada	3-0
06/20/2004	Grenada	-	USA *	2: 3
06/14/2004	Dominican Republic	-	Trinidad and Tobago	0: 2
06/20/2004	Trinidad and Tobago *	-	Dominican Republic	4-0
06/13/2004	Panama	-	St. Lucia	4-0
06/20/2004	St. Lucia	-	Panama *	0: 3
06/13/2004	El Salvador	-	Bermuda	2: 1
06/20/2004	Bermuda	-	El Salvador *	2: 2
06/12/2004	Suriname	-	Guatemala	1: 1
06/21/2004	Guatemala *	-	Suriname	3: 1
06/13/2004	Haiti	-	Jamaica	1: 1
06/21/2004	Jamaica *	-	Haiti	3-0
06/20/2004	Dominica	-	Mexico	0:10
06/27/2004	Mexico *	-	Dominica	8-0

The teams marked with * qualified for the third round

Third round

The third round was played in three groups of four teams in a double full round system (first and second leg). The three group winners and the three runners-up ( marked with * ) qualified for the fourth round.

Group 1

Closing table
rank	country	Gates	P
1	USA *	13: 03	12
2	Panama *	08:11	08th
3	Jamaica	07: 05	07th
4th	El Salvador	02:11	04th
* The US and Panama qualified for the fourth round

Game results

08/19/2004	Jamaica	-	United States	1: 1
08/19/2004	El Salvador	-	Panama	2: 1
09/04/2004	United States	-	El Salvador	2-0
09/05/2004	Jamaica	-	Panama	1: 2
09/09/2004	Panama	-	United States	1: 1
09/09/2004	El Salvador	-	Jamaica	0: 3
10/10/2004	Panama	-	Jamaica	1: 1
10/10/2004	El Salvador	-	United States	0: 2
10/14/2004	United States	-	Panama	6-0
10/14/2004	Jamaica	-	El Salvador	0-0
11/18/2004	United States	-	Jamaica	1: 1
11/18/2004	Panama	-	El Salvador	3-0

Group 2

Closing table
rank	country	Gates	P
1	Costa Rica *	12: 08	10
2	Guatemala *	07: 09	10
3	Honduras	09: 07	07th
4th	Canada	04: 08	05
* Costa Rica and Guatemala qualified for the fourth round

Game results

08/19/2004	Canada	-	Guatemala	0: 2
08/19/2004	Costa Rica	-	Honduras	2: 5
09/05/2004	Canada	-	Honduras	1: 1
09/05/2004	Guatemala	-	Costa Rica	2: 1
09/09/2004	Honduras	-	Guatemala	2: 2
09/09/2004	Costa Rica	-	Canada	1-0
10/09/2004	Honduras	-	Canada	1: 1
10/10/2004	Costa Rica	-	Guatemala	5-0
10/14/2004	Canada	-	Costa Rica	1: 3
10/14/2004	Guatemala	-	Honduras	1-0
11/18/2004	Honduras	-	Costa Rica	0-0
11/18/2004	Guatemala	-	Canada	0: 1

Group 3

Closing table
rank	country	Gates	P
1	Mexico *	27: 01	18th
2	Trinidad & Tobago *	12: 09	12
3	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	05:12	06th
4th	St. Kitts and Nevis	02:24	00
* Mexico and Trinidad and Tobago qualified for the fourth round

Game results

08/18/2004	St. Vincent	-	Trinidad & Tobago	0: 2
09/05/2004	St. Kitts	-	Trinidad & Tobago	1: 2
09/09/2004	Trinidad & Tobago	-	Mexico	1: 3
09/11/2004	St. Vincent	-	St. Kitts	1-0
10/06/2004	Mexico	-	St. Vincent	7-0
10/10/2004	Trinidad & Tobago	-	St. Kitts	5: 1
10/10/2004	St. Vincent	-	Mexico	0: 1
10/14/2004	St. Kitts	-	St. Vincent	0: 3
10/14/2004	Mexico	-	Trinidad & Tobago	3-0
11/14/2004	St. Kitts	-	Mexico	0: 5
11/18/2004	Trinidad & Tobago	-	St. Vincent	2: 1
11/18/2004	Mexico	-	St. Kitts	8-0

Fourth round

The fourth round was played in a league system with two legs and six teams. The first three teams qualified for the 2006 World Cup ( ** ), the fourth team ( * ) played against the representative of the Asian zone.

Closing table
rank	country	Gates	P
1	USA **	16: 06	22nd
2	Mexico **	22: 09	22nd
3	Costa Rica **	15:14	16
4th	Trinidad & Tobago *	10:15	13
5	Guatemala	16:18	11
6th	Panama	04:21	02

** Mexico, USA and Costa Rica were qualified for the World Cup
* Trinidad-Tobago played another World Cup starting place against Bahrain, who was fifth in Asia.

Game results

02/09/2005	Trinidad & Tobago	-	United States	1: 2
02/10/2005	Panama	-	Guatemala	0-0
02/10/2005	Costa Rica	-	Mexico	1: 2
03/27/2005	Costa Rica	-	Panama	2: 1
03/27/2005	Guatemala	-	Trinidad & Tobago	5: 1
03/27/2005	Mexico	-	United States	2: 1
03/30/2005	Trinidad & Tobago	-	Costa Rica	0-0
03/31/2005	United States	-	Guatemala	2-0
03/31/2005	Panama	-	Mexico	1: 1
06/04/2005	Trinidad & Tobago	-	Panama	2-0
06/05/2005	United States	-	Costa Rica	3-0
06/05/2005	Guatemala	-	Mexico	0: 2
06/09/2005	Mexico	-	Trinidad & Tobago	2-0
06/09/2005	Panama	-	United States	0: 3
06/09/2005	Costa Rica	-	Guatemala	3: 2

08/18/2005	United States	-	Trinidad & Tobago	1-0
08/18/2005	Guatemala	-	Panama	2: 1
08/18/2005	Mexico	-	Costa Rica	2-0
09/03/2005	Trinidad & Tobago	-	Guatemala	3: 2
09/04/2005	United States	-	Mexico	2-0
09/04/2005	Panama	-	Costa Rica	1: 3
09/08/2005	Guatemala	-	United States	0-0
09/08/2005	Costa Rica	-	Trinidad & Tobago	2-0
09/08/2005	Mexico	-	Panama	5-0
10/09/2005	Panama	-	Trinidad & Tobago	0: 1
10/09/2005	Costa Rica	-	United States	3-0
10/09/2005	Mexico	-	Guatemala	5: 2
10/13/2005	Guatemala	-	Costa Rica	3: 1
10/13/2005	Trinidad & Tobago	-	Mexico	2: 1
10/13/2005	United States	-	Panama	2-0

Play-off against the fifth from Asia

11/12/2005, Port of Spain	Trinidad & Tobago	-	Bahrain	1: 1
11/16/2005, Manama	Bahrain	-	Trinidad & Tobago	0: 1

Trinidad and Tobago qualified for the World Cup.

Asian Zone / AFC

First round

The first round was played in November and December 2003 as a cup system with a return leg and involved 12 teams. The seven winners ( * ) advanced to the second round.

Turkmenistan *	-	Afghanistan		11: 0/2: 0
Bangladesh	-	Tajikistan *		0: 2/0: 2
Taiwan *	-	Macau		3: 0/3: 1
Pakistan	-	Kyrgyzstan *		0: 2/0: 4
Laos LL	-	Sri Lanka *		0: 0/0: 3
Mongolia	-	Maldives *		0: 1 / 0:12

Nepal and Guam should also compete against each other; but both teams withdrew. The vacated place was then taken over by Laos, whichmoved into the next roundas the so-called lucky loser (best loser, ^LL ).

Second round

The game was played in the league system with a return leg (eight groups with four teams each). The eight group winners ( * ) advanced to the third round.

Group 1

Closing table
rank	country	Gates	Pt
1	Iran *	22: 04	15th
2	Jordan	10: 06	12
3	Qatar	16: 08	09
4th	Laos	03:33	00
* Iran qualified for the third round

Game results

02/18/2004	Iran	-	Qatar	3: 1
02/18/2004	Jordan	-	Laos	5-0
03/31/2004	Laos	-	Iran	0: 7
03/31/2004	Jordan	-	Qatar	1-0
06/09/2004	Iran	-	Jordan	0: 1
06/09/2004	Qatar	-	Laos	5-0
09/08/2004	Laos	-	Qatar	1: 6
09/08/2004	Jordan	-	Iran	0: 2
10/13/2004	Laos	-	Jordan	2: 3
10/13/2004	Qatar	-	Iran	2: 3
11/17/2004	Iran	-	Laos	7-0
11/17/2004	Qatar	-	Jordan	2-0

Group 2

Closing table
rank	country	Gates	Pt
1	Uzbekistan *	16: 03	16
2	Iraq	17: 07	11
3	Palestine	11:11	07th
4th	Taiwan	03:26	00
* Uzbekistan qualified for the third round

Game results

02/18/2004	Uzbekistan	-	Iraq	1: 1
02/18/2004	Palestine	-	Taiwan	8-0
03/31/2004	Palestine	-	Iraq	1: 1
06/09/2004	Uzbekistan	-	Palestine	3-0
06/09/2004	Iraq	-	Taiwan	6: 1
09/08/2004	Taiwan	-	Iraq	1: 4
09/08/2004	Palestine	-	Uzbekistan	0: 3
10/13/2004	Iraq	-	Uzbekistan	1: 2
10/14/2004	Taiwan	-	Palestine	0: 1
11/16/2004	Iraq	-	Palestine	4: 1
11/17/2004	Uzbekistan	-	Taiwan	6: 1

Group 3

Closing table
rank	country	Gates	Pt
1	Japan *	16: 01	18th
2	Oman	14: 03	10
3	India	02:18	04th
4th	Singapore	03:13	03
* Japan qualified for the third round

Game results

02/18/2004	Japan	-	Oman	1-0
02/18/2004	India	-	Singapore	1-0
03/31/2004	Singapore	-	Japan	1: 2
03/31/2004	India	-	Oman	1: 5
06/09/2004	Japan	-	India	7-0
06/09/2004	Oman	-	Singapore	7-0
09/08/2004	Singapore	-	Oman	0: 2
09/08/2004	India	-	Japan	0: 4
10/13/2004	Singapore	-	India	2-0
10/13/2004	Oman	-	Japan	0: 1
11/17/2004	Japan	-	Singapore	1-0
11/17/2004	Oman	-	India	0-0

Group 4

Closing table
rank	country	Gates	Pt
1	Kuwait *	15: 02	15th
2	China	14: 01	15th
3	Hong Kong	05:15	06th
4th	Malaysia	02:18	00
* Kuwait qualified for the third round

Game results

02/18/2004	China	-	Kuwait	1-0
02/18/2004	Malaysia	-	Hong Kong	1: 3
03/31/2004	Hong Kong	-	China	0: 1
03/31/2004	Malaysia	-	Kuwait	0: 2
06/09/2004	China	-	Malaysia	4-0
06/09/2004	Kuwait	-	Hong Kong	4-0
09/08/2004	Hong Kong	-	Kuwait	0: 2
09/08/2004	Malaysia	-	China	0: 1
10/13/2004	Hong Kong	-	Malaysia	2-0
10/13/2004	Kuwait	-	China	1-0
11/17/2004	China	-	Hong Kong	7-0
11/17/2004	Kuwait	-	Malaysia	6: 1

Group 5

Closing table
rank	country	Gates	Pt
1	North Korea *	11: 05	11
2	Ver. Arab. Emirates	06: 06	10
3	Thailand	09:10	07th
4th	Yemen	06:11	05
* North Korea qualified for the third round

Game results

02/18/2004	Yemen	-	North Korea	1: 1
02/18/2004	UAE	-	Thailand	1-0
03/31/2004	North Korea	-	UAE	0-0
03/31/2004	Yemen	-	Thailand	0: 3
06/09/2004	Thailand	-	North Korea	1: 4
06/09/2004	UAE	-	Yemen	3-0
09/08/2004	North Korea	-	Thailand	4: 1
09/08/2004	Yemen	-	UAE	3: 1
10/13/2004	North Korea	-	Yemen	2: 1
10/13/2004	Thailand	-	UAE	3-0
11/17/2004	Thailand	-	Yemen	1: 1
11/17/2004	UAE	-	North Korea	1-0

UAE: United Arab Emirates

Group 6

Closing table
rank	country	Gates	Pt
1	Bahrain *	15: 04	14th
2	Syria	07: 07	08th
3	Tajikistan	05: 09	07th
4th	Kyrgyzstan	05:12	04th
* Bahrain qualified for the third round

Game results

02/18/2004	Kyrgyzstan	-	Tajikistan	1: 2
02/18/2004	Bahrain	-	Syria	2: 1
03/31/2004	Kyrgyzstan	-	Syria	1: 1
03/31/2004	Tajikistan	-	Bahrain	0-0
06/09/2004	Bahrain	-	Kyrgyzstan	5-0
06/10/2004	Syria	-	Tajikistan	2: 1
09/08/2004	Kyrgyzstan	-	Bahrain	1: 2
09/08/2004	Tajikistan	-	Syria	0: 1
10/13/2004	Tajikistan	-	Kyrgyzstan	2: 1
10/13/2004	Syria	-	Bahrain	2: 2
11/17/2004	Bahrain	-	Tajikistan	4-0
11/17/2004	Syria	-	Kyrgyzstan	0: 1

Group 7

Closing table
rank	country	Gates	Pt
1	South Korea *	09: 02	14th
2	Lebanon	11: 05	11
3	Vietnam	05: 09	04th
4th	Maldives	05:14	04th
* South Korea qualified for the third round

Game results

02/18/2004	South Korea	-	Lebanon	2-0
02/18/2004	Vietnam	-	Maldives	4-0
03/31/2004	Vietnam	-	Lebanon	0: 2
03/31/2004	Maldives	-	South Korea	0-0
06/09/2004	South Korea	-	Vietnam	2-0
06/09/2004	Lebanon	-	Maldives	3-0
09/08/2004	Vietnam	-	South Korea	1: 2
09/08/2004	Maldives	-	Lebanon	2: 5
10/13/2004	Maldives	-	Vietnam	3-0
10/13/2004	Lebanon	-	South Korea	1: 1
11/17/2004	South Korea	-	Maldives	2-0
11/17/2004	Lebanon	-	Vietnam	0-0

Group 8

Closing table
rank	country	Gates	Pt
1	Saudi Arabia *	14: 01	18th
2	Turkmenistan	08:10	07th
3	Indonesia	08:12	07th
4th	Sri Lanka	04:11	02
* Saudi Arabia qualified for the third round

Game results

02/18/2004	Turkmenistan	-	Sri Lanka	2-0
02/18/2004	Saudi Arabia	-	Indonesia	3-0
03/31/2004	Sri Lanka	-	Saudi Arabia	0: 1
03/31/2004	Turkmenistan	-	Indonesia	3: 1
06/09/2004	Indonesia	-	Sri Lanka	1-0
06/09/2004	Saudi Arabia	-	Turkmenistan	3-0
09/08/2004	Sri Lanka	-	Indonesia	2: 2
09/08/2004	Turkmenistan	-	Saudi Arabia	0: 1
10/09/2004	Sri Lanka	-	Turkmenistan	2: 2
10/12/2004	Indonesia	-	Saudi Arabia	1: 3
11/17/2004	Indonesia	-	Turkmenistan	3: 1
11/17/2004	Saudi Arabia	-	Sri Lanka	3-0

Third round

The eight group winners form two groups of four (first and second leg). The two group winners ( ** ) are directly qualified for the 2006 World Cup. The group third ( * ) met in two play-off games on October 8, 2005 and October 12, 2005 . The winner played in two other play-off games against the fourth from North / Central America for a place in the 2006 finals.

The third round of the Asia qualification took place from February 9th to August 17th, 2005 .

Group A

Closing table
rank	country	Gates	Pt
1	Saudi Arabia **	10: 01	14th
2	South Korea **	09: 05	10
3	Uzbekistan *	07:11	05
4th	Kuwait	04:13	04th
** Saudi Arabia and South Korea qualified for the World Cup * Uzbekistan is playing in the play-offs

Game results

02/09/2005	Uzbekistan	-	Saudi Arabia	1: 1
02/09/2005	South Korea	-	Kuwait	2-0
03/25/2005	Saudi Arabia	-	South Korea	2-0
03/25/2005	Kuwait	-	Uzbekistan	2: 1
03/30/2005	South Korea	-	Uzbekistan	2: 1
03/30/2005	Kuwait	-	Saudi Arabia	0-0
06/03/2005	Uzbekistan	-	South Korea	1: 1
06/03/2005	Saudi Arabia	-	Kuwait	3-0
06/08/2005	Kuwait	-	South Korea	0: 4
06/08/2005	Saudi Arabia	-	Uzbekistan	3-0
08/17/2005	South Korea	-	Saudi Arabia	0: 1
08/17/2005	Uzbekistan	-	Kuwait	3: 2

Group B

Closing table
rank	country	Gates	Pt
1	Japan **	09: 04	15th
2	Iran **	07: 03	13
3	Bahrain *	04: 07	04th
4th	North Korea	05:11	03
** Japan and Iran qualified for the soccer World Cup * Bahrain plays in the play-offs

Game results

02/09/2005	Japan	-	North Korea	2: 1
02/09/2005	Bahrain	-	Iran	0-0
03/25/2005	North Korea	-	Bahrain	1: 2
03/25/2005	Iran	-	Japan	2: 1
03/30/2005	North Korea	-	Iran	0: 2
03/30/2005	Japan	-	Bahrain	1-0
06/03/2005	Iran	-	North Korea	1-0
06/03/2005	Bahrain	-	Japan	0: 1
06/08/2005	North Korea	-	Japan	0: 2
06/08/2005	Iran	-	Bahrain	1-0
08/17/2005	Japan	-	Iran	2: 1
08/17/2005	Bahrain	-	North Korea	2: 3

Play-off games

September 3, 2005	Uzbekistan	-	Bahrain	Tashkent	1: 0 (canceled on September 6th)
October 8, 2005	Uzbekistan	-	Bahrain	Tashkent	1: 1
October 12, 2005	Bahrain *	-	Uzbekistan	Manama	0-0

The first game was canceled due to a mistake by referee Yoshida (Japan). In the 39th minute, Uzbekistan scored another goal from a penalty while the score was 1-0. The referee did not recognize this hit because of a rule violation by the executing player. However, instead of having the penalty repeated, he decided on an indirect free kick for Bahrain.

* Bahrain qualifies for the play-off games for a starting place at the World Cup against the fourth from North / Central America.

Play-off against the fourth from North / Central America

November 12, 2005	Trinidad & Tobago	-	Bahrain	Port of Spain	1: 1
November 16, 2005	Bahrain	-	Trinidad & Tobago **	Manama	0: 1

African Zone / CAF

First round

The first round was played as a cup system with a return leg in October and November 2003 and included 42 teams. The 21 winners ( * ) qualified for the second round. (The Central African Republic withdrew the registration and the drawn opponent Burkina Faso advanced directly to the second round.) Bye had Cameroon, DR Congo, Egypt, Ivory Coast, Morocco, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa and Tunisia.

The African World Cup qualification was also the qualification for the 2006 African Cup in Egypt.

10/10/2003		Guinea-Bissau	-	Mali	1: 2
11/14/2003		Mali *	-	Guinea-Bissau	2-0
10/11/2003		Niger	-	Algeria	0: 1
11/14/2003		Algeria *	-	Niger	6-0
10/12/2003		Zimbabwe	-	Mauritania	3-0
11/14/2003		Mauritania	-	Zimbabwe *	2: 1
10/11/2003		Tanzania	-	Kenya	0-0
11/15/2003		Kenya *	-	Tanzania	3-0
10/11/2003		Seychelles	-	Zambia	0: 4
11/15/2003		Zambia *	-	Seychelles	1: 1
10/12/2003		Ethiopia	-	Malawi	1: 3
11/15/2003		Malawi *	-	Ethiopia	0-0
10/12/2003		Burundi	-	Gabon	0-0
11/15/2003		Gabon *	-	Burundi	4: 1
10/12/2003		Rwanda	-	Namibia	3-0
11/15/2003		Namibia	-	Rwanda *	1: 1
10/12/2003		Gambia	-	Liberia	2-0
11/16/2003		Liberia *	-	Gambia	3-0
10/12/2003		Sudan	-	Eritrea	3-0
11/16/2003		Eritrea	-	Sudan *	0-0
10/11/2003		Uganda	-	Mauritius	3-0
11/16/2003		Mauritius	-	Uganda *	3: 1 a.d.
10/11/2003		Madagascar	-	Benin	1: 1
11/16/2003		Benin *	-	Madagascar	3: 2
10/11/2003		Equatorial Guinea	-	Togo	1-0
11/16/2003		Togo *	-	Equatorial Guinea	2-0
10/12/2003		Chad	-	Angola	3: 1
11/16/2003		Angola *	-	Chad	2-0
10/12/2003		Guinea	-	Mozambique	1-0
11/16/2003		Mozambique	-	Guinea *	3: 4
10/11/2003		Sao Tome and Principe	-	Libya	0: 1
11/16/2003		Libya *	-	Sao Tome and Principe	8-0
10/11/2003		Botswana	-	Lesotho	4: 1
11/16/2003		Lesotho	-	Botswana *	0-0
10/12/2003		Swaziland	-	Cape Verde	1: 1
11/16/2003		Cape Verde *	-	Swaziland	3-0
10/12/2003		Republic of the Congo	-	Sierra Leone	1-0
11/16/2003		Sierra Leone	-	Republic of the Congo *	1: 1
11/16/2003		Somalia	-	Ghana	0: 5
11/19/2003		Ghana *	-	Somalia	2-0

Second round

The second round was played as a league system with a return leg in five groups of six teams. The five group winners ( Togo , Ghana , Ivory Coast , Angola and Tunisia , marked with ** ) qualified for the 2006 finals.

The first three placed teams from each group qualified for the finals of the African Cup of Nations 2006 in Egypt . In addition, Libya, fourth in the table, qualified from Group C, because Egypt, third in the table, was already set to host the final round of the African Cup.

Group A

Closing table

rank	country	Gates	Pt
1	Togo **	20: 08	23
2	Senegal *	21: 08	21st
3	Zambia *	16:10	19th
4th	Republic of the Congo	10:14	10
5	Mali	11:14	08th
6th	Liberia	03:27	04th

** Togo qualified for the 2006 soccer World Cup and the African Cup of Nations
* Senegal and Zambia qualified for the 2006 African Cup of Nations

Game results

06/05/2004	Zambia	-	Togo	1-0
06/05/2004	Senegal	-	Congo	2-0
06/06/2004	Liberia	-	Mali	1-0
06/19/2004	Mali	-	Zambia	1: 1
06/20/2004	Congo	-	Liberia	3-0
06/20/2004	Togo	-	Senegal	3: 1
07/03/2004	Senegal	-	Zambia	1-0
07/04/2004	Congo	-	Mali	1-0
07/04/2004	Liberia	-	Togo	0-0
09/04/2004	Zambia	-	Liberia	1-0
09/05/2004	Togo	-	Congo	2-0
09/05/2004	Mali	-	Senegal	2: 2
10/10/2004	Congo	-	Zambia	2: 3
10/10/2004	Togo	-	Mali	1-0
10/10/2004	Liberia	-	Senegal	0: 3

03/26/2005	Zambia	-	Congo	2-0
03/26/2005	Senegal	-	Liberia	6: 1
03/27/2005	Mali	-	Togo	1: 2
06/05/2005	Congo	-	Senegal	0-0
06/05/2005	Togo	-	Zambia	4: 1
06/05/2005	Mali	-	Liberia	4: 1
06/18/2005	Zambia	-	Mali	2: 1
06/18/2005	Senegal	-	Togo	2: 2
06/19/2005	Liberia	-	Congo	0: 2
09/03/2005	Zambia	-	Senegal	0: 1
09/03/2005	Mali	-	Congo	2-0
09/04/2005	Togo	-	Liberia	3-0
10/01/2005	Liberia	-	Zambia	0: 5
10/08/2005	Senegal	-	Mali	3-0
10/08/2005	Congo	-	Togo	2: 3

Group B

Closing table

rank	country	Gates	Pt
1	Ghana **	17: 04	21st
2	DR Congo *	14:10	16
3	South Africa *	12:14	16
4th	Burkina Faso	14:13	13
5	Cape Verde	08:15	10
6th	Uganda	06:15	08th

** Ghana qualified for the soccer World Cup and the soccer championship of Africa
* DR Congo and South Africa qualified for the soccer championship of Africa

Game results

06/05/2004	South Africa	-	Cape Verde	2: 1
06/05/2004	Burkina Faso	-	Ghana	1-0
06/06/2004	Uganda	-	DR Congo	1-0
06/19/2004	Cape Verde	-	Uganda	1-0
06/20/2004	DR Congo	-	Burkina Faso	3: 2
06/20/2004	Ghana	-	South Africa	3-0
07/03/2004	South Africa	-	Burkina Faso	2-0
07/03/2004	Uganda	-	Ghana	1: 1
07/03/2004	Cape Verde	-	DR Congo	1: 1
09/04/2004	Burkina Faso	-	Uganda	2-0
09/05/2004	DR Congo	-	South Africa	1-0
09/05/2004	Ghana	-	Cape Verde	2-0
10/09/2004	Cape Verde	-	Burkina Faso	1-0
10/10/2004	Uganda	-	South Africa	0: 1
10/10/2004	Ghana	-	DR Congo	0-0

03/26/2005	South Africa	-	Uganda	2: 1
03/26/2005	Burkina Faso	-	Cape Verde	1: 2
03/27/2005	DR Congo	-	Ghana	1: 1
06/04/2005	Cape Verde	-	South Africa	1: 2
06/05/2005	DR Congo	-	Uganda	4-0
06/05/2005	Ghana	-	Burkina Faso	2: 1
06/18/2005	South Africa	-	Ghana	0: 2
06/18/2005	Uganda	-	Cape Verde	1-0
06/18/2005	Burkina Faso	-	DR Congo	2-0
09/03/2005	Burkina Faso	-	South Africa	3: 1
09/04/2005	DR Congo	-	Cape Verde	2: 1
09/04/2005	Ghana	-	Uganda	2-0
10/08/2005	South Africa	-	DR Congo	2: 2
10/08/2005	Uganda	-	Burkina Faso	2: 2
10/08/2005	Cape Verde	-	Ghana	0: 4

Group C

Closing table

rank	country	Gates	Pt
1	Ivory Coast **	20: 07	22nd
2	Cameroon *	18:10	21st
3	Egypt *	26:15	17th
4th	Libya *	08:10	12
5	Sudan	06:22	06th
6th	Benin	09:23	05

** Ivory Coast qualified for the World Cup and the African Cup of Nations
* Cameroon, Egypt (as hosts) and Libya qualified for the African Cup of Nations

Game results

06/06/2004	Cameroon	-	Benin	2: 1
06/06/2004	Ivory Coast	-	Libya	2-0
06/06/2004	Sudan	-	Egypt	0: 3
06/18/2004	Libya	-	Cameroon	0-0
06/20/2004	Benin	-	Sudan	1: 1
06/20/2004	Egypt	-	Ivory Coast	1: 2
07/03/2004	Sudan	-	Libya	0: 1
07/04/2004	Cameroon	-	Ivory Coast	2-0
07/04/2004	Benin	-	Egypt	3: 3
09/03/2004	Libya	-	Benin	4: 1
09/05/2004	Ivory Coast	-	Sudan	5-0
09/05/2004	Egypt	-	Cameroon	3: 2
10/08/2004	Libya	-	Egypt	2: 1
10/09/2004	Sudan	-	Cameroon	1: 1
10/10/2004	Benin	-	Ivory Coast	0: 1

03/27/2005	Cameroon	-	Sudan	2: 1
03/27/2005	Ivory Coast	-	Benin	3-0
03/27/2005	Egypt	-	Libya	4: 1
06/03/2005	Libya	-	Ivory Coast	0-0
06/04/2005	Benin	-	Cameroon	1: 4
06/05/2005	Egypt	-	Sudan	6: 1
06/19/2005	Cameroon	-	Libya	1-0
06/19/2005	Ivory Coast	-	Egypt	2-0
08/17/2005	Sudan	-	Benin	1-0
09/02/2005	Libya	-	Sudan	0-0
09/04/2005	Ivory Coast	-	Cameroon	2: 3
09/04/2005	Egypt	-	Benin	4: 1
10/08/2005	Cameroon	-	Egypt	1: 1
10/08/2005	Sudan	-	Ivory Coast	1: 3
10/09/2005	Benin	-	Libya	1-0

Group D

Closing table

rank	country	Gates	Pt
1	Angola **	12: 06	21st
2	Nigeria *	21: 07	21st
3	Zimbabwe *	13:14	15th
4th	Gabon	11:13	10
5	Algeria	08:15	08th
6th	Rwanda	06:16	05

The direct comparison decided in favor of Angola.
** Angola qualified for the World Cup and the African Cup of Nations
* Nigeria and Zimbabwe qualified for the African Cup of Nations

Game results

06/05/2004	Nigeria	-	Rwanda	2-0
06/05/2004	Gabon	-	Zimbabwe	1: 1
06/05/2004	Algeria	-	Angola	0-0
06/19/2004	Rwanda	-	Gabon	3: 1
06/20/2004	Zimbabwe	-	Algeria	1: 1
06/20/2004	Angola	-	Nigeria	1-0
07/03/2004	Rwanda	-	Zimbabwe	0: 2
07/03/2004	Nigeria	-	Algeria	1-0
07/03/2004	Gabon	-	Angola	2: 2
09/05/2004	Zimbabwe	-	Nigeria	0: 3
09/05/2004	Angola	-	Rwanda	1-0
09/05/2004	Algeria	-	Gabon	0: 3
10/09/2004	Rwanda	-	Algeria	1: 1
10/09/2004	Gabon	-	Nigeria	1: 1
10/10/2004	Angola	-	Zimbabwe	1-0

03/26/2005	Nigeria	-	Gabon	2-0
03/27/2005	Zimbabwe	-	Angola	2-0
03/27/2005	Algeria	-	Rwanda	1-0
06/05/2005	Zimbabwe	-	Gabon	1-0
06/05/2005	Rwanda	-	Nigeria	1: 1
06/05/2005	Angola	-	Algeria	2: 1
06/18/2005	Gabon	-	Rwanda	3-0
06/18/2005	Nigeria	-	Angola	1: 1
06/19/2005	Algeria	-	Zimbabwe	2: 2
09/04/2005	Zimbabwe	-	Rwanda	3: 1
09/04/2005	Angola	-	Gabon	3-0
09/04/2005	Algeria	-	Nigeria	2: 5
10/08/2005	Nigeria	-	Zimbabwe	5: 1
10/08/2005	Rwanda	-	Angola	0: 1
10/08/2005	Gabon	-	Algeria	0-0

Group E

Closing table

rank	country	Gates	Pt
1	Tunisia **	25: 09	21st
2	Morocco *	17: 07	20th
3	Guinea *	15:10	17th
4th	Kenya	08:17	10
5	Botswana	10:18	09
6th	Malawi	12:26	06th

** Tunisia qualified for the soccer World Cup and the soccer championship of Africa
* Morocco and Guinea qualified for the soccer championship of Africa

Game results

06/05/2004	Malawi	-	Morocco	1: 1
06/05/2004	Tunisia	-	Botswana	4: 1
06/19/2004	Botswana	-	Malawi	2-0
06/20/2004	Guinea	-	Tunisia	2: 1
07/03/2004	Malawi	-	Guinea	1: 1
07/03/2004	Botswana	-	Morocco	0: 1
09/04/2004	Kenya	-	Malawi	3: 2
09/04/2004	Morocco	-	Tunisia	1: 1
09/05/2004	Guinea	-	Botswana	4-0
10/09/2004	Malawi	-	Tunisia	2: 2
10/09/2004	Botswana	-	Kenya	2: 1
10/10/2004	Guinea	-	Morocco	1: 1
11/17/2004	Kenya	-	Guinea	2: 1
02/09/2005	Morocco	-	Kenya	5: 1
03/26/2005	Kenya	-	Botswana	1-0

03/26/2005	Tunisia	-	Malawi	7-0
03/26/2005	Morocco	-	Guinea	1-0
06/04/2005	Botswana	-	Tunisia	1: 3
06/04/2005	Morocco	-	Malawi	4: 1
06/05/2005	Guinea	-	Kenya	1-0
06/11/2005	Tunisia	-	Guinea	2-0
06/18/2005	Kenya	-	Morocco	0-0
06/18/2005	Malawi	-	Botswana	1: 3
08/17/2005	Tunisia	-	Kenya	1-0
09/03/2005	Kenya	-	Tunisia	0: 2
09/03/2005	Morocco	-	Botswana	1-0
09/04/2005	Guinea	-	Malawi	3: 1
10/08/2005	Malawi	-	Kenya	3-0
10/08/2005	Botswana	-	Guinea	1: 2
10/08/2005	Tunisia	-	Morocco	2: 2

Oceanic Zone / OFC

First round

The first round was played as a league system that involved two groups of five teams in two tournaments. The winner and the runner-up in each group ( * ) qualified for the second round.

Group 1

Closing table
rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Solomon Islands *	14: 01	10
2	Tahiti *	05: 01	08th
3	New Caledonia	16: 02	07th
4th	Tonga	02:17	03
5	Cook Islands	01:17	00

Game results

05/10/2004	Tahiti	-	Cook Islands	2-0
05/10/2004	Solomon Islands	-	Tonga	6-0
05/12/2004	Solomon Islands	-	Cook Islands	5-0
05/12/2004	Tahiti	-	New Caledonia	0-0
05/15/2004	Tonga	-	Cook Islands	2: 1
05/15/2004	Solomon Islands	-	New Caledonia	2-0
05/17/2004	New Caledonia	-	Cook Islands	8-0
05/17/2004	Tahiti	-	Tonga	2-0
05/19/2004	New Caledonia	-	Tonga	8-0
05/19/2004	Solomon Islands	-	Tahiti	1: 1

Group 2

Closing table
rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Vanuatu *	16: 02	10
2	Fiji *	19: 05	09
3	Papua New Guinea	17: 06	07th
4th	Samoa	05:11	03
5	American Samoa	01:34	00

Game results

05/10/2004	Papua New Guinea	-	Vanuatu	1: 1
05/10/2004	Samoa	-	A. Samoa	4-0
05/12/2004	A. Samoa	-	Vanuatu	1: 9
05/12/2004	Fiji	-	Papua New Guinea	4: 2
05/16/2004	Fiji	-	A. Samoa	11: 0
05/16/2004	Samoa	-	Vanuatu	0: 3
05/18/2004	A. Samoa	-	Papua New Guinea	0:10
05/18/2004	Samoa	-	Fiji	0: 4
05/20/2004	Fiji	-	Vanuatu	0: 3
05/20/2004	Samoa	-	Papua New Guinea	1: 4

Second round

The first and second place winners of the two first round groups formed a group of six with Australia and New Zealand , whose games were played in tournament form in one country, the group first and group second ( * ) determined the opponent of the South America fifth (Uruguay) in a round trip final play-off round for a World Cup place.

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Australia *	21: 03	13
2	Solomon Islands *	09: 06	10
3	New Zealand	17: 05	09
4th	Fiji	03:10	04th
5	Tahiti	02:24	04th
6th	Vanuatu	05: 09	03

05/29/2004	Vanuatu	-	Solomon Islands	0: 1
05/29/2004	Tahiti	-	Fiji	0-0
05/29/2004	Australia	-	New Zealand	1-0
05/31/2004	New Zealand	-	Solomon Islands	3-0
05/31/2004	Australia	-	Tahiti	9-0
05/31/2004	Fiji	-	Vanuatu	1-0
06/02/2004	Australia	-	Fiji	6: 1
06/02/2004	Tahiti	-	Solomon Islands	0: 4
06/02/2004	New Zealand	-	Vanuatu	2: 4
06/04/2004	New Zealand	-	Tahiti	10-0
06/04/2004	Fiji	-	Solomon Islands	1: 2
06/04/2004	Vanuatu	-	Australia	0: 3
06/06/2004	Tahiti	-	Vanuatu	2: 1
06/06/2004	Fiji	-	New Zealand	0: 2
06/06/2004	Solomon Islands	-	Australia	2: 2

Third round

The first and second place (Australia and the Solomon Islands ) met on September 3 and September 6, 2005 in the play-off (return leg) against each other. The winner Australia now met the fifth from South America Uruguay (also in the two-legged game) - and as the winner of these matches, they were able to qualify for the World Cup finals.

September 3, 2005	Australia	-	Solomon Islands	Sydney	7-0
September 6, 2005	Solomon Islands	-	Australia *	Honiara	1: 2

Play-off against the fifth from South America

November 12, 2005	Uruguay	-	Australia	Montevideo	1-0
November 16, 2005	Australia **	-	Uruguay	Sydney	1: 0 n.V., 4: 2 i. E.

Goalscorer

Africa (CAF) Surname Gates 1.  Emmanuel Adebayor 11 2.  Didier Drogba 9 3.  Obafemi Martins 8th

Asia (AFC) Surname Gates 1.  Ali Daei 9

Europe (UEFA) Surname Gates 1.  Pauleta 11 2.  Jan Koller 9 3.  Alexei Eremenko 8th  Zlatan Ibrahimović 8th

North and Central America (CONCACAF) Surname Gates 1.  Jared Borgetti 14th 2.  Star john 12 3.  Jaime Lozano 11 4th  Carlos Ruiz 10  Francisco Fonseca 10

Oceania (OFC) Surname Gates 1.  Veresa Toma 7th  Tim Cahill 7th 3.  Michel Hmae 6th  Reginald Davani 6th  Vaughan Coveny 6th

South America (CONMEBOL) Surname Gates 1.  Ronaldo 10 2.  Jefferson Farfan 7th  Hernán Crespo 7th  José Cardozo 7th