2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (inter-confederation play-offs)

For the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification, there were two scheduled inter-confederation play-offs to determine the final two qualification spots to the 2006 FIFA World Cup.

2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (inter-confederation play-offs)
Tournament details
Dates12–16 November 2005
Teams4 (from 4 confederations)
Tournament statistics
Matches played4
Goals scored5 (1.25 per match)
Attendance197,689 (49,422 per match)
Top scorer(s) Mark Bresciano
Salman Isa
Chris Birchall
Dennis Lawrence
Darío Rodríguez
(1 goal each)

Qualified teams

The four teams participating were:

Confederation Placement Team
AFC Fourth Round (play-off) winner  Bahrain
CONCACAF Fourth Round 4th place  Trinidad and Tobago
CONMEBOL Round-robin 5th place  Uruguay
OFC Third Round winner  Australia

Format

The draw for the order in which the two matches were played was held on 10 September 2005 during the FIFA Congress in Marrakech, Morocco.[1]

The ties themselves were drawn by Urs Linsi, FIFA General Secretary and the teams but were allocated by FIFA as:

Matches

CONCACAF v AFC

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Trinidad and Tobago  2–1  Bahrain 1–1 1–0
Trinidad and Tobago 1–1 Bahrain
Birchall  76' (Report)  72' Ghuloom
Bahrain 0–1 Trinidad and Tobago
(Report)  49' Lawrence
Attendance: 35,000

Trinidad and Tobago won 2–1 on aggregate and qualified for the 2006 FIFA World Cup.

CONMEBOL v OFC

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Uruguay  1–1 (2–4 p)  Australia 1–0 0–1 (a.e.t.)
Uruguay 1–0 Australia
Rodríguez  37' (Report)

1–1 on aggregate. Australia won 4–2 on penalties and qualified for the 2006 FIFA World Cup.

Goalscorers

There were 5 goals scored in 4 matches, for an average of 1.25 goals per match.

1 goal

References

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