2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC Third Round

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

Main article: 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)

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.

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.

The top two teams in each group qualified for the 2006 FIFA World Cup.

Group 1
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Saudi Arabia 6 4 2 0 10 1 +9 14 — 2–0 3–0 3–0
 South Korea 6 3 1 2 9 5 +4 10 0–1 — 2–1 2–0
 Uzbekistan 6 1 2 3 7 11 −4 5 1–1 1–1 — 3–2
 Kuwait 6 1 1 4 4 13 −9 4 0–0 0–4 2–1 —
Source:
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'
Pakhtakor Stadium, Tashkent
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Toru Kamikawa (Japan)
Saudi Arabia 2–0 South Korea
Khariri  29'
Al-Qahtani  73' (pen.)		 (Report)
Attendance: 25,000
Kuwait 2–1 Uzbekistan
Abdullah  7', 62' (Report) Geynrikh  77'
Kazma SC Stadium, Kuwait City
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Sun Baojie (China PR)
Kuwait 0–0 Saudi Arabia
(Report)
Kazma SC Stadium, Kuwait City
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)
King Fahd Stadium, Riyadh
Attendance: 72,000
Referee: Toru Kamikawa (Japan)
Uzbekistan 1–1 South Korea
Shatskikh  62' (Report) Park Chu-Young  90+1'
Pakhtakor Stadium, Tashkent
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'
Kazma SC Stadium, Kuwait City
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Adunyachart Khanthama (Thailand)
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)
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'
Pakhtakor Stadium, Tashkent
Attendance: 40,000

Group 2
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Japan 6 5 0 1 9 4 +5 15 — 2–1 1–0 2–1
 Iran 6 4 1 1 7 3 +4 13 2–1 — 1–0 1–0
 Bahrain 6 1 1 4 4 7 −3 4 0–1 0–0 — 2–3
 North Korea 6 1 0 5 5 11 −6 3 0–2 0–2 1–2 —
Source:
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)
Bahrain 0–0 Iran
(Report)
Attendance: 25,000
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)
Iran 2–1 Japan
Hashemian  13', 75' (Report) Fukunishi  66'
Attendance: 110,000
North Korea 0–2 Iran
(Report) Mahdavikia  34'
Nekounam  79'
Kim Il Sung Stadium, Pyongyang
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Mohammed Kousa (Syria)
Japan 1–0 Bahrain
Salmeen  72' (o.g.) (Report)
Saitama Stadium, Saitama
Attendance: 67,549
Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)
Iran 1–0 North Korea
Rezaei  45' (Report)
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)
Bahrain 0–1 Japan
(Report) Ogasawara  34'
Attendance: 32,000
Iran 1–0 Bahrain
Nosrati  48' (Report)
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Kwon Jong-Chul (Korea Republic)

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

North Korea 0–2 Japan
(Report) Yanagisawa  67'
Oguro  89'
Suphachalasai Stadium, Bangkok (Thailand)
Attendance: 0

Note: Since there were crowd troubles in the previous two North Korea's home matches,[1] FIFA decided that the next one North Korea's home match be moved to a neutral venue (Thailand) and played behind closed doors.[2]

Japan 2–1 Iran
Kaji  28'
Oguro  76'		 (Report) Daei  79' (pen.)
International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama
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. "FIFA decision on N Korea on April 29". The-AFC.com. 27 April 2005. Retrieved 3 October 2011.
  2. "FIFA.com - Korea DPR to play Japan in Thailand". FIFA.com. 9 May 2005. Retrieved 3 October 2011.
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