2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC first round

International football competition July 2026 The 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification AFC play-off was the first round of the Asian Football Confederation qualification for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. The 14 teams with the lowest FIFA rankings played home-and-away knockout matches to qualify for the second stage. Summary TKM 13–0 AFG 2002 11–0 2–0 TPE 6–1 MAC 3–0 3–1 BAN 0–4 TJK 0–2 0–2 LAO 0–3 SRI 0–0 0–3 PAK 0–6 KGZ 1992 0–2 0–4 MNG 1992 0–13 MDV 0–1 0–12 |} Matches Turkmenistan v Afghanistan 19 November 2003 19:00 TKM 11–0 (Report) AFG 2002 Öwekow 6 35Kulyýew 8 22 81Baýramow 27Berdiýew 42Agabaýew 49 65 67Urazow 90 Olympic Stadium, Ashgabat 12,000 Emil Busurmankulov (Kyrgyzstan) Afghanistan v Turkmenistan 23 November 2003 13:30 AFG 2002 0–2 (Report) TKM Kulyýew 85 91 National Stadium, Kabul 6,000 Jahangir Khan (Pakistan) Turkmenistan won 13–0 on aggregate and advanced to the second round. Chinese Taipei v Macau 23 November 2003 14:00 TPE 3–0 (Report) MAC Chuang Yao-tsung 23Chen Jui-te 52Chang Wu-yeh 57 Chungshan Soccer Stadium, Taipei 2,000 Jimmy Napitupulu (Indonesia) Macau v Chinese Taipei 29 November 2003 15:00 MAC 1–3 (Report) TPE Fu Weng Lei 87 Chen Jui-te 14 69Chiang Shih-lu 66 Estádio Campo Desportivo, Macau 250 Zhou Weixin (China PR) Chinese Taipei won 6–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round. Bangladesh v Tajikistan 26 November 2003 15:00 BAN 0–2 (Report) TJK Hamidov 11Khakimov 51 Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Dhaka 6,000 Virat Khanthachai (Thailand) Tajikistan v Bangladesh 30 November 2003 14:00 TJK 2–0 (Report) BAN Kholmatov 15Rabiev 83 Pamir Stadium, Dushanbe 12,000 Manuel Pereira (India) Tajikistan won 4–0 on aggregate and advanced to the second round. Laos v Sri Lanka 29 November 2003 17:00 LAO 0–0 (Report) SRI Laos National Stadium, Vientiane 4,500 Luong The Tai (Vietnam) Sri Lanka v Laos 3 December 2003 18:30 SRI 3–0 (Report) LAO Ediri 35Jayasuriya 59Hameed 90+3 Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo 6,000 Ali Saleem (Maldives) Sri Lanka won 3–0 on aggregate and advanced to the second round. Pakistan v Kyrgyzstan 29 November 2003 15:00 PAK 0–2 (Report) KGZ 1992 Boldygin 36Chikishev 59 People's Football Stadium, Karachi 10,000 Ibrahim Nesar (Bangladesh) Kyrgyzstan v Pakistan 3 December 2003 13:00 KGZ 1992 4–0 (Report) PAK Chikishev 18Chertkov 28Boldygin 67Krasnov 92 Spartak Stadium, Bishkek 12,000 Mamed Mamedov (Turkmenistan) Kyrgyzstan won 6–0 on aggregate and advanced to the second round. Mongolia v Maldives 29 November 2003 13:00 MGL 1992 0–1 (Report) MDV Nizam 24 National Sports Stadium, Ulan Bator 2,000 Yang Zhiqiang (China PR) Maldives v Mongolia 3 December 2003 15:35 MDV 12–0 (Report) MGL 1992 Ashfaq 4 61 63 68Nizam 42Fazeel 45+1 45+4Ghani 65Thoriq 74 78Battulga 75 o.g.Nazeeh 80 Rasmee Dhandu Stadium, Malé 9,000 Deshapryia Arambekade (Sri Lanka) Maldives won 13–0 on aggregate and advanced to the second round. Ranking of losing teams Both Guam and Nepal would have played against each other to decide who progresses to the next round. After Nepal withdrew first, Guam would have progressed but Guam withdrew later as well. So, FIFA decided to elect a "lucky loser", to find the best of the teams that lost, who would also advance to the second round. The losers were compared, using the following criteria to break ties: a) number of points b) goal difference c) goals scored TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsLAO201103−31 BAN200204−40MAC200216−50PAK200206−60AFG 20022002013−130MGL 19922002013−130 Thus, Laos advanced to the second round. Goalscorers main 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) firstround See also 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC second round References 1 Category:2003 in Asian football Category:2003 in Turkmenistani football Category:2003 in Afghan sport Category:2003 in Taiwanese football Category:2003 in Macau football Category:2003 in Bangladeshi football Category:2003 in Tajikistani football Category:2003–04 in Pakistani football Category:2003 in Laotian football Category:2003 in Sri Lankan sport Category:2003 in Kyrgyzstani football Category:2003 in Maldivian football Category:2003 in Mongolian sport es:Clasificación de AFC para la Copa Mundial de Fútbol de 2006#Primera ronda nl:Wereldkampioenschap voetbal 2006 (kwalificatie AFC)#voorronde