2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC)

2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC) 2004 05 10 y – 2005 11 16 y 12 1 AUS Tim CahillFIJ Veresa Toma(7 goals each) 2002 2010 Listed below are the dates and results for the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for Oceania. 12 teams took part, competing for a place in the intercontinental play-off against the fifth-placed team from South America. The winner of this play-off qualified for the World Cup. This qualifying tournament also doubled as the 2004 OFC Nations Cup, up to the final play-off stage. First round 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – OFC first round The competition was composed of three rounds. Australia and New Zealand entered the competition directly in the Second Round. The other 10 teams were divided in two groups of five teams each, and played against each other once. The two teams with most points in each group advanced to the Second Round. Group 1 Group 1 Group 2 Group 2 Second round 2004 OFC Nations Cup In the Second round, the six teams were put in a single group, and played against each other once. The two teams with most points advanced to a play-off, and played against each other home and away. The winner of this play-off advanced to the intercontinental play-off. Group stage Final SOL 1–11 AUS 1–5 0–6 Australia and the Solomon Islands progressed to the final stage. Final round AUS 9–1 SOL 7–0 2–1 3 September 2005 19:30 AUS 7–0 Report SOL Culina 20Viduka 36 43Cahill 57Chipperfield 64Thompson 68Emerton 89 Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney 16,000 Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia) 6 September 2005 13:00 SOL 1–2 Report AUS Fa'arodo 49 pen.https://www.socceroos.com.au/news/australia-win-narrowly-over-gallant-solomons Australia Win Narrowly Over Gallant Solomons Socceroos 7 September 2005 en 2019-12-23 Thompson 19Emerton 58 Lawson Tama, Honiara 16,000 Shamsul Maidin (Singapore) Australia won 9–1 on aggregate and advanced to the CONMEBOL–OFC play-off against Uruguay. Inter-confederation play-offs 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL–OFC play-off) The final round winners then played the fifth-placed team of CONMEBOL qualifying, Uruguay, in a home-and-away play-off. The winner of this play-off qualified for the 2006 FIFA World Cup finals. playoff2 Qualified teams The following team from OFC qualified for the final tournament. Team Qualified as Qualified onPrevious appearances in FIFA World Cup1 AUS A1 CONMEBOL-OFC play-off winners 16 November 2005 1 (1974) 1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year. Top goalscorers 175 39 AUS Tim Cahill FIJ Veresa Toma AUS Brett Emerton NCL 1853 Michel Hmae NZL Vaughan Coveny PNG Reginald Davani SOL Henry Fa'arodo FIJ Laisiasa Gataurua FIJ Seveci Rokotakala NZL Brent Fisher PNG Andrew Lepani SOL Commins Menapi SOL Batram Suri VAN Jean Maleb VAN Etienne Mermer Below are full goalscorer lists for each round: 22em First round Second round Final round References OFC 2006 Category:2004 in Oceanian men's international football Category:2005 in Oceanian men's international football