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.

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. The pots were as follows:

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

 South Korea
 Japan

 Saudi Arabia
 Iran

 Bahrain
 Uzbekistan

 Kuwait
 North Korea

Group 1

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Saudi Arabia 6 4 2 0 10 1 +914
 South Korea 6 3 1 2 9 5 +410
 Uzbekistan 6 1 2 3 7 11 −45
 Kuwait 6 1 1 4 4 13 −94
  South Korea Kuwait Saudi Arabia Uzbekistan
South Korea  2–0 0–1 2–1
Kuwait  0–4 0–0 2–1
Saudi Arabia  2–0 3–0 3–0
Uzbekistan  1–1 3–2 1–1

9 February 2005
South Korea  2–0  Kuwait
Lee Dong-Gook  23'
Lee Young-Pyo  81'
(Report)

9 February 2005
Uzbekistan  1–1  Saudi Arabia
Soliev  90+3' (Report) Al-Jaber  77'
Pakhtakor Stadium, Tashkent
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Toru Kamikawa (Japan)

25 March 2005
Kuwait  2–1  Uzbekistan
Abdullah  7', 62' (Report) Geynrikh  77'
Kazma SC Stadium, Kuwait City
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Sun Baojie (China PR)

30 March 2005
Kuwait  0–0  Saudi Arabia
(Report)
Kazma SC Stadium, Kuwait City
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Masoud Moradi (Iran)

30 March 2005
South Korea  2–1  Uzbekistan
Lee Young-Pyo  55'
Lee Dong-Gook  62'
(Report) Geynrikh  79'
Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul
Attendance: 62,857
Referee: Tallat Najm (Lebanon)

3 June 2005
Saudi Arabia  3–0  Kuwait
Al-Shalhoub  19', 49'
Al-Harthi  83'
(Report)
King Fahd Stadium, Riyadh
Attendance: 72,000
Referee: Toru Kamikawa (Japan)

3 June 2005
Uzbekistan  1–1  South Korea
Shatskikh  62' (Report) Park Chu-Young  90+1'
Pakhtakor Stadium, Tashkent
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Masoud Moradi (Iran)

8 June 2005
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)

8 June 2005
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)

17 August 2005
South Korea  0–1  Saudi Arabia
(Report) Al-Anbar  5'
Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul
Attendance: 61,586
Referee: Chaiwat Kunsuta (Thailand)

17 August 2005
Uzbekistan  3–2  Kuwait
Djeparov  41' (pen.)
Shatskikh  62'
Soliev  76'
(Report) Al-Mutawa  16'
Abdullah  31'

Group 2

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Japan 6 5 0 1 9 4 +515
 Iran 6 4 1 1 7 3 +413
 Bahrain 6 1 1 4 4 7 −34
 North Korea 6 1 0 5 5 11 −63
  Bahrain Iran Japan North Korea
Bahrain  0–0 0–1 2–3
Iran  1–0 2–1 1–0
Japan  1–0 2–1 2–1
North Korea  1–2 0–2 0–2

9 February 2005
Japan  2–1  North Korea
Ogasawara  4'
Oguro  90+1'
(Report) Nam Song-Chol  61'

9 February 2005
Bahrain  0–0  Iran
(Report)

25 March 2005
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)

25 March 2005
Iran  2–1  Japan
Hashemian  13', 75' (Report) Fukunishi  66'
Azadi Stadium, Tehran
Attendance: 110,000
Referee: Shamsul Maidin (Singapore)

30 March 2005
North Korea  0–2  Iran
(Report) Mahdavikia  34'
Nekounam  79'
Kim Il Sung Stadium, Pyongyang
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Mohammed Kousa (Syria)

30 March 2005
Japan  1–0  Bahrain
Salmeen  72' (o.g.) (Report)
Saitama Stadium, Saitama
Attendance: 67,549
Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

3 June 2005
Iran  1–0  North Korea
Rezaei  45' (Report)
Azadi Stadium, Tehran
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)

3 June 2005
Bahrain  0–1  Japan
(Report) Ogasawara  34'

8 June 2005
Iran  1–0  Bahrain
Nosrati  48' (Report)
Azadi Stadium, Tehran
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Kwon Jong-Chul (Korea Republic)

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

8 June 2005
North Korea  0–2  Japan
(Report) Yanagisawa  67'
Oguro  89'

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]


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