2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA play-off)

The 2006 FIFA World Cup European Qualification Playoffs were a set of home-and-away playoffs to decide the final three places granted to national football teams from European nations (more precisely, UEFA members) for the 2006 FIFA World Cup.

By the rules of the UEFA qualifying tournament, the first-place finishers in each of eight groups received automatic berths, along with the two second-place teams that had earned the most points against teams in the top six of their individual groups.

The six remaining second-place teams were divided into two pots based on their standings in the September 2005 FIFA World Rankings. The division was:

Pot 1
Pot 2

A draw was held on 14 October 2005 at FIFA headquarters in Zürich to pair each team from Pot 1 with a team from Pot 2. A second draw at the same time and location determined the order of the fixtures.

The playoffs were decided by the standard FIFA method of aggregate score, with away goals and, if necessary, extra time with the possibility of a penalty shootout at the end of the second leg. The winner of each playoff was awarded a place in the 2006 FIFA World Cup.

First leg

12 November 2005
22:00 CET
Spain  5–1  Slovakia
Luis García  10', 18', 74'
Torres  65' (pen.)
Morientes  79'
Report Németh  49'

12 November 2005
20:45 CET
Switzerland   2–0  Turkey
Senderos  41'
Behrami  86'
Report
Stade de Suisse, Berne
Attendance: 31,130
Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)

12 November 2005
19:30 CET
Norway  0–1  Czech Republic
Report Šmicer  31'
Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo
Attendance: 24,264
Referee: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)

Second leg

16 November 2005
20:15 CET
Slovakia  1–1  Spain
Hološko  50' Report Villa  71'
Tehelné pole, Bratislava
Attendance: 23,587
Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)

Spain won 62 on aggregate.


16 November 2005
20:15 EET
Turkey  4–2   Switzerland
Tuncay  22', 36', 89'
Necati  52' (pen.)
Report Frei  2' (pen.)
Streller  84'

Switzerland 44 Turkey. Switzerland won on away goals.


16 November 2005
20:15 CET
Czech Republic  1–0  Norway
Rosický  35' Report
Toyota Arena, Prague
Attendance: 17,464
Referee: Graham Poll (England)

Czech Republic won 20 on aggregate.



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