For the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification, there were two scheduled inter-confederation play-offs to determine the final two qualification spots to the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
Tournament details | |
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Dates | 12–16 November 2005 |
Teams | 4 (from 4 confederations) |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 4 |
Goals scored | 5 (1.25 per match) |
Attendance | 197,689 (49,422 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Mark Bresciano Salman Isa Chris Birchall Dennis Lawrence Darío Rodríguez (1 goal each) |
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The four teams participating were:
Confederation | Placement | Team |
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AFC | Fourth round (play-off) winner | Bahrain |
CONCACAF | Fourth round 4th place | Trinidad and Tobago |
CONMEBOL | Round-robin 5th place | Uruguay |
OFC | Final round winner | Australia |
The draw for the order in which the two matches were played was held on 10 September 2005 during the FIFA Congress in Marrakech, Morocco.[1]
The ties themselves were not drawn, but were allocated by FIFA as:
Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Trinidad and Tobago | 2–1 | Bahrain | 1–1 | 1–0 |
Trinidad and Tobago | 1–1 | Bahrain |
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Birchall 76' | Report | 72' Isa |
Attendance: 24,991
Referee: Mark Shield (Australia)
Bahrain | 0–1 | Trinidad and Tobago |
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Report | 49' Lawrence |
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Óscar Ruiz (Colombia)
Trinidad and Tobago won 2–1 on aggregate and qualified for the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Uruguay | 1–1 (2–4 p) | Australia | 1–0 | 0–1 (a.e.t.) |
Uruguay | 1–0 | Australia |
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Rodríguez 37' | Report |
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)
Australia | 1–0 (a.e.t.) | Uruguay |
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Bresciano 35' | Report | |
Penalties | ||
Kewell Neill Vidmar Viduka Aloisi |
4–2 | Rodríguez Varela Estoyanoff Zalayeta |
Attendance: 82,698
Referee: Luis Medina Cantalejo (Spain)
1–1 on aggregate. Australia won 4–2 on penalties and qualified for the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
There were 5 goals scored in 4 matches, for an average of 1.25 goals per match.
1 goal