2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC First Round


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.

Matches

Turkmenistan won 13–0 on aggregate and advanced to the Second Round.
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Chinese Taipei won 6–1 on aggregate and advanced to the Second Round.
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Tajikistan won 4–0 on aggregate and advanced to the Second Round.
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Sri Lanka won 3–0 on aggregate and advanced to the Second Round.
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Kyrgyzstan won 6–0 on aggregate and advanced to the Second Round.
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Maldives won 13–0 on aggregate and advanced to the Second Round.
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Also, both Guam and Nepal would play against each other. Nepal withdrew first, so Guam progressed but Guam withdrew later. 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.
TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
201103−31
200204−40
200216−50
200206−60
2002013−130
2002013−130

Thus, Laos advanced to the Second Round.