Football_World_Cup_2006_-_Asian_Qualification_Groups

Football World Cup 2006 - Asian Qualification Groups - Definition

The Asian Football Confederation consists of 44 teams which are affiliated to FIFA, football's governing body. Of these teams, 39 are taking part in Qualifying for the Football World Cup 2006. The national teams of Cambodia, The Philippines, Bhutan and Brunei Darussalam elected not to take part and the national team of Myanmar was excluded from the competition. The remaining 39 teams are competing for 4.5 places in the Final competition in Germany.

Contents

1 First Stage - Knockout Matches

2 Second Stage - Playoff Groups

2.1 Group 1
2.2 Group 2
2.3 Group 3
2.4 Group 4
2.5 Group 5
2.6 Group 6
2.7 Group 7
2.8 Group 8

3 Third Stage

3.1 Group A
3.2 Group B

First Stage - Knockout Matches

The top 25 ranked teams were given first-round byes. The other 14 teams competed in home-and-away matches to determine the remaining 7 teams to qualify for Stage 2. After the draw, Guam and Nepal withdrew from the competition. Thus, to fill the final spot in Stage 2, FIFA announced it would use a "Lucky Loser" system, where the team that performed the best but lost their series would advance.

Match schedule

Date	Match	Venue	Result	Total
19-Nov-2003	Turkmenistan - Afghanistan	Ashgabat (Turkmenistan)	11:0 (6:0)
23-Nov-2003	Afghanistan - Turkmenistan	Kabul (Afghanistan)	0:2 (0:0)	0:13
23-Nov-2003	Chinese Taipei - Macao	Taipei (Chinese Taipei)	3:0 (1:0)
29-Nov-2003	Macao - Chinese Taipei	Macao (Macao)	1:3 (0:1)	1:6
26-Nov-2003	Bangladesh - Tajikistan	Dhaka (Bangladesh)	0:2 (0:1)
30-Nov-2003	Tajikistan - Bangladesh	Dushanbe (Tajikistan)	2:0 (1:0)	4:0
29-Nov-2003	Pakistan - Kyrgyzstan	Karachi (Pakistan)	0:2 (0:1)
03-Dec-2003	Kyrgyzstan - Pakistan	Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan)	4:0 (2:0)	6:0
29-Nov-2003	Mongolia - Maldives	Ulaan-baatar (Mongolia)	0:1 (0:1)
03-Dec-2003	Maldives - Mongolia	Male (Maldives)	12:0 (4:0)	13:0
29-Nov-2003	Laos - Sri Lanka	Vientiane (Laos)	0:0
03-Dec-2003	Sri Lanka - Laos	Colombo (Sri Lanka)	3:0 (1:0)	3:0

Winners denoted in bold. Lucky Loser denoted by italics.
Lucky Loser determined by following criteria: 1) Points (3 for win, 1 for draw, 0 for loss); 2) Goal Differential; 3) Goals Scored.

Second Stage - Playoff Groups

The 6 Stage 1 winners and Laos joined the 25 teams which had received byes in Stage 2. The teams were drawn into 8 groups of 4, which each group playing a home-and-away round-robin schedule. The top team in each group advances to Stage 3. Teams marked in bold have won their group and will advance. Teams marked in italics have been eliminated.

Group 1

Final Results

Country	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Iran	6	5	0	1	22	4	15
Jordan	6	4	0	2	10	6	12
Qatar	6	3	0	3	16	8	9
Laos	6	0	0	6	3	33	0

Match schedule

Date	Match	Venue	Result
18-Feb-2004	Jordan - Laos	Amman (Jordan)	5:0 (2:0)
18-Feb-2004	Iran - Qatar	Tehran (Iran)	3:1 (2:0)
31-Mar-2004	Laos - Iran	Vientiane (Laos)	0:7 (0:4)
31-Mar-2004	Jordan - Qatar	Amman (Jordan)	1:0 (0:0)
09-Jun-2004	Iran - Jordan	Tehran (Iran)	0:1 (0:0)
09-Jun-2004	Qatar - Laos	Doha (Qatar)	5:0 (2:0)
08-Sep-2004	Laos - Qatar	Vientiane (Laos)	1:6 (0:2)
08-Sep-2004	Jordan - Iran	Amman (Jordan)	0:2 (0:0)
13-Oct-2004	Laos - Jordan	Vientiane (Laos)	2:3 (1:1)
13-Oct-2004	Qatar - Iran	Doha (Qatar)	2:3 (1:1)
17-Nov-2004	Iran - Laos	Tehran (Iran)	7:0 (3:0)
17-Nov-2004	Qatar - Jordan	Doha (Qatar)	2:0 (0:0)

Group 2

Final Results

Country	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Uzbekistan	6	5	1	0	16	3	16
Iraq	6	3	2	1	17	7	11
Palestinianflagproposed.png Palestine	6	2	1	3	11	11	7
Chinese Taipei	6	0	0	6	3	26	0

Match schedule

Date	Match	Venue	Result
18-Feb-2004	Uzbekistan - Iraq	Tashkent (Uzbekistan)	1:1 (0:0)
18-Feb-2004	Palestine - Chinese Taipei	Doha (Qatar)	8:0 (4:0)
31-Mar-2004	Chinese Taipei - Uzbekistan	Taipei (Chinese Taipei)	0:1 (0:0)
31-Mar-2004	Palestine - Iraq	Doha (Qatar)	1:1 (0:1)
09-Jun-2004	Iraq - Chinese Taipei	Amman (Jordan)	6:1 (3:0)
09-Jun-2004	Uzbekistan - Palestine	Tashkent (Uzbekistan)	3:0 (2:0)
08-Sep-2004	Chinese Taipei - Iraq	Taipei (Chinese Taipei)	1:4 (0:2)
08-Sep-2004	Palestine - Uzbekistan	Rayyan (Qatar)	0:3 (0:2)
13-Oct-2004	Iraq - Uzbekistan	Amman (Jordan)	1:2 (0:2)
14-Oct-2004	Chinese Taipei - Palestine	Taipei (Chinese Taipei)	0:1 (0:0)
16-Nov-2004	Iraq - Palestine	Doha (Qatar)	4:1 (0:0)
17-Nov-2004	Uzbekistan - Chinese Taipei	Tashkent (Uzbekistan)	6:1 (5:0)

Group 3

Final Results

Country	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Japan	6	6	0	0	16	1	18
Oman	6	3	1	2	14	3	10
India	6	1	1	4	2	18	4
Singapore	6	1	0	5	3	13	3

Match schedule

Date	Match	Venue	Result
18-Feb-2004	India - Singapore	Margao (India)	1:0 (0:0)
18-Feb-2004	Japan - Oman	Saitama (Japan)	1:0 (0:0)
31-Mar-2004	India - Oman	Kochin (India)	1:5 (1:2)
31-Mar-2004	Singapore - Japan	Singapore (Singapore)	1:2 (0:1)
09-Jun-2004	Japan - India	Saitama (Japan)	7:0 (3:0)
09-Jun-2004	Oman - Singapore	Muscat (Oman)	7:0 (4:0)
08-Sep-2004	India - Japan	Calcutta (India)	0:4 (0:1)
08-Sep-2004	Singapore - Oman	Singapore (Singapore)	0:2 (0:1)
13-Oct-2004	Oman - Japan	Muscat (Oman)	0:1 (0:0)
13-Oct-2004	Singapore - India	Singapore (Singapore)	2:0 (0:0)
17-Nov-2004	Oman - India	Muscat (Oman)	0:0
17-Nov-2004	Japan - Singapore	Saitama (Japan)	1:0 (1:0)

Group 4

Final Results

Country	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Kuwait	6	5	0	1	15	2	15¹
People's Republic of China	6	5	0	1	14	1	15¹
Hong Kong	6	2	0	4	5	15	6
Malaysia	6	0	0	6	2	18	0

¹ - Each team has +13 goal differential, Kuwait advances on goals scored.

Schedule

Date	Match	Venue	Result
18-Feb-2004	People's Republic of China - Kuwait	Guangzhou (China)	1:0 (0:0)
18-Feb-2004	Malaysia - Hong Kong	Kuantan (Malaysia)	1:3 (1:1)
31-Mar-2004	Hong Kong - People's Republic of China	Hong Kong (Hong Kong)	0:1 (0:0)
31-Mar-2004	Malaysia - Kuwait	Kuantan (Malaysia)	0:2 (0:0)
09-Jun-2004	People's Republic of China - Malaysia	Tianjin (China)	4:0 (1:0)
09-Jun-2004	Kuwait - Hong Kong	Kuwait City (Kuwait)	4:0 (3:0)
08-Sep-2004	Hong Kong - Kuwait	Hong Kong (Hong Kong)	0:2 (0:1)
08-Sep-2004	Malaysia - People's Republic of China	Penang (Malaysia)	0:1 (0:0)
13-Oct-2004	Kuwait - People's Republic of China	Kuwait City (Kuwait)	1:0 (0:0)
13-Oct-2004	Hong Kong - Malaysia	Hong Kong (Hong Kong)	2:0 (1:0)
17-Nov-2004	Kuwait - Malaysia	Kuwait City (Kuwait)	6:1 (1:1)
17-Nov-2004	People's Republic of China - Hong Kong	Guangzhou (China)	7:0 (3:0)

Group 5

Final Results

Country	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
North Korea	6	3	2	1	11	5	11
United Arab Emirates	6	3	1	2	6	6	10
Thailand	6	2	1	3	9	10	7
Yemen	6	1	2	3	6	10	5

Match schedule

Date	Match	Venue	Result
18-Feb-2004	Yemen - North Korea	Sana'a (Yemen)	1:1 (0:0)
18-Feb-2004	United Arab Emirates - Thailand	Al Ain City (United Arab Emirates)	1:0 (1:0)
31-Mar-2004	Yemen - Thailand	Sana'a (Yemen)	0:3 (0:0)
31-Mar-2004	North Korea - United Arab Emirates	Pyongyang (North Korea)	0:0
09-Jun-2004	Thailand - North Korea	Bangkok (Thailand)	1:4 (0:1)
09-Jun-2004	United Arab Emirates - Yemen	Al Ain City (United Arab Emirates)	3:0 (2:0)
08-Sep-2004	Yemen - United Arab Emirates	Sana'a (Yemen)	3:1 (1:1)
08-Sep-2004	North Korea - Thailand	Pyongyang (North Korea)	4:1 (0:0)
13-Oct-2004	North Korea - Yemen	Pyongyang (North Korea)	2:1 (1:0)
13-Oct-2004	Thailand - United Arab Emirates	Thai Japan (Thailand)	3:0 (2:0)
17-Nov-2004	Thailand - Yemen	Bangkok (Thailand)	1:1 (0:0)
17-Nov-2004	United Arab Emirates - North Korea	Dubai (United Arab Emirates)	1:0 (0:0)

Group 6

Final Results

Country	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Bahrain	6	4	2	0	15	4	14
Syria	6	2	2	2	7	7	8
Tajikistan	6	2	1	3	5	9	7
Kyrgyzstan	6	1	1	4	5	11	4

Match schedule

Date	Match	Venue	Result
18-Feb-2004	Kyrgyzstan - Tajikistan	Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan)	1:2 (1:1)
18-Feb-2004	Bahrain - Syria	Muharraq (Bahrain)	2:1 (0:0)
31-Mar-2004	Kyrgyzstan - Syria	Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan)	1:1 (0:0)
31-Mar-2004	Tajikistan - Bahrain	Dushanbe (Tajikistan)	0:0
09-Jun-2004	Bahrain - Kyrgyzstan	Muharraq (Bahrain)	5:0 (2:0)
10-Jun-2004	Syria - Tajikistan	Homs (Syria)	2:1 (0:1)
08-Sep-2004	Tajikistan - Syria	Dushanbe (Tajikistan)	0:1 (0:1)
08-Sep-2004	Kyrgyzstan - Bahrain	Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan)	1:2 (0:1)
13-Oct-2004	Tajikistan - Kyrgyzstan	Dushanbe (Tajikistan)	2:1 (2:0)
13-Oct-2004	Syria - Bahrain	Damascus (Syria)	2:2 (2:1)
17-Nov-2004	Syria - Kyrgyzstan	Damascus (Syria)	0:1 (0:0)
17-Nov-2004	Bahrain - Tajikistan	Manama (Bahrain)	4:0 (3:0)

Group 7

Final Results

Country	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
South Korea	6	4	2	0	9	2	14
Lebanon	6	3	2	1	11	5	11
Vietnam	6	1	1	4	5	9	4
Maldives	6	1	1	4	5	14	4

Match schedule

Date	Match	Venue	Result
18-Feb-2004	Vietnam - Maldives	Hanoi (Vietnam)	4:0 (2:0)
18-Feb-2004	South Korea - Lebanon	Suwon (South Korea)	2:0 (1:0)
31-Mar-2004	Maldives - South Korea	Male (Maldives)	0:0
31-Mar-2004	Vietnam - Lebanon	Nam Dinh (Vietnam)	0:2 (0:0)
09-Jun-2004	South Korea - Vietnam	Daejeon (South Korea)	2:0 (1:0)
09-Jun-2004	Lebanon - Maldives	Beirut (Lebanon)	3:0 (1:0)
08-Sep-2004	Maldives - Lebanon	Male (Maldives)	2:5 (0:2)
08-Sep-2004	Vietnam - South Korea	Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam)	1:2 (0:0)
13-Oct-2004	Maldives - Vietnam	Male (Maldives)	3:0 (1:0)
13-Oct-2004	Lebanon - South Korea	Beirut (Lebanon)	1:1 (1:1)
17-Nov-2004	Lebanon - Vietnam	Beirut (Lebanon)	0:0
17-Nov-2004	South Korea - Maldives	Seoul (South Korea)	2:0 (0:0)

Group 8

Final Results

Country	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Saudi Arabia	6	6	0	0	14	1	18
Turkmenistan	6	2	1	3	8	10	7
Indonesia	6	2	1	3	8	12	7
Sri Lanka	6	0	2	4	4	11	2

Match schedule

Date	Match	Venue	Result
18-Feb-2004	Turkmenistan - Sri Lanka	Ashgabat (Turkmenistan)	2:0 (1:0)
18-Feb-2004	Saudi Arabia - Indonesia	Riyadh (Saudi Arabia)	3:0 (3:0)
31-Mar-2004	Sri Lanka - Saudi Arabia	Colombo (Sri Lanka)	0:1 (0:0)
31-Mar-2004	Turkmenistan - Indonesia	Ashgabat (Turkmenistan)	3:1 (2:1)
09-Jun-2004	Indonesia - Sri Lanka	Jakarta (Indonesia)	1:0 (1:0)
09-Jun-2004	Saudi Arabia - Turkmenistan	Riyadh (Saudi Arabia)	3:0 (3:0)
08-Sep-2004	Sri Lanka - Indonesia	Colombo (Sri Lanka)	2:2 (0:1)
08-Sep-2004	Turkmenistan - Saudi Arabia	Ashgabat (Turkmenistan)	0:1 (0:0)
09-Oct-2004	Sri Lanka - Turkmenistan	Colombo (Sri Lanka)	2:2 (0:1)
12-Oct-2004	Indonesia - Saudi Arabia	Jakarta (Indonesia)	1:3 (0:2)
17-Nov-2004	Indonesia - Turkmenistan	Jakarta (Indonesia)	3:1 (1:1)
17-Nov-2004	Saudi Arabia - Sri Lanka	Dammam (Saudi Arabia)	3:0 (2:0)

Third Stage

The eight teams that survived Stage 2 are drawn into 2 groups of 4. Again, the teams will play a home-and-away round-robin. The top 2 teams in each group qualifies for the World Cup. The 3rd place team in each group will play a home-and-away match to determine Asia's representative in a playoff against North America.

Group A

Group A	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
South Korea	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Saudi Arabia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Uzbekistan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kuwait	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Date	Home	Away	Venue	Result/Time
9-Feb-2005	South Korea	Kuwait	Seoul (South Korea)	20:05
9-Feb-2005	Uzbekistan	Saudi Arabia	Tashkent (Uzbekistan)	15:45
25-Mar-2005	Kuwait	Uzbekistan	TBA	TBA
25-Mar-2005	Saudi Arabia	South Korea	TBA	TBA
30-Mar-2005	Kuwait	Saudi Arabia	TBA	TBA
30-Mar-2005	South Korea	Uzbekistan	TBA	TBA
3-Jun-2005	Saudi Arabia	Kuwait	TBA	TBA
3-Jun-2005	Uzbekistan	South Korea	TBA	TBA
8-Jun-2005	Kuwait	South Korea	TBA	TBA
8-Jun-2005	Saudi Arabia	Uzbekistan	TBA	TBA
17-Aug-2005	South Korea	Saudi Arabia	TBA	TBA
17-Aug-2005	Uzbekistan	Kuwait	TBA	TBA

Group B

Group B	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Japan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Iran	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bahrain	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
North Korea	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Date	Home	Away	Venue	Result/Time
9-Feb-2005	Japan	North Korea	Saitama (Japan)	19:30
9-Feb-2005	Bahrain	Iran	Manama (Bahrain)	18:35
25-Mar-2005	North Korea	Bahrain	TBA	TBA
25-Mar-2005	Iran	Japan	TBA	TBA
30-Mar-2005	North Korea	Iran	TBA	TBA
30-Mar-2005	Japan	Bahrain	Saitama (Japan)	TBA
3-Jun-2005	Iran	North Korea	TBA	TBA
3-Jun-2005	Bahrain	Japan	TBA	TBA
8-Jun-2005	North Korea	Japan	TBA	TBA
8-Jun-2005	Iran	Bahrain	TBA	TBA
17-Aug-2005	Japan	Iran	TBA	TBA
17-Aug-2005	Bahrain	North Korea	TBA	TBA

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