2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC first round
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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.
Summary
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Turkmenistan  |
13–0 |  Afghanistan |
11–0 | 2–0 |
Chinese Taipei  |
6–1 |  Macau |
3–0 | 3–1 |
Bangladesh  |
0–4 |  Tajikistan |
0–2 | 0–2 |
Laos  |
0–3 |  Sri Lanka |
0–0 | 0–3 |
Pakistan  |
0–6 |  Kyrgyzstan |
0–2 | 0–4 |
Mongolia  |
0–13 |  Maldives |
0–1 | 0–12 |
Matches
| Turkmenistan | 11–0 | Afghanistan |
|---|---|---|
Öwekow  6', 35'Kulyýew 8', 22', 81'Baýramow 27'Berdiýew 42'Agabaýew 49', 65', 67'Urazow 90' |
(Report) |
| Afghanistan | 0–2 | Turkmenistan |
|---|---|---|
| (Report) | Kulyýew 85', 91' |
Turkmenistan won 13–0 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.
| Chinese Taipei | 3–0 | Macau |
|---|---|---|
| Chuang Yao-tsung 23' Chen Jui-te 52'Chang Wu-yeh 57' |
(Report) |
| Macau | 1–3 | Chinese Taipei |
|---|---|---|
| Fu Weng Lei 87' |
(Report) | Chen Jui-te 14', 69' Chiang Shih-lu 66' |
Chinese Taipei won 6–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.
| Bangladesh | 0–2 | Tajikistan |
|---|---|---|
| (Report) | Hamidov 11' Khakimov 51' |
| Tajikistan | 2–0 | Bangladesh |
|---|---|---|
| Kholmatov 15' Rabiev 83' |
(Report) |
Tajikistan won 4–0 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.
| Sri Lanka | 3–0 | Laos |
|---|---|---|
| Ediri 35' Jayasuriya 59'Hameed 90+3' |
(Report) |
Sri Lanka won 3–0 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.
| Pakistan | 0–2 | Kyrgyzstan |
|---|---|---|
| (Report) | Boldygin 36' Chikishev 59' |
| Kyrgyzstan | 4–0 | Pakistan |
|---|---|---|
| Chikishev 18' Chertkov 28'Boldygin 67'Krasnov 92' |
(Report) |
Kyrgyzstan won 6–0 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.
Maldives won 13–0 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.
Ranking of losing teams
Both Guam and Nepal would have played against each other to decide who progresses to the next round. After Nepal withdrew first, Guam would have progressed but Guam withdrew later as well. 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
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laos |
2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 1 |
| Bangladesh |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | −4 | 0 |
| Macau |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 0 |
| Pakistan |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | −6 | 0 |
| Afghanistan |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 | −13 | 0 |
| Mongolia |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 | −13 | 0 |
Thus, Laos advanced to the second round.
Goalscorers
There were 46 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 3.83 goals per match.
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
Chen Jui-te
Rejepmyrat Agabaýew
2 goals
Evgeny Boldygin- Sergey Chikishev
Ibrahim Fazeel- Mohamed Nizam
- Ahmed Thoriq
- Guwançmuhammet Öwekow
1 goal
- Chang Wu-yeh
- Chiang Shih-lu
- Chuang Yao-tsung
- Vladimir Chertkov
- Andrey Krasnov
Fu Weng Lei- Assad Ghani
- Mohamed Nazeeh
Channa Ediri- Mohamed Hameed
- Kasun Jayasuriya
Sukhrob Hamidov- Numondzhon Khakimov
- Akmal Kholmatov
- Yusuf Rabiev
- Nazar Baýramow
- Omar Berdiýew
- Didargylyç Urazow
1 own goal
Khishigdalai Battulga (against Maldives)