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2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC third round

International football competition

The AFC third round of 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification began on 9 February 2005 and finished on 17 August 2005.

The top two countries in each group at the end of the stage qualified for the 2006 FIFA World Cup, while the third-placed teams entered a play-off to determine an entrant for the play-off with the fifth-placed CONCACAF team.

Format

The 8 group-winners from the previous round were split into two groups of four teams each – with all teams playing home and away against each of the other three teams in the group.

The top two teams in each group qualified for the 2006 FIFA World Cup.

Group 1

Lee Young-pyo

Al-Qahtani

Lee Dong-gook

Al-Harthi

Lee Dong-gook Chung Kyung-ho Park Ji-sung

Al-Harthi

Shatskikh Soliev Abdullah

Group 2

Oguro

Nekounam

Note: This match was used as backdrop for the 2006 Iranian film Offside.

Oguro Note: Since there were crowd troubles in the previous two North Korea's home matches, FIFA decided that the next one North Korea's home match be moved to a neutral venue (Thailand) and played behind closed doors.

Oguro

Ali Kim Chol-Ho An Chol-Hyok

Goalscorers

References

(26 Nov 2009). "World Cup 2006 Qualifying".
"2006 FIFA World Cup Germany Preliminaries: Asian Zone".
(27 April 2005). "FIFA decision on N Korea on April 29". [[Asian Football Confederation.
(9 May 2005). "FIFA.com - Korea DPR to play Japan in Thailand". [[FIFA.

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