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2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (inter-confederation play-offs)

Field	Value
tourney_name	FIFA World Cup qualification (inter-confederation play-offs)
year	2006
dates	12–16 November 2005
num_teams	4
confederations	4
matches	4
goals	5
attendance
top_scorer	AUS Mark Bresciano
BHR Salman Isa
TRI Chris Birchall
TRI Dennis Lawrence
URU Darío Rodríguez
(1 goal each)
prevseason	[2002](2002-fifa-world-cup-qualification-inter-confederation-play-offs)
nextseason	[2010](2010-fifa-world-cup-qualification-inter-confederation-play-offs)

BHR Salman Isa TRI Chris Birchall TRI Dennis Lawrence URU Darío Rodríguez (1 goal each) 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.

Qualified teams

The four teams participating were:

Confederation	Placement	Team
[AFC](2006-fifa-world-cup-qualification-afc)	[Fourth round (play-off)](2006-fifa-world-cup-qualification-afc-fourth-round) winner
[CONCACAF](2006-fifa-world-cup-qualification-concacaf)	[Fourth round](2006-fifa-world-cup-qualification-concacaf-fourth-round) 4th place
[CONMEBOL](2006-fifa-world-cup-qualification-conmebol)	Round-robin 5th place
[OFC](2006-fifa-world-cup-qualification-ofc)	[Final round](2006-fifa-world-cup-qualification-ofc-final-round) winner

Format

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.

The ties themselves were not drawn, but were allocated by FIFA as:

CONCACAF fourth round Fourth Place v AFC fourth round winner
CONMEBOL Fifth Place vs OFC third round winner

Matches

CONCACAF v AFC

Main article: 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC–CONCACAF play-off)

Trinidad and Tobago won 2–1 on aggregate and qualified for the 2006 FIFA World Cup.

CONMEBOL v OFC

Main article: 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL–OFC play-off)

Neill Vidmar Viduka Aloisi Varela Estoyanoff Zalayeta 1–1 on aggregate. Australia won 4–2 on penalties and qualified for the 2006 FIFA World Cup.

Goalscorers

Mark Bresciano
Salman Isa
Chris Birchall
Dennis Lawrence
Darío Rodríguez

References

(10 September 2005). "Intercontinental play-off schedule confirmed". FIFA.

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