2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL-OFC play-off)
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The 2006 FIFA World Cup OFC-CONMEBOL qualification play-off was a two-legged home-and-away tie between the winners of the Oceania qualifying tournament, Australia, and the fifth-placed team from the South American qualifying tournament, Uruguay. The tie was played on November 12, 2005 and November 16, 2005 in Montevideo and Sydney respectively. With the home team winning 1-0 in both matches, the aggregate score was tied 1-1, and, with no away goal advantage, the play-off was decided by a penalty shootout, which Australia won 4-2 in order to qualify for the FIFA World Cup for the first time since the 1974 tournament. It was the second consecutive FIFA World Cup where the two sides had played each other for a place in the tournament. On that occasion, Uruguay won 3-1 on aggregate.
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[edit] Background
This pairing was the same as the pairing for the 2002 OFC-CONMEBOL playoff, which Uruguay won 3-1 on aggregate. The draw for determining the order of the home and away legs was made at a FIFA congress on September 10, 2005.
[edit] Leg 1
| November 12, 2005 |
Uruguay  |
1 – 0 |  Australia |
Estadio Centenario, Montevideo Attendance: 55,000 Referee: Larsen (Denmark) |
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D.Rodríguez  37' |
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[edit] Leg 2
| November 16, 2005 20:00 |
Australia |
1 – 0 (a.e.t.) | Uruguay |
Telstra Stadium, Sydney Attendance: 82,698 Referee: Medina Cantalejo (Spain) |
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| Bresciano 35' |
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| Kewell Neill Vidmar Viduka  Aloisi |
4 – 2 | Rodríguez Varela Estoyanoff Zalayeta |
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