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{{Infobox international football competition
| tourney_name   = 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)
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| dates          = {{nowrap|19 November 2003 - 16 November 2005}}
| num_teams      = 38
| confederations = 1
| matches        = 134
| goals          = 400
| attendance     = {{#expr:<!--First round-->12000 + 6000 + 2000 + 250 + 6000 + 12000 + 45000 + 6000 + 10000 + 12000 + 2000 + 9000 +<!--Second round-->5000 + 0 + 7000 + 15000 + 35000 +5000 + 2900 + 20000 + 3000 + 8000 + 8000 + 30000 + 24000 + 1000 + 2500 + 500 + 2000 + 35000 + 5000 + 400 + 10000 + 500 + 500 + 20000 + 28000 + 60270 + 48000 + 6000 + 63000 + 2000 + 90000 + 4000 + 35000 + 3609 + 2000 + 58881 + 50000 + 12000 + 9000 + 9327 + 35000 + 9000 + 1500 + 14000 + 10000 + 2425 + 15000 + 20300 + 15000 + 4000 + 25000 + 20000 + 30000 + 5000 + 17000 + 20000 + 15000 + 15000 + 2000 + 15000 + 14000 + 5000 + 17000 + 17000 + 2800 + 18000 + 18000 + 10000 + 11000 + 35000 + 1000 + 15000 + 25000 + 22000 + 12000 + 25000 + 40019 + 18000 + 12000 + 25000 + 10000 + 21000 + 100 + 64000 + 1000 + 11000 + 5000 + 6000 + 1000 + 30000 + 4000 + 5000 + 4000 + 30000 + 15000 + 2000 +<!--Third round-->53287 + 45000 + 25000 + 12000 + 25000 + 62857 + 72000 + 40000 + 15000 + 72000 + 61586 + 40000 + 60000 + 25000 + 50000 + 110000 + 55000 + 67549 + 35000 + 32000 + 80000 + 0 + 66098 + 3000 +<!--Fourth round-->55000 + 25000}}
| top_scorer     = {{fbicon|Iran}} [[Ali Daei]]<br>(9 goals)
| prevseason     = [[2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)|2002]]
| nextseason     = [[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)|2010]]
}}
{{Qualification for championships (AFC)}}

Listed below are the dates and results for the '''[[2006 FIFA World Cup]] qualification''' rounds for '''[[Asian Football Confederation|Asia]]'''.

44 Asian teams are affiliated with [[FIFA]], but [[Cambodia national football team|Cambodia]], [[Philippines national football team|Philippines]], [[Bhutan national football team|Bhutan]] and [[Brunei national football team|Brunei]] decided not to take part, and [[Myanmar national football team|Myanmar]] were banned from the competition (for refusing to play a qualifier in Iran during [[2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)|2002 qualifying]]), so a total of 39 teams took part, competing for 4.5 places in the World Cup.

==Format==
The qualification was composed of three rounds. Only the 14 last ranked teams according to FIFA took part in the '''Preliminary Round''', where they were paired 2-by-2 and played home-and-away knock-out matches. The 7 winners joined the other 25 teams in the '''second round''', where those 32 teams were divided in 8 groups of four teams each. The teams in each group would play against each other home-and-away, and the team with most points in each group would advance to the Third Round.

In the '''third round''', the 8 remaining teams were divided in two groups of 4 teams each, that would again play against each other in a home-and-away basis. The two teams with most points in each group would qualify to the World Cup. The two third placed teams would play-off against each other home-and-away. Winner of this play-off would play against the fourth placed team in the final round of [[2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF)|CONCACAF]] in an intercontinental play-off for a place in the World Cup.

==First round==
{{main|2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC first round}}
{{TwoLeg start}}
{{TwoLegResult| '''{{fb-rt|TKM}}''' || 13–0 | {{fb|AFG|2002}} || [[2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC first round#Turkmenistan v Afghanistan|11–0]] | [[2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC first round#Afghanistan v Turkmenistan|2–0]]}}
{{TwoLegResult| '''{{fb-rt|TPE}}''' || 6–1 | {{fb|MAC}} || [[2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC first round#Chinese Taipei v Macau|3–0]] | [[2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC first round#Macau v Chinese Taipei|3–1]]}}
{{TwoLegResult| {{fb-rt|BAN}} || 0–4 | '''{{fb|TJK}}''' || [[2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC first round#Bangladesh v Tajikistan|0–2]] | [[2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC first round#Tajikistan v Bangladesh|0–2]]}}
{{TwoLegResult| {{fb-rt|LAO}} || 0–3 | '''{{fb|SRI}}''' || [[2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC first round#Laos v Sri Lanka|0–0]] | [[2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC first round#Sri Lanka v Laos|0–3]]}}
{{TwoLegResult| {{fb-rt|PAK}} || 0–6 | '''{{fb|KGZ|1992}}''' || [[2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC first round#Pakistan v Kyrgyzstan|0–2]] | [[2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC first round#Kyrgyzstan v Pakistan|0–4]]}}
{{TwoLegResult| {{fb-rt|MGL|1992}} || 0–13 | '''{{fb|MDV}}''' || [[2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC first round#Mongolia v Maldives|0–1]] | [[2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC first round#Maldives v Mongolia|0–12]]}}
{{end}}

[[Guam national football team|Guam]] and [[Nepal national football team|Nepal]] were scheduled to play against each other on November 21 and 25; Nepal withdrew, so Guam progressed to the 2nd round, but Guam later withdrew.

FIFA then decided to elect a "lucky loser", to select the best of the teams that lost, to 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.

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|win_BAN=0|draw_BAN=0|loss_BAN=2|gf_BAN=0|ga_BAN=4
|win_MAC=0|draw_MAC=0|loss_MAC=2|gf_MAC=1|ga_MAC=6
|win_PAK=0|draw_PAK=0|loss_PAK=2|gf_PAK=0|ga_PAK=6
|win_AFG=0|draw_AFG=0|loss_AFG=2|gf_AFG=0|ga_AFG=13
|win_MGL=0|draw_MGL=0|loss_MGL=2|gf_MGL=0|ga_MGL=13

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[[Laos national football team|Laos]] advanced to the second round.

==Second round==
{{Main|2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC second round}}

In the second round, the 25 teams who received byes, as well as the 7 play-off round winners, were split into eight groups of four teams each. Teams played home-and-away games with the other teams in their group, and the top-ranked team qualified for the [[#Third round|third round]].

===Group 1===
{{:2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC second round|transcludesection=Group 1}}

===Group 2===
{{:2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC second round|transcludesection=Group 2}}

===Group 3===
{{:2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC second round|transcludesection=Group 3}}

===Group 4===
{{:2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC second round|transcludesection=Group 4}}

===Group 5===
{{:2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC second round|transcludesection=Group 5}}

===Group 6===
{{:2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC second round|transcludesection=Group 6}}

===Group 7===
{{:2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC second round|transcludesection=Group 7}}

===Group 8===
{{:2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC second round|transcludesection=Group 8}}

==Third round==
{{Main|2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC third round}}

In the third round, the 8 teams who won their groups in the earlier round were split into two groups of four teams each. Teams played home-and-away games with the other teams in their group, and the top two teams qualified for the [[2006 FIFA World Cup]]. Meanwhile, the third-placed teams entered a [[#Fourth round|play-off]] to determine who would contest the [[2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC–CONCACAF play-off)|AFC–CONCACAF play-off]].

===Group 1===
{{:2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC third round|transcludesection=Group 1}}

===Group 2===
{{:2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC third round|transcludesection=Group 2}}

==Fourth round==
{{Main|2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC fourth round}}
Teams finishing 3rd in the third round groups played each other to determine a possible 5th qualifier from Asia. The first leg was originally played on 3 September 2005 but the match was ordered to be replayed by FIFA after a refereeing mistake. With [[Uzbekistan]] leading the tie 1–0, a penalty was awarded to them but the referee disallowed the resulting goal and offered an indirect freekick to Bahrain for encroachment. Uzbekistan had formally requested for the match to be recorded as an automatic 3–0 victory.<ref>{{cite web|title=Uzbekistan and Bahrain to play it again|url=http://www.espnfc.com/story/341697/uzbekistan-and-bahrain-to-play-it-again|publisher=ESPN|access-date=13 July 2016}}</ref>

{{TwoLeg start}}
{{TwoLegResult|{{fb-rt|UZB}}||1–1 ([[Away goals rule|a]])|'''{{fb|BHR}}'''||[[2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC fourth round#Uzbekistan v Bahrain|1–1]]|[[2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC fourth round#Bahrain v Uzbekistan|0–0]]}}
{{end}}

'''Bahrain''' advanced to the [[2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC–CONCACAF play-off)|AFC–CONCACAF play-off]] on the [[away goals rule]].

==Inter-confederation play-offs==
{{main|2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF–AFC play-off)}}

The Fourth Round winner then played the fourth-placed team of the CONCACAF qualifying group, Trinidad and Tobago, in a home-and-away play-off. The winner of this play-off qualified for the [[2006 FIFA World Cup]] finals.
{{#lst:2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (inter-confederation play-offs)|playoff1}}

==Qualified teams==
The following four teams from AFC qualified for the final tournament.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Team
! Qualified as
! Qualified on
! data-sort-type="number"|Previous [[National team appearances in the FIFA World Cup|appearances]] in [[FIFA World Cup]]<sup>[[#1|1]]</sup>
|-
| {{fb|KSA}} || {{sort|A1|[[2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC third round#Group 1|Third round group 1]] winners}} || {{dts|8 June 2005}} || 3 ([[1994 FIFA World Cup|1994]], [[1998 FIFA World Cup|1998]], [[2002 FIFA World Cup|2002]])
|-
| {{fb|JPN}} || {{sort|A2|[[2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC third round#Group 2|Third round group 2]] winners}} || {{dts|8 June 2005}} || 2 ([[1998 FIFA World Cup|1998]], ''[[2002 FIFA World Cup|2002]]'')
|-
| {{fb|KOR|1997}} || {{sort|B1|[[2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC third round#Group 1|Third round group 1]] runners-up}} || {{dts|8 June 2005|addkey=1}} || 6 ([[1954 FIFA World Cup|1954]], [[1986 FIFA World Cup|1986]], [[1990 FIFA World Cup|1990]], [[1994 FIFA World Cup|1994]], [[1998 FIFA World Cup|1998]], ''[[2002 FIFA World Cup|2002]]'')
|-
| {{fb|IRN}} || {{sort|B2|[[2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC third round#Group 2|Third round group 2]] runners-up}} || {{dts|8 June 2005}} || 2 ([[1978 FIFA World Cup|1978]], [[1998 FIFA World Cup|1998]])
|}
:<div id="1"><sup>1</sup> '''Bold''' indicates champions for that year. ''Italic'' indicates hosts for that year.</div>

==Top goalscorers==
{{#invoke:Goalscorers|main|2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)|minimum=4}}<!--CAREFULLY update goalscorers at Module:Goalscorers/data/2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)-->
Below are full goalscorer lists for each round:
{{Div col|colwidth=22em}}
*[[2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC first round#Goalscorers|First round]]
*[[2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC second round#Goalscorers|Second round]]
*[[2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC third round#Goalscorers|Third round]]
*[[2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC fourth round#Goalscorers|Fourth round]]
{{div col end}}

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.rsssf.org/tables/2006q.html 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)] at RSSSF.com

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