2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC first round

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.Tooltip Aggregate score	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

19 November 2003

19:00

Turkmenistan	11–0	Afghanistan
Öwekow 6', 35' Kulyýew 8', 22', 81' Baýramow 27' Berdiýew 42' Agabaýew 49', 65', 67' Urazow 90'	(Report)

Olympic Stadium, Ashgabat

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Emil Busurmankulov (Kyrgyzstan)

23 November 2003

13:30

Afghanistan	0–2	Turkmenistan
	(Report)	Kulyýew 85', 91'

National Stadium, Kabul

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Jahangir Khan (Pakistan)

Turkmenistan won 13–0 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

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23 November 2003

14:00

Chinese Taipei	3–0	Macau
Chuang Yao-tsung 23' Chen Jui-te 52' Chang Wu-yeh 57'	(Report)

Chungshan Soccer Stadium, Taipei

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Jimmy Napitupulu (Indonesia)

29 November 2003

15:00

Macau	1–3	Chinese Taipei
Fu Weng Lei 87'	(Report)	Chen Jui-te 14', 69' Chiang Shih-lu 66'

Estádio Campo Desportivo, Macau

Attendance: 250

Referee: Zhou Weixin (China PR)

Chinese Taipei won 6–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

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26 November 2003

15:00

Bangladesh	0–2	Tajikistan
	(Report)	Hamidov 11' Khakimov 51'

Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Dhaka

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Virat Khanthachai (Thailand)

30 November 2003

14:00

Tajikistan	2–0	Bangladesh
Kholmatov 15' Rabiev 83'	(Report)

Pamir Stadium, Dushanbe

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Manuel Pereira (India)

Tajikistan won 4–0 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

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29 November 2003

17:00

Laos	0–0	Sri Lanka
	(Report)

Laos National Stadium, Vientiane

Attendance: 4,500

Referee: Luong The Tai (Vietnam)

3 December 2003

18:30

Sri Lanka	3–0	Laos
Ediri 35' Jayasuriya 59' Hameed 90+3'	(Report)

Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Ali Saleem (Maldives)

Sri Lanka won 3–0 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

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29 November 2003

15:00

Pakistan	0–2	Kyrgyzstan
	(Report)	Boldygin 36' Chikishev 59'

People's Football Stadium, Karachi

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Ibrahim Nesar (Bangladesh)

3 December 2003

13:00

Kyrgyzstan	4–0	Pakistan
Chikishev 18' Chertkov 28' Boldygin 67' Krasnov 92'	(Report)

Spartak Stadium, Bishkek

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Mamed Mamedov (Turkmenistan)

Kyrgyzstan won 6–0 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

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29 November 2003

13:00

Mongolia	0–1	Maldives
	(Report)	Nizam 24'

National Sports Stadium, Ulan Bator

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Yang Zhiqiang (China PR)

3 December 2003

15:35

Maldives	12–0	Mongolia
Ashfaq 4', 61', 63', 68' Nizam 42' Fazeel 45+1', 45+4' Ghani 65' Thoriq 74', 78' Battulga 75' (o.g.) Nazeeh 80'	(Report)

Rasmee Dhandu Stadium, Malé

Attendance: 9,000

Referee: Deshapryia Arambekade (Sri Lanka)

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

• Begençmuhammet Kulyýew

4 goals

• Ali Ashfaq

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)

See also

• 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC second round