2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC fourth round

The AFC fourth round of 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification was held on 8 and 12 October 2005 between the two teams that finished third in the third round.

The winning team advanced to a play-off against the fourth-placed team of the CONCACAF qualifying group, Trinidad and Tobago. The winner of this playoff qualified for the 2006 World Cup finals.

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 free kick to Bahrain for encroachment. Uzbekistan had formally requested for the match to be recorded as an automatic 3–0 victory.^[1][2]

Summary

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Uzbekistan	1–1 (a)	Bahrain	1–1	0–0

Matches

3 September 2005 (2005-09-03)

18:05

Uzbekistan	Annulled[note 1]	Bahrain
Qosimov 12'	Report

Pakhtakor Stadium, Tashkent

Referee: Toshimitsu Yoshida (Japan)

8 October 2005

17:05

Uzbekistan	1–1	Bahrain
Shatskikh 19'	Report	Yousef 17'

Pakhtakor Stadium, Tashkent

Attendance: 55,000

Referee: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)

12 October 2005^{[note 2]}

22:00

Bahrain	0–0	Uzbekistan
	Report

Bahrain National Stadium, Manama

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Graham Poll (England)

1–1 on aggregate. Bahrain won on the away-goals rule and advanced to the CONCACAF–AFC play-off.

Goalscorers

There were 2 goals scored in 2 matches, for an average of 1 goal per match.

1 goal

• Talal Yousef
• Maksim Shatskikh

Notes

1. The Uzbekistan v Bahrain match originally finished as an 1–0 win for Uzbekistan, but the match saw referee Toshimitsu Yoshida misapply of the Laws of the Game regarding penalty kicks. Following a protest by Uzbekistan, the result was annulled by FIFA and the match was ordered to be replayed, which took place on 8 October 2005.
2. The Bahrain v Uzbekistan match was originally scheduled to take place on 7 September 2005, 19:05, but was later rescheduled after the first leg was ordered to be replayed.^[3]