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

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.

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

Tournament details
Dates	12–16 November 2005
Teams	4 (from 4 confederations)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	4
Goals scored	5 (1.25 per match)
Attendance	197,689 (49,422 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Mark Bresciano Salman Isa Chris Birchall Dennis Lawrence Darío Rodríguez (1 goal each)
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Qualified teams

The four teams participating were:

Confederation	Placement	Team
AFC	Fourth round (play-off) winner	Bahrain
CONCACAF	Fourth round 4th place	Trinidad and Tobago
CONMEBOL	Round-robin 5th place	Uruguay
OFC	Final round winner	Australia

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.^[1]

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)

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Trinidad and Tobago	2–1	Bahrain	1–1	1–0

12 November 2005

18:30 UTC−04:00

Trinidad and Tobago	1–1	Bahrain
Birchall 76'	Report	72' Isa

Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain

Attendance: 24,991

Referee: Mark Shield (Australia)

16 November 2005

19:00 UTC+03:00

Bahrain	0–1	Trinidad and Tobago
	Report	49' Lawrence

Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Óscar Ruiz (Colombia)

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)

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Uruguay	1–1 (2–4 p)	Australia	1–0	0–1 (a.e.t.)

12 November 2005

18:00

Uruguay	1–0	Australia
Rodríguez 37'	Report

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 55,000

Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)

16 November 2005

20:00

Australia	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Uruguay
Bresciano 35'	Report
Penalties
Kewell Neill Vidmar Viduka Aloisi	4–2	Rodríguez Varela Estoyanoff Zalayeta

Telstra Stadium, Sydney

Attendance: 82,698

Referee: Luis Medina Cantalejo (Spain)

1–1 on aggregate. Australia won 4–2 on penalties and qualified for the 2006 FIFA World Cup.

Goalscorers

There were 5 goals scored in 4 matches, for an average of 1.25 goals per match.

1 goal

• Mark Bresciano
• Salman Isa
• Chris Birchall
• Dennis Lawrence
• Darío Rodríguez