2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC)

2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC)Tournament details

Dates| 10 May 2004 (2004-05-10) – 16 November 2005 (2005-11-16)
Teams| 12 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played| 39
Goals scored| 175 (4.49 per match)
Attendance| 227,596 (5,836 per match)
Top scorer(s)|  Tim Cahill
Veresa Toma
(7 goals each)

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Listed below are the dates and results for the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for Oceania. 12 teams took part, competing for a place in the intercontinental play-off against the fifth-placed team from South America. The winner of this play-off qualified for the World Cup.

This qualifying tournament also doubled as the 2004 OFC Nations Cup, up to the final play-off stage.

## First round

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Main article: 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – OFC first round

The competition was composed of three rounds. Australia and New Zealand entered the competition directly in the Second Round. The other 10 teams were divided in two groups of five teams each, and played against each other once. The two teams with most points in each group advanced to the Second Round.

### Group 1

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1  |  Solomon Islands (H) | 4  | 3  | 1  | 0  | 14  | 1  | +13  | 10  | Advance to 2004 OFC Nations Cup |  | -- | 1–1 | 2–0 | 6–0 | 5–0
2  |  Tahiti | 4  | 2  | 2  | 0  | 5  | 1  | +4  | 8  |  | -- | -- | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0
3  |  New Caledonia | 4  | 2  | 1  | 1  | 16  | 2  | +14  | 7  |  |  | -- | -- | -- | 8–0 | 8–0
4  |  Tonga | 4  | 1  | 0  | 3  | 2  | 17  | −15  | 3  |  | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2–1
5  |  Cook Islands | 4  | 0  | 0  | 4  | 1  | 17  | −16  | 0  |  | -- | -- | -- | -- | --

Source: FIFA
(H) Hosts

### Group 2

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1  |  Vanuatu | 4  | 3  | 1  | 0  | 16  | 2  | +14  | 10  | Advance to 2004 OFC Nations Cup |  | -- | -- | -- | -- | --
2  |  Fiji | 4  | 3  | 0  | 1  | 19  | 5  | +14  | 9  |  | 0–3 | -- | 4–2 | -- | 11–0
3  |  Papua New Guinea | 4  | 2  | 1  | 1  | 17  | 6  | +11  | 7  |  |  | 1–1 | -- | -- | -- | --
4  |  Samoa (H) | 4  | 1  | 0  | 3  | 5  | 11  | −6  | 3  |  | 0–3 | 0–4 | 1–4 | -- | 4–0
5  |  American Samoa | 4  | 0  | 0  | 4  | 1  | 34  | −33  | 0  |  | 1–9 | -- | 0–10 | -- | --

Source: FIFA
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## Second round

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Main article: 2004 OFC Nations Cup

In the Second round, the six teams were put in a single group, and played against each other once. The two teams with most points advanced to a play-off, and played against each other home and away. The winner of this play-off advanced to the intercontinental play-off.

### Group stage

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1  |  Australia | 5  | 4  | 1  | 0  | 21  | 3  | +18  | 13  | Advance to final |  | -- | -- | 1–0 | 6–1 | 9–0 | --
2  |  Solomon Islands | 5  | 3  | 1  | 1  | 9  | 6  | +3  | 10  |  | 2–2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | --
3  |  New Zealand | 5  | 3  | 0  | 2  | 17  | 5  | +12  | 9  |  |  | -- | 3–0 | -- | -- | 10–0 | --
4  |  Fiji | 5  | 1  | 1  | 3  | 3  | 10  | −7  | 4  |  | -- | 1–2 | 0–2 | -- | -- | 1–0
5  |  Tahiti | 5  | 1  | 1  | 3  | 2  | 24  | −22  | 4  |  | -- | 0–4 | -- | 0–0 | -- | 2–1
6  |  Vanuatu | 5  | 1  | 0  | 4  | 5  | 9  | −4  | 3  |  | 0–3 | 0–1 | 4–2 | -- | -- | --

Source: [1]
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

### Final

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Solomon Islands | 1–11  |  Australia | 1–5 | 0–6

Australia and the Solomon Islands progressed to the final stage.

## Final round

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Australia | 9–1  |  Solomon Islands | 7–0  | 2–1

3 September 2005

19:30

Australia | 7–0|  Solomon Islands

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Culina 20'
Viduka 36', 43'
Cahill 57'
Chipperfield 64'
Thompson 68'
Emerton 89' | Report |

Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney

Attendance: 16,000

Referee: Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia)

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6 September 2005

13:00

Solomon Islands | 1–2|  Australia

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Fa'arodo 49' (pen.)[2] | Report | Thompson 19'
Emerton 58'

Lawson Tama, Honiara

Attendance: 16,000

Referee: Shamsul Maidin (Singapore)

Australia won 9–1 on aggregate and advanced to the CONMEBOL–OFC play-off against Uruguay.

## Inter-confederation play-offs

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Main article: 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL–OFC play-off)

The final round winners then played the fifth-placed team of CONMEBOL qualifying, Uruguay, in a home-and-away play-off. The winner of this play-off qualified for the 2006 FIFA World Cup finals.

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Uruguay | 1–1 (2–4 p) |  Australia | 1–0 | 0–1 (a.e.t.)

## Qualified teams

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The following team from OFC qualified for the final tournament.

Team  | Qualified as  | Qualified on  | Previous appearances in FIFA World Cup1

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Australia | CONMEBOL-OFC play-off winners | 16 November 2005 | 1 (1974)

1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

## Top goalscorers

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There were 175 goals scored in 39 matches, for an average of 4.49 goals per match.

7 goals

* Tim Cahill
* Veresa Toma

6 goals

* Brett Emerton
* Michel Hmae
* Vaughan Coveny
* Reginald Davani

5 goals

* Henry Fa'arodo

4 goals

* Laisiasa Gataurua
* Seveci Rokotakala
* Brent Fisher
* Andrew Lepani
* Commins Menapi
* Batram Suri
* Jean Maleb
* Etienne Mermer

Below are full goalscorer lists for each round:

* First round
* Second round
* Final round

## References

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1. ^ "FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC) 2006, football - table and standings". soccer365.me. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
2. ^ "Australia Win Narrowly Over Gallant Solomons". Socceroos. 7 September 2005. Retrieved 2019-12-23.

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