John Aloisi taking the decisive penalty |
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| Event | 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification | ||||||
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| 1–1 on aggregate, Australia won 4–2 on penalties | |||||||
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| Date | 12 November 2005 | ||||||
| Venue | Estadio Centenario, Montevideo | ||||||
| Referee | Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark) | ||||||
| Attendance | 55,000 | ||||||
| Second Leg | |||||||
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| Date | 16 November 2005 | ||||||
| Venue | Telstra Stadium, Sydney | ||||||
| Referee | Luis Medina Cantalejo (Spain) | ||||||
| Attendance | 82,698 | ||||||
The 2006 FIFA World Cup CONMEBOL – OFC qualification play-off was a two-legged home-and-away tie between the winners of the Oceania qualifying tournament, Australia, and the fifth-placed team from the South American qualifying tournament, Uruguay.
The games were played on November 12 and November 16 of 2005 in Montevideo and Sydney respectively. With the home team winning 1–0 in both matches, the aggregate score was tied 1–1, and, with no away goal advantage, the play-off was decided by a penalty shootout, which Australia won 4–2 in order to qualify for the FIFA World Cup for the first time since the 1974 tournament.
It was the second consecutive FIFA World Cup where the two sides had played each other for a place in the tournament. On the first occasion in 2001, Uruguay won 3–1 on aggregate. The draw for determining the order of the home and away legs was made at a FIFA congress on September 10, 2005. Australia finally won a FIFA World Cup play-off at the after losing to Scotland (1986), Argentina (1994), Iran (1998) and Uruguay (2002).
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| 1st Leg | Solomon Islands (H) | 7–0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2nd Leg | Solomon Islands (A) | 2–1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 12 November 2005 18:00 |
Uruguay | 1 – 0 | Australia | Estadio Centenario, Montevideo Attendance: 55,000 Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark) |
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| Rodríguez 37' | (Report) |
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OFFICIALS
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MATCH RULES
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| 16 November 2005 20:00 |
Australia | 1 – 0 (a.e.t.) | Uruguay | Telstra Stadium, Sydney Attendance: 82,698 Referee: Luis Medina Cantalejo (Spain) |
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| Bresciano 35' | (Report) | |||
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| Kewell Neill Vidmar Viduka Aloisi |
4 – 2 | Rodríguez Varela Estoyanoff Zalayeta |
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Australia qualified for the 2006 FIFA World Cup Finals in Germany and were drawn into Group F with defending champions Brazil, Croatia and Japan. After winning Japan 3–1 in their opening match, Australia lost 2-0 to Brazil an in the final match they also drew 2-2 to Croatia, finishing second in the group on four points. In the Round of 16, Australia was defeated 1–0 by the eventual champions, Italy.
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