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.

Format

The four teams participating were:

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

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 drawn by Urs Linsi, FIFA General Secretary and the teams but were allocated by FIFA as:

Matches

CONCACAF v AFC

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Trinidad and Tobago  2–1  Bahrain 1–1 1–0
First Leg

12 November 2005
18:30 UTC−04:00
Trinidad and Tobago  1 – 1  Bahrain
Birchall  76' (Report)  72' Ghuloom
Second Leg

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)

CONMEBOL v OFC

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Uruguay  1–1 (2–4 P)  Australia 1–0 0–1
First Leg

12 November 2005
18:00
Uruguay  1 – 0  Australia
Rodríguez  37' (Report)
Second Leg

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)

Goalscorers

1 goal

References

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