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Qualification AFC

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Listed below are the dates and results for the 2006 World Cup qualification rounds for Asia. 44 asian teams are affiliated to FIFA, but Cambodia, Philippines, Bhutan and Brunei Darussalam decided not to take part, and Myanmar was excluded from the competition, so a total of 39 teams took part, competing for 4.5 places in the World Cup.

The qualification was composed of three Rounds. Only the 14 last ranked teams according to FIFA took part in the Preliminary Round, where they were paired 2-by-2 and played home-and-away knock-out matches. The 7 winners joined the other 25 teams in the Second Round, where those 32 teams were divided in 8 Groups of four teams each. The teams in each group would play against each other home-and-away, and the team with most points in each group would advance to the Third Round.

In the Third Round, the 8 remaining teams were divided in two Groups of 4 teams each, that would again play against each other in a home-and-away basis. The two teams with most points in each group would qualify to the World Cup. The two third placed teams would play-off against each other home-and-away. Winner of this play-off would play against the fourth placed team in the Final Round of CONCACAF in an Intercontinental Play-off for a place in the World Cup.

Tiebreakers

If teams are even on points at the end of group play, the tied teams will be ranked as follows:

1. greater number of points obtained in matches between the tied teams
2. goal difference in matches between the tied teams
3. greater number of goals scored in matches between the tied teams
4. goal difference in all group matches
5. greater number of goals scored in all group matches
6. a play-off on neutral ground, with extra time and penalties if necessary

Preliminary Round

November 19, 2003, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan - Turkmenistan 11 - 0 Afghanistan
November 22, 2003, Kabul, Afghanistan - Afghanistan 0 - 2 Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan advanced to the Second Round.
November 23, 2003, Taipei, Republic of China - Chinese Taipei 3 - 0 Macau
November 29, 2003, Macau - Macau 1 - 3 Chinese Taipei
Chinese Taipei advanced to the Second Round.
November 26, 2003, Dhaka, Bangladesh - Bangladesh 0 - 2 Tajikistan
November 30, 2003, Dushanbe, Tajikistan - Tajikistan 2 - 0 Bangladesh
Tajikistan advanced to the Second Round.
November 29, 2003, Vientiane, Laos - Laos 0 - 0 Sri Lanka
December 3, 2003, Colombo, Sri Lanka - Sri Lanka 3 - 0 Laos
Sri Lanka advanced to the Second Round.
November 29, 2003, Karachi, Pakistan - Pakistan 0 - 2 Kyrgyzstan
December 3, 2003, Bishkek, Kyrgystan - Kyrgyzstan 4 - 0 Pakistan
Kyrgystan advanced to the Second Round.
November 29, 2003, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia - Mongolia 0 - 1 Maldives
December 3, 2003, Mal