2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC)
Tournament details
Dates10 May 2004 (2004-05-10) – 16 November 2005 (2005-11-16)
Teams12 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played39
Goals scored164 (4.21 per match)
Attendance257,566 (6,604 per match)
Top scorer(s)Australia Tim Cahill
Fiji Veresa Toma (7 Goals Each)

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

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

All matches were held in Honiara, Solomon Islands (UTC+11)

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Solomon Islands 4 3 1 0 14 1 +13 10
2  Tahiti 4 2 2 0 5 1 +4 8
3  New Caledonia 4 2 1 1 16 2 +14 7
4  Tonga 4 1 0 3 2 17 −15 3
5  Cook Islands 4 0 0 4 1 17 −16 0
Source:
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Group 2

All games are held in Apia, Samoa

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Vanuatu 4 3 1 0 16 2 +14 10
2  Fiji 4 3 0 1 19 5 +14 9
3  Papua New Guinea 4 2 1 1 17 6 +11 7
4  Samoa 4 1 0 3 5 11 −6 3
5  American Samoa 4 0 0 4 1 34 −33 0
Source:
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Second round

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

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Australia 5 4 1 0 21 3 +18 13 Nations Cup final — 2–2 1–0 6–1 9–0 3–0
2  Solomon Islands 5 3 1 1 9 6 +3 10 — — — — 4–0 1–0
3  New Zealand 5 3 0 2 17 5 +12 9 — 3–0 — — 10–0 2–4
4  Fiji 5 1 1 3 3 10 −7 4 — 1–2 0–2 — 0–0 1–0
5  Tahiti 5 1 1 3 2 24 −22 4 — — — — — 2–1
6  Vanuatu 5 1 0 4 5 9 −4 3 — — — — — —
Source:
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Final

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Solomon Islands  1–11  Australia 1–5 0–6

Australia and the Solomon Islands progressed to the final stage.

Final round

Australia 7–0 Solomon Islands
Culina 20'
Viduka 36', 43'
Cahill 57'
Chipperfield 64'
Thompson 68'
Emerton 89'		 Report
Attendance: 16,000
Solomon Islands 1–2 Australia
Fa'arodo 49' (pen.)[1] Report Thompson 19'
Emerton 58'
Attendance: 16,000
Australia won 9–1 on aggregate and advanced to the CONMEBOL–OFC play-off against Uruguay.

Inter-confederation play-offs

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.

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.)

Qualified teams

The following team from OFC qualified for the final tournament.

Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in FIFA World Cup1
 AustraliaCONMEBOL-OFC play-off winners16 November 20051 (1974)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Goalscorers

There were 164 goals scored in 39 matches (including 2 international play-offs), for an average of 4.21 goals per match.

7 goals
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

References

  1. ↑ "Australia Win Narrowly Over Gallant Solomons". Socceroos. 7 September 2005. Retrieved 2019-12-23.
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