2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC) explained

Tourney Name:2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC)
Num Teams:12
Confederations:1
Top Scorer: Tim Cahill
Veresa Toma
(7 goals each)
Prevseason:2002
Nextseason:2010

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

See 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 2

Second round

See 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.

Final

Australia and the Solomon Islands progressed to the final stage.

Final round

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

Inter-confederation play-offs

See main article: article and 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.

Qualified teams

The following team from OFC qualified for the final tournament.

TeamQualified asQualified ondata-sort-type="number"Previous appearances in FIFA World Cup1
16 November 2005 1 (1974)

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

Top goalscorers

Below are full goalscorer lists for each round: