2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC first round#Mongolia v Maldives

The 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification AFC play-off was the first round of the Asian Football Confederation qualification for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. The 14 teams with the lowest FIFA rankings played home-and-away knockout matches to qualify for the second stage.

Summary

{{TwoLegResult| {{fb-rt|TKM}} || 13–0| {{fb|AFG|2002}} || 11–0 | 2–0}}

{{TwoLegResult| {{fb-rt|TPE}} || 6–1 | {{fb|MAC}} || 3–0 | 3–1}}

{{TwoLegResult| {{fb-rt|BAN}} || 0–4 | {{fb|TJK}} || 0–2 | 0–2}}

{{TwoLegResult| {{fb-rt|LAO}} || 0–3 | {{fb|SRI}} || 0–0 | 0–3}}

{{TwoLegResult| {{fb-rt|PAK}} || 0–6 | {{fb|KGZ|1992}} || 0–2 | 0–4}}

{{TwoLegResult| {{fb-rt|MNG|1992}} || 0–13 | {{fb|MDV}} || 0–1 | 0–12}}

Matches

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|id = Turkmenistan v Afghanistan

|date = 19 November 2003

|time = 19:00

|team1 = {{fb-rt|TKM}}

|score = 11–0

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20071111042509/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary=7861/matches/match=35420/report.html (Report)]

|team2 = {{fb|AFG|2002}}

|goals1 = Öwekow {{goal|6||35}}
Kulyýew {{goal|8||22||81}}
Baýramow {{goal|27}}
Berdiýew {{goal|42}}
Agabaýew {{goal|49||65||67}}
Urazow {{goal|90}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Olympic Stadium, Ashgabat

|attendance = 12,000

|referee = Emil Busurmankulov (Kyrgyzstan) }}

{{footballbox

|id = Afghanistan v Turkmenistan

|date = 23 November 2003

|time = 13:30

|team1 = {{fb-rt|AFG|2002}}

|score = 0–2

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20071111042514/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary=7861/matches/match=35421/report.html (Report)]

|team2 = {{fb|TKM}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 = Kulyýew {{goal|85||91}}

|stadium = National Stadium, Kabul

|attendance = 6,000

|referee = Jahangir Khan (Pakistan) }}

Turkmenistan won 13–0 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

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{{footballbox

|id = Chinese Taipei v Macau

|date = 23 November 2003

|time = 14:00

|team1 = {{fb-rt|TPE}}

|score = 3–0

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20071110165543/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary=7861/matches/match=35422/report.html (Report)]

|team2 = {{fb|MAC}}

|goals1 = Chuang Yao-tsung {{goal|23}}
Chen Jui-te {{goal|52}}
Chang Wu-yeh {{goal|57}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Chungshan Soccer Stadium, Taipei

|attendance = 2,000

|referee = Jimmy Napitupulu (Indonesia) }}

{{footballbox

|id = Macau v Chinese Taipei

|date = 29 November 2003

|time = 15:00

|team1 = {{fb-rt|MAC}}

|score = 1–3

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20071111042519/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary=7861/matches/match=35423/report.html (Report)]

|team2 = {{fb|TPE}}

|goals1 = Fu Weng Lei {{goal|87}}

|goals2 = Chen Jui-te {{goal|14||69}}
Chiang Shih-lu {{goal|66}}

|stadium = Estádio Campo Desportivo, Macau

|attendance = 250

|referee = Zhou Weixin (China PR) }}

Chinese Taipei won 6–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

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{{footballbox

|id = Bangladesh v Tajikistan

|date = 26 November 2003

|time = 15:00

|team1 = {{fb-rt|BAN}}

|score = 0–2

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20071111042459/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary=7861/matches/match=35418/report.html (Report)]

|team2 = {{fb|TJK}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 = Hamidov {{goal|11}}
Khakimov {{goal|51}}

|stadium = Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Dhaka

|attendance = 6,000

|referee = Virat Khanthachai (Thailand) }}

{{footballbox

|id = Tajikistan v Bangladesh

|date = 30 November 2003

|time = 14:00

|team1 = {{fb-rt|TJK}}

|score = 2–0

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20071111042504/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary=7861/matches/match=35419/report.html (Report)]

|team2 = {{fb|BAN}}

|goals1 = Kholmatov {{goal|15}}
Rabiev {{goal|83}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Pamir Stadium, Dushanbe

|attendance = 12,000

|referee = Manuel Pereira (India) }}

Tajikistan won 4–0 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

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{{footballbox

|id = Laos v Sri Lanka

|date = 29 November 2003

|time = 17:00

|team1 = {{fb-rt|LAO}}

|score = 0–0

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20071111042534/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary=7861/matches/match=35426/report.html (Report)]

|team2 = {{fb|SRI}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Laos National Stadium, Vientiane

|attendance = 4,500

|referee = Luong The Tai (Vietnam) }}

{{footballbox

|id = Sri Lanka v Laos

|date = 3 December 2003

|time = 18:30

|team1 = {{fb-rt|SRI}}

|score = 3–0

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20071111042539/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary=7861/matches/match=35427/report.html (Report)]

|team2 = {{fb|LAO}}

|goals1 = Ediri {{goal|35}}
Jayasuriya {{goal|59}}
Hameed {{goal|90+3}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo

|attendance = 6,000

|referee = Ali Saleem (Maldives) }}

Sri Lanka won 3–0 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

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{{footballbox

| id = Pakistan v Kyrgyzstan

| date = 29 November 2003

| time = 15:00

| team1 = {{fb-rt|PAK}}

| score = 0–2

| report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20071111042524/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary=7861/matches/match=35424/report.html (Report)]

| team2 = {{fb|KGZ|1992}}

| goals1 =

| goals2 = Boldygin {{goal|36}}
Chikishev {{goal|59}}

| stadium = People's Football Stadium, Karachi

| attendance = 10,000

| referee = Ibrahim Nesar (Bangladesh)

| event =

| round =

| score1 =

| score2 =

}}

{{footballbox

|id = Kyrgyzstan v Pakistan

|date = 3 December 2003

|time = 13:00

|team1 = {{fb-rt|KGZ|1992}}

|score = 4–0

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20071111042529/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary=7861/matches/match=35425/report.html (Report)]

|team2 = {{fb|PAK}}

|goals1 = Chikishev {{goal|18}}
Chertkov {{goal|28}}
Boldygin {{goal|67}}
Krasnov {{goal|92}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Spartak Stadium, Bishkek

|attendance = 12,000

|referee = Mamed Mamedov (Turkmenistan) }}

Kyrgyzstan won 6–0 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

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{{footballbox

|id = Mongolia v Maldives

|date = 29 November 2003

|time = 13:00

|team1 = {{fb-rt|MGL|1992}}

|score = 0–1

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20071111042545/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary=7861/matches/match=35428/report.html (Report)]

|team2 = {{fb|MDV}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 = Nizam {{goal|24}}

|stadium = National Sports Stadium, Ulan Bator

|attendance = 2,000

|referee = Yang Zhiqiang (China PR) }}

{{footballbox

|id = Maldives v Mongolia

|date = 3 December 2003

|time = 15:35

|team1 = {{fb-rt|MDV}}

|score = 12–0

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20071111042551/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary=7861/matches/match=35429/report.html (Report)]

|team2 = {{fb|MGL|1992}}

|goals1 = Ashfaq {{goal|4||61||63||68}}
Nizam {{goal|42}}
Fazeel {{goal|45+1||45+4}}
Ghani {{goal|65}}
Thoriq {{goal|74||78}}
Battulga {{goal|75|o.g.}}
Nazeeh {{goal|80}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Rasmee Dhandu Stadium, Malé

|attendance = 9,000

|referee = Deshapryia Arambekade (Sri Lanka) }}

Maldives won 13–0 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

Ranking of losing teams

Both Guam and Nepal would have played against each other to decide who progresses to the next round. After Nepal withdrew first, Guam would have progressed but Guam withdrew later as well. So, FIFA decided to elect a "lucky loser", to find the best of the teams that lost, who would also advance to the second round.

The losers were compared, using the following criteria to break ties:

a) number of points

b) goal difference

c) goals scored

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align=center style="background:#BBF3BB;" \|style="text-align:left;"\|{{fb\|LAO}} \|2	0	1	1	0	3	−3	1
align=center style="background:#f5f5f5;" \|style="text-align:left;"\|{{fb\|BAN}} \|2	0	0	2	0	4	−4	0
align=center style="background:#f5f5f5;" \|style="text-align:left;"\|{{fb\|MAC}} \|2	0	0	2	1	6	−5	0
align=center style="background:#f5f5f5;" \|style="text-align:left;"\|{{fb\|PAK}} \|2	0	0	2	0	6	−6	0
align=center style="background:#f5f5f5;" \|style="text-align:left;"\|{{fb\|AFG\|2002}} \|2	0	0	2	0	13	−13	0
align=center style="background:#f5f5f5;" \|style="text-align:left;"\|{{fb\|MGL\|1992}} \|2	0	0	2	0	13	−13	0