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Listed below are the dates and results for the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for South America.10 teams took part, all in a single group. The rules were very simple: the teams would play against each other in a home-and-away basis, with the four teams with most points qualifying to the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
The 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification competition was a series of tournaments organised by the six FIFA confederations.Each confederation – the AFC (Asia), CAF (Africa), CONCACAF (North, Central America and Caribbean), CONMEBOL (South America), OFC (Oceania), and UEFA (Europe) – was allocated a certain number of the 32 places at the tournament.
The 2006 FIFA World Cup CONMEBOL–OFC qualification play-off was a two-legged home-and-away tie between the winners of the Oceania qualifying tournament, Australia, and the fifth-placed team from the South American qualifying tournament, Uruguay. After winning the series, Australia qualified for the 2006 FIFA World Cup held in Germany. [3] [4]
2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (inter-confederation play-offs) Tournament details; Dates: 12–16 November 2005: Teams: 4 (from 4 confederations) Tournament statistics; Matches played: 4: Goals scored: 5 (1.25 per match) Attendance: 197,689 (49,422 per match) Top scorer(s) Mark Bresciano Salman Isa Chris Birchall Dennis Lawrence Darío ...
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.
At the 2006 FIFA World Cup, four nations from South America participated: Argentina, Brazil, Ecuador and Paraguay. Ecuador were drawn into Group A with hosts Germany, Poland, and Costa Rica. Wins over Poland and Costa Rica earned La Tri qualification to the knockout stage for the first time. Paraguay was participating in its third World Cup in ...
In 2006, Germany had a plethora of football stadia that satisfied FIFA's minimum capacity of 40,000 seats for World Cup matches. The outdated and still-standing Olympiastadion in Munich (69,250), the venue for the 1974 final match was not used for the tournament, even though FIFA's regulations allow one city to use two stadia.
Listed below are the dates and results for the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for North, Central America and the Caribbean. A total of 34 teams took part (out of 35 eligible – only Puerto Rico declined to participate), competing for 3.5 places in the World Cup. The qualification process was divided in four stages.