2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA second round

The 2006 FIFA World Cup European qualification playoffs were a set of home-and-away playoffs to decide the final three places granted to national football teams from European nations (more precisely, UEFA members) for the 2006 FIFA World Cup.

The playoffs were decided by the standard FIFA method of aggregate score, with away goals and, if necessary, extra time with the possibility of a penalty shootout at the end of the second leg. The winner of each playoff was awarded a place in the 2006 FIFA World Cup.

Qualified teams

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Because some groups had six teams and others had seven, matches against the 7th placed team were discarded. The two best ranked runners-up also qualified to the World Cup. The other six runners-up were drawn into three two-legged knock out matches.

Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 8   Sweden 10 8 0 2 30 4 +26 24 Qualification to 2006 FIFA World Cup
2 6   Poland 10 8 0 2 27 9 +18 24
3 1   Czech Republic 10 7 0 3 23 11 +12 21 Advance to second round (play-offs)
4 7   Spain 10 5 5 0 19 3 +16 20
5 4    Switzerland 10 4 6 0 18 7 +11 18
6 5   Norway 10 5 3 2 12 7 +5 18
7 3   Slovakia 10 4 5 1 17 7 +10 17
8 2   Turkey 10 4 5 1 13 9 +4 17
Source: [1]

Seeding and draw

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By the rules of the UEFA qualifying tournament, the first-place finishers in each of eight groups received automatic berths, along with the two second-place teams that had earned the most points against teams in the top six of their individual groups.

The six remaining second-place teams were divided into two pots based on their standings in the September 2005 FIFA World Rankings.[2] The division was:

Pot 1 (seeded)
Team Rank
  Czech Republic 4
  Spain 8
  Turkey 12
Pot 2 (unseeded)
Team Rank
  Norway 37
   Switzerland 38
  Slovakia 45

A draw was held on 14 October 2005 at FIFA headquarters in Zürich to pair each team from Pot 1 with a team from Pot 2. A second draw at the same time and location determined the order of the fixtures.

Matches

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Spain   6–2   Slovakia 5–1 1–1
Switzerland   4–4 (a)   Turkey 2–0 2–4
Norway   0–2   Czech Republic 0–1 0–1
Spain  5–1  Slovakia
García   10', 18', 74'
Torres   65' (pen.)
Morientes   79'
Report Németh   49'
Slovakia  1–1  Spain
Hološko   50' Report Villa   71'
Attendance: 23,587
Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)

Spain won 6–2 on aggregate.


Switzerland  2–0  Turkey
Senderos   41'
Behrami   86'
Report
Attendance: 31,130
Turkey  4–2   Switzerland
Tuncay   22', 36', 89'
Necati   52' (pen.)
Report Frei   2' (pen.)
Streller   84'

4–4 on aggregate. Switzerland won on away goals.


Norway  0–1  Czech Republic
Report Šmicer   31'
Attendance: 24,264
Czech Republic  1–0  Norway
Rosický   35' Report
Attendance: 17,464
Referee: Graham Poll (England)

Czech Republic won 2–0 on aggregate.

Goalscorers

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There were 18 goals scored in 6 matches, for an average of 3 goals per match.

3 goals

1 goal

References

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  1. ^ "FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) 2006, football - table and standings". soccer365.me. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  2. ^ "Trio share in final-day joy". UEFA. 13 October 2005. Retrieved 30 June 2022.