Start date 2006 Goals scored 2,464 | Teams 197 Matches played 847 | |
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Similar 1950 FIFA World Cup qualification, 1934 FIFA World Cup qualification, 1938 FIFA World Cup qualification, 1958 FIFA World Cup qualification, 1962 FIFA World Cup qualification |
2006 fifa world cup qualification uefa
A total of 197 teams entered the qualification process for the 2006 FIFA World Cup, competing for a total of 32 spots in the final tournament. Germany, as the host, qualified automatically, leaving 31 spots open for competition. Starting with these qualifiers, the defending champion (Brazil) was not granted automatic qualification for the first time, as France's disappointing performance and first round elimination in the previous tournament was considered to be due to lack of preparation that the qualifiers could have provided. The final distribution was as follows:
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- 2006 fifa world cup qualification uefa
- 2006 fifa world cup qualification
- Continental zones
- Intercontinental play offs
- Qualified teams
- Withdrawals
- Did not enter
- Excluded
- Goalscorers
- References
Each .5 indicates a place in inter-confederation matchups for the last two spots, namely play-offs between AFC and CONCACAF and between CONMEBOL and OFC.
A total of 194 teams played at least one qualifying match. A total of 847 qualifying matches were played, and 2464 goals were scored (an average of 2.91 per match).
2006 fifa world cup qualification
Continental zones
To see the dates and results of the qualification rounds for each continental zone, click on the following articles:
Intercontinental play-offs
The teams would play against each other on a home-and-away basis. The winner would qualify.
Trinidad and Tobago qualified by the aggregate score of 2–1.
The aggregate score was tied 1–1 and, since the away goals rule could not be applied, the play-off was decided on a penalty shoot-out. Australia qualified after winning 4–2.
Qualified teams
(h) – qualified automatically as hosts
1Excludes appearances by Czechoslovakia. If those are counted together, this is their 9th appearance, and their previous appearance was in 1990.
2Includes 10 appearances by DFB representing West Germany between 1954 and 1990. Excludes 1 appearance by DVF representing East Germany between 1954 and 1990.
3Excludes appearances by pre-division Soviet Union. If those are counted together, this is their 8th appearance.
4Excludes appearances by pre-division Yugoslavia. If those are counted together, this is their 10th appearance. This is also their first and last appearance under this name; at the previous qualifying tournament they had competed as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, and the two parts of the country finally split in June 2006.
13 of the 32 teams subsequently failed to qualify for the 2010 finals: Saudi Arabia (whose streak of 4 tournaments ended in 2006); Croatia and Tunisia (both 3); Costa Rica, Ecuador, Poland and Sweden (2); Angola, Czech Republic, Iran, Togo, Trinidad & Tobago, Ukraine (1).
Withdrawals
Did not enter
Excluded
Goalscorers
Included goals in the Inter-confederation play-offs.