# 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC)

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

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 1

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | | | |
| 1 | Solomon Islands (H) | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 1 | +13 | 10 | Advance to 2004 OFC Nations Cup | — | 1–1 | 2–0 | 6–0 | 5–0 |
| 2 | Tahiti | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 8 | Advance to 2004 OFC Nations Cup | — | — | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| 3 | New Caledonia | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 2 | +14 | 7 | | — | — | — | 8–0 | 8–0 |
| 4 | Tonga | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 17 | −15 | 3 | | — | — | — | — | 2–1 |
| 5 | Cook Islands | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 17 | −16 | 0 | | — | — | — | — | — |

### Group 2

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | | | |
| 1 | Vanuatu | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 2 | +14 | 10 | Advance to 2004 OFC Nations Cup | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2 | Fiji | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 5 | +14 | 9 | Advance to 2004 OFC Nations Cup | 0–3 | — | 4–2 | — | 11–0 |
| 3 | Papua New Guinea | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 6 | +11 | 7 | | 1–1 | — | — | — | — |
| 4 | Samoa (H) | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 11 | −6 | 3 | | 0–3 | 0–4 | 1–4 | — | 4–0 |
| 5 | American Samoa | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 34 | −33 | 0 | | 1–9 | — | 0–10 | — | — |

## Second round

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.

### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | | | | |
| 1 | Australia | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 3 | +18 | 13 | Advance to final | — | — | 1–0 | 6–1 | 9–0 | — |
| 2 | Solomon Islands | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 10 | Advance to final | 2–2 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 3 | New Zealand | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 5 | +12 | 9 | | — | 3–0 | — | — | 10–0 | — |
| 4 | Fiji | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 4 | | — | 1–2 | 0–2 | — | — | 1–0 |
| 5 | Tahiti | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 24 | −22 | 4 | | — | 0–4 | — | 0–0 | — | 2–1 |
| 6 | Vanuatu | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 3 | | 0–3 | 0–1 | 4–2 | — | — | — |

### Final

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Solomon Islands | 1–11 | Australia | 1–5 | 0–6 |
Australia and the Solomon Islands progressed to the final stage.

## Final round

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Australia | 9–1 | Solomon Islands | 7–0 | 2–1 |
    Australia won 9–1 on aggregate and advanced to the CONMEBOL–OFC play-off against Uruguay.

## Inter-confederation play-offs

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.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Uruguay | 1–1 (2–4 p) | Australia | 1–0 | 0–1 (a.e.t.) |

## Qualified teams

The following team from OFC qualified for the final tournament.
| Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances in FIFA World Cup |
| Australia | CONMEBOL-OFC play-off winners | 16 November 2005 | 1 (1974) |
    $^1$ Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

## Top goalscorers

There were 175 goals scored in 39 matches, for an average of 4.49 goals per match.
7 goals
* Tim Cahill
* Veresa Toma
6 goals
* Brett Emerton
* Michel Hmae
* Vaughan Coveny
* Reginald Davani
5 goals
* Henry Fa'arodo
4 goals
* Laisiasa Gataurua
* Seveci Rokotakala
* Brent Fisher
* Andrew Lepani
* Commins Menapi
* Batram Suri
* Jean Maleb
* Etienne Mermer
Below are full goalscorer lists for each round:
* First round
* Second round
* Final round