Rencana utama: Kelayakan Piala Dunia FIFA 2006 (AFC)
**Kelayakan Piala Dunia FIFA 2006 – Pusingan Ketiga AFC** bermula pada 9 Februari 2005 dan siap pada 17 Ogos 2005.

Kedua-dua negara teratas dalam setiap kumpulan pada akhir peringkat kelayakan ini akan layak Piala Dunia FIFA 2006, manakala pasukan tangga ketiga memasuki pusingan keempat untuk menentukan pasukan yang akan mara ke play-off AFC-CONCACAF.

Format
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8 pemenang kumpulan dari pusingan kedua telah berpecah kepada setiap dua kumpulan empat pasukan - dengan semua pasukan bermain tempat sendiri dan tempat lawan menentang setiap satu daripada tiga pasukan lain dalam kumpulan.

Dua pasukan teratas dalam setiap kumpulan layak ke Piala Dunia FIFA 2006.
Balang adalah seperti berikut:

| Balang 1 | Balang 2 | Balang 3 | Balang 4 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  Korea Selatan
 Jepun |  Arab Saudi
 Iran |  Bahrain
 Uzbekistan |  Kuwait
 Korea Utara |

Kumpulan 1
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| Pasukan | BP | M | S | K | JG | GB | PG | Mt |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  Arab Saudi | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 1 | +9 | **14** |
|  Korea Selatan | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | +4 | **10** |
|  Uzbekistan | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | −4 | **5** |
|  Kuwait | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 13 | −9 | **4** |

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|   | Korea Selatan | Kuwait | Arab Saudi | Uzbekistan |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Korea Selatan Bendera Korea Selatan | – | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 |
| Kuwait Bendera Kuwait | 0–4 | – | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| Arab Saudi Bendera Arab Saudi | 2–0 | 3–0 | – | 3–0 |
| Uzbekistan Bendera Uzbekistan | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | – |

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9 Februari 2005

| Korea Selatan Bendera Korea Selatan | 2 – 0 |  Kuwait |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Lee Dong-Gook Goal 23'Lee Young-Pyo Goal 81' | Laporan |  |

Stadium Piala Dunia Seoul, SeoulKehadiran: 53,287Pengadil: Shamsul Maidin (Singapura)

9 Februari 2005

| Uzbekistan Bendera Uzbekistan | 1 – 1 |  Arab Saudi |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Anvarjon Soliev Goal 90+3' | Laporan | Sami Al-Jaber Goal 77' |

Stadium Pakhtakor, TashkentKehadiran: 45,000Pengadil: Toru Kamikawa (Jepun)

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25 Mac 2005

| Arab Saudi Bendera Arab Saudi | 2 – 0 |  Korea Selatan |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Saud Khariri Goal 29' Yasser Al-Qahtani Goal 73' (pen.) | Laporan |  |

Stadium Putera Mohamed bin Fahd, DammamKehadiran: 25,000Pengadil: Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia)

25 Mac 2005

| Kuwait Bendera Kuwait | 2 – 1 |  Uzbekistan |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Bashar Abdullah Goal 7', 62' | Laporan | Alexander Geynrikh Goal 77' |

Stadium Kazma SC, Bandaraya KuwaitKehadiran: 12,000Pengadil: Sun Baojie (China)

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30 Mac 2005

| Kuwait Bendera Kuwait | 0 – 0 |  Arab Saudi |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  | Laporan |  |

Stadium Kazma SC, Bandaraya KuwaitKehadiran: 25,000Pengadil: Masoud Moradi (Iran)

30 Mac 2005

| Korea Selatan Bendera Korea Selatan | 2 – 1 |  Uzbekistan |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Lee Young-Pyo Goal 55'Lee Dong-Gook Goal 62' | Laporan | Alexander Geynrikh Goal 79' |

Stadium Piala Dunia Seoul, SeoulKehadiran: 62,857Pengadil: Tallat Najm (Lubnan)

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3 Jun 2005

| Arab Saudi Bendera Arab Saudi | 3 – 0 |  Kuwait |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mohammad Al-Shalhoub Goal 19', 49'Saad Al-Harthi Goal 83' | Laporan |  |

Stadium Raja Fahd, RiyadhKehadiran: 72,000Pengadil: Toru Kamikawa (Jepun)

3 Jun 2005

| Uzbekistan Bendera Uzbekistan | 1 – 1 |  Korea Selatan |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Maksim Shatskikh Goal 62' | Laporan | Park Chu-Young Goal 90+1' |

Stadium Pakhtakor, TashkentKehadiran: 40,000Pengadil: Masoud Moradi (Iran)

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8 Jun 2005

| Kuwait Bendera Kuwait | 0 – 4 |  Korea Selatan |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  | Laporan | Park Chu-Young Goal 19'Lee Dong-Gook Goal 29' (pen.)Chung Kyung-ho Goal 55'Park Ji-Sung Goal 61' |

Stadium Kazma SC, Bandaraya KuwaitKehadiran: 15,000Pengadil: Adunyachart Khanthama (Thailand)

8 Jun 2005

| Arab Saudi Bendera Arab Saudi | 3 – 0 |  Uzbekistan |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Sami Al-Jaber Goal 8', 60'Saad Al-Harthi Goal 87' | Laporan |  |

Stadium Raja Fahd, RiyadhKehadiran: 72,000Pengadil: Huang Junjie (China)

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17 Ogos 2005

| Korea Selatan Bendera Korea Selatan | 0 – 1 |  Arab Saudi |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  | Laporan | Mohammed Al-Anbar Goal 5' |

Stadium Piala Dunia Seoul, SeoulKehadiran: 61,586Pengadil: Chaiwat Kunsuta (Thailand)

17 Ogos 2005

| Uzbekistan Bendera Uzbekistan | 3 – 2 |  Kuwait |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Server Djeparov Goal 41' (pen.)Maksim Shatskikh Goal 62'Anvarjon Soliev Goal 76' | Laporan | Bader Al-Mutawa Goal 16'Bashar Abdullah Goal 31' |

Stadium Pakhtakor, TashkentKehadiran: 40,000Pengadil: Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia)
Kumpulan 2
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| Pasukan | BP | M | S | K | JG | GB | PG | Mt |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  Jepun | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | +5 | **15** |
|  Iran | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | **13** |
|  Bahrain | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | −3 | **4** |
|  Korea Utara | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 11 | −6 | **3** |

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|   | Bahrain | Iran | Jepun | Korea Utara |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Bahrain Bendera Bahrain | – | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–3 |
| Iran Bendera Iran | 1–0 | – | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Jepun Bendera Jepun | 1–0 | 2–1 | – | 2–1 |
| Korea Utara Bendera Korea Utara | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | – |

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9 Februari 2005

| Jepun Bendera Jepun | 2 – 1 |  Korea Utara |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mitsuo Ogasawara Goal 4'Masashi Oguro Goal 90+1' | Laporan | Nam Song-Chol Goal 61' |

Stadium Saitama, SaitamaKehadiran: 60,000Pengadil: Khalil Al Ghamdi (Arab Saudi)

9 Februari 2005

| Bahrain Bendera Bahrain | 0 – 0 |  Iran |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  | Laporan |  |

Stadium Nasional Bahrain, ManamaKehadiran: 25,000Pengadil: Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia)

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25 Mac 2005

| Korea Utara Bendera Korea Utara | 1 – 2 |  Bahrain |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pak Song-Gwan Goal 63' | Laporan | Husain Ali Goal 7', 58' |

Stadium Kim Il Sung, PyongyangKehadiran: 50,000Pengadil: Mongkol Rungklay (Thailand)

25 Mac 2005

| Iran Bendera Iran | 2 – 1 |  Jepun |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vahid Hashemian Goal 13', 75' | Laporan | Takashi Fukunishi Goal 66' |

Stadium Azadi, TehranKehadiran: 110,000Pengadil: Shamsul Maidin (Singapura)

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30 Mac 2005

| Korea Utara Bendera Korea Utara | 0 – 2 |  Iran |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  | Laporan | Mehdi Mahdavikia Goal 34'Javad Nekounam Goal 79' |

Stadium Kim Il Sung, PyongyangKehadiran: 55,000Pengadil: Mohammed Kousa (Syria)

30 Mac 2005

| Jepun Bendera Jepun | 1 – 0 |  Bahrain |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mohamed Salmeen Goal 72' (g.s.) | Laporan |  |

Stadium Saitama, SaitamaKehadiran: 67,549Pengadil: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

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3 Jun 2005

| Iran Bendera Iran | 1 – 0 |  Korea Utara |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Rahman Rezaei Goal 45' | Laporan |  |

Stadium Azadi, TehranKehadiran: 35,000Pengadil: Khalil Al Ghamdi (Arab Saudi)

3 Jun 2005

| Bahrain Bendera Bahrain | 0 – 1 |  Jepun |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  | Laporan | Mitsuo Ogasawara Goal 34' |

Stadium Nasional Bahrain, ManamaKehadiran: 32,000Pengadil: Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia)

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8 Jun 2005

| Iran Bendera Iran | 1 – 0 |  Bahrain |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mohammad Nosrati Goal 48' | Laporan |  |

Stadium Azadi, TehranKehadiran: 80,000Pengadil: Kwon Jong-Chul (Korea Selatan)
*Nota: Perlawanan ini telah digunakan sebagai latar belakang untuk filem Iran 2006 Offside.*

8 Jun 2005

| Korea Utara Bendera Korea Utara | 0 – 2 |  Jepun |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  | Laporan | Atsushi Yanagisawa Goal 67'Masashi Oguro Goal 89' |

Stadium Suphachalasai, Bangkok (Thailand)Kehadiran: 0Pengadil: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)
*Nota: Oleh kerana terdapat masalah orang ramai dalam sebelumnya dua perlawanan di Korea Utara, FIFA memutuskan bahawa perlawanan Korea Utara seterusnya dipindahkan ke tempat neutral (Thailand) dan dimainkan secara tertutup.*

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17 Ogos 2005

| Jepun Bendera Jepun | 2 – 1 |  Iran |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Akira Kaji Goal 28'Masashi Oguro Goal 76' | Laporan | Ali Daei Goal 79' (pen.) |

Stadium Antarabangsa Yokohama, YokohamaKehadiran: 66,098Pengadil: Qasem Shaban (Kuwait)

17 Ogos 2005

| Bahrain Bendera Bahrain | 2 – 3 |  Korea Utara |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Salman Isa Goal 49'Husain Ali Goal 54' | Laporan | Choe Chol-Man Goal 28'Kim Chol-Ho Goal 43'An Chol-Hyok Goal 90' |

Stadium Nasional Bahrain, ManamaKehadiran: 3,000Pengadil: Shamsul Maidin (Singapura)
Rujukan
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1. ↑  "FIFA decision on N Korea on April 29". The-AFC.com. 27 April 2005. Dicapai pada 3 October 2011.
2. ↑  "FIFA.com - Korea DPR to play Japan in Thailand". FIFA.com. 9 May 2005. Dicapai pada 3 October 2011.

Pautan luar
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* (Inggeris) Archive of World Cup 2006 Qualifying at RSSSF

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Kelayakan Piala Dunia FIFA 2006 |
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| AFC | 
* Pusingan Pertama
* Pusingan Kedua
* Pusingan Ketiga
* Pusingan Keempat (play-off untuk tempat ke-5)

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| CAF | 
* Pusingan Pertama
* Pusingan Kedua

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| CONCACAF | 
* Pusingan Pertama
* Pusingan Kedua
* Pusingan Ketiga
* Pusingan Keempat

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| CONMEBOL | 
* Perlawanan Kumpulan

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| OFC | 
* Pusingan Pertama
* Pusingan kedua (Piala Negara-Negara OFC)
* Pusingan Ketiga

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| UEFA | 
* Kumpulan 1
* Kumpulan 2
* Kumpulan 3
* Kumpulan 4
* Kumpulan 5
* Kumpulan 6
* Kumpulan 7
* Kumpulan 8
* Play-off

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| Play-off | 
* AFC v CONCACAF
* CONMEBOL v OFC

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