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{{Infobox international football competition
| tourney_name   = 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC)
| year           = 
| alt            =
| caption        =
| host countries = 
| dates          = {{nowrap|{{Start date|2004|05|10|df=y}} – {{Start date|2005|11|16|df=y}}}}
| num_teams      = 12
| confederations = 1
| matches        = {{#expr: 20 + 17 + 2}}
| goals          = {{#expr: 96 + 69 + 10}}
| attendance     = {{#expr: 12385 + 12000 + 14000 + 14000 + 15000 + 20000 + 400 + 400 + 14000 + 18000 + 500 + 500 + 400 + 400 + 300 + 650 + 150 + 450 + 200 + 300 + 71561 + 16000 + 16000}}
| top_scorer     = {{fbicon|AUS}} [[Tim Cahill]]<br>{{fbicon|FIJ}} [[Veresa Toma]]<br>(7 goals each)
| prevseason     = [[2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC)|2002]]
| nextseason     = [[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC)|2010]]
}}
{{Qualification for championships (OFC)}}

Listed below are the dates and results for the [[2006 FIFA World Cup qualification]] rounds for '''[[Oceania Football Confederation|Oceania]]'''. 12 teams took part, competing for a place in the intercontinental play-off against the fifth-placed team from [[2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)|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 ==
{{main|2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – OFC 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===
{{:2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – OFC first round|transcludesection=Group 1}}

=== Group 2 ===
{{:2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – OFC first round|transcludesection=Group 2}}

== Second round ==
{{main|2004 OFC Nations Cup}}
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 ===
{{:2004 OFC Nations Cup}}

=== Final ===
{{TwoLeg start}}
{{TwoLegResult|{{fb-rt|SOL}}||1–11|'''{{fb|AUS}}'''||[[2004_OFC_Nations_Cup#Final|1–5]]|[[2004_OFC_Nations_Cup#Final|0–6]]}}
{{TwoLeg end}}
'''Australia''' and the '''Solomon Islands''' progressed to the final stage.

== Final round ==
{{TwoLeg start}}
{{TwoLegResult|{{fb-rt|AUS}}||9–1|'''{{fb|SOL}}'''||7–0|2–1}}
{{TwoLeg end}}

{{football box
|date=3 September 2005
|time=19:30
|team1={{fb-rt|AUS}}
|score=7–0
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20071018094607/http://fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary=8063/matches/match=38581/report.html Report]
|team2={{fb|SOL}}
|goals1=[[Jason Culina|Culina]] {{goal|20}}<br />[[Mark Viduka|Viduka]] {{goal|36||43}}<br />[[Tim Cahill|Cahill]] {{goal|57}}<br />[[Scott Chipperfield|Chipperfield]] {{goal|64}}<br />[[Archie Thompson|Thompson]] {{goal|68}}<br />[[Brett Emerton|Emerton]] {{goal|89}}
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Sydney Football Stadium (1988)|Sydney Football Stadium]], [[Sydney]]
|attendance=16,000
|referee=[[Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh]] ([[Football Association of Malaysia|Malaysia]]) }}
----
{{football box
|date=6 September 2005
|time=13:00
|team1={{fb-rt|SOL}}
|score=1–2
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20071018094612/http://fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary=8063/matches/match=38582/report.html Report]
|team2={{fb|AUS}}
|goals1=[[Henry Fa'arodo|Fa'arodo]] {{goal|49|pen.}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.socceroos.com.au/news/australia-win-narrowly-over-gallant-solomons|title=Australia Win Narrowly Over Gallant Solomons|website=Socceroos|date=7 September 2005 |language=en|access-date=2019-12-23}}</ref>
|goals2=[[Archie Thompson|Thompson]] {{goal|19}}<br />[[Brett Emerton|Emerton]] {{goal|58}}
|stadium=[[Lawson Tama Stadium|Lawson Tama]], [[Honiara]]
|attendance=16,000
|referee=[[Shamsul Maidin]] ([[Football Association of Singapore|Singapore]]) }}

:'''Australia''' won 9–1 on aggregate and advanced to the [[2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL–OFC play-off)|CONMEBOL–OFC play-off]] against [[Uruguay national football team|Uruguay]].

==Inter-confederation play-offs==
{{main article|2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL–OFC play-off)}}

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.
{{#lst:2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (inter-confederation play-offs)|playoff2}}

==Qualified teams==
The following team from OFC qualified for the final tournament.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Team
! Qualified as
! Qualified on
! data-sort-type="number"|Previous [[National team appearances in the FIFA World Cup|appearances]] in [[FIFA World Cup]]<sup>'''[[#1|1]]'''</sup>
|-
| {{fb|AUS}} || {{sort|A1|[[2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL–OFC play-off)|CONMEBOL-OFC play-off]] winners}} || 16 November 2005 || 1 ([[1974 FIFA World Cup|1974]])
|}
:<div id="1"><sup>1</sup> '''Bold''' indicates champions for that year. ''Italic'' indicates hosts for that year.</div>

==Top goalscorers==
{{Goalscorers
|goals=175 |matches=39

|7 goals=
*{{fbicon|AUS}} [[Tim Cahill]]
*{{fbicon|FIJ}} [[Veresa Toma]]

|6 goals=
*{{fbicon|AUS}} [[Brett Emerton]]
*{{fbicon|NCL|1853}} [[Michel Hmae]]
*{{fbicon|NZL}} [[Vaughan Coveny]]
*{{fbicon|PNG}} [[Reginald Davani]]

|5 goals=
*{{fbicon|SOL}} [[Henry Fa'arodo]]

|4 goals=
*{{fbicon|FIJ}} [[Laisiasa Gataurua]]
*{{fbicon|FIJ}} [[Seveci Rokotakala]]
*{{fbicon|NZL}} [[Brent Fisher (footballer)|Brent Fisher]]
*{{fbicon|PNG}} [[Andrew Lepani]]
*{{fbicon|SOL}} [[Commins Menapi]]
*{{fbicon|SOL}} [[Batram Suri]]
*{{fbicon|VAN}} [[Jean Maleb]]
*{{fbicon|VAN}} Etienne Mermer
}}
Below are full goalscorer lists for each round:
{{Div col|colwidth=22em}}
*[[2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – OFC first round#Goalscorers|First round]]
*[[2004 OFC Nations Cup#Goalscorers|Second round]]
*[[2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC)#Final round|Final round]]
{{div col end}}

==References==
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{{2006 FIFA World Cup qualifiers}}

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