2006 FIFA World Cup qualification

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The 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification competition was a series of tournaments organised by the six FIFA confederations. Each confederation – the AFC (Asia), CAF (Africa), CONCACAF (North, Central America and Caribbean), CONMEBOL (South America), OFC (Oceania), and UEFA (Europe) – was allocated a certain number of the 32 places at the tournament. A total of 197 teams entered the qualification process for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. In 2001 FIFA ended automatic qualification of the reigning champion,[1] so that 2002 champions Brazil became first to participate in the qualifying tournament. The hosts (Germany) retained their automatic spot.

The original distribution of places between the six confederations called for Oceania to be given one full spot in the final 32; this idea was seen as virtually guaranteeing a place in the finals to Australia, by far the strongest footballing nation in the region. This decision was reconsidered in June 2003 and the previous distribution of places between Oceania and South America was restored.

The draw for five of the six qualification tournaments took place on 5 December 2003 in Frankfurt, whilst all of the members of the South American federation (CONMEBOL) competed in a single group. Qualification itself began in September 2003.

Qualified teams

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The following 32 teams qualified for the 2006 FIFA World Cup:

Team Method of
qualification 		Date of
qualification 		Finals
appearance 		Consecutive
finals
appearances 		Previous best
performance 		FIFA
Ranking
at start
of
event[2]
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}} || Template:Hs Host || Template:Hs6 July 2000 || data-sort-value="16"|16th (1) || 14 ||data-sort-value="7.5"| Winners (1954, 1974, 1990) || 19

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}} || AFC third round Group 2 winners || Template:Hs8 June 2005 || data-sort-value="3"|3rd || 3 ||data-sort-value="2.2"| Round of 16 (2002) || 18

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}} || AFC third round Group 1 winners || Template:Hs8 June 2005 || data-sort-value="4"|4th || 4 ||data-sort-value="2.2"| Round of 16 (1994) || 34

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}} || AFC third round Group 1 runners-up|| Template:Hs8 June 2005 || data-sort-value="7"|7th || 6 ||data-sort-value="1.3"| Fourth place (2002) || 29

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}} || AFC third round Group 2 runners-up|| Template:Hs8 June 2005 || data-sort-value="3"|3rd || 1 (last: 1998) ||data-sort-value="1.3"| Group stage (1978, 1998) || 23

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}} || CONMEBOL runners-up|| Template:Hs8 June 2005 || data-sort-value="14"|14th || 9 ||data-sort-value="6.3"| Winners (1978, 1986) || 9

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}} || UEFA Group 2 winners || Template:Hs3 September 2005 || data-sort-value="1"|1st || — ||data-sort-value="7.4"| — || 45

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}} || CONCACAF fourth round winners || Template:Hs3 September 2005 || data-sort-value="8"|8th || 5 ||data-sort-value="7.4"| Third place (1930) || 5

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}} || CONMEBOL winners || Template:Hs5 September 2005 || data-sort-value="18"|18th || 18 ||data-sort-value="2.1"| Winners (1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002) || 1

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}} || CONCACAF fourth round runners-up|| Template:Hs7 September 2005 ||data-sort-value="14"| 13th || 4 ||data-sort-value="5.1"| Quarter-finals (1970, 1986) || 4

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}} || CAF second round Group 2 winners || Template:Hs8 October 2005 || data-sort-value="1"|1st || — ||data-sort-value="4.1"| — || 48

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}} || CAF second round Group 1 winners || Template:Hs8 October 2005 || data-sort-value="1"|1st || — ||data-sort-value="4.1"| — || 61

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}} || UEFA Group 6 winners || Template:Hs8 October 2005 || data-sort-value="12"|12th || 3 ||data-sort-value="4.1"| Winners (1966) || 10

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}} || UEFA Group 6 runners-up || Template:Hs8 October 2005 || data-sort-value="12"|7th || 2 ||data-sort-value="4.1"| Third place (1974, 1982) || 29

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}} || CAF second round Group 4 winners || Template:Hs8 October 2005 || data-sort-value="1"|1st || — ||data-sort-value="4.1"| — || 57

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}} || CAF second round Group 3 winners || Template:Hs8 October 2005 || data-sort-value="1"|1st || — ||data-sort-value="4.1"| — || 32

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}} || CAF second round Group 5 winners || Template:Hs8 October 2005 || data-sort-value="4"|4th || 3 ||data-sort-value="4.1"| Group stage (1978, 1998, 2002) || 21

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}} || UEFA Group 8 winners || Template:Hs8 October 2005 ||data-sort-value="3"| 3rd || 3 ||data-sort-value="3.3"| Third place (1998) || 23

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}} || UEFA Group 1 winners || Template:Hs8 October 2005 ||data-sort-value="8"| 8th || 1 (last: 1998) ||data-sort-value="3.3"| Runners-up (1974, 1978) || 3

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}} || UEFA Group 5 winners || Template:Hs8 October 2005 ||data-sort-value="16"| 16th || 12 ||data-sort-value="7.3"| Winners (1934, 1938, 1982) || 13

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}} || UEFA Group 3 winners || Template:Hs8 October 2005 ||data-sort-value="4"| 4th || 2 ||data-sort-value="7.3"| Third place (1966) || 7

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}} || CONCACAF fourth round third place|| Template:Hs8 October 2005 ||data-sort-value="3"| 3rd || 2 ||data-sort-value="5.1"| Round of 16 (1990)|| 26

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}} || CONMEBOL third place || Template:Hs8 October 2005 || data-sort-value="2"|2nd || 2 ||data-sort-value="2.1"| Group stage (2002) || 39

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}} || CONMEBOL fourth place || Template:Hs8 October 2005 || data-sort-value="7"|7th || 3 ||data-sort-value="2.1"| Round of 16 (1986, 1998, 2002) || 33

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}} || UEFA Group 7 winners || Template:Hs12 October 2005 ||data-sort-value="2"| 10th (3) || 1 (last: 1998) ||data-sort-value="7.3"| Fourth place (1930, 1962) || 44

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}} || UEFA Group 4 winners || Template:Hs12 October 2005 ||data-sort-value="12"| 12th || 3 ||data-sort-value="7.3"| Winners (1998) || 8

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}} || CONMEBOL v OFC Play-off winners || Template:Hs16 November 2005 || 2nd || 1 (last: 1974) ||data-sort-value="7.2"| Group stage (1974)

42
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}} || AFC v CONCACAF Play-off winners || Template:Hs16 November 2005

1st — — 47
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}} || UEFA Play-off winners || Template:Hs16 November 2005 ||data-sort-value="9"| 9th (4)|| 1 (last: 1990) ||data-sort-value="7.3"| Runners-up (1934, 1962) || 2

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}} || UEFA Play-off winners || Template:Hs16 November 2005 ||data-sort-value="12"| 12th || 8 ||data-sort-value="7.3"| Fourth place (1950) || 5

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}} || UEFA Play-off winners || Template:Hs16 November 2005 ||data-sort-value="8"| 8th || 1 (last: 1994) ||data-sort-value="7.3"| Quarter-finals (1934, 1938, 1954) || 35

1Includes 10 appearances by DFB representing West Germany between 1954 and 1990. Excludes 1 appearance by DVF representing East Germany between 1954 and 1990.

3Includes appearances by pre-division Yugoslavia, as FIFA considers Serbia and Montenegro as a successor of a team.

4Includes appearances by Czechoslovakia, as FIFA considers both the Czech Republic and Slovakia as a successor of a team.

Qualification process

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. FIFA announced the decision in December 2001 at the draw for the 2002 Finals Tournament.[3] The official reason was that the friendly matches to which previous champions were restricted provided inferior preparation to the competitive qualification matches others would have played.[3] Media also noted that the change released an extra place for the contentious distribution of places by confederation.[3]

The final distribution was as follows:

The distribution by confederation for the 2006 FIFA World Cup was:[4]

  • AFC (Asia): 4 or 5 places
  • CAF (Africa): 5 places
  • CONCACAF (North, Central American and Caribbean): 3 or 4 places
  • CONMEBOL (South America): 4 or 5 places
  • OFC (Oceania): 0 or 1 place(s)
  • UEFA (Europe): 13 places (+ Germany qualified automatically as host nation for a total of 14 places)

UEFA and CAF have a guaranteed number of places, whereas the number of qualifiers from other confederations is dependent on play-offs between AFC's fifth-placed team and CONMEBOL's fifth-placed team, and between CONCACAF's fourth-placed team and OFC's first-placed team. A draw determined the pairings between the four teams involved.

Summary of qualification

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Confederation Available slots in finals Teams started Teams eliminated Teams qualified Qualifying start date Qualifying end date
AFC 4 or 5 38 34 4 19 November 2003 16 November 2005
CAF 5 51 46 5 10 October 2003 8 October 2005
CONCACAF 3 or 4 34 30 4 18 February 2004 16 November 2005
CONMEBOL 4 or 5 10 6 4 6 September 2003 20 November 2005
OFC 0 or 1 12 11 1 10 May 2004 16 November 2005
UEFA 13+1 51+1 38 13+1 18 August 2004 16 November 2005
Total 31+1 196+1 165 31+1 6 September 2003 16 November 2005

Tiebreakers

For FIFA World Cup qualifying stages using a league format, the method used for separating teams level on points is the same for all Confederations. The rules for separating teams level on points are decided by FIFA and can be found in article 18 part 6d to 6g of the FIFA Regulations 2006 World Cup Germany

If teams are even on points at the end of group play, the tied teams will be ranked by:[5]

  1. greatest number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned
  2. goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned
  3. greatest number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned
  4. goal difference in all group matches
  5. greatest number of goals scored in all group matches
  6. a play-off on neutral ground. If, after 90 minutes, this match ends in a draw, extra time of twice 15 minutes will be played. If the score is level after extra time, penalty kicks will be taken to determine the winner.

For FIFA World Cup qualifying stages using a home-and-away knockout format, the team that has the higher aggregate score over the two legs progresses to the next round. In the event that aggregate scores finish level, the away goals rule is applied, i.e. the team that scored more goals away from home over the two legs progresses. If away goals are also equal, then thirty minutes of extra time are played, divided into two fifteen-minutes halves. The away goals rule is again applied after extra time, i.e. if there are goals scored during extra time and the aggregate score is still level, the visiting team qualifies by virtue of more away goals scored. If no goals are scored during extra time, the tie is decided by penalty shoot-out.

This is a change from the 2002 FIFA World Cup, where total goal difference was the first tiebreaker.

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).

Confederation qualification

AFC

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The qualification was composed of three rounds.

  • First Round: The 14 last ranked teams according to FIFA were paired 2-by-2 and played home-and-away knock-out matches.
  • Second Round: The 7 winners joined the other 25 teams where those 32 teams were divided in 8 groups of four teams each. The teams in each group would play against each other home-and-away, and the team with most points in each group would advance to the Third Round.
  • Third Round: The 8 remaining teams were divided in two groups of 4 teams each, that would again play against each other in a home-and-away basis. The two teams with most points in each group would qualify to the World Cup. The two third placed teams would play-off against each other home-and-away. Winner of this play-off would play against the fourth placed team in the final round of CONCACAF in an intercontinental play-off for a place in the World Cup.

Final positions (third round)

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Play-off for 5th place (fourth round)

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Uzbekistan File:Flag of Uzbekistan.svg 1–1 (a) {{ Template:Yesno alias = Bahrain flag alias = Flag of Bahrain.svg flag alias-old = Flag of Bahrain (before 1820).svg flag alias-1820 = Flag of Bahrain (1820-1932).svg flag alias-1932 = Flag of Bahrain (1932 to 1972).svg flag alias-1972 = Flag of Bahrain (1972-2002).svg link alias-naval = Royal Bahraini Naval Force flag alias-military = Flag of the Bahrain Defence Force.svg link alias-military = Bahrain Defence Force flag alias-army = Flag of the Royal Bahraini Army.svg link alias-army = Royal Bahraini Army flag alias-air force = Flag of the Royal Bahraini Air Force.svg link alias-air force = Royal Bahraini Air Force flag alias-navy = Flag of the Royal Bahrain Naval Force.svg link alias-navy = Royal Bahraini Naval Force size = name = altlink = national football team variant =

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1–1 0–0

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Bahrain advanced to the AFC–CONCACAF play-off on the away goals rule.

CAF

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The qualification was composed of two Rounds. 9 teams entered the competition directly on the second round: the 5 teams that qualified for the 2002 World Cup Finals (Cameroon, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, and Tunisia) and the 4 highest-ranking teams in the June 25, 2003 FIFA world rankings (Congo DR, Ivory Coast, Egypt, and Morocco). The other 42 teams were paired 2-by-2 and played knock-out matches home-and-away. The 21 winners would advance to the second round.

In the second round, the 30 teams were divided in 5 groups of 6 teams each. Teams in each group would play against each other in a home-and-away basis. The team with most points in each group would qualify to the World Cup.

The competition also constituted the qualification competition for the 2006 African Nations Cup with the top three nations of each group qualifying (except for Egypt, which qualifies as the host nation, the fourth nation in Egypt's group qualifying in Egypt's place).

The African qualifying zone saw 4 out of 5 finals places going to World Cup debutants (Angola, Togo, Ivory Coast and Ghana). Nigeria missed out on a fourth consecutive finals appearance while Cameroon did not reach their fifth consecutive finals.

The African zone also featured a group of death – Group 3 – which brought together Africa's most frequent World Cup qualifier Cameroon with the two eventual finalists of the 2006 Africa Cup of Nations: Egypt and the Ivory Coast.

Final positions (second round)

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Group 1 Group 2 Group 3
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CONCACAF

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The qualification process was divided in three stages. In the first stage, the 34 teams were divided in 10 groups of three teams each and two groups of two teams each. Groups with three teams had two rounds, with the best ranked team according to FIFA in each group entering the competition in the second round. In each group, teams were paired 2-by-2 and played home-and-away matches.

The 12 winners of the first stage advanced to the second stage, where they were divided into three groups of four teams each. Teams in each group would play against each other home-and-away, and the two teams with most points in each group would advance to the final round.

In the third stage, the six teams were put in a single group, and played against each other home-and-away. The three teams with most points qualified to the World Cup. The fourth placed team advanced to the AFC–CONCACAF play-off against the winner of a play-off between third placed teams in the Third Round of Asia.

Final positions (fourth round)

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CONMEBOL

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Final positions

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OFC

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Final positions (second round)

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Final round

Australia and the Solomon Islands progressed to the final stage.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Australia File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg 9–1 {{ Template:Yesno alias = Solomon Islands flag alias = Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg flag alias-1893 = Flag of the United Kingdom (1-2).svg flag alias-1906 = Flag of the Solomon Islands (1906–1947).svg flag alias-1947 = Flag of the Solomon Islands (1947–1956).svg flag alias-1956 = Flag of the Solomon Islands (1956–1966).svg flag alias-1966 = Flag of the Solomon Islands (1966–1977).svg flag alias-civil = Civil Ensign of the Solomon Islands.svg flag alias-government = Government Ensign of the Solomon Islands.svg flag alias-naval = Naval Ensign of the Solomon Islands.svg flag alias-navy = Naval Ensign of the Solomon Islands.svg size = name = altlink = national football team variant =

}}

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UEFA

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The teams in each group would play against each other in a home and away basis. The team with most points in each group would qualify to the World Cup. The runners up would be ranked. As some groups had seven teams and others had six, results against the seventh placed team were ignored. The two best ranked runners up would also qualify to the World Cup. The other six runners up were drawn into three home and away knock out matches, winners of those matches also qualifying.

Group 1
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2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 3
Group 4
2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 4 		Group 5
2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 5 		Group 6
2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 6
Group 7
2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 7 		Group 8
2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 8

Play-offs

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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.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Spain File:Flag of Spain.svg 6–2 {{ Template:Yesno alias = Slovakia flag alias = Flag of Slovakia.svg flag alias-1939 = Flag of Slovakia (1939–1945).svg flag alias-1990 = Flag of Slovakia (1939–1945).svg Slovak Ground Forces size = name = altlink = national football team variant =

}}

5–1 1–1
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}}

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}}

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Inter-confederation play-offs

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There were two scheduled inter-confederation playoffs to determine the final two qualification spots to the finals. The first legs were played on 12 November 2005, and the second legs were played on 16 November 2005.

CONCACAF v AFC

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CONMEBOL v OFC

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Withdrawals

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Did not enter

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}}

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}}

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}}

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}}

| alias = Timor-Leste | flag alias = Flag of East Timor.svg | flag alias-1975 = Flag of East Timor (1975–1976).png | flag alias-2002 = Flag of East Timor (2002).png | flag alias-military = Flag of the Timor Leste Defence Force.svg | link alias-military = Timor-Leste Defence Force | size = | name = | altlink = national football team | altvar = football | variant =

}}

Excluded

| alias = Myanmar | shortname alias = Myanmar | flag alias = Flag of Myanmar.svg | flag alias-1937 = British Burma 1937 flag.svg | flag alias-1943 = Flag of Burma 1943.svg | flag alias-1948 = Flag of Burma (1948–1974).svg | flag alias-1974 = Flag of Myanmar (1974–2010).svg | flag alias-military = Flag of the Armed Forces (Tatmadaw) of Myanmar.svg | link alias-military = Tatmadaw | flag alias-naval = Naval Ensign of Myanmar.svg | link alias-air force = Myanmar Air Force | flag alias-army = Army Flag of Myanmar.svg | flag alias-air force = Air Force Ensign of Myanmar.svg | link alias-army = Myanmar Army | link alias-naval = Myanmar Navy | flag alias-navy = Naval Ensign of Myanmar.svg | link alias-navy = Myanmar Navy | flag alias-coast guard = Myanmar Coast Guard Ensign.svg | link alias-coast guard = Myanmar Coast Guard | flag alias-army 1948 = Former army flag of Myanmar.png | link alias-army 1948 = Myanmar Army | flag alias-navy 1948 = Naval Ensign of Burma (1948-1974).svg | link alias-navy 1948 = Myanmar Navy | flag alias-navy 1974 = Naval Ensign of Burma (1974–1994).svg | link alias-navy 1974 = Myanmar Navy | flag alias-air force 1948 = Air Force Ensign of Burma (1948-1974).svg | link alias-air force 1948 = Myanmar Air Force | flag alias-air force 1974 = Former Ensign of Myanmar Air Force.png | link alias-air force 1974 = Myanmar Air Firce | size = | name = | altlink = national football team | altvar = football | variant = 1974

}} (for refusing to play a qualifier in Iran during 2002 qualifying)

Top goalscorers

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Below are goalscorer lists for all confederations and the inter-confederation play-offs:

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References

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External links

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