World Cup 2006 Qualifying Draw: Oceania
Oceania has only half a berth at the World Cup. The winner of the Oceania qualifying competition will have to play off over two legs against the fifth-place team from South America to win a place in the 2006 World Cup finals in Germany.
Australia and New Zealand received first-round byes in the draw for the first round of Oceania qualifying.
| Oceania First Round Draw |
Group 1 |
Group 2 |
Cook Islands |
American Samoa |
New Caledonia |
Fiji |
Solomon Islands |
Papua New Guinea |
Tahiti |
Samoa |
Tonga |
Vanuatu |
Oceania First Round Group 1 Table
| Teams |
P |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
Pts. |
Solomon Islands |
4 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
14 |
1 |
10 |
Tahiti |
4 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
5 |
1 |
8 |
New Caledonia |
4 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
16 |
2 |
7 |
Tonga |
4 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
17 |
3 |
Cook Islands |
4 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
17 |
0 |
Oceania First Round Group 2 Table
| Teams |
P |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
Pts. |
Vanuatu |
4 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
16 |
2 |
10 |
Fiji |
4 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
19 |
5 |
9 |
Papua New Guinea |
4 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
17 |
6 |
7 |
Samoa |
4 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
5 |
11 |
3 |
American Samoa |
4 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
34 |
0 |
The top two teams in each group advance to join Australia and New Zealand in a six-team second round.
| Oceania Second Round Draw |
Australia |
New Zealand |
Solomon Islands |
Tahiti |
Vanuatu |
Fiji |
Oceania Second Round Results
29 May 2004
Australia 1 v New Zealand 0
Solomon Islands 1 v Vanuatu 0
Tahiti 0 v Fiji 0
04 Jun 2004
New Zealand 10 v Tahiti 0
Solomon Islands 2 v Fiji 1
Australia 3 v Vanuatu 0
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31 May 2004
New Zealand 3 v Solomon Islands 0
Australia 9 v Tahiti 0
Vanuatu 0 v Fiji 1
06 Jun 2004
Tahiti 2 v Vanuatu 1
New Zealand 2 v Fiji 0
Australia 2 v Solomon Islands 2
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02 Jun 2004
Australia 6 v Fiji 1
Solomon Islands 4 v Tahiti 0
New Zealand 2 v Vanuatu 4
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Oceania Second Round Final Table
| Teams |
P |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
Pts. |
Australia |
5 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
21 |
3 |
13 |
Solomon Islands |
5 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
9 |
6 |
10 |
New Zealand |
5 |
3 |
0 |
2 |
17 |
5 |
9 |
Fiji |
5 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
3 |
10 |
4 |
Tahiti |
5 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
24 |
4 |
Vanuatu |
5 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
5 |
9 |
3 |
The top two second-round teams meet in a home-and-away play-off for the right to face the fifth place South American team.
Australia and Solomon Islands qualify for the third round two leg play-off.
World Cup 2006 Qualifying Oceania Third Round Fixture's Result
03 Sep 2005
Australia 7 v Solomon Islands 0
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06 Sep 2005
Solomon Islands 1 v Australia 2
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The winner Australia of the Oceania zone will have to play off over two legs in Nov 2005 against the fifth-place team from South America zone to win a place in the 2006 World Cup finals in Germany.
(AUSTRALIA) Playoff Matches with 5th Place (URUGUAY) SOUTH AMERICA Team
First-leg - Saturday, 12 November 2005 at Montevideo, URUGUAY
Second-Leg - Wednesday, 16 November 2005 at Sydney, AUSTRALIA
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