2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (play-off CONMEBOL-OFC)
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The Football World Cup 2006 - Oceania - South America Qualification Playoff was a home and away playoff between the following teams:
- The winners of the Oceania qualifying tournament, Australia
- The fifth placed team from the South American qualifying tournament, Uruguay.
This pairing was the same as the pairing for the 2002 OFC-CONMEBOL playoff, which Uruguay won 3-1 on aggregate. The draw for determining the order of the home and away legs was made at a FIFA congress on September 10, 2005.
The tie was drawn 1-1 on aggregate after 180 minutes and also after extra time. With both teams failing to score an away goal the playoff was decided by a penalty shootout, with Australia shooting first.
The winner, Australia, earned a place in the 2006 World Cup, the first time a team had qualified for the final tournament on a penalty shoot-out.
November 12, 2005
| Image:Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay | 1-0 | Australia Image:Flag of Australia.svg | Estadio Centenario, Montevideo | |
| Rodríguez 37' | ||||
November 16, 2005
| Image:Flag of Australia.svg Australia | 1-0 (4-2 pen) | Uruguay Image:Flag of Uruguay.svg | Telstra Stadium, Sydney |
| Bresciano 35' | |||
| Penalty Shootout | |||
| Kewell O | 1:0 | X Rodríguez | |
| Neill O | 2:1 | O Varela | |
| Vidmar O | 3:2 | O Estoyanoff | |
| Viduka X | 3:2 | X Zalayeta | |
| Aloisi O | 4:2 | ||
| 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifiers |
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Africa | Asia | Europe | North, Central America and Caribbean | Oceania | South America |
