2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC first round

The 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification AFC play-off was the first round of the Asian Football Confederation qualification for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. The 14 teams with the lowest FIFA rankings played home-and-away knockout matches to qualify for the second stage.

Summary

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Matches
Turkmenistan won 13–0 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

Chinese Taipei won 6–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

Tajikistan won 4–0 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

Sri Lanka won 3–0 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

Kyrgyzstan won 6–0 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

Maldives won 13–0 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

Ranking of losing teams
Both Guam and Nepal would have played against each other to decide who progresses to the next round. After Nepal withdrew first, Guam would have progressed but Guam withdrew later as well. So, FIFA decided to elect a "lucky loser", to find the best of the teams that lost, who would also advance to the second round.

The losers were compared, using the following criteria to break ties: a) number of points b) goal difference c) goals scored

Thus, Laos advanced to the second round.