Appearances How many appearances each country has made in the World Cup Finals.
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World Cup 2006 -- Asian Qualification
Japan
became the first team to qualify for the 2006 World Cup Finals in
Germany, on June 8th, 2005. On the same day they were joined by Iran, Saudi Arabia and
South Korea.
The six
winners from the preliminary
round, plus the highest FIFA-ranked loser, advanced to the First Round of the
qualifying competition - where 32 teams were drawn into eight groups of four teams.
The winners of each group moved on to the
Final Qualifying Stage - comprising two groups of four, with the top two in each group
earning automatic qualification.
The third-placed teams played each other for
the right to play-off against a team from CONCACAF.
FIFA Invalidates
Uzbekistan-Bahrain Result:
FIFA has confirmed that the result of the 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany™ qualifying
match between Uzbekistan and Bahrain on 3 September 2005 has been declared invalid and
that the game must be replayed.
