The

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qualification was held in late 2005 and the final qualification round was held from February to November 2006 with 25 nations participating. For the first time, the defending champions ( Japan), did not earn an automatic berth in the finals and had to compete in the qualification tournament. Twelve teams from top two of each groups joined with four host nations (

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and

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) qualify for the final tournament.

Teams that did not enter

16 national teams did not enter qualifying ( The team's FIFA World Ranking was considered for November 2005): * 16* 33* 41* 47* 57* 70* 75* 79* 88* 89* 90* 91* 92* 99* 04*

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ot yet ranked

Team excluded

* 2were banned from qualifying after having been found guilty of improper conduct in the qualifying round for 2004. Thus, out of 46 national teams, 25 entered the qualifying.

Preliminary round

In December 2005,

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and

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played off in a home and away series (with Bangladesh hosting the first leg), to determine which team would progress to the final qualifying round. This was originally scheduled in November but the earthquake in Pakistan forced it to be postponed. After a goalless first leg in

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, Bangladesh on 22 December 2005, Bangladesh won the second leg thanks to the goal from Firoz Mahmud Titu at the 84-minute in People's Sports Complex,

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, Pakistan four days later. Bangladesh qualified with the 1–0 on aggregate. However, Pakistan ended up also being qualified into the final qualifying round anyway, after Sri Lanka withdrew. ---- ---- ---- qualified with the 1–0 on aggregate. also qualified after withdrew.

Seedings

The seeding was based on the 2004 competition, including results during qualifying. The teams in their respective pots also are listed with respect to their performance. Note that Jordan and Uzbekistan were placed higher than South Korea and Iraq. For the tie-breaker here served the fact that Jordan and Uzbekistan were eliminated on penalty shootout, while the other two teams were clearly defeated. Uzbekistan precedes Jordan as it won its group, while Jordan placed second. The same principle is applied to the rest of the teams on the list. The

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team which had just joined the

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on 1 January 2006 and had not participated in previous tournaments was given the lowest rank. :* = ''Replace

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Tie-breaking criteria

If two or more teams in a group are equal on points on completion of the group matches, their places shall be determined as follows: # Greater number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned. # Goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned. # Greater number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned (Away Goals do not apply in this stage of the competition). # Goal difference in all the group matches. # Kicks from the penalty mark if only two teams are involved and they are both on the field of play. # Drawing of lots.

Qualifying round

*Pakistan is added back into the final qualifying round after Sri Lanka withdrew at the last minute. *24 teams will be split into six groups of four, playing in a home and away format. The top two of each group will progress to the finals. Matches will start on 22 February 2006 and ends on 15 November 2006. *On 1 August 2006,

Lebanon Lebanon ( , ar, لُبْنَان, translit=lubnān, ), officially the Republic of Lebanon () or the Lebanese Republic, is a country in Western Asia. It is located between Syria to Lebanon–Syria border, the north and east and Israel to Blue ...

officially withdrew from the competition after having played only one match, due to their ongoing conflict with Israel.

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Group D

''Note: Bahrain is ranked higher than Kuwait by the two head-to-head game results (Bahrain 2 – 1 Kuwait).'' ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ¹ On 1 August 2006, it was announced that the AFC had accepted a withdrawal request from the

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due to the

2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict The 2006 Lebanon War, also called the 2006 Israel–Hezbollah War and known in Lebanon as the July War ( ar, حرب تموز, ''Ḥarb Tammūz'') and in Israel as the Second Lebanon War ( he, מלחמת לבנון השנייה, ''Milhemet Leva ...

. The results of the Lebanon-Kuwait game on 22 February 2006 have been declared null and void and do not count towards the group rankings. The following fixtures were also canceled: *against Bahrain, 16 August 2006 (in Bahrain National Stadium, Manama, Bahrain) *against Australia, 31 August 2006 (in Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, Australia) *against Bahrain, 6 September 2006 (in Beirut Municipal Stadium, Beirut, Lebanon) *against Kuwait, 11 October 2006 (in National Stadium, Kuwait City, Kuwait) *against Australia, 15 November 2006 (in Beirut Municipal Stadium, Beirut, Lebanon)

Group E

''Note: Iraq is ranked higher than China PR by the two head-to-head game results (Iraq 3 – 2 China PR).'' ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----

¹ All Iraq's home matches played in Al Ayn, United Arab Emirates.

² All Palestine's home matches played in Amman, Jordan.

Group F

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Qualified teams

¹ Bold indicates champion for that year

² ''Italic'' indicates host

³ Vietnam's debut since the unification of Vietnam at 1975

⁴ As South Vietnam

Goal scorers

;4 Goals * Yasser Al-Qahtani ;3 Goals *

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* Saleh Bashir * Essa Al Mahyani ;2 Goals * Hisato Satō * Ryūji Bando *

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* Al Suwaileh * Al Sawailh *

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* Ali Al-Nono *

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* Ali Karimi ;1 Goal * Firaj Mahmud * Shinji Ono *

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* Takashi Fukunishi *

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* Kengo Nakamura * Marcus Tulio Tanaka *

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* Al Hagbani *

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* Saleem Abdullah * Fekri Al-Hubaishi * Al-Haggam *

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* Vahid Hashemian * Mohammad Nosrati * Reza Enayati * Hossein Badamaki

References

External links

Qualifying Round Results

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