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44 Asian teams are affiliated with FIFA, but Cambodia, Philippines, Bhutan and Brunei decided not to take part, and Myanmar was banned from the competition, so a total of 39 teams took part, competing for 4.5 places in the World Cup.
The qualification was composed of three Rounds. Only the 14 last ranked teams according to FIFA took part in the Preliminary Round, where they were paired 2-by-2 and played home-and-away knock-out matches. The 7 winners joined the other 25 teams in the Second Round, where those 32 teams were divided in 8 Groups of four teams each. The teams in each group would play against each other home-and-away, and the team with most points in each group would advance to the Third Round.
In the Third Round, the 8 remaining teams were divided in two Groups of 4 teams each, that would again play against each other in a home-and-away basis. The two teams with most points in each group would qualify to the World Cup. The two third placed teams would play-off against each other home-and-away. Winner of this play-off would play against the fourth placed team in the Final Round of CONCACAF in an Intercontinental Play-off for a place in the World Cup
| DATE | COMP | Home Team | Away Team | Result |
| 18.02.2004 | World Cup Qualifier | Iran | Qatar | 3 – 1 |
| 31.03.2004 | World Cup Qualifier | Laos | Iran | 0 – 7 |
| 09.06.2004 | World Cup Qualifier | Iran | Jordan | 0 – 1 |
| 08.09.2004 | World Cup Qualifier | Jordan | Iran | 0 – 2 |
| 13.10.2004 | World Cup Qualifier | Qatar | Iran | 2 – 3 |
| 17.11.2004 | World Cup Qualifier | Iran | Laos | 7 – 0 |
| 09.02.2005 | World Cup Qualifier/ Second Round | Bahrain | Iran | 0 – 0 |
| 25.03.2005 | World Cup Qualifier/ Second Round | Iran | Japan | 2 – 1 |
| 30.03.2005 | World Cup Qualifier / Second Round | Korea DPR | Iran | 0 – 2 |
| 03.06.2005 | World Cup Qualifier / Second Round | Iran | Korea DPR | 1 – 0 |
| 08.06.2005 | World Cup Qualifier / Second Round | Iran | Bahrain | 1 – 0 |
| 17.08.2005 | World Cup Qualifier / Second Round | Japan | Iran | 2 – 1 |
Second Round
Group 1
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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 Iran |
6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 4 | +18 | 15 |
 Jordan |
6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 12 |
 Qatar |
6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 8 | +8 | 9 |
 Laos |
6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 33 | −30 | 0 |
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– | 0 – 1 | 7 – 0 | 3 – 1 |
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0 – 2 | – | 5 – 0 | 1 – 0 |
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0 – 7 | 2 – 3 | – | 1 – 6 |
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2 – 3 | 2 – 0 | 5 – 0 | – |
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Third Round
Group 2
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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 Japan |
6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 15 |
| Iran |
6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 13 |
 Bahrain |
6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 4 |
 North Korea |
6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 11 | −6 | 3 |
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– | 0 – 0 | 0 – 1 | 2 – 3 |
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1 – 0 | – | 2 – 1 | 1 – 0 |
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1 – 0 | 2 – 1 | – | 2 – 1 |
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1 – 2 | 0 – 2 | 0 – 2 | – |
- Japan and Iran qualified for the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
- Bahrain advanced to the AFC playoffs.
| Team Iran |
Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| Second Round | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 4 | +18 | 15 |
| Third Round | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 13 |
| Total | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 7 | 22 | 28 |
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[tab title=”Squad “]Squad
GOALKEEPERS |
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| 1 | MIRZAPOUR, Ebrahim | 75 | 0 | 16-Sep-78 | 28 | Foolad Khuzestan |
| 2 | ROUDBARIAN, Hassan | 17 | 0 | 06-Jul-78 | 28 | PAS Tehran |
| 3 | TALEBLOO, Vahid | 12 | 0 | 26-May-82 | 24 | Esteghlal |
DEFENDERS |
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| 4 | KAEBI, Hossein | 84 | 2 | 23-Sep-85 | 21 | Foolad Khuzestan |
| 5 | GOLMOHAMMADI, Yahya | 80 | 5 | 19-Mar-71 | 35 | Saba Battery |
| 6 | NOSRATI, Mohammad | 61 | 4 | 11-Jan-82 | 24 | Tractorsazi tabriz |
| 7 | REZAEI, Rahman | 57 | 3 | 20-Feb-75 | 31 | Messina (ITA) |
| 8 | BAKHTIYARIZADEH, Sohrab | 37 | 3 | 11-Sep-74 | 32 | Saba Battery |
| 9 | ZARE, Sattar | 36 | 0 | 28-Jan-82 | 24 | Bargh Shiraz |
| 10 | SADEGHI, AmirHossein | 9 | 0 | 06-Sep-81 | 25 | Esteghlal |
MIDFIELD |
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| 11 | KAZEMIAN, Javad | 40 | 2 | 23-Apr-81 | 25 | Perspolis |
| 12 | TEYMOURIAN, Andranik | 36 | 3 | 06-Mar-83 | 23 | Abo Moslem |
| 13 | MADANCHI, Mehrzad | 31 | 5 | 10-Jan-85 | 21 | Perspolis |
| 14 | KARIMI, Ali | 108 | 36 | 08-Nov-78 | 28 | Bayern Munich (GER) |
| 15 | MAHDAVIKIA, Mehdi | 108 | 13 | 24-Jul-77 | 29 | Hamburger SV (GER) |
| 16 | NEKOUNAM, Javad | 102 | 23 | 06-Sep-80 | 26 | Al-Wehda (UAE) |
| 17 | ZANDI, Fereydoon | 27 | 5 | 26-Apr-79 | 27 | FC Kaiserslautern (GER) |
| 18 | SHOJAEI, Masoud | 25 | 3 | 09-Jun-84 | 22 | Saipa Tehran |
FORWARDS |
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| 19 | DAEI, Ali | 151 | 110 | 21-Mar-69 | 37 | Saba Battery |
| 20 | HASHEMIAN, Vahid | 49 | 14 | 21-Jul-76 | 30 | Hannover 96 (GER) |
| 21 | BORHANI, Arash | 35 | 10 | 14-Sep-83 | 23 | PAS Tehran |
| 22 | ENAYATI, Gholamreza | 32 | 8 | 23-Sep-76 | 30 | Esteghlal |
| 23 | KHATIBI, Rasoul | 30 | 5 | 22-Sep-78 | 28 | PAS Tehran |
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[tab title=”Matches “]
Matches
| 11.06.2006 at 18:00 | FIFA World Cup / Group D | Mexico | Iran | 3 – 1 |
| 17.06.2006 at 15:00 | FIFA World Cup / Group D | Portugal | Iran | 2 – 0 |
| 21.06.2006 at 16:00 | FIFA World Cup / Group D | Angola | Iran | 1 – 1 |
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Highlights
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[tab title=”Gallery “]
Gallery
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