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European Qualification Playoffs

The Football World Cup 2006 - European Qualification Playoffs are a set of home-and-away playoffs to decide the final three places granted to national football teams from European nations (more precisely, UEFA members) for the 2006 World Cup.

By the rules of the UEFA qualifying tournament, the first-place finishers in each of eight groups received automatic berths, along with the two second-place teams that had earned the most points against teams in the top six of their individual groups.

The six remaining second-place teams were divided into two pots based on their standings in the September 2005 FIFA World Rankings. The division was:

Pot 1:

• Czech Republic
• Spain
• Turkey

Pot 2:

• Norway
• Slovakia
•   Switzerland

A draw was held on October 14, 2005 at FIFA headquarters in Zürich to pair each team from Pot 1 with a team from Pot 2. A second draw at the same time and location determined the order of the fixtures.

The playoffs were decided by the standard FIFA method of aggregate score, with away goals and, if necessary, extra time with the possibility of a penalty shootout at the end of the second leg. The winner of each playoff was awarded a place in the 2006 World Cup.

Playoff 1

Spain advances on aggregate, 6-2.

November 12, 2005

Spain	5 - 1	Slovakia	Vicente Calderón Stadium, Madrid
Luis García 10, 18, 74 Torres (pen) 65 Morientes 79		Németh 49

November 16, 2005

Slovakia	1 - 1	Spain	Tehelné pole, Bratislava
Holosko 50		Villa 71

Playoff 2

  Switzerland advances on away goals (2-0) after series is drawn on aggregate, 4-4.

November 12, 2005

Switzerland	2 - 0	Turkey	Stade de Suisse, Bern
Senderos 41 Behrami 86

November 16, 2005

Turkey	4 - 2	Switzerland	Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, Istanbul
Tuncay 22, 36, 89 Necati (pen) 52		Frei (pen) 2 Streller 84

Playoff 3

Czech Republic advances on aggregate, 2-0.

November 12, 2005

Norway	0 - 1	Czech Republic	Ullevaal Stadium, Oslo
		Smičer 31

November 16, 2005

Czech Republic	1 - 0	Norway	Toyota Arena, Prague
Rosičky 35

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