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Oceania-South America Qualification Playoff

The Football World Cup 2006 - Oceania - South America Qualification Playoff was a home and away playoff between the following teams:

• The winners of the Oceania qualifying tournament, Australia
• The fifth placed team from the South American qualifying tournament, Uruguay.

This pairing was the same as the pairing for the 2002 OFC-CONMEBOL playoff, which Uruguay won 3-1 on aggregate. The draw for determining the order of the home and away legs was made at a FIFA congress on September 10, 2005.

The tie was drawn 1-1 on aggregate after 180 minutes and also after extra time. With both teams failing to score an away goal the playoff was decided by a penalty shootout, with Australia shooting first.

The winner, Australia, was awarded a place in the 2006 World Cup.

November 12, 2005

Uruguay	1-0	Australia	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo
Rodríguez 37'

November 16, 2005

Australia	1-0 (4-2 pen)	Uruguay	Telstra Stadium, Sydney
Bresciano 35'
Penalty Shootout
Kewell  O	1:0	X  Rodríguez
Neill  O	2:1	O  Varela
Vidmar  O	3:2	O  Estoyanoff
Viduka  X	3:2	X  Zalayeta
Aloisi  O	4:2

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