2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)

Listed below are the dates and results for the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for UEFA teams. A total of 51 teams took part, divided in 8 groups – five groups of six teams each and three groups of seven teams each – competing for 13 places in the World Cup. Germany, the hosts, were already qualified, for a total of 14 European places in the tournament. The qualifying process started on 18 August 2004, over a month after the end of UEFA Euro 2004, and ended on 16 November 2005. Kazakhstan, which transitioned from the Asian Football Confederation to UEFA after the end of the 2002 FIFA World Cup, debuted in the European qualifiers.

Qualification seeding (UEFA)

The draw was made on 5 December 2003 in Frankfurt, Germany. Germany qualified automatically as hosts. The other seedings were determined by points per game in the qualifiers for 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification and UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying. France qualified automatically for the 2002 FIFA World Cup as title holders, so only their record in UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying was used. Portugal qualified automatically for UEFA Euro 2004 as hosts, so only their record in World Cup 2002 was used. Kazakhstan were not ranked by this system as they did not participate in either competition. For domestic clubs involved in international club competitions reasons, England, France, Italy and Spain were drawn into groups of 6 teams. ==First round==

First round

Summary Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 Group 5 Group 6 Group 7 Group 8 ==Play-offs==

Play-offs

Ranking of runners-up Because three groups each had seven teams and the others each had six, matches against the 7th placed team were discarded for the purposes of the ranking Matches ==Qualified teams==

Qualified teams

The following 14 teams from UEFA qualified for the final tournament. :1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year. :2 Competed as West Germany. A separate team for East Germany also participated in qualifications during this time, having only competed in 1974. :3 From 1930 to 1998, Serbia and Montenegro competed as Yugoslavia. :4 From 1934 to 1990, the Czech Republic competed as Czechoslovakia. ==Top goalscorers==

Top goalscorers

Below are full goalscorer lists for all groups and the play-off round: • Group 1 • Group 2 • Group 3 • Group 4 • Group 5 • Group 6 • Group 7 • Group 8 • Play-offs ==References==

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