| Tournament details | |
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| Dates | 19 November 2003 - 16 November 2005 |
| Teams | 38 (from 1 confederation) |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 134 |
| Goals scored | 400 (2.99 per match) |
| Attendance | 2,873,158 (21,441 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |  Ali Daei(9 goals) |
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| AFC Asian Qualifiers |
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Listed below are the dates and results for the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for Asia.
44 Asian teams are affiliated with FIFA, but Cambodia, Philippines, Bhutan and Brunei decided not to take part, and Myanmar were banned from the competition (for refusing to play a qualifier in Iran during 2002 qualifying), so a total of 39 teams took part, competing for 4.5 places in the World Cup.