Four teams from Asian preliminaries, did join the German team to play at Fifa World Cup 2006. Japan became the first team to qualify for the finals on June 8. They were quickly followed that day by Iran, Saudi Arabia and South Korea.
Playing a brand of stylish and flowing football, Argentina beat Brazil 3-1 to become South America’s first qualifiers for Germany 2006. Thousands of home supporters seemed oblivious to the Buenos Aires cold as they celebrated qualification for Germany, exacting revenge for their defeat by the world champions in last year’s Copa America final in the process.
