Argentina at the FIFA World Cup Argentina at the FIFA World Cup This is a record of Argentina's results at the FIFA World Cup. Argentina is one of the most successful national football teams in the world, having won two World Cups in 1978 and 1986. Argentina has been runners up three times in 1930, 1990 and 2014. The team was present in all but four of the World Cups, being behind only Brazil, Italy and Germany in number of appearances. Argentina has also won the Copa América 14 times, one less than Uruguay. Moreover, Argentina has also won the Confederations Cup and the gold medal
2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC First Round 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC First Round The 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification AFC play-off was the first round of the Asian Football Confederation qualification for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. The 14 teams with the lowest FIFA rankings played home-and-away knockout matches to qualify for the second stage. <div id="Turkmenistan v Afghanistan"> <div id="Afghanistan v Turkmenistan"> Turkmenistan won 13–0 on aggregate and advanced to the Second Round. <div id="Chinese Taipei v Macau"> <div id="Macau v Chinese Taipei"> Chinese Taipei won 6–1 on aggregate and advanced to the Second Round. <div id="Bangladesh v Tajikistan"> <div id="Tajikistan v Bangladesh">