2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC)

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2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC)
Tournament details
Dates25 August 2007 - 14 November 2009
Teams11 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played36
Goals scored149 (4.14 per match)
Attendance57,989 (1,611 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of Fiji.svg Osea Vakatalesau
(12 goals)
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The 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification for the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) selected New Zealand to compete in a two-legged home-and-away playoff against Bahrain, the fifth-place team from the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for a spot in the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. (Oceania is the only confederation that does not have an automatic place in the finals.) Its final round that doubled with the qualifiers was the 2008 OFC Nations Cup. Consequently, New Zealand is also considered the OFC Nations Cup champion, entered the playoffs, and represented the OFC in the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup.

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This was the first OFC World Cup qualifying campaign since Australia's move from the OFC to the AFC.

Format

The first phase began at the 2007 Pacific Games in Samoa, with the football tournament doubling as an OFC World Cup qualifying competition. The gold, silver, and bronze medallists (New Caledonia, Fiji, and Vanuatu, respectively) advanced to the second phase.[ citation needed ]

The three medallists joined seeded side New Zealand in a home-and-away round-robin tournament on FIFA match dates in 2007 and 2008, also acting as the 2008 OFC Nations Cup.[ citation needed ]

There were some confusion as to how the final qualifier for the playoff against an AFC nation would be selected. The FIFA website initially indicated that the top two sides from the round robin would advance to a play-off which would determine the qualifier, but the OFC articles did not include this round (with the round-robin winner advancing automatically). Later FIFA articles confirmed that the round-robin winner would advance automatically. [1] [2]

First round

The 2007 South Pacific Games held the first round. The draw was held on 12 June 2007 in Auckland, New Zealand. Tuvalu were not members of FIFA and so would have been unable to qualify for the World Cup had they proceeded to the OFC Nations Cup stage. It was not even clear whether Tuvalu would be eligible to advance that far had they finished in a medal position, as the OFC press release for the second stage draw stated that "nine eligible member associations battle it out for the gold, silver and bronze medals that will hand them a berth in a Stage Two round robin home and away playoff with New Zealand" - implying one nation (Tuvalu) would not be eligible. This question was rendered moot, however, as Tuvalu finished last in their table.

Papua New Guinea, having initially entered the 2010 World Cup and indicated their intention to enter the South Pacific Games, were involved in a dispute with their sporting authorities and failed to meet the official accreditation deadline for the South Pacific Games. This meant they were effectively disqualified from the World Cup.

Group stage

Group A

Team
PldWDLGFGAGDPts Flag of Fiji.svg Flag of France.svg Flag of French Polynesia.svg Flag of the Cook Islands.svg Flag of Tuvalu.svg
Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 4310251+2410 1–1 4–0 4–0 16–0
Flag of France.svg  New Caledonia 431061+510 1–0 3–0 1–0
Flag of French Polynesia.svg  Tahiti 411226−44 1–0 1–1
Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands 410349−53 4–1
Flag of Tuvalu.svg  Tuvalu [lower-alpha 1] 4013222−201
Source: [3]
Notes:
  1. ↑ Tuvalu were not members of FIFA and so were not eligible to qualify for the World Cup.

Group B

Team
PldWDLGFGAGDPts Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg Flag of Vanuatu.svg Flag of Samoa.svg Flag of Tonga.svg Flag of American Samoa.svg
Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands 4400211+2012 2–0 3–0 4–0 12–1
Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu 4301233+209 4–0 4–1 15–0
Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa 420298+16 2–1 7–0
Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga 4103610−43 4–0
Flag of American Samoa.svg  American Samoa 4004138−370
Source: [3]

Knockout stage

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands 2
 
 
 
Flag of France.svg  New Caledonia 3
 
Flag of France.svg  New Caledonia 1
 
 
 
Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 0
 
Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 3
 
 
Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu 0
 
Third place
 
 
 
 
 
Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands 0
 
 
Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu 2

The three medalists, New Caledonia, Fiji, and Vanuatu, advanced to the 2008 OFC Nations Cup (together with automatic qualifier New Zealand).

Second round

Team
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification Flag of New Zealand.svg Flag of France.svg Flag of Fiji.svg Flag of Vanuatu.svg
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 6501145+915Advance to AFC–OFC play-off — 3–0 0–2 4–1
Flag of France.svg  New Caledonia 62221210+28 1–3 — 4–0 3–0
Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 6213811−37 0–2 3–3 — 2–0
Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu 6114513−84 1–2 1–1 2–1 —
Source: [3]

New Zealand qualified for the play-off against the AFC playoff winner, as well as the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup in South Africa.

Inter-confederation play-offs

The Oceania champion (New Zealand) played the AFC playoff winner, Bahrain, in a two-legged play-off; New Zealand beat Bahrain to qualify for the 2010 World Cup.

The draw for the order in which the two matches would be played was held on 2 June 2009 during the FIFA Congress in Nassau, the Bahamas. [4]

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Bahrain  Flag of Bahrain.svg0–1Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 0–0 0–1

Qualified teams

The following team from OFC qualified for the final tournament.

TeamQualified asQualified onPrevious appearances in FIFA World Cup 1
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand AFC-OFC play-off winners14 November 20091 (1982)
1Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Top goalscorers

There were 149 goals scored in 36 matches, for an average of 4.14 goals per match.

12 goals

9 goals

8 goals

7 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

Below are full goalscorer lists for each round:

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References

  1. ↑ FIFA.com - A 'new' dawn in Oceania
  2. ↑ FIFA.com - Double delight for New Zealand
  3. 1 2 3 "FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC) 2010, football - table and standings". soccer365.me. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
  4. ↑ Intercontinental play-off dates confirmed Archived 2009-06-14 at the Wayback Machine
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