1998 FIFA World Cup qualification – OFC Third Round

This page provides the summaries of the OFC Third Round matches for 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification.

Format[]

In this round the two winning teams from the Second Round were drawn into two home-and-away ties.

The winners advanced to the AFC–OFC play-off.

28 June 1997

New Zealand	0–3	Australia
		18' Aloisi 42' Vidmar 67' Foster

5 July 1997

Australia	2–0	New Zealand
Zelić 6' Arnold 54'

Referee: Jamal Al Sharif (Syria)

Australia won 5–0 on aggregate and advanced to the AFC–OFC play-off.

v t 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
AFC	First Round Final Round Play-off
CAF	First Round Final Round
CONCACAF	Preliminary Round First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round
CONMEBOL	Group Round
OFC	First Round Second Round Third Round
UEFA	Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 Estonia v Scotland Group 5 Group 6 Group 7 Group 8 Group 9 Play-offs
Play-offs	AFC v OFC

v t Australia national soccer team matches
FIFA Confederations Cup Final	1997
AFC Asian Cup Finals	2011 2015
OFC Nations Cup Finals	1980 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004
AFC–OFC Challenge Cup	2001
FIFA World Cup play-offs	1986 1994 1st 2nd 1998 2002 2006 2018 1st 2nd
Other matches	New Zealand 3–1 Australia (1922) Tonga 0–22 Australia (2001) Australia 31–0 American Samoa (2001)

v t New Zealand national football team matches
OFC Nations Cup Finals	1973 1998 2000 2002 2016
AFC–OFC Challenge Cup
FIFA World Cup qual. play-offs	2010 2014 2018
Other matches	New Zealand 3–1 Australia (1922)