2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – OFC Third Round

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This page provides the summaries of the OFC Third Round matches for 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification.

Format[]

The third round saw the two group winners and two group runners-up from the 2012 OFC Nations Cup compete in a single group of four teams.[1]

The matches were played in a double round-robin between 7 September 2012 and 26 March 2013, with the top team advancing to the play-off against the fourth-placed team from the CONCACAF Fourth Round.

Qualified teams[]

Group A Group B

 Tahiti
 New Caledonia

 New Zealand
 Solomon Islands

Matches[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 New Zealand 6 6 0 0 17 2 +15 18 2–1 3–0 6–1
 New Caledonia 6 4 0 2 17 6 +11 12 0–2 1–0 5–0
 Tahiti 6 1 0 5 2 12 −10 3 0–2 0–4 2–0
 Solomon Islands 6 1 0 5 5 21 −16 3 0–2 2–6 2–0
Source:[citation needed]
  Winner advanced to for the CONCACAF v OFC play-off

The draw for the fixtures was conducted at OFC Headquarters in Auckland, New Zealand on 26 June 2012.[2]

Solomon Islands 2–0 Tahiti
Fa'arodo Goal 17'
Teleda Goal 60'
Report
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: (New Zealand)
New Caledonia 0–2 New Zealand
Report Smeltz Goal 11'
Wood Goal 39'

New Zealand 6–1 Solomon Islands
Smeltz Goal 12'
Barbarouses Goal 25'
Killen Goal 53'
Lochhead Goal 69'
Wood Goal 80'
Rojas Goal 83'
Report Fa'arodo Goal 51'
Attendance: 7,931
Referee: (New Caledonia)
Tahiti 0–4 New Caledonia
Report Samin Goal 59' (o.g.)
Kaï Goal 60'
Gope-Fenepej Goal 63'90'
Attendance: 574
Referee: Andrew Achari (Fiji)

Solomon Islands 2–6 New Caledonia
Tanito Goal 33'
Nawo Goal 59'
Report R. Kayara Goal 8'
Gope-Fenepej Goal 45'81'90+1'
Faisi Goal 77' (o.g.)
Haeko Goal 89'
Tahiti 0–2 New Zealand
Report Smeltz Goal 24'
Sigmund Goal 82'
Attendance: 600
Referee: Bruce George (Vanuatu)

New Zealand 3–0 Tahiti
McGlinchey Goal 2'90+3'
Killen Goal 89'
Report
Attendance: 10,751
Referee: Gerald Oiaka (Solomon Islands)
New Caledonia 5–0 Solomon Islands
Gope-Fenepej Goal 4'
R. Kayara Goal 8'
Kabeu Goal 30'
Lolohea Goal 42'87'
Report
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Kader Zitouni (Tahiti)

New Zealand 2–1 New Caledonia
Killen Goal 10'
Smith Goal 90+3'
Report Lolohea Goal 56'
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Strebre Delovski (Australia)
Tahiti 2–0 Solomon Islands
Bourebare Goal 25'
Hyanine Goal 78'
Report
Attendance: 550
Referee: Andrew Achari (Fiji)

Solomon Islands 0–2 New Zealand
Report Payne Goal 3'88'
Attendance: 5,600
Referee: Averii Jacques (Tahiti)
New Caledonia 1–0 Tahiti
Lolohea Goal 86' Report
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: (Fiji)

Goalscorers[]

There were 41 goals scored in 12 games, for an average of 3.42 goals per game.

6 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

References[]

  1. ^ "2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil - Preliminary Competition Format and Draw Procedures - Oceanian Zone" (PDF). FIFA.
  2. ^ "World Cup trail laid out for Stage 3 sides". Oceania Football Confederation. 26 June 2012. Archived from the original on 17 May 2014. Retrieved 26 June 2012.

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