2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF–OFC play-off)

2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
(CONCACAF–OFC play-off)
Event	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
First leg
Date	13 November 2013
Venue	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
Referee	Viktor Kassai (Hungary)
Weather	Overcast; 10 °C (50 °F)
Second leg
Date	20 November 2013
Venue	Westpac Stadium, Wellington
Referee	Felix Brych (Germany)
Weather	Partly cloudy; 20 °C (68 °F)

The 2014 FIFA World Cup CONCACAF–OFC qualification play-off was a two-legged home-and-away tie between the winners of the Oceania qualifying tournament, New Zealand, and the fourth-placed team from the North and Central American and Caribbean qualifying tournament, Mexico.

It was the second consecutive FIFA World Cup play-off that New Zealand has played in; New Zealand won 1–0 on aggregate over Bahrain in its previous play-off. The draw for the order in which the two matches would be played was held on 30 July 2011 during the FIFA at the World Cup Preliminary Draw.

The games were played on 13 November in Mexico City and 20 November 2013 in Wellington.^[3] In the first leg at Estadio Azteca, Mexico easily defeated New Zealand 5–1. The Mexican side achieved another win over New Zealand in the second leg at Westpac Stadium with a score of 4–2. As a result, Mexico won 9–3 on aggregate to qualify for the World Cup in Brazil.

Venues[]

Estadio Azteca (left) and Westpac Stadium, venues for the series

Match details[]

First leg[]

13 November 2013

14:30 UTC−6

Mexico	5–1	New Zealand
Aguilar 32' Jiménez 40' Peralta 48', 80' Márquez 84'	Report	James 85'

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Attendance: 99,832

Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)

Mexico

New Zealand


GK	23	Moisés Muñoz
DF	22	Paul Aguilar
DF	6	Juan Carlos Valenzuela
DF	2	Francisco Rodríguez
DF	4	Rafael Márquez (c)
DF	7	Miguel Layún
MF	18	Carlos Peña	64'
MF	8	Juan Carlos Medina
MF	20	Luis Montes	60'
FW	19	Oribe Peralta	82'
FW	11	Raúl Jiménez
Substitutions:
MF	10	Sinha	60'
MF	17	Alonso Escoboza	64'
MF	5	Jesús Molina	82'
Manager:
Miguel Herrera


GK	1	Glen Moss
DF	7	Leo Bertos	76'
DF	15	Ivan Vicelich	58'
DF	22	Andrew Durante	72'
DF	5	Tommy Smith (c)
MF	3	Tony Lochhead
MF	8	Michael McGlinchey
MF	16	Jeremy Brockie		60'
MF	21	Jeremy Christie		54'
FW	20	Chris Wood	16'	67'
FW	17	Kosta Barbarouses
Substitutions:
MF	13	Chris James	89'	54'
MF	11	Marco Rojas		60'
FW	10	Rory Fallon		67'
Manager:
Ricki Herbert

Assistant referees:
Gábor Erös (Hungary)
György Ring (Hungary)
Fourth official:
István Vad (Hungary)

Second leg[]

20 November 2013

19:00 UTC+13

New Zealand	2–4	Mexico
James 80' (pen.) Fallon 83'	Report	Peralta 14', 29', 33' Peña 87'

Westpac Stadium, Wellington

Attendance: 35,206

Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

New Zealand

Mexico


GK	1	Glen Moss
DF	5	Tommy Smith (c)
DF	6	Bill Tuiloma		50'
DF	22	Andrew Durante
DF	14	Storm Roux
MF	13	Chris James	88'
MF	11	Marco Rojas		72'
MF	8	Michael McGlinchey
MF	17	Kosta Barbarouses	34'
FW	16	Jeremy Brockie
FW	9	Shane Smeltz	21'	53'
Substitutions:
DF	15	Louis Fenton		50'
FW	10	Rory Fallon		53'
MF	18	Craig Henderson		72'
Manager:
Ricki Herbert


GK	23	Moisés Muñoz	38'
DF	4	Rafael Márquez (c)
DF	6	Juan Carlos Valenzuela
DF	2	Francisco Rodríguez
DF	22	Paul Aguilar
MF	7	Miguel Layún
MF	18	Carlos Peña
MF	20	Luis Montes	3'	58'
MF	8	Juan Carlos Medina	90+3'
FW	11	Raúl Jiménez		68'
FW	19	Oribe Peralta		76'
Substitutions:
MF	17	Alonso Escoboza		58'
FW	9	Aldo de Nigris		68'
MF	10	Sinha		76'
Manager:
Miguel Herrera

Assistant referees:
Mark Borsch (Germany)
Stefan Lupp (Germany)
Fourth official:
Marco Fritz (Germany)

Television broadcast[]

Mexico - Azteca 7, Canal 5, TDN
New Zealand - Sky Sport
United Kingdom & Ireland - Premier Sports
United States - ESPN (English), UniMás/Univision Deportes (Spanish)

References[]

^ "History for Lic. Benito Juarez Intl., Mexico". wunderground.com. 13 November 2013. Retrieved 13 November 2013.
^ "History for Wellington, New Zealand". wunderground.com. 20 November 2013. Retrieved 20 November 2013.
^ "International Match Calendar 2013–2018" (PDF). FIFA.com.

[1] "History for Lic. Benito Juarez Intl., Mexico". wunderground.com. 13 November 2013. Retrieved 13 November 2013.

[2] "History for Wellington, New Zealand". wunderground.com. 20 November 2013. Retrieved 20 November 2013.

[3] "International Match Calendar 2013–2018" (PDF). FIFA.com.

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