Soccer World Cup 1982 / New Zealand

The New Zealand national football team at the 1982 World Cup in Spain .

World Cup qualification

Preliminary round

As in 1974 and 1978, the three Oceanic teams New Zealand, Australia and Fiji competed in the Asia qualification. After the end in 1974 and 1978, the New Zealanders managed to beat arch-rivals Australia in the third attempt and qualify for the final tournament.

Group 1

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	New Zealand	8th	6th	2	0	031: 300	+28	14: 20
2.	Australia	8th	4th	2	2	022: 900	+13	10: 60
3.	Indonesia	8th	2	2	4th	005:140	−9	06:10
4th	Taiwan	8th	1	3	4th	005: 800	−3	05:11
5.	Fiji	8th	1	3	4th	006:350	−29	05:11

New Zealand	-	Australia	03: 3 (2: 3)
Fiji	-	New Zealand	00: 4 (0: 3)
Taiwan	-	New Zealand	00-0 (0: 0)
Indonesia	-	New Zealand	00: 2 (0: 1)
Australia	-	New Zealand	00: 2 (0: 1)
New Zealand	-	Indonesia	05: 0 (2: 0)
New Zealand	-	Taiwan	02: 0 (1: 0)
New Zealand	-	Fiji	13: 0 (7: 0)

Final round

In the final round, the New Zealanders competed against the group winners of the other groups. At the end of the qualification they were in second place with China with the same number of points and goal difference. The second qualifier to Kuwait had to be determined in a playoff. In Singapore they defeated the Chinese 2-1 in front of 60,000 spectators and qualified for the finals in Spain.

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Kuwait	6th	4th	1	1	008: 600	+2	09: 30
2.	New Zealand *	6th	2	3	1	011: 600	+5	07: 50
3.	People's Republic of China *	6th	3	1	2	009: 400	+5	07: 50
4th	Saudi Arabia	6th	0	1	5	004:160	−12	01:11
* Decision game with the same number of points and goal difference for a second World Cup participant.

China	-	New Zealand	0-0 (0: 0)
New Zealand	-	China	1: 0 (1: 0)
New Zealand	-	Kuwait	1: 2 (1: 0)
New Zealand	-	Saudi Arabia	2: 2 (1: 1)
Kuwait	-	New Zealand	2: 2 (1: 0)
Saudi Arabia	-	New Zealand	0: 5 (0: 5)

Playoff

China

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New Zealand

1: 2 (0: 1)

Qualified for the next continental round.     Qualified for the 1982 World Cup

World Cup finals

Squad

No.	player	former club	Date of birth	World Cup 1982 games / goals
goalkeeper
1	Richard Wilson	Preston Macedonia (AUS)	May 8, 1956	-	-	-	-
21st	Barry Pickering	Miramar Rangers	December 12, 1956	-	-	-	-
22nd	Frank van Hattum	Manurewa AFC	17th November 1958	3	-	-	-
Defense
2	Glenn Dods	Adelaide City (AUS)	June 7, 1957	2	-	-	-
3	Ricki Herbert	Mount Wellington AFC	April 10, 1961	3	-	-	-
5	Dave Bright	Manurewa AFC	November 29, 1949	-	-	-	-
6th	Robert Almond	Invercargill Thistle	April 16, 1951	2	-	-	-
11	Sam Malcolmson	East Coast Bays AFC	April 2, 1948	1	-	-	-
14th	Adrian Elrick	Hanimex United	September 29, 1949	3	-	-	-
15th	John Hill	Gisborne City	January 7, 1950	1	-	-	-
16	Glen Adam	Mount Wellington AFC	May 22, 1959	-	-	-	-
midfield
8th	Duncan Cole	Hanimex United	July 12, 1958	3	-	-	-
10	Steve Sumner	West Adelaide SC (AUS)	April 2, 1955	3	1	-	-
12	Keith McKay	Gisborne City	December 8, 1956	3	-	-	-
13	Kenny Cresswell	Gisborne City	June 4th 1958	3	-	-	-
17th	Allan Boath	West Adelaide SC (AUS)	December 14, 1958	3	-	-	-
18th	Peter Simonsen	Manurewa AFC	April 17, 1959	-	-	-	-
19th	Billy McClure	Mount Wellington AFC	4th January 1958	-	-	-	-
20th	Grant Turner	Gisborne City	October 7, 1958	-	-	-	-
attack
4th	Brian Turner	Gisborne City	July 31, 1949	1	-	-	-
7th	Wynton Rufer	Miramar Rangers	December 29, 1962	3	-	-	-
9	Steve Wooddin	South Melbourne FC (AUS)	January 16, 1955	3	1	-	-
Trainer
	John Adshead		March 27, 1942

Preliminary round ( group 6 )

In the preliminary round of the 1982 World Cup in Spain, the New Zealand national soccer team met Brazil , the USSR and Scotland in their first World Cup participation in Group 6 . As a clear outsider, all games were clearly lost and you were eliminated from the tournament after the preliminary round.

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Brazil	3	3	0	0	010: 200	+8	06-00
2.	Soviet Union	3	1	1	1	006: 400	+2	03: 30
3.	Scotland	3	1	1	1	008: 800	± 0	03: 30
4th	New Zealand	3	0	0	3	002:120	−10	00: 60

Tuesday June 15, 1982; 9:00 p.m. in Malaga
Scotland	-	New Zealand	5: 2 (3: 0)
Saturday June 19, 1982; 9:00 p.m. in Malaga
USSR	-	New Zealand	3: 0 (1: 0)
Wednesday June 23, 1982; 9:00 p.m. in Seville
Brazil	-	New Zealand	4: 0 (2: 0)

literature

• Hardy Greens : Football World Cup Encyclopedia. 1930-2006. AGON Sportverlag, Kassel 2002, ISBN 3-89784-205-X .
• New football week (fuwo). Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 1982, ISSN  0323-8407 .
• Foosball sports magazine . Olympia-Verlag , Nuremberg 1982 ISSN  0023-1290 .