Football World Cup 2014 / Qualification (OFC)

the continental federation OFC

The eleven associations of the Oceanic Football Confederation (OFC ) played in the qualification for the Football World Cup 2014 for the right to start in the intercontinental decision-making match against the fourth placed in the American CONCACAF qualification . On March 22, 2013, New Zealand was prematurely group winners by a 2-1 win against the direct rival New Caledonia , but lost in the playoffs Mexico , so the OFC 2014 does not provide a World Cup participant.

FIFA regulations

According to FIFA regulations, the preliminary round matches in the form of group and cup matches could be played in home and return matches or, in exceptional cases, in tournament form in one of the participating countries. In the group matches, three points were awarded for a win and one for a draw. The following criteria were decisive:

1. higher number of points
2. better goal difference
3. higher number of goals scored
4. higher number of points from the direct encounters between teams with the same points and goals
5. better goal difference from the direct encounters between the teams with the same points and goals
6. higher number of goals from direct encounters between teams with equal points and goals
7. higher number of away goals from direct encounters between teams with the same points and goals if only two teams are affected. (Only in the third round)

If two teams had done the same according to these criteria, a playoff could have been scheduled. This case did not occur.

mode

The qualification and the preliminary round of the Oceania Championship were also part of the World Cup qualification. The qualification for the Oceania Championship did not take place as part of the Pacific Games as in 2007 , but the four weakest teams in Oceania played a tournament in Samoa in November 2011 . The winner took part in the preliminary round of the Oceania Championship in the Solomon Islands from June 1 to 6, 2012 . The subsequent semi-finals and finals from June 8th to 10th had no influence on the qualification for the World Cup, because in contrast to previous editions, the Oceania champions Tahiti did not automatically receive the place for the play-off games this time. Instead, a third round took place from September 2012 to March 2013, in which the four semi-finalists determined the Oceania participants in a group with home and return matches. As a result, Oceania champions and Oceania representatives were different teams.

First round

The four underperforming members of the OFC (according to the world rankings ) played the eighth participant in the main tournament in the league system from November 22nd to 26th, 2011 in the Toleafoa JS Blatter Soccer Stadium in Apia , Samoa . This qualification also represented the 1st round of the Oceania qualification for the 2014 World Cup .

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Samoa	3	2	1	0	005: 300	+2	07th
2.	American Samoa	3	1	1	1	003: 300	± 0	04th
3.	Tonga	3	1	1	1	004: 400	± 0	04th
4th	Cook Islands	3	0	1	2	004: 600	−2	01

11/22/2011	American Samoa	-	Tonga	2: 1 (1: 0)
11/22/2011	Cook Islands	-	Samoa	2: 3 (1: 2)
11/24/2011	American Samoa	-	Cook Islands	1: 1 (1: 0)
11/24/2011	Samoa	-	Tonga	1: 1 (1: 0)
11/26/2011	Tonga	-	Cook Islands	2: 1 (1: 1)
11/26/2011	Samoa	-	American Samoa	1: 0 (0: 0)

Second round

The OFC Nations Cup took place from June 1st to 10th 2012 at Lawson Tama in Honiara , the capital of the Solomon Islands . The group matches of the OFC Nations Cup also represented the 2nd round of Oceania qualification for the 2014 World Cup .

Group A

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Tahiti	3	3	0	0	018: 500	+13	09
2.	New Caledonia	3	2	0	1	017: 600	+11	06th
3.	Vanuatu	3	1	0	2	008: 900	−1	03
4th	Samoa	3	0	0	3	001:240	−23	00

06/01/2012	Samoa	-	Tahiti	1:10 (0: 4)
06/01/2012	Vanuatu	-	New Caledonia	02: 5 (0: 1)
06/03/2012	Vanuatu	-	Samoa	05: 0 (2: 0)
06/03/2012	Tahiti	-	New Caledonia	04: 3 (3: 0)
06/05/2012	New Caledonia	-	Samoa	09: 0 (6: 0)
06/05/2012	Tahiti	-	Vanuatu	04: 1 (2: 0)

Group B

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	New Zealand	3	2	1	0	004: 200	+2	07th
2.	Solomon Islands	3	1	2	0	002: 100	+1	05
3.	Fiji	3	0	2	1	001: 200	−1	02
4th	Papua New Guinea	3	0	1	2	002: 400	−2	01

06/02/2012	Fiji	-	New Zealand	0: 1 (0: 1)
06/02/2012	Solomon Islands	-	Papua New Guinea	1: 0 (1: 0)
06/04/2012	Papua New Guinea	-	New Zealand	1: 2 (0: 1)
06/04/2012	Fiji	-	Solomon Islands	0-0
06/06/2012	Papua New Guinea	-	Fiji	1: 1 (0: 1)
06/06/2012	New Zealand	-	Solomon Islands	1: 1 (1: 0)

Third round

The draw for the third round, officially the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil OFC Stage 3 Qualifiers , took place on June 26, 2012 in Auckland .

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	New Zealand	6th	6th	0	0	017: 200	+15	18th
2.	New Caledonia	6th	4th	0	2	017: 600	+11	12
3.	Tahiti	6th	1	0	5	002:120	−10	03
4th	Solomon Islands	6th	1	0	5	005:210	−16	03

07.09.2012	Honiara	Solomon Islands	-	Tahiti	2: 0 (1: 0)
	Nouméa	New Caledonia	-	New Zealand	0: 2 (0: 2)
09/11/2012	Papeete	Tahiti	-	New Caledonia	0: 4 (0: 0)
	Auckland	New Zealand	-	Solomon Islands	6: 1 (2: 0)
October 12, 2012	Papeete	Tahiti	-	New Zealand	0: 2 (0: 1)
	Honiara	Solomon Islands	-	New Caledonia	2: 6 (1: 2)
10/16/2012	Christchurch	New Zealand	-	Tahiti	3: 0 (1: 0)
	Nouméa	New Caledonia	-	Solomon Islands	5: 0 (4: 0)
03/22/2013	Wellington	New Zealand	-	New Caledonia	2: 1 (1: 0)
	Papeete	Tahiti	-	Solomon Islands	2: 0 (1: 0)
03/26/2013	Honiara	Solomon Islands	-	New Zealand	0: 2 (0: 1)
	Nouméa	New Caledonia	-	Tahiti	1: 0 (0: 0)

Play-off against CONCACAF representatives

For the play-off for a starting place at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, New Zealand qualified as the third round winner.

•  New Zealand - Mexico 

New Zealand lost the first leg with 1: 5 on November 13, 2013 and the second leg on 20 November with 2: 4 and thus could not qualify for the 2014 World Cup.

Best goal scorers

FIFA also counts the goals in brackets in the semi-finals, play-offs for third place and in the final of the Oceania Cup, which had no influence on qualifying for the World Cup.

rank	Surname	Gates
1	Georges Gope-Fenepej	8 (1)
2	Jacques Haeko	7th
	Chris Wood	7 (3)
4th	Bertrand Kaï	5 (1)
	Shane Smeltz
	Lorenzo Tehau	5
7th	Roy Kayara	4th
	César Lolohéa
	Alvin Tehau
	Jonathan Tehau	4 (1)
	Benjamin Totori	4 (2)
Source: fifa.com , as of November 13, 2013 (including intercontinental playoff)

Web links

• Official FIFA website for qualifying for the 2014 World Cup

Individual evidence

1. ↑ New Zealand solves the playoff ticket early. In: fifa.com. FIFA , March 22, 2013, accessed March 22, 2013 . 
2. ↑ Regulations for the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil ^TM . (PDF; 431 kB) (No longer available online.) In: fifa.com. FIFA, July 15, 2011, archived from the original on June 29, 2014 ; Retrieved November 17, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
3. ^ Pacific Games no longer part of qualification. (No longer available online.) In: oceaniafootball.com. Oceania Football Confederation , June 29, 2011, archived from the original on January 3, 2012 ; Retrieved on November 18, 2013 (English, Pacific Games no longer 1st stage of qualification for the men's soccer World Cup and women's Olympic tournament). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
4. ↑ Preliminary round format and drawing procedure for the Oceania Zone. (PDF; 81 kB) In: fifa.com. FIFA, May 20, 2011, accessed November 18, 2013 . 
5. ↑ Draw for the last round of the Oceania qualification. In: fifa.com. FIFA, June 27, 2013, accessed October 16, 2013 . 
6. ↑ 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil Preliminaries: Oceania: Scorers. In: fifa.com. FIFA, accessed October 16, 2013 .