Posted March 18, 20232 yr Oceania Qualification The Oceania Qualification will consist of 3 stages. 1 team will qualify directly to the 2026 FIFA World Cup and 1 other team will qualify for the Intercontinental Play-Offs. Round 1 - The 4 lowest-ranked teams will complete in a single round-robin group fixtures. The winner will qualify for Round 2. Matches will be played in September 2024. Round 2 - The 7 highest ranked teams and the 1 qualifier from Round 1 will be drawn into 2 groups of 4 teams and will play single round robin fixtures. The 2 group winners and 2 group runner-ups will qualify for Round 3. Matches will be played between October 2024 and November 2024. Round 3 - The 4 qualifiers from Round 2 will be drawn 2 semi-finals with the winners of each qualifying for the final. The winner of the final will qualify directly to the 2026 FIFA World Cup. The loser of the final will qualify for the Intercontinental Play-Offs. Matches will be played in March 2025.
July 18, 20232 yr You'd have to agree it'll be New Zealand automatically qualifying and I'd bet on either Papua New Guinea or New Caledonia being the intercontinental team. That will be the fun of OFC, the fact that a non-Kiwi nation will still make it to the pre-World Cup tournament.
September 6, 2024Sep 6 Author Round 1 - Semi Final Cook Islands 1-3 Tonga American Samoa 0-2 Samoa 10-man Samoa win the Samoan derby and Tonga beat the Cook Islands. They will meet for the final of Round 1 on Monday.
September 9, 2024Sep 9 Author Round 1 - Final Tonga 1-2 Samoa (AET) Samoa (the lowest ranked nation in OFC) win round 1 and qualify for round 2.
September 9, 2024Sep 9 Author Round 2 And the draw has been made for Round 2. Remember, there are 2 groups of 4 teams with the top 2 from each group qualifying for Round 3. Teams will only play each other once. Matches will be played in October and Novemember. Group A Solomon Islands Fiji New Caledonia Papua New Guinea Group B New Zealand Taihiti Vanuatu Samoa
October 10, 2024Oct 10 Author Matchday 1 - Thursday Group A New Caledonia 3-1 Papua New Guinea Solomon Islands 0-1 Fiji
October 12, 2024Oct 12 Author Matchday 1 - Tables Group A 1. New Caledonia 1/3 (+2) 3 2. Fiji 1/3 (+1) 3 3. Solomon Islands 1/3 (-1) 0 4. Papua New Guinea 1/3 (-2) 0 Group B 1. Vanuatu 1/3 (+3) 3 2. New Zealand 1/3 (+3) 3 3. Samoa 1/3 (-3) 0 4. Tahiti 1/3 (-3) 0 Qualifying for the next round: Fiji New Caledonia New Zealand Vanuatu
October 12, 2024Oct 12 New Zealand not top of their group after the first match! Imagine that will change though given from memory I think Tahiti are one of the better teams and of course Samoa are the lowest ranked.
November 14, 2024Nov 14 Author Matchday 2 - Thursday Group A Solomon Islands 2-3 New Caledonia Papua New Guinea 3-3 Fiji New Caledonia are through to Round 2 while Solomon Islands, the 2nd highest ranked team in Oceania, are out :o
November 15, 2024Nov 15 New Caledonia have done fairly well in the past I think though! Of course the biggest upset would be anyone other than New Zealand getting that qualification spot.
November 15, 2024Nov 15 Author Matchday 2 - Tables Group A 1. New Caledonia 2/3 (+3) 6 2. Fiji 2/3 (+1) 4 3. Papua New Guinea 2/3 (-2) 1 4. Solomon Islands 2/3 (-2) 0 Group B 1. New Zealand 2/3 (+10) 6 2. Tahiti 2/3 (0) 3 3. Vanuatu 2/3 (-4) 3 4. Samoa 2/3 (-6) 0 Qualifying for the next round: Fiji New Caledonia New Zealand Tahiti New Caledonia and New Zealand are officially in Round 2 while Solomon Islands and Samoa are officially out.
November 18, 2024Nov 18 Author Matchday 3 - Sunday Group A Fiji 1-1 New Caledonia Papua New Guinea 1-2 Solomon Islands
November 18, 2024Nov 18 Author Matchday 2 - Tables Group A 1. New Caledonia 3/3 (+3) 7 2. Fiji 3/3 (+1) 5 3. Solomon Islands 3/3 (-1) 3 4. Papua New Guinea 3/3 (-3) 1 Group B 1. New Zealand 3/3 (+18) 9 2. Tahiti 3/3 (+2) 6 3. Vanuatu 3/3 (-6) 3 4. Samoa 3/3 (-14) 0 Qualifying for the next round: Fiji New Caledonia New Zealand Tahiti
November 18, 2024Nov 18 Author We now know the line-up for Round 3 in March Semi-Final 1: New Caledonia vs Tahiti Semi-Final 2: New Zealand vs Fiji Either New Caledonia or Tahiti are guaranteed at least an Intercontinental Play-Off spot.
March 21Mar 21 Semi-Finals New Caledonia 3-0 TahitiNew Zealand 7-0 FijiFinal:New Caledonia v New Zealand
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