2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – OFC Third Round

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

Main article: 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC)

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:
  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  17'
Teleda  60'		 Report
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Jamie Cross (New Zealand)
New Caledonia 0–2 New Zealand
Report Smeltz  11'
Wood  39'
Attendance: 6,000
New Zealand 6–1 Solomon Islands
Smeltz  12'
Barbarouses  25'
Killen  53'
Lochhead  69'
Wood  80'
Rojas  83'		 Report Fa'arodo  51'
Attendance: 7,931
Referee: Bertrand Billon (New Caledonia)
Tahiti 0–4 New Caledonia
Report Samin  59' (o.g.)
Kaï  60'
Gope-Fenepej  63', 90'
Attendance: 574
Referee: Andrew Achari (Fiji)
Solomon Islands 2–6 New Caledonia
Tanito  33'
Nawo  59'		 Report R. Kayara  8'
Gope-Fenepej  45', 81', 90+1'
Faisi  77' (o.g.)
Haeko  89'
Attendance: 8,000
Tahiti 0–2 New Zealand
Report Smeltz  24'
Sigmund  82'
Attendance: 600
Referee: Bruce George (Vanuatu)
New Zealand 3–0 Tahiti
McGlinchey  2', 90+3'
Killen  89'		 Report
Attendance: 10,751
Referee: Gerald Oiaka (Solomon Islands)
New Caledonia 5–0 Solomon Islands
Gope-Fenepej  4'
R. Kayara  8'
Kabeu  30'
Lolohea  42', 87'		 Report
Attendance: 4,000
New Zealand 2–1 New Caledonia
Killen  10'
Smith  90+3'		 Report Lolohea  56'
Attendance: 9,000
Tahiti 2–0 Solomon Islands
Bourebare  25'
Hyanine  78'		 Report
Attendance: 550
Referee: Andrew Achari (Fiji)
Solomon Islands 0–2 New Zealand
Report Payne  3', 88'
Attendance: 5,600
Referee: Averii Jacques (Tahiti)
New Caledonia 1–0 Tahiti
Lolohea  86' Report
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Rakesh Varman (Fiji)

Goalscorers

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

6 goals
4 goals
  • César Lolohea
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.com.
  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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