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FIFA WORLD CUP
FRANCE 1998
OFC qualification





Qualified teams



  Team Qualified to
Australia Inter-confederation play-offs


1st Round - Melanesian Group



Pos Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA    
1 Papua New Guinea 4 2 1 1 0 3 2    
2 Solomon Islands 2 2 0 2 0 2 2    
3 Vanuatu 1 2 0 1 1 2 3
  2nd round
  1st round playoffs




             
16/09/1996     Lae (PNG) Papua New Guinea - Solomon Islands 1-1  
18/09/1996     Lae (PNG) Vanuatu - Solomon Islands 1-1  
20/09/1996     Lae (PNG) Papua New Guinea - Vanuatu 2-1 Qual. Papua New Guinea


 


1st Round - Polinesian Group


Pos Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA    
1 Tonga 6 2 2 0 0 3 0    
2 Samoa 3 2 1 0 1 2 2
3 Cook Islands 0 2 0 0 2 1 4
  1st round playoffs




             
11/11/1996     Tonga (TGA) Tonga - Cook Islands 2-0  
13/11/1996     Tonga (TGA) Samoa - Cook Islands 2-1  
15/11/1996     Tonga (TGA) Tonga - Samoa 1-0 Qual. Tonga


 


1st Round - Play-offs


Pos Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA    
1 Solomon Islands 6 2 2 0 0 13 0    
2 Tonga 0 2 0 0 2 0 13
  2nd round




             
15/02/1997     Nuku'alofa (TGA) Tonga - Solomon Islands 0-4  
01/03/1997     Honiara (SOL) Solomon Islands - Tonga 9-0 Qual. Solomon Islands


 


2nd round - Group 1



Pos Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA    
1 Australia 12 4 4 0 0 26 2    
2 Solomon Islands 4 4 1 1 2 7 21
3 Tahiti 1 4 0 1 3 2 12
  3rd round




             
11/06/1997     Sydney (AUS) Australia - Solomon Islands 13-0  
13/06/1997     Sydney (AUS) Australia - Tahiti 5-0  
15/06/1997 Sydney (AUS) Solomon Islands - Tahiti 4-1
17/06/1997 Sydney (AUS) Solomon Islands - Australia 2-6 Qual. Australia
19/06/1997 Sydney (AUS) Tahiti - Australia 0-2
21/06/1997 Sydney (AUS) Tahiti - Solomon Islands 1-1


 


2nd round - Group 2



Pos Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA    
1 New Zealand 9 4 3 0 1 13 1    
2 Fiji 6 4 2 0 2 4 7
3 Papua New Guinea 3 4 1 0 3 2 11
  3rd round




             
31/05/1997     Port Moresby (PNG) Papua New Guinea - New Zealand 1-0  
07/06/1997     Ba (FIJ) Fiji - New Zealand 0-1  
11/06/1997 Auckland (NZL) New Zealand - Papua New Guinea 7-0
15/06/1997 Suva (FIJ) Fiji - Papua New Guinea 3-1
18/06/1997 Auckland (NZL) New Zealand - Fiji 5-0 Qual. New Zealand
21/06/1997 Port Moresby (PNG) Papua New Guinea - Fiji 0-1


 


3rd round



Pos Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA    
1 Australia 6 2 2 0 0 5 0    
2 New Zealand 0 2 0 0 2 0 5
  Inter-confederation play-offs




             
28/06/1997     Auckland (NZL) New Zealand - Australia 0-3  
05/07/1997     Sydney (AUS) Australia - New Zealand 2-0 Qual. Australia