Ofc 1994 Fifa World Cup Qualification

For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification.

1994 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC)

Tournament statistics
Top scorer(s)	Carl Veart (5 goals)
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A total of seven teams entered the competition. However, Western Samoa withdrew. The Oceanian zone was allocated 0.25 places (out of 24) in the final tournament.

There would be two rounds of play:

• First round: The six teams were divided into two groups of three teams each. The three teams would play against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners would advance to the final round.
• Final round: The two teams would play against each other on a home-and-away basis. The winner would advance to the CONCACAF–OFC intercontinental play-off.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Australia	4	4	0	0	13	2	+11	8		—	2–0	6–1
2	Tahiti	4	1	1	2	5	8	−3	3		0–3	—	4–2
3	Solomon Islands	4	0	1	3	5	13	−8	1		1–2	1–1	—

11 July 1992

Solomon Islands	1–1	Tahiti
Duddley Hatei   61'	Report	Eric Etaeta   76'

Honiara, Solomon Islands

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Prakash Chandra (Fiji)

4 September 1992

Solomon Islands	1–2	Australia
Hollies Vato   83'	Report	Carl Veart   8' Tom McCulloch   86'

Honiara, Solomon Islands

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Gary Fleet (New Zealand)

11 September 1992

Tahiti	0–3	Australia
	Report	Damian Mori   2' Carl Veart   44' Paul Wade   57'

Papeete, French Polynesia

Attendance: 3,185

Referee: Lennox Sharp (New Zealand)

20 September 1992

Australia	2–0	Tahiti
Carl Veart   11' Mehmet Durakovic   62'	Report

Brisbane, Australia

Referee: Kaltatak Kalokis (Vanuatu)

26 September 1992

Australia	6–1	Solomon Islands
Aytec Genc   4' Ian Gray   60' Paul Wade   67' Carl Veart   83' Greg Brown   85' Mehmet Durakovic   88'	Report	Charles Ashley   6'

Newcastle, Australia

Referee: Intaz Shan (Fiji)

9 October 1992

Tahiti	4–2	Solomon Islands
Reynald Temarii   8' (pen.) Jean-Loup Rousseau   18' Maheanum Gatien   43', 88'	Report	Hollies Vato   60' Batram Suri   90'

Papeete, French Polynesia

Referee: Barry Tasker (New Zealand)

Australia advanced to the final round.

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	New Zealand	4	3	1	0	15	1	+14	7		—	3–0	8–0
2	Fiji	4	2	1	1	6	3	+3	5		0–0	—	3–0
3	Vanuatu	4	0	0	4	1	18	−17	0		1–4	0–3	—

7 June 1992

New Zealand	3–0	Fiji
Billy Wright   15', 50' Danny Halligan   42'	Report

Christchurch, New Zealand

Attendance: 4,917

Referee: John McConnell (Australia)

27 June 1992

Vanuatu	1–4	New Zealand
Charles Vatú   26'	Report	Darren McClennan   2', 3' Rodger Gray   74' Danny Halligan   82' (pen.)

Port Vila, Vanuatu

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Trompette Guy (Tahiti)

1 July 1992

New Zealand	8–0	Vanuatu
Tony Laus   30', 32', 69' Michael McGarry   33', 71' Robert Ironside   64' Darren McClennan   67', 72'	Report

Auckland, New Zealand

Attendance: 809

Referee: Spiers Peter (Australia)

12 September 1992

Fiji	3–0	Vanuatu
Bakalevu Moceimereke   65', 69', 75'	Report

Suva, Fiji

Referee: John Fraser (Australia)

19 September 1992

Fiji	0–0	New Zealand
	Report

Suva, Fiji

Referee: John Fraser (Australia)

26 September 1992

Vanuatu	0–3	Fiji
	Report	Kaliova Bulinaceva   15' Radike Nawasu   33', 77'

Port Vila, Vanuatu

Referee: Gary Power (Australia)

New Zealand advanced to the final round.

First round

The winning team of the OFC qualification tournament will play CONCACAF group runners-up in a home-and-away play-off. The winner of this play-off qualifies for the 2nd play-off.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Canada	3–3 (1–4 p)	Australia	2–1	1–2 (a.e.t.)

Second round

The winning team of the 1st play-off will play CONMEBOL Group 1 runners-up in a home-and-away play-off. The winner of this play-off qualifies for the 1994 FIFA World Cup.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Australia	1–2	Argentina	1–1	0–1

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