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1994 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC)

Tournament statistics
Top scorer(s)	Carl Veart (5 goals)
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Listed below are the dates and results for the 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the Oceanian zone (OFC). For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification.

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.

Format

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.

First round

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	—

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

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

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

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

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'

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

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	—

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

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

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

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

Fiji	0–0	New Zealand
	Report

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

New Zealand advanced to the final round.

Second round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
New Zealand	0–4	Australia	0–1	0–3

Inter-confederation play-offs

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

Goalscorers

5 goals

• Carl Veart

4 goals

• Darren McClennan

3 goals

• Mehmet Duraković
• Bakalevu Moceimereke
• Tony Laus

2 goals

• Aurelio Vidmar
• Paul Wade
• Radike Nawasu
• Danny Halligan
• Michael McGarry
• Billy Wright
• Hollies Vato
• Maheanum Gatien

1 goal

• Graham Arnold
• Greg Brown
• Frank Farina
• Aytec Genç
• Ian Gray
• Tom McCulloch
• Damian Mori
• Ned Zelić
• Kaliova Bulinaceva
• Rodger Gray
• Robert Ironside
• Charles Ashley
• Duddley Hatei
• Batram Suri
• Eric Etaeta
• Jean-Luc Rousseau
• Reynald Temarii
• Charles Vatú

1 own goal

• Alex Tobin (playing against Argentina)

External links

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