1990 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC)

1990 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC)
Tournament details
Dates11 December 1988 – 30 October 1989
Teams5 (from 2 confederations)
Tournament statistics
Matches played8
Goals scored32 (4 per match)
Attendance286,201 (35,775 per match)
Top scorer(s)Australia Charlie Yankos
New Zealand Darren McClennan
New Zealand Billy Wright
(4 goals each)
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Listed below are the dates and results for the 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the Oceanian zone (OFC).

Five teams entered the competition: OFC members Australia, New Zealand and Fiji, and non-OFC members Israel and Chinese Taipei. The Oceanian zone was allocated 0.5 places (out of 24) in the final tournament.

Format

There were two rounds of play. In the first round Israel received a bye and advanced to the second round directly. The remaining four teams were paired up to play knockout matches on a home-and-away basis, with the aggregate winners advancing to the second round.

In the second round, the three remaining teams played against each other in a group on a home-and-away basis. The group winner advanced to the play-off against the CONMEBOL group winner with the weakest record.

First round

Main article: 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification – OFC first round
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Chinese Taipei  1–8  New Zealand 0–4 1–4
Fiji  2–5  Australia 1–0 1–5

Matches

11 December 1988 Chinese Taipei  0–4  New Zealand Newtown Park, Wellington[1]
Wright 36'
McClennan 45'
Barkley 57'
Halligan 76'		 Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Chris Bambridge (Australia)
15 December 1988 New Zealand  4–1  Chinese Taipei Western Springs Stadium, Auckland
Wright 12'
McClennan 17', 42', 49'		 Lund 56' (o.g.) Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Gary Power (Australia)

New Zealand won 8–1 on aggregate and advanced to the Second round.

26 November 1988 Fiji  1–0  Australia Prince Charles Park, Nadi
Madigi 66' Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Gary Fleet (New Zealand)
3 December 1988 Australia  5–1  Fiji Macquarie Field, Newcastle
Yankos 9', 69' (pen.)
Spink 25'
Arnold 84'
Trimboli 87'		 Dalai 89' Attendance: 5,220
Referee: Kenneth Wallace (New Zealand)

Australia won 5–2 on aggregate and advanced to the Second round.

Second round

Main article: 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification – OFC second round
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Israel 4 1 3 0 5 4 +1 5 Advance to Inter-confederation play-offs — 1–1 1–0
2  Australia 4 1 2 1 6 5 +1 4 1–1 — 4–1
3  New Zealand 4 1 1 2 5 7 −2 3 2–2 2–0 —
Source: RSSSF

Matches

5 March 1989 Israel  1–0  New Zealand Ramat Gan, Israel
Rosenthal 7' Stadium: Ramat Gan Stadium
Attendance: 44,500
Referee: Serge Muhmenthaler (Switzerland)
12 March 1989 Australia  4–1  New Zealand Sydney, Australia
Crino 15'
Arnold 42', 55'
Yankos 77'		 Dunford 70' Stadium: Sydney Football Stadium
Attendance: 13,621
Referee: Shizuo Takada (Japan)
19 March 1989 Israel  1–1  Australia Ramat Gan, Israel
Ohana 67' (pen.) Yankos 72' Stadium: Ramat Gan Stadium
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Manfred Neuner (West Germany)
2 April 1989 New Zealand  2–0  Australia Auckland, New Zealand
Dunford 19'
Wright 80'		 Stadium: Mount Smart Stadium
Attendance: 3,340
Referee: Maidin Bin Singah (Singapore)
9 April 1989 New Zealand  2–2  Israel Auckland, New Zealand
Wright 19'
Dunford 35'		 Rosenthal 16'
Klinger 37'		 Stadium: Mount Smart Stadium
Attendance: 3,200
Referee: Claude Bouillet (France)
16 April 1989 Australia  1–1  Israel Sydney, Australia
Trimboli 88' Ohana 40' Stadium: Sydney Football Stadium
Attendance: 40,320
Referee: Carlo Longhi (Italy)

Inter-confederation play-offs

Main article: 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL–OFC play-off)

The winning team of the OFC qualification tournament played the CONMEBOL group winner with the weakest record in a home-and-away play-off. The winner of this play-off qualified for the 1990 FIFA World Cup.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Colombia  1–0  Israel 1–0 0–0

Goalscorers

4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

See also

References

  1. ^ This match was played in New Zealand instead of in Chinese Taipei.