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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 OFC teams entered the competition. Moreover, Chinese Taipei and Israel were also assigned to the Oceanian zone despite not being OFC members. The Oceanian zone was allocated 0.5 places (out of 24) in the final tournament. Israel was awarded a bye into the Second Round.

Format

There were two rounds of play. In the first round Israel received a bye and advanced to the final round directly. The remaining four teams were paired up to play knockout matches on a home-and-away basis. The winners would advance to the Second Round. The three remaining teams would then play against each other in a group on a home-and-away basis. The group winner would advance to the play-off vs CONMEBOL group winners with the weakest record.

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	5–1

Second round

Key to colours in group tables
	Group winner advance to: 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL – OFC play-off)

Pos	Team v t e	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	Tel Aviv, 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'		70' Dunford	Stadium: Sydney Football Stadium Attendance: 13,621 Referee: Shizuo Takada (Japan)

19 March 1989	Israel	1 – 1	Australia	Tel Aviv, Israel
	Ohana 67' (pen.)		72' Yankos	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'		16' Rosenthal 37' Klinger	Stadium: Mount Smart Stadium Attendance: 3,200 Referee: Claude Bouillet (France)

16 April 1989	Australia	1 – 1	Israel	Sydney, Australia
	Trimboli 88'		40' Ohana	Stadium: Sydney Football Stadium Attendance: 40,320 Referee: Carlo Longhi (Italy)

Intercontinental play-off

The winning team of the OFC qualification tournament will play CONMEBOL group winners with the weakest record in a home-and-away play-off. The winner of this play-off qualifies 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

References

1990 Ref

External links

Category:FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC)

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