2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – OFC First Round

This page provides the summaries of the Oceania Football Confederation First Round matches for 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification.

Format

In this round the four lowest ranked entrants played a single round-robin tournament from 22 to 26 November 2011, held in Apia, Samoa.[1]

The winner advanced to the 2012 OFC Nations Cup, scheduled for the Solomon Islands from 1–12 June 2012, to join the other seven teams which received a bye into the second round. The Nations Cup served as the second round of qualifying for the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil.

The qualification event was to be the football competition at the 2011 Pacific Games in Nouméa, New Caledonia. However, in June 2011, the format was amended, and the Pacific Games are no longer be part of the qualification process.

Participating teams

The July 2011 FIFA World ranking, as well as other "sporting considerations", was used to determine the teams that participated in the first round.[2]

Venues

All matches were held at the National Soccer Stadium Of Samoa in Apia

 Samoa

Apia
National Soccer Stadium (Samoa)
13°50′12″S 171°45′7″W / 13.83667°S 171.75194°W / -13.83667; -171.75194
Capacity: 3,500

Matches

Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Samoa 3 2 1 0 5 3 +27
 Tonga 3 1 1 1 4 4 04
 American Samoa 3 1 1 1 3 3 04
 Cook Islands 3 0 1 2 4 6 −21
  American Samoa Cook Islands Samoa Tonga
American Samoa  — 1–1 0–1 2–1
Cook Islands  — — 2–3 1–2
Samoa  — — — 1–1
Tonga  — — — —
  Winner qualified for the 2012 OFC Nations Cup

22 November 2011
15:00 UTC−10
American Samoa  2–1  Tonga
Ott  43'
Luani  74' 		Report Feao  88'

22 November 2011
17:30 UTC−10
Cook Islands  2–3  Samoa
Best  35', 84' Report Gosche  19', 36'
Bell  90+1'

24 November 2011
15:00 UTC−10
American Samoa  1–1  Cook Islands
Luani  24' Report Luvu  62' (o.g.)

24 November 2011
17:30 UTC−10
Samoa  1–1  Tonga
Easthope  43' (pen.) Report Taufahema  81'

26 November 2011
15:00 UTC−10[note 1]
Tonga  2–1  Cook Islands
Maamaaloa  26'
Falatau  90' 		Report Harmon  35'

26 November 2011
17:30 UTC−10[note 1]
Samoa  1–0  American Samoa
Malo  89' Report

Goalscorers

There were 16 goals scored in 6 games, for an average of 2.67 goals per game.

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Notes

  1. 1 2 Order of matches of final day amended from original schedule.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Men's Nations Cup Schedule & Results
  2. ↑ "2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil - Preliminary Competition Format and Draw Procedures - Oceanian Zone" (PDF). FIFA.com.
  3. ↑ "Amendment to order of matches". Oceania Football Confederation. 26 November 2011. Retrieved 26 November 2011.

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