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The 1922
association football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...
match between New Zealand
New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...
and Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...
was not only the first international match for both sides, but the first international held in Oceania. New Zealand won 3–1, initiating a long-time rivalry between both teams, that have met more than 60 times since that first encounter.
Match details
See also
*Australia–New Zealand soccer rivalry
The Australia–New Zealand soccer rivalry is a Association football, soccer sports rivalry, rivalry between the Australian Australia national soccer team, men's and Australia women's national soccer team, women's vs. New Zealand New Zealand nat ...
* History of the Australia men's national soccer team
* History of the New Zealand men's national football team
* 1872 Scotland v England football match
The 1872 association football match between the national teams of Scotland and England is officially recognised by FIFA as the sport's first-ever international. It took place on 30 November 1872 at Hamilton Crescent, the West of Scotland Crick ...
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{{New Zealand national football team matches International association football matches Australia men's national soccer team matches New Zealand men's national football team matches June 1922 sports events