Listed below are the dates and results for the
1990 FIFA World Cup qualification
The qualification competition for the 1990 FIFA World Cup was a series of tournaments organised by the six FIFA confederations. Each confederation — the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), Confederation of African Football (CAF), CONCACAF (Nort ...
rounds for the Oceanian zone (
OFC).
Five teams entered the competition: OFC members
Australia,
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
Fiji, and non-OFC members
Israel
Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
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
Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
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
The playoffs, play-offs, postseason or finals of a sports league are a competition played after the regular season by the top competitors to determine the league champion or a similar accolade. Depending on the league, the playoffs may be eithe ...
against the
CONMEBOL group winner with the weakest record.
First round
Matches
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 ...
won 8–1 on aggregate and advanced to the
Second round.
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Australia won 5–2 on aggregate and advanced to the
Second round.
Second round
Matches
Inter-confederation play-offs
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.
Goalscorers
;4 goals
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Charlie Yankos
Charlie Yankos (born 29 May 1961) is an Australian former footballer who played for the Australian national team 49 times and scored 7 international goals. He captained the national team on 30 occasions between 1986 and 1989.
Charlie Yankos s ...
*
Darren McClennan
Darren McClennan (born 21 October 1965) is a successful former New Zealand soccer player who frequently represented his country in the 1980s and 1990s.
He was not known for his delicate touch but his all-action style built on pace and aggressi ...
*
Billy Wright
;3 goals
*
Graham Arnold
Graham James Arnold (born 3 August 1963) is an Australian soccer manager and former player. Arnold was appointed to work as an assistant coach of the Australian national soccer team in 2000. After head coach Frank Farina was sacked in 2005, Ar ...
*
Malcolm Dunford
;2 goals
*
Paul Trimboli
Paolo "Paul" Vincenzo Trimboli (born 25 February 1969) is a former Australian international football (soccer) player. Trimboli is of Italian ancestry and attended Xavier College, where he was a member of the First XI, and was captained by his ...
*
Eli Ohana
Eliyahu "Eli" Ohana ( he, אלי אוחנה; born ) is an Israeli former football player and the former chairman of Israeli club Beitar Jerusalem. He played as forward or midfielder for Beitar Jerusalem, KV Mechelen, S.C. Braga, and the I ...
*
Ronny Rosenthal
;1 goal
*
Oscar Crino
Oscar Crino (born 9 August 1962) is a former Australian international soccer player who played as a central midfielder. He was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder.
Early life
Crino was born in 1962 in Buenos Aires, Argentina a ...
*
Warren Spink
Warren Spink (born 4 October 1966) is a former soccer player from Australia. He made 38 appearances for the Socceroos scoring 9 goals, and also represented Australia at under-20 and under-23 levels.
He played for several Australian club side ...
*
Loten Dalai
*
Ravuame Madigi
*
Nir Klinger
Nir Klinger ( he, ניר קלינגר; born 25 May 1966) is an Israeli football coach and former player.
During the 1990s, Klinger served as Captain for Maccabi Tel Aviv and the Israel national football team.
He was the coach of Maccabi Tel ...
*
Noel Barkley
Noel Barkley (born 1 March 1961) is a Northern Irish-born former association football player who represented New Zealand national soccer team, New Zealand at international level.
Career
Barkley began his career in his native Northern Ireland, p ...
*
Danny Halligan
Danny Halligan (born 17 February 1965) is a former association football player who represented New Zealand at an international level.
Halligan spent 2 years with Brisbane United in the Australian National Soccer League from 1991 to 1993
He mad ...
;1 own goal
*
Garry Lund
Garry Lund is an association football player who represented New Zealand.
Lund made his full All Whites debut in a 2–1 win over Fiji on 19 September 1986 and ended his international playing career with 15 A-international caps and 1 goal to ...
(playing against
Chinese Taipei)
See also
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1990 FIFA World Cup qualification
The qualification competition for the 1990 FIFA World Cup was a series of tournaments organised by the six FIFA confederations. Each confederation — the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), Confederation of African Football (CAF), CONCACAF (Nort ...
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1990 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL–OFC play-off)
References
External links
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