The
2014 FIFA World Cup
The 2014 FIFA World Cup was the 20th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for men's national football teams organised by FIFA. It took place in Brazil from 12 June to 13 July 2014, after the country was awarded the hosting ri ...
CONCACAF–
OFC qualification play-off was a
two-legged
In sports (particularly association football), a two-legged tie is a contest between two teams which comprises two matches or "legs", with each team as the home team in one leg. The winning team is usually determined by aggregate score, the sum o ...
home-and-away tie between the winners of the
Oceania qualifying tournament,
New Zealand, and the fourth-placed team from the
North and Central American and Caribbean qualifying tournament,
Mexico.
It was the second consecutive
FIFA World Cup play-off that New Zealand has played in; New Zealand won 1–0 on aggregate over
Bahrain in its
previous play-off. The draw for the order in which the two matches would be played was held on 30 July 2011 during the FIFA at the World Cup Preliminary Draw.
The games were played on 13 November in
Mexico City and 20 November 2013 in
Wellington.
In the first leg at
Estadio Azteca, Mexico easily defeated New Zealand 5–1. The Mexican side achieved another win over New Zealand in the second leg at
Westpac Stadium with a score of 4–2. As a result, Mexico won 9–3 on aggregate to qualify for the World Cup in Brazil.
Venues
Match details
First leg
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Second leg
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Television broadcast
* Mexico -
Azteca 7
Azteca 7 (also called El Siete) is a Mexican network owned by TV Azteca, with more than 100 main transmitters all over Mexico.
Azteca 7 is available on all cable and satellite systems. A substantial portion of their purchased programming include ...
,
Canal 5,
TDN
* New Zealand -
Sky Sport
* United Kingdom & Ireland -
Premier Sports
* United States -
ESPN (English),
UniMás
UniMás (, stylized as ''UNIMÁS'', and originally known as TeleFutura from its launch on January 14, 2002, to January 6, 2013) is an American Spanish free-to-air television network owned by TelevisaUnivision. The network's programming, which is ...
/
Univision Deportes (Spanish)
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:2014 Fifa World Cup Qualification (Concacaf-Ofc Play-Off)
Play-Off
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New Zealand national football team matches
Mexico national football team matches
FIFA World Cup qualification inter-confederation play-offs
November 2013 sports events in Mexico
November 2013 sports events in New Zealand
2010s in Mexico City
Sports competitions in Mexico City
Sports competitions in Wellington
2010s in Wellington
International association football competitions hosted by Mexico
International association football competitions hosted by New Zealand
2013–14 in New Zealand association football
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