The
2014 FIFA World Cup CONCACAF
The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football,, ; french: Confédération de football d'Amérique du Nord, d'Amérique centrale et des Caraïbes, . Dutch language, Dutch uses the English name. abbreviated as CON ...
–
OFC qualification play-off was a
two-legged home-and-away tie between the winners of the
Oceania qualifying tournament,
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 the fourth-placed team from the
North and Central American and Caribbean qualifying tournament,
Mexico
Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...
.
It was the second consecutive
FIFA World Cup
The FIFA World Cup, often simply called the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of the ' ( FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The tournament ha ...
play-off that New Zealand has played in; New Zealand won 1–0 on aggregate over
Bahrain
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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
Mexico City ( es, link=no, Ciudad de México, ; abbr.: CDMX; Nahuatl: ''Altepetl Mexico'') is the capital city, capital and primate city, largest city of Mexico, and the List of North American cities by population, most populous city in North Amer ...
and 20 November 2013 in
Wellington
Wellington ( mi, Te Whanganui-a-Tara or ) is the capital city of New Zealand. It is located at the south-western tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Remutaka Range. Wellington is the second-largest city in New Zealand by metr ...
.
In the first leg at
Estadio Azteca
Estadio Azteca () is a multi-purpose stadium located in Mexico City. It is the official home of Association football, football clubs Club América and Cruz Azul as well as the Mexico national football team. The stadium sits at an altitude of a ...
, Mexico easily defeated New Zealand 5–1. The Mexican side achieved another win over New Zealand in the second leg at
Westpac Stadium
Wellington Regional Stadium (known commercially as Sky Stadium through naming rights) is a major sporting venue in Wellington, New Zealand. The stadium's bowl site size is .
The stadium was built in 1999 by Fletcher Construction and is situ ...
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
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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
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Viaplay Sports holds exclusive live UK and Republic of Ireland TV rights to La Liga, Scottish League Cup, Elite Ice Hockey League, NHL an ...
* United States -
ESPN
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(English),
UniMás
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/
Univision Deportes
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(Spanish)
References
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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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