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2010 FIFA World Cup qualification Qualifying for the 2010 FIFA World Cup was a series of tournaments organised by the six FIFA confederations. Each confederation — the AFC (Asia), CAF (Africa), CONCACAF (North, Central America and Caribbean), CONMEBOL (South America), OFC (Oc ...

, there were two scheduled inter-confederation play-offs to determine the final two qualification spots to the

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Qualified teams

The four teams participating were:

Format

The ties themselves were not drawn, but were allocated by FIFA as: * AFC Fifth Round winner v OFC Second Round winner * CONCACAF Fourth Round Fourth Place v

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Fifth Place This allocation allowed better start times of the matches than the previous one because teams were now in closer time zones. The draw for the order in which the two matches were played was held on 2 June 2009 during the FIFA Congress in

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Matches

AFC v OFC

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won 1–0 on aggregate and qualified for the

CONCACAF v CONMEBOL

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won 2–1 on aggregate and qualified for the

Goalscorers

There were 4 goals scored in 4 matches, for an average of 1 goal per match. ;1 goal * Walter Centeno * Rory Fallon *

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* Diego Lugano

References

{{2010 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers World Cup Playoffs *