2011-08-13

2012 OFC Nations Cup qualification

2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – OFC First Round

The 2014 FIFA World Cup OFC qualifying tournament starts with four of the lowest ranked entrants playing a single round-robin tournament from 22–26 November 2011, to be held in Samoa.

The winner of this qualifying stage will advance to the 2012 OFC Nations Cup, scheduled for Fiji from 1–12 June 2012, to join the other seven teams which receive a bye into the second Round. The Nations Cup will serve as the second round of qualifying for the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil.

The qualification event was to be the football competition at the 2011 Pacific Games in Noumea, New Caledonia. However, in June 2011, the format was amended, and the Pacific Games are no longer part of the qualification process.

Participating teams

The July 2011 FIFA World Rankings, as well as other "sporting considerations" deemed appropriate, was used in determining ranking of the entrants.

Matches


22 November 2011
14:00 UTC−10
American Samoa vTongaToleafoa J.S. Blatter Complex, Apia
22 November 2011
17:00 UTC−10
Cook Islands vSamoaToleafoa J.S. Blatter Complex, Apia

24 November 2011
14:00 UTC−10
American Samoa vCook IslandsToleafoa J.S. Blatter Complex, Apia
24 November 2011
17:00 UTC−10
Samoa vTongaToleafoa J.S. Blatter Complex, Apia

26 November 2011
14:00 UTC−10
Samoa vAmerican SamoaToleafoa J.S. Blatter Complex, Apia
26 November 2011
17:00 UTC−10
Tonga vCook IslandsToleafoa J.S. Blatter Complex, Apia

References






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