2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – OFC Third Round
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This page provides the summaries of the OFC Third Round matches for 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification.
Format
The third round saw the two group winners and two group runners-up from the 2012 OFC Nations Cup compete in a single group of four teams.[1]
The matches were played in a double round-robin between 7 September 2012 and 26 March 2013, with the top team advancing to the play-off against the fourth-placed team from the CONCACAF Fourth Round.
Qualified teams
Group A | Group B |
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Matches
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Winner advanced to for the CONCACAF v OFC play-off
The draw for the fixtures was conducted at OFC Headquarters in Auckland, New Zealand on 26 June 2012.[2]
New Zealand | 6–1 | Solomon Islands |
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Smeltz 12' Barbarouses 25' Killen 53' Lochhead 69' Wood 80' Rojas 83' |
Report | Fa'arodo 51' |
Solomon Islands | 2–6 | New Caledonia |
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Tanito 33' Nawo 59' |
Report | R. Kayara 8' Gope-Fenepej 45', 81', 90+1' Faisi 77' (o.g.) Haeko 89' |
Goalscorers
There were 41 goals scored in 12 games, for an average of 3.42 goals per game.
- 6 goals
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
- 1 own goal
- Tome Faisi (playing against New Caledonia)
- Xavier Samin (playing against New Caledonia)