2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (inter-confederation play-offs)

For the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification, there were two scheduled inter-confederation play-offs to determine the final two qualification spots to the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (inter-confederation play-offs)

Tournament details
Dates	10 October – 18 November 2009
Teams	4 (from 4 confederations)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	4
Goals scored	4 (1 per match)
Attendance	148,000 (37,000 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Walter Centeno Rory Fallon Sebastián Abreu Diego Lugano (1 goal each)
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Qualified teams

The four teams participating were:

Confederation	Placement	Team
AFC	Fifth round (play-off) winner	Bahrain
CONCACAF	Fourth round 4th place	Costa Rica
CONMEBOL	Round-robin 5th place	Uruguay
OFC	Second round winner	New Zealand

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 CONMEBOL 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 Nassau, The Bahamas.^[1]

Matches

AFC v OFC

Main article: 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC–OFC play-off)

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Bahrain	0–1	New Zealand	0–0	0–1

10 October 2009

18:30 UTC+03:00

Bahrain	0–0	New Zealand
	(Report)

Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa

Attendance: 37,000

Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)

14 November 2009

20:00 UTC+13:00

New Zealand	1–0	Bahrain
Fallon 45'	(Report)

Westpac Stadium, Wellington

Attendance: 36,500

Referee: Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay)

New Zealand won 1–0 on aggregate and qualified for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

CONCACAF v CONMEBOL

Main article: 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF–CONMEBOL play-off)

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Costa Rica	1–2	Uruguay	0–1	1–1

14 November 2009

20:00 UTC–6

Costa Rica	0–1	Uruguay
	(Report)	Lugano 21'

Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá, San José

Attendance: 19,500

Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain)

18 November 2009

21:00 UTC–2

Uruguay	1–1	Costa Rica
Abreu 70'	(Report)	Centeno 74'

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 55,000

Referee: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)

Uruguay won 2–1 on aggregate and qualified for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

Goalscorers

There were 4 goals scored in 4 matches, for an average of 1 goal per match.

1 goal

• Walter Centeno
• Rory Fallon
• Sebastián Abreu
• Diego Lugano