2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – OFC third round

Main article: 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC)

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
Tahiti  New Caledonia	New Zealand  Solomon Islands

Matches

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
New Zealand	6	6	0	0	17	2	+15	18	Advanced to the CONCACAF v OFC play-off		—	2–1	3–0	6–1
New Caledonia	6	4	0	2	17	6	+11	12			0–2	—	1–0	5–0
Tahiti	6	1	0	5	2	12	−10	3			0–2	0–4	—	2–0
Solomon Islands	6	1	0	5	5	21	−16	3			0–2	2–6	2–0	—

Source: ^[2]

The draw for the fixtures was conducted at OFC Headquarters in Auckland, New Zealand, on 26 June 2012.^[3]

7 September 2012

15:00 UTC+11

Solomon Islands	2–0	Tahiti
Fa'arodo 17' Teleda 60'	Report

Lawson Tama Stadium, Honiara

Attendance: 22,000

Referee: Jamie Cross (New Zealand)

7 September 2012

18:00 UTC+11

New Caledonia	0–2	New Zealand
	Report	Smeltz 11' Wood 39'

Stade Numa-Daly Magenta, Nouméa

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Norbert Hauata (Tahiti)

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11 September 2012

19:35 UTC+12

New Zealand	6–1	Solomon Islands
Smeltz 12' Barbarouses 25' Killen 53' Lochhead 69' Wood 80' Rojas 83'	Report	Fa'arodo 51'

North Harbour Stadium, Auckland

Attendance: 7,931

Referee: Bertrand Billon (New Caledonia)

11 September 2012

20:00 UTC−10

Tahiti	0–4	New Caledonia
	Report	Samin 59' (o.g.) Kaï 60' Gope-Fenepej 63', 90'

Stade Pater Te Hono Nui, Pirae

Attendance: 574

Referee: Andrew Achari (Fiji)

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12 October 2012

15:00 UTC+11

Solomon Islands	2–6	New Caledonia
Tanito 33' Nawo 59'	Report	R. Kayara 8' Gope-Fenepej 45', 81', 90+1' Faisi 77' (o.g.) Haeko 89'

Lawson Tama Stadium, Honiara

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Peter O'Leary (New Zealand)

12 October 2012

20:00 UTC−10

Tahiti	0–2	New Zealand
	Report	Smeltz 24' Sigmund 82'

Stade Pater Te Hono Nui, Pirae

Attendance: 600

Referee: Bruce George (Vanuatu)

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16 October 2012

19:40 UTC+13

New Zealand	3–0	Tahiti
McGlinchey 2', 90+3' Killen 89'	Report

AMI Stadium, Christchurch

Attendance: 10,751

Referee: Gerald Oiaka (Solomon Islands)

16 October 2012

19:30 UTC+11

New Caledonia	5–0	Solomon Islands
Gope-Fenepej 4' R. Kayara 8' Kabeu 30' Lolohea 42', 87'	Report

Stade Numa-Daly Magenta, Nouméa

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Kader Zitouni (Tahiti)

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22 March 2013

19:45 UTC+13

New Zealand	2–1	New Caledonia
Killen 10' Smith 90+3'	Report	Lolohea 56'

Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin

Attendance: 9,000

Referee: Strebre Delovski (Australia)

22 March 2013

20:00 UTC−10

Tahiti	2–0	Solomon Islands
Bourebare 25' Hyanine 78'	Report

Stade Pater Te Hono Nui, Pirae

Attendance: 550

Referee: Andrew Achari (Fiji)

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26 March 2013

15:00 UTC+11

Solomon Islands	0–2	New Zealand
	Report	Payne 3', 88'

Lawson Tama Stadium, Honiara

Attendance: 5,600

Referee: Averii Jacques (Tahiti)

26 March 2013

18:00 UTC+11

New Caledonia	1–0	Tahiti
Lolohea 86'	Report

Stade Numa-Daly Magenta, Nouméa

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Rakesh Varman (Fiji)

Goalscorers

There were 41 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 3.42 goals per match.

6 goals

• Georges Gope-Fenepej

4 goals

• César Lolohea

3 goals

• Chris Killen
• Shane Smeltz

2 goals

• Roy Kayara
• Michael McGlinchey
• Tim Payne
• Chris Wood
• Henry Fa'arodo

1 goal

• Jacques Haeko
• Iamel Kabeu
• Bertrand Kaï
• Kosta Barbarouses
• Tony Lochhead
• Marco Rojas
• Ben Sigmund
• Tommy Smith
• Joses Nawo
• Tutizama Tanito
• Himson Teleda
• Heimano Bourebare
• Samuel Hyanine

1 own goal

• Tome Faisi (against New Caledonia)
• Xavier Samin (against New Caledonia)