2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC–CONMEBOL play-off)

The 2018 FIFA World Cup OFC–CONMEBOL qualification play-off was a two-legged home-and-away tie between the winning team of the OFC Third round, New Zealand, and the fifth-placed team from the CONMEBOL qualifying tournament, Peru.

2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
(OFC–CONMEBOL play-off)

First leg of the play-off
Event	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
New Zealand Peru 0 2
on aggregate
First leg
New Zealand Peru 0 0
Date	11 November 2017 (2017-11-11)
Venue	Westpac Stadium, Wellington
Referee	Mark Geiger (United States)
Attendance	37,034
Second leg
Peru New Zealand 2 0
Date	15 November 2017 (2017-11-15)
Venue	Estadio Nacional, Lima
Referee	Clément Turpin (France)
Attendance	39,125

The matches were played on 11 and 15 November 2017.^[1] Peru emerged victorious and qualified for the finals of the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

Overview

The play-off marked the third consecutive intercontinental play-off participation for New Zealand after previously losing to Mexico in 2013 and defeating Bahrain in 2009.

This was Peru's first participation in the inter-confederation play-offs. They previously qualified for the World Cup in 1982.

The draw for the order in which the two matches would be played was held by FIFA on 25 July 2015 in the World Cup Preliminary Draw.^[2]

First leg

New Zealand	0–0	Peru
	Report

11 November 2017 (2017-11-11)

16:15 UTC+13

First leg

Westpac Stadium, Wellington

Attendance: 37,034

Referee: Mark Geiger (United States)

New Zealand

Peru

GK   1 Stefan Marinovic CB   5 Michael Boxall  75' CB   2 Winston Reid (c) CB 20 Tommy Smith  67' RWB   8 Michael McGlinchey  68' LWB   3 Deklan Wynne RM   7 Kosta Barbarouses CM 15 Clayton Lewis  74' CM 14 Ryan Thomas LM 18 Kip Colvey CF 11 Marco Rojas  78' Substitutions: DF 22 Andrew Durante  67' FW   9 Chris Wood  74' DF   6 Bill Tuiloma  78' Manager: Anthony Hudson

GK   1 Pedro Gallese RB   3 Aldo Corzo CB 15 Christian Ramos CB   2 Alberto Rodríguez (c) LB   6 Miguel Trauco DM 13 Renato Tapia RM 18 André Carrillo  77' LM 19 Yoshimar Yotún  24'  88' AM   8 Christian Cueva  90+1' CF 10 Jefferson Farfán CF 20 Edison Flores Substitutions: MF   7 Paolo Hurtado  77' MF 23 Pedro Aquino  88' MF 14 Andy Polo  90+1' Manager: Ricardo Gareca

Assistant referees: Joe Fletcher (Canada) Frank Anderson (United States) Fourth official: Jair Marrufo (United States)

Second leg

Peru	2–0	New Zealand
Farfán 28' Ramos 65'	Report

15 November 2017 (2017-11-15)

21:15 UTC−5

Second leg

Estadio Nacional, Lima

Attendance: 39,125

Referee: Clément Turpin (France)

Peru	New Zealand

GK 1 Pedro Gallese  80' RB 17 Luis Advíncula CB 15 Christian Ramos  75' CB 2 Alberto Rodríguez (c) LB 6 Miguel Trauco DM 13 Renato Tapia RM 14 Andy Polo  74' LM 20 Edison Flores  21' AM 8 Christian Cueva  86' CF 10 Jefferson Farfán CF 11 Raúl Ruidíaz  65' Substitutions: MF 19 Yoshimar Yotún  65' FW 18 André Carrillo  74' DF 4 Adrián Zela  86' Manager: Ricardo Gareca

GK 1 Stefan Marinovic RB 5 Michael Boxall CB 2 Winston Reid (c) CB 6 Bill Tuiloma  46' LB 22 Andrew Durante  77' RM 8 Michael McGlinchey CM 15 Clayton Lewis  58' CM 14 Ryan Thomas  19' LM 3 Deklan Wynne CF 7 Kosta Barbarouses CF 18 Kip Colvey Substitutions: FW 9 Chris Wood  46' FW 11 Marco Rojas  58' FW 17 Jeremy Brockie  77' Manager: Anthony Hudson

Assistant referees: Nicolas Danos (France) Cyril Gringore (France) Fourth official: Benoît Bastien (France)