1990 FIFA World Cup qualification – OFC first round

This page provides the summaries of the OFC first round matches for 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification.

Format

In this round four of the five teams were drawn into 2 home-and-away ties.

The 2 winners advanced to the second round of the OFC qualifiers.

Matches

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Chinese Taipei	1–8	New Zealand	0–4	1–4
Fiji	2–5	Australia	1–0	1–5

11 December 1988

Chinese Taipei	0–4	New Zealand
		36' Wright   45' McClennan   57' Barkley   76' Halligan

Newtown Park, Wellington^[1]

Attendance: 2,500

Referee: Chris Bambridge (Australia)

15 December 1988

New Zealand	4–1	Chinese Taipei
Wright   12' McClennan   17', 42', 49'		56' (o.g.) Lund

Western Springs Stadium, Auckland

Attendance: 7,500

Referee: Gary Power (Australia)

New Zealand won 8–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

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26 November 1988

Fiji	1–0	Australia
Madigi   66'

Prince Charles Park, Nadi

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Gary Fleet (New Zealand)

3 December 1988

Australia	5–1	Fiji
Yankos   9', 69' (pen.) Spink   25' Arnold   84' Trimboli   87'		89' Dalai

Macquarie Field, Newcastle

Attendance: 5,220

Referee: Kenneth Wallace (New Zealand)

Australia won 5–2 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

See also

• 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC)
• 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL–OFC play-off)

References

1. This match was played in New Zealand instead of in Chinese Taipei.

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