This page provides the summaries of the Oceania Football Confederation First Round matches for 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification.

Format

In this round the four lowest ranked entrants played a single round-robin tournament from 22 to 26 November 2011, held in Apia, Samoa.[1]

The winner advanced to the 2012 OFC Nations Cup, scheduled for the Solomon Islands from 1–12 June 2012, to join the other seven teams which received a bye into the second round. The Nations Cup served as the second round of qualifying for the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil.

The qualification event was to be the football competition at the 2011 Pacific Games in Nouméa, New Caledonia. However, in June 2011, the format was amended, and the Pacific Games are no longer be part of the qualification process.

Participating teams

The July 2011 FIFA World ranking, as well as other "sporting considerations", was used to determine the teams that participated in the first round.[2]

Venues

All matches were held at the National Soccer Stadium of Samoa in Apia

National Soccer Stadium
Samoa Apia, Samoa
13°50′12″S 171°45′7″W / 13.83667°S 171.75194°W / -13.83667; -171.75194
Capacity: 3,500

Matches

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Samoa 3 2 1 0 5 3 +2 7 — 1–1 1–0 —
 Tonga 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4 — — — 2–1
 American Samoa 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4 — 2–1 — 1–1
 Cook Islands 3 0 1 2 4 6 −2 1 2–3 — — —
Source:
  Winner qualified for the 2012 OFC Nations Cup
American Samoa 2–1 Tonga
Ott 43'
Luani 74'		 Report Feao 88'
Attendance: 150
Referee: Andrew Achari (Fiji)
Cook Islands 2–3 Samoa
Best 35', 84' Report Gosche 19', 36'
Bell 90+1'
Attendance: 600
American Samoa 1–1 Cook Islands
Luani 24' Report Luvu 62' (o.g.)
Attendance: 300
Referee: Bruce George (Vanuatu)
Samoa 1–1 Tonga
Easthope 43' (pen.) Report Taufahema 81'
Attendance: 180
Referee: Averii Jacques (Tahiti)
Tonga 2–1 Cook Islands
Maamaaloa 26'
Falatau 90'		 Report Harmon 35'
Attendance: 200
Referee: Isidore Assiene-Ambassa (New Caledonia)
Samoa 1–0 American Samoa
Malo 89' Report
Attendance: 800

Goalscorers

There were 16 goals scored in 6 games, for an average of 2.67 goals per game.

2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal
  • American Samoa Tala Luvu (playing against the Cook Islands)

Notes

  1. 1 2 Order of matches of final day amended from original schedule.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Men's Nations Cup Schedule & Results
  2. ↑ "2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil - Preliminary Competition Format and Draw Procedures - Oceanian Zone" (PDF). FIFA.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 21, 2011.
  3. ↑ "Amendment to order of matches". Oceania Football Confederation. 26 November 2011. Archived from the original on 29 November 2011. Retrieved 26 November 2011.
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