one final with winner qualifying for World Cup and runner-up qualifying for inter-confederation playoffs Cook Islands 1-3 Tonga American Samoa 0-2 Samoa Tonga 1-2 Samoa (AET) New Caledonia 3-1 Papua ...

New Caledonia entered the final of Oceania Football Confederation (OFC)’s bracket as a heavy underdog, given New Zealand ... World Cup team, and so they’re in the national team, having grown ...

The hosts looked out of ideas after dominating the first half, but then up ... at the final hurdle to Mexico, Costa Rica and Peru in recent editions. New Zealand have been to the World Cup twice ...

Kosta Barbarouses doubled New Zealand's lead soon after, allowing for a national exhale, before Eli Just wrapped up the result ... third appearance at the World Cup finals, benefiting from FIFA's ...

AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand will play at the 2026 World Cup after beating New Caledonia 3-0 on Monday in the final of the Oceania confederation ... s 7-0 semifinal win over Fiji on Friday ...

The winner of the Oceania qualifying series will gain direct entry to the World Cup for the first time. That means the victor in Monday’s final in Auckland, New Zealand will join hosts Canada ...

AUCKLAND – New Zealand qualified ... than made it up to you,” he said. Over in Asia, coach Herve Renard said Saudi Arabia are in a “tough sprint” to reach the 2026 World Cup but he is ...

March 21 (Reuters) - Chris Wood headed in a hat-trick of goals as New Zealand demolished Fiji 7-0 on Friday to move within one win of making a third World Cup. The All Whites will meet New ...

Substitute Elijah Just added the third goal in the 80th minute to ensure New Zealand advance to their third World Cup following the 1982 and 2010 finals. New Zealand missed out on the last three ...

The region’s top side previously had to go through an intercontinental playoff, with New Zealand falling at the final hurdle ... been to the World Cup, twice cleared off the line in quick ...