FIFA World Cup France 1998 Oceanian Zone Qualifying

Members: 10

Entered: 10

Teams: Australia, Cook Islands, Fiji, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tahiti, Tonga & Vanuatu (10)

1st Round

Australia, Fiji, New Zealand & Tahiti (2nd Round)

Teams: Cook Islands, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga & Vanuatu (6)

Melanesian Group

Pos Team P W D L F A D Pts
1 Papua New Guinea (Host) 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 4
2 Solomon Islands 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 2
3 Vanuatu 2 0 1 1 2 3 -1 1
1 Papua New Guinea (Host) (2nd Round)
2 Vanuatu (Play-off)
Monday 16 September 1996
Papau New Guinea (Host) 1-1 Solomon Islands
  1-0  
Lae (Papua New Guinea)
Wednesday 18 September 1996
Solomon Islands 1-1 Vanuatu
  1-1  
Lae (Papua New Guinea)
Friday 20 September 1996
Papau New Guinea (Host) 2-1 Vanuatu
  0-1  
Lae (Papua New Guinea)

Polynesian Group

Pos Team P W D L F A D Pts
1 Tonga (Host) 2 2 0 0 3 0 3 6
2 Samoa 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 3
3 Cook Islands 2 0 0 2 1 4 -3 0
1 Tonga (Host) (Play-off)
Monday 11 November 1996
Tonga (Host) 2-0 Cook Islands
  1-0  
Nuku Alofa (Tonga)
Wednesday 13 November 1996
Cook Islands 1-2 Samoa
  0-2  
Nuku Alofa (Tonga)
Friday 15 November 1996
Tonga (Host) 1-0 Samoa
  1-0  
Nuku Alofa (Tonga)

Play-off

Saturday 15 February 1997
Tonga 0-4 Solomon Islands
  0-1  
Nuku Alofa (Tonga)
Saturday 1 March 1997
Solomon Islands 9-0 Tonga
  4-0  
Aggregate: 13-0
Honiara (Solomon Islands)
Solomon Islands (2nd Round)

2nd Round

Teams: Australia, Fiji, New Zealand, Solomon Islands, Tahiti & Vanuatu (4+2)

Group 1

Pos Team P W D L F A D Pts
1 Australia (Host) 4 4 0 0 26 2 24 12
2 Solomon Islands 4 1 1 2 7 21 -14 4
3 Tahiti 4 0 1 3 2 12 -10 1
1 Australia (Host) (3rd Round)
Wednesday 11 June 1997
Australia (Host) 13-0 Solomon Islands
  4-0  
Sydney (Australia)
Friday 13 June 1997
Australia (Host) 5-0 Tahiti
  3-0  
Sydney (Australia)
Sunday 15 June 1997
Tahiti 1-4 Solomon Islands
  0-2  
Sydney (Australia)
Tuesday 17 June 1997
Australia (Host) 6-2 Solomon Islands
  3-0  
Sydney (Australia)
Thursday 19 June 1997
Australia (Host) 2-0 Tahiti
  1-0  
Sydney (Australia)
Saturday 21 June 1997
Tahiti 1-1 Solomon Islands
  1-1  
Sydney (Australia)

Group 2

Pos Team P W D L F A D Pts
1 New Zealand 4 3 0 1 13 1 12 9
2 Fiji 4 2 0 2 4 7 -3 6
3 Papua New Guinea 4 1 0 3 2 11 -9 3
1 New Zealand (3rd Round)
Saturday 31 May 1997
Papua New Guinea 1-0 New Zealand
  0-0  
Port Moresby (Papua New Guinea)
Saturday 7 June 1997
Fiji 0-1 New Zealand
  0-0  
Ba (Fiji)
Wednesday 11 June 1997
New Zealand 7-0 Papua New Guinea
  5-0  
Auckland (New Zealand)
Sunday 15 June 1997
Fiji 3-1 Papua New Guinea
  2-0  
Suva (Fiji)
Wednesday 18 June 1997
New Zealand 5-0 Fiji
  1-0  
Auckland (New Zealand)
Saturday 21 June 1997
Papua New Guinea 0-1 Fiji
  0-1  
Port Moresby (Papua New Guinea)

3rd Round

Teams: Australia & New Zealand (2)

Saturday 28 June 1997
New Zealand 0-3 Australia
  0-2  
Auckland (New Zealand)
Saturday 5 July 1997
Australia 2-0 New Zealand
  1-0  
Aggregate: 5-0
Sydney (Australia)
Australia (FIFA World Cup France 1998 Qualifying Inter-Zone Play-off)