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2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC–OFC play-off)

Field	Value
title	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
(AFC–OFC play-off)
event	[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification](2010-fifa-world-cup-qualification)
team1	Bahrain
team1association	Bahrain
team1score	0
team2	New Zealand
team2association	New Zealand
team2score	1
details	New Zealand won 1–0 on aggregate
firstleg	First leg
team1score1	0
team2score1	0
date1	10 October 2009
stadium1	Bahrain National Stadium
city1	Riffa
referee1	Viktor Kassai (Hungary)
weather1	Clear
29 °C
secondleg	Second leg
team1score2	0
team2score2	1
date2	14 November 2009
stadium2	Westpac Stadium
city2	Wellington
referee2	Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay)
weather2	Scattered clouds
13 °C

(AFC–OFC play-off) 29 °C 13 °C The 2010 FIFA World Cup AFC–OFC qualification play-off was a two-legged home-and-away tie between the winners of the Oceania qualifying tournament, New Zealand, and the fifth-placed team from the Asian qualifying tournament, Bahrain.

The games were played on 10 October and 14 November 2009 in Riffa and Wellington, respectively. With New Zealand winning 1–0 on aggregate to qualify for the FIFA World Cup for the first time since the 1982 tournament.

It was the second consecutive FIFA World Cup play-off for Bahrain, which lost 2–1 on aggregate to Trinidad and Tobago in their 2006 play-off.

New Zealand took part in their first FIFA World Cup inter-confederation play-off after years of Australia appearing in the inter-confederation play-offs of 1986 vs Scotland, 1994 (1st play-off vs Canada and 2nd play-off vs Argentina), 1998 vs Iran, 2002 vs Uruguay, and 2006 vs Uruguay, and Israel appearing in 1990 against Colombia.

The draw for the order in which the two matches would be played was held on 2 June 2009 during the FIFA Congress. New Zealand won 1–0 on aggregate and a second consecutive appearance for an OFC team in the FIFA World Cup.

Venues

Background

Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
8	6	2	0	12	1	11	20
8	4	3	1	11	6	5	15
8	3	1	4	6	8	−2	10
8	1	3	4	5	14	−9	6
8	1	1	6	5	10	−5	4

Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
6	5	0	1	14	5	9	15
6	2	2	2	12	10	2	8
6	2	1	3	8	11	−3	7
6	1	1	4	5	13	−8	4

Result
(H)
0–0

| | |- | (A) |2–2 | | |- |}

Match details

First leg

Czech Republic Milan Máčala

New Zealand Ricki Herbert

Second leg

New Zealand Ricki Herbert

Czech Republic Milan Máčala

Aftermath

New Zealand qualified for the 2010 FIFA World Cup Finals in South Africa and were drawn into Group F with defending champions Italy, Slovakia and Paraguay. After drawing 1–1 with Slovakia in their opening match, New Zealand drew 1–1 with Italy, and in their final match, they also drew 0–0 with Paraguay; meaning they finished third in the group on three points. New Zealand's three draws meant that they were the only unbeaten team at the 2010 World Cup.

After the play-off, Bahrain qualified for the 2011 AFC Asian Cup in Qatar. They went on to finish third in Group C; losing 2–1 to South Korea in their opening match, then beating India 5–2, before being eliminated from the competition after a 1–0 defeat to Australia.

References

(2009-10-10). "History for Manama, Bahrain". wunderground.com.
(2009-11-14). "History for Wellington, New Zealand". wunderground.com.
Australia moved to the AFC in 2006 and qualified through to the FIFA World Cup through the AFC Qualifying Rounds from 2010.
Israel moved to UEFA in 1991.

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