1990 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC)

Tournament details
Dates	December 11th 1988 - October 30th 1989
Teams	5 (from 2 confederations)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	8
Goals scored	32 (4 per match)
Attendance	286,201 (35,775 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Charlie Yankos Darren McClennan Billy Wright (4 goals each)
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Listed below are the dates and results for the 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the Oceanian zone (OFC).

Five teams entered the competition: OFC members Australia, New Zealand and Fiji, and non-OFC members Israel and Chinese Taipei. The Oceanian zone was allocated 0.5 places (out of 24) in the final tournament.

Format

There were two rounds of play. In the first round Israel received a bye and advanced to the second round directly. The remaining four teams were paired up to play knockout matches on a home-and-away basis, with the aggregate winners advancing to the second round.

In the second round, the three remaining teams played against each other in a group on a home-and-away basis. The group winner advanced to the play-off against the CONMEBOL group winner with the weakest record.

First round

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

Matches

Chinese Taipei  v  New Zealand

11 December 1988	Chinese Taipei	0–4	New Zealand	Newtown Park, Wellington[1]
			36' Wright 45' McClennan 57' Barkley 76' Halligan	Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Chris Bambridge (Australia)

New Zealand  v  Chinese Taipei

15 December 1988	New Zealand	4–1	Chinese Taipei	Western Springs Stadium, Auckland
	Wright 12' McClennan 17', 42', 49'		56' (o.g.) Lund	Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Gary Power (Australia)

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

Fiji  v  Australia

26 November 1988	Fiji	1–0	Australia	Prince Charles Park, Nadi
	Madigi 66'			Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Gary Fleet (New Zealand)

Australia  v  Fiji

3 December 1988	Australia	5–1	Fiji	Macquarie Field, Newcastle
	Yankos 9', 69' (pen.) Spink 25' Arnold 84' Trimboli 87'		89' Dalai	Attendance: 5,220 Referee: Kenneth Wallace (New Zealand)

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

Second round

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Israel (A)	4	1	3	0	5	4	+1	5		—	1–1	1–0
Australia	4	1	2	1	6	5	+1	4		1–1	—	4–1
New Zealand	4	1	1	2	5	7	−2	3		2–2	2–0	—

Matches

Israel  v  New Zealand

5 March 1989	Israel	1–0	New Zealand	Ramat Gan, Israel
	Rosenthal 7'			Stadium: Ramat Gan Stadium Attendance: 44,500 Referee: Serge Muhmenthaler (Switzerland)

Australia  v  New Zealand

12 March 1989	Australia	4–1	New Zealand	Sydney, Australia
	Crino 15' Arnold 42', 55' Yankos 77'		70' Dunford	Stadium: Sydney Football Stadium Attendance: 13,621 Referee: Shizuo Takada (Japan)

Israel  v  Australia

19 March 1989	Israel	1–1	Australia	Ramat Gan, Israel
	Ohana 67' (pen.)		72' Yankos	Stadium: Ramat Gan Stadium Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Manfred Neuner (West Germany)

New Zealand  v  Australia

2 April 1989	New Zealand	2–0	Australia	Auckland, New Zealand
	Dunford 19' Wright 80'			Stadium: Mount Smart Stadium Attendance: 3,340 Referee: Maidin Bin Singah (Singapore)

New Zealand  v  Israel

9 April 1989	New Zealand	2–2	Israel	Auckland, New Zealand
	Wright 19' Dunford 35'		16' Rosenthal 37' Klinger	Stadium: Mount Smart Stadium Attendance: 3,200 Referee: Claude Bouillet (France)

Australia  v  Israel

16 April 1989	Australia	1–1	Israel	Sydney, Australia
	Trimboli 88'		40' Ohana	Stadium: Sydney Football Stadium Attendance: 40,320 Referee: Carlo Longhi (Italy)

Inter-confederation play-offs

The winning team of the OFC qualification tournament played the CONMEBOL group winner with the weakest record in a home-and-away play-off. The winner of this play-off qualified for the 1990 FIFA World Cup.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Colombia	1–0	Israel	1–0	0–0

Goalscorers

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal