1990 FIFA World Cup qualification – OFC first round

This page provides the summaries of the OFC first round matches for 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification.

Format

In this round four of the five teams were drawn into 2 home-and-away ties. The 2 winners advanced to the second round of the OFC qualifiers.

Matches

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

11 December 1988

Chinese Taipei	0–4	New Zealand
		36' Wright 45' McClennan 57' Barkley 76' Halligan

Newtown Park, Wellington

Attendance: 2,500

Referee: Chris Bambridge (Australia)

15 December 1988

New Zealand	4–1	Chinese Taipei
Wright 12' McClennan 17', 42', 49'		56' (o.g.) Lund

Western Springs Stadium, Auckland

Attendance: 7,500

Referee: Gary Power (Australia)

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

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26 November 1988

Fiji	1–0	Australia
Madigi 66'

Prince Charles Park, Nadi

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Gary Fleet (New Zealand)

3 December 1988

Australia	5–1	Fiji
Yankos 9', 69' (pen.) Spink 25' Arnold 84' Trimboli 87'		89' Dalai

Macquarie Field, Newcastle

Attendance: 5,220

Referee: Kenneth Wallace (New Zealand)

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

See also

• 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC)
• 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL–OFC play-off)