In the final of the Oceania Qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, New Zealand defeated the Solomon Islands 5-0, thus qualifying for the intercontinental substitute qualifier.
What the first 45 people in Doha looked like # I went down #OceaniaQualifiers #WCQ
@employee pic.twitter.com/uxLULkpY34– New Zealand Football (NZ_Football) March 30, 2022
Not only participating in the World Cup, but even winning the intercontinental play-off has never been so successful for the Solomon Islands, and this has not changed today.
New Zealand, which has participated in two World Cups so far (1982, 2010), has outpaced its rivals: it was already 2-0 at halftime – the second goal of the newly rich team from the English Premier League, Newcastle Chris Wood scored, and is now the most successful player on the national team with his 30th hit. The “pure whites” completed the two goals with three more goals after the turn, and so on 5-0They won. Their superiority is clearly shown by the fact that they conceded only one goal in the Qatari mini-tournament.
73′ | And this is the record! Chris Wood is the all-time leading scorer for men
3 – 0 # I went down #OceaniaQualifiers #WCQ pic.twitter.com/mypHbzP46l
– New Zealand Football (NZ_Football) March 21, 2022
For the fourth time in a row, the New Zealand national team won the intercontinental play-off (beating Bahrain in 2010, losing to Mexico in 2014 and Peru in 2018), which they will play against the fourth-place finisher in the CONCACAF region qualifiers. In June – Costa Rica is currently leading by 19 points and in fourth place, one point behind Panama.
Oceania World Championship Qualifier (Qatar)
finals
Solomon Islands – New Zealand 0-5 (Tuiloma 23., 69., Ch. Wood 39., J. Bell 50., Garbett 90+1.)
preliminary
New Zealand– Tahiti 1-0
Solomon IslandsPapua New Guinea 3-2
| 1. Solomon Islands | 1 | 1 | – | – | 3-1 | 3 |
| 2. Tahiti | 1 | – | – | 1 | 1-3 | 0 |
| Vanuatu | to retreat | |||||
| Cook Islands | to retreat | |||||
a result: Solomon Islands – Tahiti 3-1
| 1. New Zealand | 3 |
3 |
– | – | 12-1 | 9 |
| 2- Papua New Guinea | 3 |
2 |
– | 1 | 3-2 | 6 |
| 3- Fiji Islands | 3 | 1 | – | 2 | 3-7 | 3 |
| 4. New Caledonia | 3 | – | – | 3 | 2-10 | 0 |
results: New Zealand – Papua New Guinea 1-0, Fiji – New Caledonia 2 to 1, Papua New Guinea – New Caledonia 1-0, New Zealand – Fiji 4-0, New Zealand and New Caledonia 7-1, Papua New Guinea – Fiji 2-1
