World Cup Qualifying - OFC
FIFA Region
OFC
Season
2026
Location
Oceania (SW Pacific)
Abbreviation
OFC

Summary

September 2024, all 11 FIFA affiliated national teams from the OFC (Oceania Football Confederation) started qualifying for the 2026 World Cup. Seedings (2024 OFC Seedings table) were based on FIFA World Rankings (18 July 2024). Unlike all other World Cup qualifying, all matches for each of the first 2 rounds of were played in one location; no Home/Away matches.

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2024 OFC Seedings
CountryOFC
Rank		FIFA
Rank
New Zealand941
Solomon Islands1412
Fiji1533
Tahiti1584
New Caledonia1605
Vanuatu1626
Papua New Guinea1687
Cook Islands1868
American Samoa1879
Samoa19210
Tonga20011

Competition Structure

Stage# TeamsNew Teams Entering This RoundTeams From Previous RoundFormat
1st Round4national teams ranked 8-11 in OFC 2 knockout matches Semifinals, 1 knockout match Final
2nd Round8national teams ranked 1-7 in OFCwinner from 1st Round2 groups of 4 with 1 match played against each team in group, top 2 teams with most points (win = 3 pts, draw = 1 pt) in each group advance
3rd Round4 1st-2nd place teams from each 2nd Round group2 knockout matches Semifinals, 1 knockout match Final
Finals2 1st place teams from each 3rd Round groupHome/Away matches, highest aggregate goals advances to the 2026 World Cup; runners-up team advances to FIFA Inter-Confederation Playoff against 1 team each from AFC, CAF, and CONMEBOL, and 2 teams from CONCACAF

3rd Round - Final

DateHome Status RoadVenue
Mon - 24 Mar 2025
 New Caledonia 03 New ZealandEden Park (Auckland)

3rd Round - Semifinals

DateHome Status RoadVenue
Thu - 20 Mar 2025
 New Zealand 70 FijiSky Stadium
 New Caledonia 30 TahitiSky Stadium

2nd Round

 Group ALeagueHomeRoad
POSMPW - D - LPTSCPTSGFGAGDMPW - D - LPTSGFGAGDMPW - D - LPTSGFGAGD
1New Caledonia 32 -1-07-74311 -0-0331221 -1-04431
2Fiji 31 -2-05-54110 -1-0111021 -1-04431
3Solomon Islands 31 -0-23-45-120 -0-2024-211 -0-03211
4Papua New Guinea 30 -1-21-58-320 -1-1145-110 -0-1013-2
3rd Round
DateHome Status RoadVenue
10.10.24New Caledonia 31 Papua New GuineaHFC Bank Stadium
 Solomon Islands 01 FijiHFC Bank Stadium
13.11.24Solomon Islands 23 New CaledoniaPNG Football Stadium
14.11.24Papua New Guinea 33 FijiPNG Football Stadium
16.11.24Fiji 11 New CaledoniaPNG Football Stadium
17.11.24Papua New Guinea 12 Solomon IslandsPNG Football Stadium
 Group BLeagueHomeRoad
POSMPW - D - LPTSCPTSGFGAGDMPW - D - LPTSGFGAGDMPW - D - LPTSGFGAGD
1New Zealand 33 -0-09-1911833 -0-091911800 -0-00000
2Tahiti 32 -0-16-53211 -0-0320221 -0-13330
3Vanuatu 31 -0-23-511-611 -0-0341320 -0-20110-9
4Samoa 30 -0-30-115-1410 -0-1003-320 -0-20112-11
3rd Round
DateHome Status RoadVenue
10.10.24New Zealand 30 TahitiFresh Wata Field
11.10.24Vanuatu 41 SamoaFresh Wata Field
10.11.24New Zealand 80 SamoaFMG Stadium Waikato
14.11.24Samoa 03 TahitiFMG Stadium Waikato
15.11.24New Zealand 81 VanuatuFMG Stadium Waikato
17.11.24Tahiti 20 VanuatuGo Media Stadium

1st Round Final

DateHome Status RoadVenue
Sun - 8 Sep 2024
 Tonga 12 SamoaJS Blatter Football Complex Tuanaimato
 AET 

1st Round Semis

DateHome Status RoadVenue
Thu - 5 Sep 2024
 Cook Islands 13 TongaJS Blatter Football Complex Tuanaimato
 American Samoa 02 SamoaJS Blatter Football Complex Tuanaimato