1994 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF–OFC play-off)

1994 FIFA World Cup qualification
(CONCACAF–OFC play-off)

Event	1994 FIFA World Cup qualification
Canada Australia 3 3
3–3 on aggregate Australia won 4–1 on penalties
First leg
Canada Australia 2 1
Date	31 July 1993
Venue	Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton
Referee	Arturo Brizio Carter (Mexico)
Second leg
Australia Canada 2 1
After extra time
Date	15 August 1993
Venue	Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
Referee	Shin-Ichiro Obata (Japan)

The 1994 FIFA World Cup CONCACAF–OFC qualification play-off was a two-legged home-and-away tie between the winners of the Oceania qualifying tournament, Australia, and the second-placed team from the CONCACAF qualifying tournament, Canada. The games were played on 31 July and 15 August 1993 in Edmonton and Sydney respectively. Australia was hoping to play in the FIFA World Cup for the first time since 1974 and Canada for the first time since 1986. The winner, Australia, played the South American Group 1 runner-up, Argentina.

Contents

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  1 Background
  


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  2 Play-off match
  
  
  
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    2.1 First leg
    
  
  
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    2.2 Second leg
    
  
  
  
  


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  3 Aftermath
  


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  4 References
  

Background

Further information: 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC) and 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF)

Canada		Round	Australia
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Mexico 6 5 0 1 17 5 12 10  Canada 6 3 1 2 10 10 0 7  El Salvador 6 2 0 4 6 11 −5 4  Honduras 6 1 1 4 7 14 −7 3		Final standings	Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Australia 4 4 0 0 13 2 11 8  Tahiti 4 1 1 2 5 8 −3 3  Solomon Islands 4 0 1 3 5 13 −8 1
		Final round (OFC)	Opponent	Result
		1st leg	New Zealand (A)	1–0
		2nd leg	New Zealand (H)	3–0

Play-off match

First leg

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31 July 1993

20:30 UTC–6

Canada	2–1	Australia
Watson  50' Mobilio  57'	Report	44' (o.g.) Dasovic

Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton

Referee: Arturo Brizio Carter (Mexico)

Second leg

15 August 1993

19:30 UTC+10

Australia	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Canada
Farina  45' Durakovic  77'	Report	54' Hooper
Penalties
Wade A. Vidmar Tobin Farina	4–1	Mitchell Bunbury Sweeney

Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney

Referee: Shin-Ichiro Obata (Japan)

Aftermath

Australia went on to meet Argentina in the deciding play-off. The first leg in Sydney, Australia, finished 1–1. In the second leg staged in Buenos Aires, Australia's Alex Tobin scored an unfortunate own goal in the 59th minute when he tried to block a cross from out wide. The cross deflected off Tobin and looped over the keeper and into the far side of the net. This proved to be the only goal of the game as Argentina won 1–0 for a 2–1 aggregate victory. Australia were eliminated.^[1][2][3][4]

References

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   ^ Cockerill, Michael (1 November 1993). "Honours even as Socceroos stay in hunt". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 9 June 2016.
   


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   ^ "Argentina 1 - 0 Australia". FIFA. Retrieved 9 June 2016.
   


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   ^ Cockerill, Michael (19 November 1993). "Own goal and Maradona reduce Socceroos to tears". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 9 June 2016.
   

v t e 1994 FIFA World Cup qualifiers
AFC	First Round Final Round
CAF	First Round Final Round
CONCACAF	Caribbean Zone Central American Zone Second Round Final Round
CONMEBOL	Group 1 Group 2
OFC	First Round Second Round
UEFA	Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 Group 5 Group 6
Play-offs	CONCACAF v OFC OFC v CONMEBOL

v t e Australia national soccer team matches
FIFA Confederations Cup Final	1997
OFC Nations Cup Finals	1980 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004
AFC Asian Cup Finals	2011 2015
AFC–OFC Challenge Cup	2001
FIFA World Cup play-offs	1986 1994 1st 2nd 1998 2002 2006 2018 1st 2nd
Other matches	Australia 31–0 American Samoa (2001)

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