2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC–CONMEBOL play-off)

2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
(OFC–CONMEBOL play-off)
	First leg of the play-off
Event	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
	on aggregate
First leg
Date	11 November 2017
Venue	Westpac Stadium, Wellington
Referee	Mark Geiger (United States)
Attendance	37,034
Second leg
Date	15 November 2017
Venue	Estadio Nacional, Lima
Referee	Clément Turpin (France)
Attendance	39,125

The 2018 FIFA World Cup OFC–CONMEBOL qualification play-off was a two-legged home-and-away tie between the winning team of the OFC Third round, New Zealand, and the fifth-placed team from the CONMEBOL qualifying tournament, Peru.

The matches were played on 11 and 15 November 2017.^[1] Peru emerged victorious and qualified for the finals of the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

Overview edit

The play-off marked the third consecutive intercontinental play-off participation for New Zealand after previously losing to Mexico in 2013 and defeating Bahrain in 2009.

This was Peru's first participation in the inter-confederation play-offs. They previously qualified for the World Cup in 1982.

The draw for the order in which the two matches would be played was held by FIFA on 25 July 2015 at the World Cup Preliminary Draw.^[2]

First leg edit

11 November 2017

16:15 UTC+13

First leg

New Zealand	0–0	Peru
	Report

Westpac Stadium, Wellington

Attendance: 37,034

Referee: Mark Geiger (United States)

New Zealand

Peru


GK	1	Stefan Marinovic
RWB	18	Kip Colvey
CB	5	Michael Boxall	75'
CB	2	Winston Reid (c)
CB	20	Tommy Smith		67'
LWB	3	Deklan Wynne
RM	15	Clayton Lewis		74'
CM	8	Michael McGlinchey	68'
LM	14	Ryan Thomas
CF	11	Marco Rojas		78'
CF	7	Kosta Barbarouses
Substitutions:
DF	22	Andrew Durante		67'
FW	9	Chris Wood		74'
MF	6	Bill Tuiloma		78'
Manager:
Anthony Hudson


GK	1	Pedro Gallese
RB	3	Aldo Corzo
CB	15	Christian Ramos
CB	2	Alberto Rodríguez (c)
LB	6	Miguel Trauco
DM	8	Christian Cueva		90+1'
CM	13	Renato Tapia
CM	19	Yoshimar Yotún	24'	88'
RW	18	André Carrillo		77'
LW	20	Edison Flores
CF	10	Jefferson Farfán
Substitutions:
MF	7	Paolo Hurtado		77'
MF	23	Pedro Aquino		88'
MF	14	Andy Polo		90+1'
Manager:
Ricardo Gareca

Assistant referees:
Joe Fletcher (Canada)
Frank Anderson (United States)
Fourth official:
Jair Marrufo (United States)

Second leg edit

15 November 2017

21:15 UTC−5

Second leg

Peru	2–0	New Zealand
Farfán 28' Ramos 65'	Report

Estadio Nacional, Lima

Attendance: 39,125

Referee: Clément Turpin (France)

Peru

New Zealand


GK	1	Pedro Gallese	80'
RB	17	Luis Advíncula
CB	15	Christian Ramos	75'
CB	2	Alberto Rodríguez (c)
LB	6	Miguel Trauco
DM	13	Renato Tapia
RM	14	Andy Polo		74'
CM	8	Christian Cueva		86'
CM	20	Edison Flores	21'
LM	10	Jefferson Farfán
CF	11	Raúl Ruidíaz		65'
Substitutions:
MF	19	Yoshimar Yotún		65'
FW	18	André Carrillo		74'
DF	4	Adrián Zela		86'
Manager:
Ricardo Gareca


GK	1	Stefan Marinovic
CB	5	Michael Boxall
CB	2	Winston Reid (c)
CB	22	Andrew Durante		77'
RWB	18	Kip Colvey
LWB	3	Deklan Wynne
RM	15	Clayton Lewis		58'
CM	8	Michael McGlinchey
CM	14	Ryan Thomas	19'
LM	6	Bill Tuiloma		46'
CF	7	Kosta Barbarouses
Substitutions:
FW	9	Chris Wood		46'
MF	11	Marco Rojas		58'
FW	17	Jeremy Brockie		77'
Manager:
Anthony Hudson

Assistant referees:
Nicolas Danos (France)
Cyril Gringore (France)
Fourth official:
Benoît Bastien (France)

References edit

^ "All Whites to play first leg against Peru on Saturday afternoon". nzherald.co.nz. The New Zealand Herald. 15 October 2017. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
^ "Preliminary Draw procedures outlined". FIFA.com. 9 July 2015. Archived from the original on 12 July 2015.

External links edit

Official FIFA World Cup website
- Qualifiers, FIFA.com

[1] "All Whites to play first leg against Peru on Saturday afternoon". nzherald.co.nz. The New Zealand Herald. 15 October 2017. Retrieved 15 October 2017.

[PreliminaryDrawProcedure-2] "Preliminary Draw procedures outlined". FIFA.com. 9 July 2015. Archived from the original on 12 July 2015.

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