In the early morning of March 31, Beijing time, the Oceania Regional World Cup Qualifiers ushered in the final competition, and the New Zealand men's football team played against the Solomon Islands men's football team. In the end, New Zealand went completely crazy, beating the opponent 5-0, easily winning the championship, and then winning one more game to advance to the World Cup, against the fourth team in the North American region.
With only 0.5 World Cup spots in the Oceania region, a total of 8 teams competed, and through the group stage and semi-final competition, New Zealand and solomon Islands entered the final stage.
FiFA's latest world rankings, New Zealand ranked 111th, Solomon Islands ranked 142nd, ranking lower than the national football team, of course, New Zealand's strength to shake off the national football team one or two grades, the value of Chris Wood alone, higher than the national football team.
New Zealand led 2-0 in the first half and scored three more goals in the second half to win 5-0 over solomon Islands, with Tuiloma scoring twice, as well as Chris Wood, Joe Bell and Gabert scoring. In the whole game, New Zealand completed 21 shots on goal, and Solomon Islands only had 2, and the game was completely one-sided.
After the big victory over the Solomon Islands, New Zealand won the Oceania Division, becoming the "boss" of the Oceania Division for 4 consecutive years, which is also related to Australia's accession to the AFC, and New Zealand has no opponents in the Oceania Region.
The Oceania region only has 0.5 World Cup spots, so New Zealand won the Oceania region championship, and it is not yet able to qualify for the World Cup, and needs to compete with play-off teams from other continents, according to the results of the draw, it will play against the fourth-place team in the North American region in June this year, not surprisingly Costa Rica.
The New Zealand men's football team has participated in 2 World Cups, namely 1982 and 2010, and now there is hope to participate in the 3rd competition, and then win 1 more game, thus shaking off the number of national football games, the Chinese men's football team has only participated in the 2002 World Cup, and finally scored 0 goals and conceded 9 goals, becoming the penultimate, fortunately, that Saudi Arabia ranked first from the bottom.