I'm surprised no one has posted these yet lol. Anyways, here is the schedule confirmed by FIFA for the 2006 WCQ/OFC Nations Cup Round 1: Note: Match times are subject to change and are host times. Group 1 Note: All matches will be played in Honiara, Solomon Islands. May 10th Tonga vs Solomon Islands at 14:00 Tahiti vs Cook Islands at 16:00 May 12th Solomon Islands vs Cook Islands at 14:00 Tahiti vs New Caledonia at 16:00 May 15th Tonga vs Cook Islands at 14:00 Solomon Islands vs New Caledonia at 16:00 May 17th New Caledonia vs Cook Islands at 14:00 Tahiti vs Tonga at 16:00 May 19th New Caledonia vs Tonga at 14:00 Tahiti vs Solomon Islands at 16:00 Group 2 Note: All matches will be played in Apia, Guadeloupe. May 10th Papua New Guinea vs Vanuatu at 14:00 Samoa vs American Samoa at 16:00 May 12th American Samoa vs Vanuatu at 14:00 Fiji vs Papua New Guinea at 16:00 May 15th Fiji vs American Samoa at 14:00 Samoa vs Vanuatu at 16:00 May 17th American Samoa vs Papua New Guinea at 14:00 Fiji vs Samoa at 16:00 May 19th Fiji vs Vanuatu at 14:00 Papua New Guinea vs Samoa at 16:00 Anyone know why Group 2 is being played in a non-OFC nation?
Re: Re: WCQ/OFC Nations Cup Round 1 Schedule Guadeloupe is a CONCACAF nation, with the same status as Martinique.
OFC Members AUSTRALIA AMERICAN SAMOA COOK ISLANDS FIJI NEW ZEALAND PAPUA NEW GUINEA SAMOA SOLOMON ISLANDS TAHITI TONGA VANUATU OFC Provisional and Associate Members NEW CALEDONIA (Provisional Member) NORTHERN MARIANAS (Associate Member) NIUE (Associate Member) Crowdie
I say they should be full members so it can be 14 teams in that group, 11 teams is alway hard to do but yeah i thought it would be around 3
Oceania World Cup Qualifying has 12 teams, with New Caledonia included but not the two associate members. FIFA and the confederations have no problems with qualifying groups with unequal number of teams (CONCACAF and UEFA have that).
True but i don't like having the associates sitting 'on the bench' if you know what i mean! They should be members of confederations.