The 1994 FIFA World Cup

1994 FIFA World Cup

The 1994 FIFA World Cup, the 15th staging of the FIFA World Cup, was held in nine cities across the United States from June 17 to July 17, 1994. The United States was chosen as the host by FIFA on July 4, 1988...

 CONCACAF

CONCACAF

The Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football is the continental governing body for association football in North America, Central America and the Caribbean...

 – OFC

Oceania Football Confederation

The Oceania Football Confederation is one of the six continental confederations of international association football, consisting of Papua New Guinea, New Zealand and island nations such as Tonga, Fiji and other Pacific Island countries...

 qualification play-off was a two-legged home-and-away tie between the winners of the Oceania qualifying tournament

1994 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC)

Listed below are the dates and results for the 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the Oceanian zone . For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification....

, Australia, and the second-placed team from the CONCACAF qualifying tournament

1994 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF)

Listed below are the dates and results for the 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the North, Central American and Caribbean zone . For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification....

, Canada

Canada men's national soccer team

The Canada men's national soccer team represents Canada in international soccer competitions at the senior men's level. They are overseen by the Canadian Soccer Association and compete in the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football .Their most significant...

. The games were played on July 31 and August 15 of 1993 in Edmonton

Edmonton

Edmonton is the capital of the Canadian province of Alberta and is the province's second-largest city. Edmonton is located on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Capital Region, which is surrounded by the central region of the province.The city and its census...

 and Sydney

Sydney

Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...

 respectively. Australia was hoping to play in the FIFA World Cup for the first time since 1974

1974 FIFA World Cup

The 1974 FIFA World Cup, the tenth staging of the World Cup, was held in West Germany from 13 June to 7 July. The tournament marked the first time that the current trophy, the FIFA World Cup Trophy, created by the Italian sculptor Silvio Gazzaniga, was awarded...

 and Canada 1986

1986 FIFA World Cup

The 1986 FIFA World Cup, the 13th FIFA World Cup, was held in Mexico from 31 May to 29 June. The tournament was the second to feature a 24-team format. Colombia had been originally chosen to host the competition by FIFA but, largely due to economic reasons, was not able to do so and officially...

. The winners would play the South American runners-up in Group 1

1994 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)

Listed below are the dates and results for the 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the South American zone . For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification....

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Background

Canada		Round	Australia
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Team
	6	5	0	1	17	5	12	10
	6	3	1	2	10	10	0	7
	6	2	0	4	6	11	−5	4
	6	1	1	4	7	14	−7	3

Final standing class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"> Team 4 4 0 0 13 2 11 8 4 1 1 2 5 8 −3 3 4 0 1 3 5 13 −8 1 Final Round
(OFC) Opponent Result 1st Leg (A) 1–0 2nd Leg (H) 3–0

First Leg

Second Leg