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World Cup France '98

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  • World Cup France '98
    Oceana Football Confederation - Final Round

    The final round of qualification in the Oceana Football Confederation involved each of the two group winners from the Semi-Final round in a home-and-home series.

    The winner of the Oceana qualification series played the fourth place nation of the Asian Football Confederation in a home-and-home series for the Oceana/AFC shared World Cup France '98 qualification berth.

      Oceana Playoff

      at Aukland, New Zealand (June 28, 1997)
      Australia 3, New Zealand 0

      at Sydney, Australia (July 5, 1997)
      Australia 2, New Zealand 0

      Australia advances on 5-0 aggregate


    OFC/AFC Playoff

    at Tehran, Iran (November 22, 1997)
    Australia 1, Iran 1

    at Melbourne, Australia (November 29, 1997)
    Iran 2, Australia 2

    Iran Advances to France '98 on 2-1 road aggregate

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