2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC)

The 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification for the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) selected New Zealand to compete in a two-legged home-and-away playoff against Bahrain, the fifth-place team from the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for a spot in the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. (Oceania is the only confederation that does not have an automatic place in the finals.) Its final round was the 2008 OFC Nations Cup. Consequently, New Zealand is also considered the OFC Nations Cup champion, and represented the OFC in the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup.

2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC)
Tournament details
Dates25 August 2007 - 14 November 2009
Teams11 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played36
Goals scored149 (4.14 per match)
Attendance57,989 (1,611 per match)
Top scorer(s) Osea Vakatalesau
(12 goals)
OFC Qualifiers
FIFA World Cup

This was the first OFC World Cup qualifying campaign since Australia's move from the OFC to the AFC.

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