OFC Nations Cup - Stage Three

The winner of the 2008 Oceania Nations Cup/FIFA World Cup qualifiers will compete in a two-leg home and away playoff against the 5th placed team from the Asian Football Confederation’s (AFC) 2010 World Cup qualification process.

The AFC qualification pathway begins with a first preliminary round encompassing all AFC nations save for Australia, Korea Republic, Saudi Arabia, Japan and Iran and will start in October 2007.

On 6 August 2007, AFC held the draw for the first preliminary round's 19 matches as well as for the matches of the subsequent round, taking into account the teams' respective rankings.

The AFC qualifier will be established via a playoff between the two teams that finished 3rd in their respective groups, from the AFC Qualification Tournament’s final round of fixtures.

These matches will be played on the 14th, and 21st of November 2007 and will determine qualification for the FIFA World Cup – South Africa 2010.