But the four countries competing in this week’s FIFA World Cup Qualifiers Stage 1 tournament have all tried to get there themselves on several occasions and have interesting qualifying histories.
As the clock ticks down to kick off of the 2014 Stage 1 qualifiers, oceaniafootball.com takes a look at the World Cup qualifying backgrounds of each side.
American Samoa
Overall
Appearances: 3 (2002, 2006, 2010)
Wins: 0
Draws: 0
Losses: 12
Goals for: 2
Goals against: 129
2002 Qualifiers
vs. Fiji 0-13
vs. Samoa 0-8
vs. Australia 0-31
vs. Tonga 0-5
2006 Qualifiers
vs. Samoa 0-4
vs. Vanuatu 1-9
vs. Fiji 0-11
vs. Papua New Guinea 0-10
2010 Qualifiers
vs. Solomon Islands 1-12
vs. Samoa 0-7
vs. Vanuatu 0-15
vs. Tonga 0-4
Cook Islands
Overall
Appearances: 4 (1998, 2002, 2006, 2010)
Wins: 1*
Draws: 1
Losses: 13
Goals for: 8
Goals against: 55
*Cook Islands’ one win came against OFC Associate Member Tuvalu
1998 Qualifiers
vs. Tonga 0-2
vs. Samoa 1-2
2002 Qualifiers
vs. Solomon Islands 1-9
vs. Vanuatu 1-8
vs. New Zealand 0-2
vs. Tahiti 0-6
2006 Qualifiers
vs. Tahiti 0-2
vs. Solomon Islands 0-5
vs. Tahiti 0-0
vs. Tonga 1-2
vs. New Caledonia 0-8
2010 Qualifiers
vs. Fiji 0-4
vs. New Caledonia 0-3
vs. Tuvalu 4-1
vs. Tahiti 0-1
Samoa
Overall
Appearances: 4 (1998, 2002, 2006, 2010)
Wins: 5
Draws: 0
Losses: 9
Goals for: 24
Goals against: 42
1998 Qualifiers
vs. Cook Islands 1-2
vs. Tonga 0-1
2002 Qualifiers
vs. Tonga 0-1
vs. American Samoa 8-0
vs. Fiji 1-6
vs. Australia 0-11
2006 Qualifiers
vs. American Samoa 4-0
vs. Vanuatu 0-3
vs. Fiji 0-4
vs. Papua New Guinea 1-4
2010 Qualifiers
vs. Vanuatu 0-7
vs. American Samoa 7-0
vs. Tonga 2-0
vs. Solomon Islands 0-3
Tonga
Overall
Appearances: 4 (1998, 2002, 2006, 2010)
Wins: 7
Draws: 0
Losses: 9
Goals for: 18
Goals against: 70
1998 Qualifiers
vs. Cook Islands 2-0
vs. Samoa 1-0
vs. Solomon Islands 0-4
vs. Solomon Islands 0-9
2002 Qualifiers
vs. Samoa 1-0
vs. Australia 0-22
vs. American Samoa 5-0
vs. Fiji 1-8
2006 Qualifiers
vs. Solomon Islands 0-6
vs. Cook Islands 2-1
vs. Tahiti 0-2
vs. New Caledonia 0-8
2010 Qualifiers
vs. Solomon Islands 0-4
vs. Samoa 1-2
vs. American Samoa 4-0
vs. Vanuatu 1-4