FIFA World Cup Qualifier Thai Airways All Whites vs Fiji

New Zealand will open their campaign for the 2010 FIFA World Cup against Fiji at North Harbour Stadium on 13th October 2007 after agreeing to a revised Oceania qualifying draw.

The revised schedule confirmed today by the Oceania Football Confederation will see New Zealand host Fiji at North Harbour Stadium on 13th October 2007 before the return leg in Fiji (venue to be confirmed) four days later.

Wellington's Westpac Stadium will remain the venue for All Whites home qualifier against Vanuatu which will now be played on 21st November 2007, four days after New Zealand play in Port Vila which is expected to be up to scratch by November. New Zealand will round out their Oceania qualifying campaign against South Pacific Games champions New Caledonia in Noumea on 6th September 2008 next year before the return leg in New Zealand (venue tbc) four days later.

The eventual Oceania champion automatically qualifies for the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup in South Africa as well as a home and away World Cup playoff against Asia's fifth-ranked qualifier.

Ryan Nelsen has been named captain and Glasgow Celtic striker Chris Killen, Dutch first-division defender Ivan Vicelich and UK-based midfielder David Mulligan - the latter currently on loan at Grimsby Town from Scunthorpe United - have all been named.

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