It was a bitter pill to swallow for Serbia on May 29 as 78th-ranked New Zealand shocked them 1-0 in front of 14,000 fans in Klagenfurt, Austria. While New Zealand is regarded as one of the weakest teams in the upcoming world cup, they certainly didn’t play that way as they handed 15th-ranked Serbia the [...]

Australia’s Socceroos managed to secure a 2-1 victory over fellow qualified team and neighbours New Zealand which was played at the MCG Stadium at the weekend. Whilst Australia on paper should be able to comfortably beat tournament rank outsiders New Zealand, injuries on the Socceroos side made the game much more competitive than had at [...]

Time: 15th June, 13.30 local time. Venue: Rustenburg, South Africa On the 15th of June, day five of this year’s World Cup Finals tournament, Rustenberg plays host to the second match in Group F, where absolute outsiders New Zealand take on low ranking European side Slovakia. Kicking off at 13:30 local time, they will be [...]

New Zealand has, like so many other teams, started to plan their pre-World Cup friendlies to make the best preparations for the 2010 World Cup. The Kiwis hasn’t been in the World Cup since 1982, and as a first warm up friendly they will face Mexico on the third of March, and the game will [...]

The All Whites has repeated the accomplishment of the national team of 1982 when they beat Bahrain with the only goal of the match earlier today. This was enough to qualify after the goalless draw in Manama last month. In front of the largest ever crowd for a football match in New Zealand, the home [...]

As the second leg of the Oceania-AFC playoff get closer, tension is building around Wellingon. The Westpac Stadium, which is also called the Cake Tin, will by no doubt be filled to the last of the 35,000 seats. This game against Bahrain will actually break the record for a football game in New Zealand and [...]

Kiwis Look to Kick It Up a Notch in Wellington

Bahrain vs. New Zealand
November 14, 2009
Wellington, New Zealand 20:00 local time