The Oceanian section of the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification process took place from 6 September 2024 to 24 March 2025. The 2026 tournament was the 16th edition of Oceanian qualifiers and marked the first time OFC had a direct qualification slot into the FIFA World Cup.
On 24 March 2025, the Oceanian confederation qualification ended with New Zealand qualifying directly to the 2026 FIFA World Cup and New Caledonia qualifying for the inter-continental play-offs.
The qualification structure was as follows:
All eleven eligible OFC nations entered qualification.
The schedule of the competition was as follows.
The draw for the first two rounds was held at FIFA headquarters in Switzerland on 18 July from 9:00 CEST (UTC+2). Although announced prior to their official release, the seeding for the draw was based on the FIFA Men's World Rankings of 18 July 2024 (shown in parentheses below).
For the first round, the four lowest-ranked teams competed in a single-elimination play-off to determine which team advanced to the second round. The highest-ranked team faced the lowest-ranked team and the second-ranked team faced the third-ranked team in the semi-finals, and the winners of those matches faced each other in the final.
For the second round, each group contained one team from Pot 1, two from Pot 2 and one from Pot 3 (which also included a placeholder for the first round winner).
First round matches were played 6âÂÂ9 September 2024 in Samoa. The four lowest-ranked teams competed in a knockout series, and the winner advanced to join the seven highest-ranked teams in the second round.
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The winner advanced to the second round.
The second round took place from 10 October to 18 November 2024 with two groups of four teams playing each other once in a league format. Matches were played in Fiji, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, and Vanuatu.
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The third round took place in New Zealand on 21 and 24 March 2025. The winner qualified for the 2026 FIFA World Cup and the runner-up advanced to the inter-confederation play-offs.
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The winner qualified for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. The loser advanced to the inter-confederation play-offs.
The runner-up from the third round, New Caledonia, joined Bolivia (from CONMEBOL), DR Congo (from CAF), Iraq (from AFC), Jamaica and Suriname (both from CONCACAF) in the inter-confederation play-offs.
The teams were ranked according to the November 2025 FIFA Men's World Ranking, with the four lowest-ranked teams playing in two matches. The winners met the two highest-ranked teams in another set of matches, with the winners of these matches qualifying for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
The following teams from OFC qualified for the final tournament.
A player was automatically suspended for the next match for the following infractions:
The following suspensions were served during qualification: