Asian and Caribbean upsets, tight battles in South America and a first-ever win for American Samoa were among the latest qualifying tales as the race for Brazil 2014 heated up.
"I think the groups are well balanced and we will have a very competitive team... To qualify for a World Cup is the dream for all football players and we hope to make it come true," Eddy Etaeta, Tahiti coach.
New Caledonia, Tahiti and Vanuatu will all have high hopes of progressing to Oceania’s final stage of qualifying after avoiding regional heavyweights New Zealand.
The draw provided New Zealand with an intriguing challenge against Fiji, Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea, while Group A features Vanuatu, New Caledonia, Tahiti and the Round One winner.
Global qualifying for South Africa 2010 commenced in the Oceania zone in mid-2007 and culminated over two years later as New Zealand qualified.
New Zealand may have already secured a playoff spot for South Africa 2010, but they produced the goods once again against New Caledonia.
