The long awaited second stage of the soccer World Cup qualifier between New Zealand and Fiji will now be held in Fiji on November 19th.

The match was initially scheduled to take place in Auckland on October 13th last year but was postponed when Fijian goal-keeper Simione Tamanisau was denied an entry visa to New Zealand. Tamanisau did not get a visa because his future father-in-law was in the military.

New Zealand Football and Fiji Football Association requested the match be rescheduled to Samoa on June 23rd, but the Samoa Football Soccer Federation was unable to host the match because of financial difficulties.

The Oceania Football Confederation said the decision to relocate the November game to Fiji had been at the request of all participants.

In the first stage, Fiji lost 2-0 to New Zealand.