The Fiji soccer team's 2010 World Cup qualifying round match against New Zealand has been shifted to November.

Both teams were scheduled to play on the 23rd of this month at a neutral venue but the New Zealand Football Federation is not ready to have their match played at a neutral venue at this stage.

Fiji Football Association's chief executive Bob Kumar said they have decided on the matter in a FIFA Congress in Sydney and both parties have agreed to play the match in November with the venue yet to be decided.

Both teams were to have played early this year in New Zealand but the match was called off by FIFA, after Fiji team goalkeeper Simione Tamanisau was denied a New Zealand visa because his future father-in-law is in the Fiji army.