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1982 Football World Cup
As New Zealand prepares for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, we look back to 1981-82, when football first seized the country’s imagination. After slogging through an epic qualifying schedule of 15 games, the 'All Whites' took on the best in the world at the 1982 finals in Spain.
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Page 3 – Playing in the finals
The New Zealanders were given little hope against their opposition in Group 6, which was dubbed the ‘pool of death’. This group included the cup favourites, Brazil
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Page 4 – All Whites' results
Results from qualifying and finals games played by New Zealand
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Page 5 – Further information
This web feature was written by Neill Atkinson and Steve Watters and produced by the NZHistory.net.nz team.Links1982 World Cup team (on the New Zealand Football website)FIFA’s
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Main image: All Whites' game against Chinese Taipei, 1981
This is the programme for New Zealand’s first-round match against Chinese Taipei (Taiwan) at Auckland’s Mount Smart Stadium on 30 May 1981.
