Why has the World Cup quota in Oceania always been New Zealand?

Teams in the football World Cup need to compete through the qualifiers of major divisions, while Oceania has only 0.5 places, that is, the team that won the first place in the Oceania qualifiers directly participated in the intercontinental play-offs to get the promotion places of the World Cup.

Introduction of quota allocation in Oceania Division of 2022 World Cup

Due to the special geographical location of Oceania, there are few national teams and the strength of each team is weak, so Oceania will only have 0.5 places in the world in 2022.

If you want to participate in the World Cup, you need to participate in the intercontinental play-offs, and you need to compete with Asian, American, Caribbean and North and South American play-offs for the remaining two places.

Introduction of 2022 World Cup Intercontinental Play-offs

In the 2022 World Cup Intercontinental Play-off, New Zealand, the first team in Oceania, played against Costa Rica, and Costa Rica also beat New Zealand with 1-0 to win the last World Cup.

It can be seen that the overall strength of the team in Oceania Division is still weak, but New Zealand has also participated in the World Cup and advanced to the World Cup in Australia without leaving Oceania Division.