Costa Rica 1-0 New Zealand: Costa Rica qualify for 2022 World Cup in Qatar

The last team to qualify for the World Cup was Costa Rica.

Costa Rica took the lead in the intercontinental play-off in the third minute.

New Zealand ended the match with 10 men after substitute Kosta Barbarouses was sent off for foul play.

Costa Rica will play Spain in the opening game of the World Cup on November 23rd.

Four-time winners Germany and a Japan side who have advanced beyond the group phase in three of the past five tournaments are included in Group E.

Costa Rica have qualified for the World Cup six times, and this will be their third time.

After finishing top of a group that included England, Italy and Uruguay, they beat Greece on penalties in the last 16 and lost to the Netherlands.

Costa Rica faced New Zealand at the Ahmad bin Ali Stadium after finishing fourth in Concacaf.

New Zealand, ranked 101st in the world, had a good spell after the goal but failed to convert chances from inside the penalty area.

Wood thought he had scored at the end of the first half.

The goal was ruled out by the referee after he checked the incident on a pitchside monitor and found that Garbett had committed a foul before Wood crossed for Wood.

The ref changed his decision from a yellow card to a red after seeing that the challenge had caught Calvo on the ankle. The 10 men of New Zealand were able to fight until the end.