Costa Rica Beat New Zealand to Claim Final World Cup Spot

Published June 14th, 2022 - 08:25 GMT
Costa Rica's players celebrate their win in the FIFA World Cup 2022 inter-confederation play-offs match between Costa Rica and New Zealand on June 14, 2022, at the Ahmed bin Ali Stadium in the Qatari city of Ar-Rayyan. Costa Rica beat New Zealand 1-0 to claim the last spot at this year's World Cup finals. (Photo by MUSTAFA ABUMUNES / AFP)
Costa Rica's players celebrate their win in the FIFA World Cup 2022 inter-confederation play-offs match between Costa Rica and New Zealand on June 14, 2022, at the Ahmed bin Ali Stadium in the Qatari city of Ar-Rayyan. Costa Rica beat New Zealand 1-0 to claim the last spot at this year's World Cup finals. (Photo by MUSTAFA ABUMUNES / AFP)

Costa Rica beat New Zealand 1-0 in Doha on Tuesday to claim the last spot at this year's World Cup finals.

Joel Campbell scored the only goal in the third minute. New Zealand had a goal disallowed by VAR and saw Kosta Barbarouses sent off for a second-half challenge.

Costa Rica, in their third straight World Cup finals, will go into a group with Germany, Spain and Japan.

AFP

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