[3] Just two years later they met in the first round of qualification for the 1970 FIFA World Cup in a group that included Japan.

All the games were played in South Korea and Australia topped the group progressing to the next round before losing to Israel.

As this was prior to the introduction of the away goals rule a third match was hastily arranged and, just three days later they met in Hong Kong.

Jimmy Mackay scored the only goal of the match resulting in Australia qualifying for their first World Cup Finals.

During the 1990s they played a number of friendly matches and then met in the 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup which was hosted in Korea.

[8] Australia and South Korea are two of only five Asian national teams to have reached the knockout stage of the FIFA World Cup.