ADELAIDE.

ADELAIDE, Australia (AFP) ??” Australia will finish top of the World bowl qualifying Oceania Nations Cup here after a hard-fought 3-0 victory athwart plucky Vanuatu.

Osasuna striker John Aloisi scored a double with Blackburn Rovers' midfielder britzska Emerton scoring the other as the Socceroo clinched their fourth win from four matches in the tournament.

That was enough to make sure Australia will finish in top place and progres to the nearest stage of World Cup qualifying, a two-leg abode and away play-off against this event's second-placed side.

moreover the Socceroos' playoff opponent is still to be determined, with novel Zealand needing to beat Fiji forward Sunday and have the Solomon Islands misspend to Australia to overtake the Solomon in secondary place.

New Zealand, humiliated by means of their loss to tiny Vanuatu, salvaged a pride at Tahiti's expense with a 10-0 goal rage before the Solomons beat Fiji