
Peru became the 32nd and final nation to qualify for next summer's 2018 World Cup as they overcame New Zealand in the second leg of their playoff.

Jefferson Farfan and Christian Ramos fired Peru to a deserved 2-0 victory in Lima, four days after the sides had played out a goalless draw in Wellington.

Peru were much the better side and deservedly booked their place at the World Cup finals for a fifth time — their first appearance since 1982.

And the win sparked wild celebrations from players and fans alike both inside the stadium and on the streets of Lima, with fireworks set off and beer flowing.

Peru's players celebrate wildly after a 2-0 win over New Zealand in Lima secured their place at the World Cup finals

There were scenes of joy right across Peru as fans thronged the streets, chanting, waving flags and launching fireworks

Fans held up scarves with the Russia 2018 logo as Peru became the 32nd and final nation to secure their spot at the finals

It was the end of an agonising 36-year wait to return to the world's greatest tournament for these Peru supporters

Soon it was time for the beer to start flowing as the Peruvian players celebrated their qualification in style

Photographers mobbed the celebrating Peru players to document an historic moment in the nation's footballing story

Alberto Rodriguez led his team-mates in their wild celebrations after booking their place at the World Cup finals

The victorious Peruvian players smiled widely as tickertape fell to mark their first World Cup qualification since 1982

The players completed a lap of honour in front of jubilant fans at the National Stadium in Lima as they made it to Russia

Thrilled Peru players celebrated after their 2-0 victory over New Zealand secured a 2-0 aggregate success in the play-off

Having narrowly missed out on automatic qualification from the South American group last month, Peru made no mistake

Joyous fans rushed out onto the streets of Lima to celebrate another historic moment in the country's football history

Beer was sprayed everywhere as the Peru players celebrated the end of a long but ultimately successful qualifying campaign

It looked as though the Peruvian party was just getting started as the players bounced around on the pitch

Fireworks exploded over the National Stadium in Lima and fans were treated to a light show following qualification

The players completed a lap of honour at the National Stadium following their 2-0 win on Wednesday evening

MATCH FACTS PERU: Gallese, Rodriguez, Ramos, Tapia, Trauco, Advincula, Flores, Cueva (Zela 86), Farfan, Polo (Carrillo 74), Ruidiaz (Yotun 66) Subs not used: Carvallo, Corzo, Pena, Caceda, Araujo, Hurtado, Aquino, Reyna, Loyola Scorers: Farfan 28, Ramos 65 Bookings: Flores, Ramos, Gallese NEW ZEALAND: Marinovic, Reid, Boxall, Durante (Brockie 77), Wynne, Colvey, McGlinchey, Tuiloma (Wood 45), Lewis (Rojas 59), Barbarouses, Thomas Subs not used: Fallon, Tzimopoulos, Smith, Moss, Smeltz, Crocombe, Patterson, Ingham Booking: Thomas Advertisement

Peruvian fans had targeted the New Zealand team hotel with fireworks overnight in an attempt to leave the visitors sleepy and sluggish.

The tactic appeared to work as Peru startled the All Whites early on and almost took the lead on three minutes when Luis Advincula was denied by the crossbar.

New Zealand lined up narrowly, forcing their opponents to play wide — something Peru were more than happy to do.

Peru's overlapping full backs frequently got in behind to fire in dangerous crosses which worried the busy Stefan Marinovic in the New Zealand goal.

Marinovic flapped at one cross, as did West Ham centre back Winston Reid, who was lucky not to be penalised for handball midway through the first half.

Moments after Reid got away with a possible handball, Christian Cueva did likewise. Peru's No 8 may have used his arm to help him control a long pass on the left touchline, before driving inside and rolling the ball into the path of Farfan, who lashed high into the net.

Farfan celebrated by holding up a No 9 shirt in honour of Peru striker Paolo Guerrero, who missed the match through suspension after failing a doping test.

Cueva was too hot for the Kiwi defenders to handle and another jinking run almost led to a second goal before the interval.

Peru have become the 32nd and final nation to qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia after a 2-0 win over New Zealand

The South American side beat New Zealand 2-0 in the second leg of their qualifying playoff to take the tie 2-0 on aggregate

Jefferson Farfan, the Lokomotiv Moscow forward, scored the opener as he struck on 28 minutes in Lima on Wednesday night

Christian Ramos (No 15) settled the tie with a second goal midway through the second half and celebrated enthusiastically

Farfan broke the deadlock with an emphatic strike which flashed past Stefan Marinovic and put Peru ahead in a close tie

He celebrated by holding up a No 9 shirt in honour Paolo Guerrero, who was suspended for the second leg of the match

Peru came close again during the first half and were denied by a superb double save from Marinovic, who parried a long-range Miguel Trauco effort before keeping out Farfan's rebound.

New Zealand looked at the most dangerous from set-pieces and one almost bore fruit in the 45th minute but Reid headed just over.

Peru were given another warning shortly after the restart as a looping Kip Colvey cross was met by the head of Chris Wood. He powerfully nodded towards goal, prompting Pedro Gallese into action, although his fine save was ultimately unnecessary as Wood was penalised for climbing on a defender.

With the fear that they were only one away goal from elimination, Peru began to get edgy as the second half wore on.

But Ramos settled the nerves inside the Estadio Nacional when he poked home after New Zealand had failed to clear a corner.

Peru are ranked 10th in the world and will therefore go into pot two for the World Cup draw, which takes place on December 1.

Ramos made it 2-0 by pouncing upon a loose ball after New Zealand failed to clear a corner and there was no way back

Peru's second goal was the cue for wild celebrations at the Estadio Nacional in Lima and soon qualification was confirmed