1998 OFC Nations Cup
Tournament details | |
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Host country | Australia |
Dates | 25 September - 4 October |
Teams | 6 (from 1 confederation) |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | New Zealand (2nd title) |
Runners-up | Australia |
Third place | Fiji |
Fourth place | Tahiti |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 10 |
Goals scored | 52 (5.2 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Damian Mori (10 goals) |
The 1998 OFC Nations Cup was held in Brisbane, Australia. The six participating teams were Australia and New Zealand who qualified as of right, Fiji and Vanuatu who qualified from the Melanesia Cup, and Tahiti and the Cook Islands who qualified from the Polynesia Cup. New Zealand beat an Australian team lacking most of their best internationals 1-0 in the final. Fiji defeated Tahiti for third place also.
The results were:
Contents
Qualifying tournament
Melanesia Cup 1998
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | |
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Fiji | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 10 |
Vanuatu | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 7 |
Solomon Islands | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 7 |
Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 |
New Caledonia | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 0 |
Polynesia Cup 1998
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | |
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Tahiti | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 12 |
Cook Islands | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 7 |
Samoa | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 6 |
Tonga | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 4 |
American Samoa | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 0 |
Tahiti and Cook Islands qualified.
Final tournament
Group A
Results
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
New Zealand | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 6 |
Tahiti | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 3 |
Vanuatu | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 13 | -11 | 0 |
Match schedule
28 September 1998
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New Zealand | 8-1 | Vanuatu |
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Christie 1' Coveny 11', 25', 39', 40' Ryan 34', 65' Bunce 65' |
(Report) | Roronamahava 45' |
Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
Attendance: 500 |
Group B
Results
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Australia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1 | +18 | 6 |
Fiji | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 3 |
Cook Islands | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 19 | -19 | 0 |
Match schedule
28 September 1998
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Australia | 16-0 | Cook Islands |
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Trimboli 1', 12', 63' Mori 8', 15', 30', 34' Maloney 17', 89' Ceccoli 42' Trajanovski 48', 68', 76' (pen), 88' Chipperfield 66' Halpin 80' |
(Report) |
Knockout rounds
Semi-finals | Final | ||||||
2 October 1998 - Brisbane | |||||||
New Zealand | 1 | ||||||
Fiji | 0 | ||||||
4 October 1998 - Brisbane | |||||||
New Zealand | 1 | ||||||
Australia | 0 | ||||||
Third place | |||||||
2 October 1998 - Brisbane | 4 October 1998 - Brisbane | ||||||
Australia | 4 | Fiji | 4 | ||||
Tahiti | 1 | Tahiti | 2 |
Semifinals
Third place
Final
Goalscorers
- 10 goals
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
- Paul Trimboli
- Esala Masi
- Gerald Quennet
- 2 goals
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- Brad Maloney
- Rupert Ryan
- Rousseau
- 1 goal
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- Alvin Ceccoli
- Carl Veart
- Scott Chipperfield
- Troy Halpin
- Kameli Kilalwaca
- Shailend Lal
- Ulaisi Seruvatu
- Valerio Nasema
- Che Bunce
- Danny Hay
- Mark Burton
- Tinol Christie
- Harold Amaru
- Hiro Labaste
- Teva Zaveroni
- Edwin Rarai
- Peter Roronamahava
- Own goal
External links
- http://www.oceaniafootball.com/index.cgi?sID=43&intArticleID=431&det=1
- RSSF. Accessed 21 February 2010.
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