1998 OFC Nations Cup

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1998 OFC Nations Cup
Tournament details
Host countryAustralia
Dates25 September – 4 October
Teams6 (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 played10
Goals scored52 (5.2 per match)
Attendance20,200 (2,020 per match)
Top scorer(s)Australia Damian Mori (10 goals)
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The 1998

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, while Fiji defeated Tahiti for third place.

Qualification

Melanesia Cup 1998

Main article: 1998 Melanesia Cup

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Fiji (C) 4 3 1 0 8 2 +6 10 Advanced to 1998 OFC Nations Cup
2  Vanuatu (H) 4 2 1 1 8 6 +2 7
3  Solomon Islands 4 2 1 1 8 7 +1 7
4  Papua New Guinea 4 1 1 2 3 6 −3 4
5  New Caledonia 4 0 0 4 4 10 −6 0
Source: [citation needed]
(C) Champions; (H) Hosts

Fiji and Vanuatu qualified.

Polynesia Cup 1998

Main article: 1998 Polynesia Cup

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Tahiti (C) 4 4 0 0 27 1 +26 12 Advanced to 1998 OFC Nations Cup
2  Cook Islands (H) 4 2 1 1 8 11 −3 7
3  Samoa 4 2 0 2 8 7 +1 6
4  Tonga 4 1 1 2 5 9 −4 4
5  American Samoa 4 0 0 4 3 23 −20 0
Source: [1]
(C) Champions; (H) Hosts

Tahiti and Cook Islands qualified.

Venues

Brisbane
Lang Park
Capacity: 52,500

Squads

See 1998 OFC Nations Cup squads.

Group stage

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  New Zealand 2 2 0 0 9 1 +8 6 Advance to knockout stage
2  Tahiti 2 1 0 1 5 2 +3 3
3  Vanuatu 2 0 0 2 2 13 −11 0
Source: [citation needed]
New Zealand 1–0 Tahiti
Paama 13' (o.g.) [1]
Australia
)
New Zealand 8–1 Vanuatu
Christie 1'
Coveny 11', 25', 39', 40'
Ryan 34', 65'
Bunce 65'		 [2] Roronamahava 45'
Attendance: 500
Referee: Intaz Shah (Fiji)
Tahiti 5–1 Vanuatu
Quennet 9', 10', 74'
Zaveroni 54'
Amaru 75'		 [3] Rarai 82'
Australia
)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Australia (H) 2 2 0 0 19 1 +18 6 Advance to knockout stage
2  Fiji 2 1 0 1 4 3 +1 3
3  Cook Islands 2 0 0 2 0 19 −19 0
Source: [citation needed]
(H) Hosts
Australia 3–1 Fiji
Mori 2', 25', 44' [4] Masinisau 62'
Attendance: 900
Australia 16–0 Cook Islands
Trimboli 1', 12', 63'
Mori 8', 15', 30', 34'
Maloney 17', 89'
Ceccoli 42'
Trajanovski 48', 68', 76' (pen.), 88'
Chipperfield 66'
Halpin 80'		 [5]
Tahiti
)
Fiji 3–0 Cook Islands
Dickinson 18' (o.g.)
Kilalwaca 54'
Nasema 85'		 [6]
Attendance: 500

Knockout stage

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 2 October 1998 –
Brisbane
 
  Fiji 0
 
  
Brisbane
 
  Australia 0
 
  Australia 4
 
 
  Tahiti 1
 
Third place
 
 
 4 October 1998 –
Brisbane
 
 
  Fiji 4
 
 
  Tahiti 2

Semifinals

New Zealand 1–0 Fiji
Hay 88' [7]
Tahiti
)
Australia 4–1 Tahiti
Mori 1', 32', 81'
Veart 86'		 [8] Labaste 55'
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Intaz Shah (Fiji)

Third place match

Fiji 4–2 Tahiti
Masi 26', 31'
Lal 28'
Seruvatu 43'		 [9] Rousseau 81', 82'
Australia
)

Final

Main article:
1998 OFC Nations Cup Final
New Zealand 1–0 Australia
Burton 24' [10]
Attendance: 12,000

Goalscorers

10 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal
  • French Polynesia Heimana Paama (playing against New Zealand)
  • Cook Islands Heath Dickinson (playing against Fiji)

References

  1. ^ "Polynesia Cup 1998". WildStat.com. Retrieved 11 December 2020.

External links

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