MSG Prime Minister's Cup
(Redirected from
Melanesia Cup
)The MSG Prime Minister's Cup, formerly known as Melanesia Cup, is an
Oceania Nations Cup
. The original tournament used a round-robin format involving every team playing each other once at the tournaments location.
In 2008, the Wantok Cup was established as a competition between Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu. It was described by the Oceania Football Confederation as "a tournament reminiscent of the now defunct Melanesian Cup".[1]
In 2022 the tournament was revived under the current name, the MSG Prime Minister's Cup, after more than twenty years.[2] It is organised by the Melanesian Spearhead Group.[3]
Participants
Total wins
5 | Fiji | 1988, 1989, 1992, 1998, 2000 |
2 | Solomon Islands | 1994, 2023 |
1 | Vanuatu | 1990 |
1 | Papua New Guinea | 2022 |
Results
Year | Host | Winner | Runner-up | 3rd Place | 4th Place | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Melanesia Cup | |||||||||
1988 Details |
Solomon Islands | Fiji |
Solomon Islands |
Vanuatu |
New Caledonia | ||||
1989 Details |
Fiji | Fiji |
New Caledonia |
Solomon Islands |
Papua New Guinea | ||||
1990 Details |
Vanuatu | Vanuatu |
New Caledonia |
Fiji |
Solomon Islands | ||||
1992 Details |
Vanuatu | Fiji |
New Caledonia |
Solomon Islands |
Vanuatu | ||||
1994 Details |
Solomon Islands | Solomon Islands |
Fiji |
Papua New Guinea |
New Caledonia | ||||
1998 Details |
Vanuatu | Fiji |
Vanuatu |
Solomon Islands |
Papua New Guinea | ||||
2000 Details |
Fiji | Fiji |
Solomon Islands |
Vanuatu |
New Caledonia | ||||
MSG Prime Minister's Cup | |||||||||
2022 Details |
Vanuatu | Papua New Guinea |
Vanuatu (Development Team) |
Fiji |
Solomon Islands | ||||
2023 Details |
New Caledonia | Solomon Islands |
New Caledonia |
Vanuatu |
Papua New Guinea |
Source: https://www.rsssf.org/tablesm/melanesiacup.html
See also
References
- ^ "Wantok Cup Honiara 2008 – Solomon Islands name 64-man squad". Archived 2008-09-05 at the Wayback Machine. Oceania Football Confederation. June 19, 2008.
- ^ Ewart, Richard (September 2022). "FIFA back revival of the Melanesian Cup, but insist on a new competition name". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
- ^ "Sports Development – Melanesian Spearhead Group Secretariat". Retrieved 2024-04-16.