1989 Melanesia Cup

1989 Melanesia Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Fiji
Dates	28 October – 4 November
Teams	5 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Fiji (2nd title)
Runners-up	New Caledonia
Third place	Solomon Islands
Tournament statistics
Matches played	10
Goals scored	25 (2.5 per match)

The Melanesia Cup 1989 was the second Melanesia-wide tournament ever held. It took place in Fiji and five teams participated: Fiji, Solomon Islands, New Caledonia, Vanuatu and for the first time Papua New Guinea.

The teams played each other according to a round-robin format with Fiji winning the tournament.

Results

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Fiji	4	3	1	0	7	2	+5	7
2	New Caledonia	4	3	0	1	9	5	+4	6
3	Solomon Islands	4	1	2	1	2	2	0	4
4	Papua New Guinea	4	1	1	2	5	4	+1	3
5	Vanuatu	4	0	0	4	2	12	−10	0

Source:

28 October 1989

Vanuatu	0–2	Solomon Islands

Fiji

28 October 1989

Fiji	2–1	Papua New Guinea

Fiji

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30 October 1989

Solomon Islands	0–2	New Caledonia

Fiji

30 October 1989

Fiji	2–1	Vanuatu

Fiji

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31 October 1989

New Caledonia	0–3	Fiji

Fiji

31 October 1989

Papua New Guinea	3–0	Vanuatu

Fiji

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3 November 1989

Vanuatu	1-5	New Caledonia

Fiji

3 November 1989

Solomon Islands	0–0	Papua New Guinea

Fiji

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4 November 1989

Solomon Islands	0–0	Fiji

Fiji

4 November 1989

New Caledonia	2–1	Papua New Guinea

Fiji