2000 OFC Nations Cup

2000 OFC Nations Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Tahiti
Dates	16 June - 28 June
Teams	6 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Australia (3rd title)
Runners-up	New Zealand
Third place	Solomon Islands
Fourth place	Vanuatu
Tournament statistics
Matches played	10
Goals scored	48 (4.8 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Craig Foster (5) Clayton Zane (5)
← 1998 Championship 2002 Championship →

The 2000 OFC Nations Cup was held in Papeete, Tahiti. The six participating teams were Australia and New Zealand who qualified as of right, the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu who qualified from the Melanesia Cup, the Cook Islands and Tahiti who qualified from the Polynesia Cup. Australia beat New Zealand 2-0 in the final. The Solomon Islands beat Vanuatu 2-1 for third place.

Fiji qualified to this edition but then withdrew due to the 2000 Fijian coup d'état and was replaced by Vanuatu.

The results were:

Qualifying Tournament

Melanesia Cup 2000

	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Fiji	4	3	1	0	13	4	10
Solomon Islands	4	2	1	1	10	9	7
Vanuatu	4	2	0	2	12	7	6
New Caledonia	4	2	0	2	11	11	6
Papua New Guinea	4	0	0	4	4	19	0

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April 8, 2000	Fiji	5-0	Papua New Guinea	Suva, Fiji
	Manoa Masi Marika Namaqa Esala Masi Emoel B K Doidoi

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April 8, 2000	New Caledonia	4-2	Solomon Islands	Suva, Fiji
	Didler W Marius M Steve L J Pibee		Batram Suri Noel Berry

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April 10, 2000	Solomon Islands	2-1	Vanuatu	Suva, Fiji
	Noel Berry Patteson Daudau		V Noel

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April 10, 2000	Fiji	2-1	New Caledonia	Suva, Fiji
	Manoa Masi A Driu		Didier W

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April 11, 2000	New Caledonia	6-1	Papua New Guinea	Suva, Fiji
	W Didler M Patrice M Marius F Yues P Joris E Alexander		S Mali

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April 11, 2000	Fiji	4-1	Vanuatu	Suva, Fiji
	Esala Masinisau 2 B Lorima 2		Richard Iwai

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April 13, 2000	Vanuatu	6-0	New Caledonia	Suva, Fiji
	C Seimata Hubert Reuben Richard Iwai 2 H George 2

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April 13, 2000	Solomon Islands	4-2	Papua New Guinea	Suva, Fiji
	Jack Samani Noel Berry Patteson Daudau 2		L Isalah E Geoferey

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April 15, 2000	Papua New Guinea	1-4	Vanuatu	Suva, Fiji
	P Paliwa		C Berry N Vari 2 Hubert Reuben

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April 15, 2000	Fiji	2-2	Solomon Islands	Suva, Fiji
	Emosi Baleinuku A Driu		Batram Suri Patteson Daudau

Solomon Islands and Vanuatu* qualified for Oceania Nations Cup 2000

• Fiji were replaced by Vanuatu (due to civil unrest taking place in Fiji).

Polynesia Cup 2000

	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Tahiti	4	4	0	0	30	2	12
Cook Islands	4	3	0	1	8	5	9
Samoa	4	2	0	2	13	6	6
Tonga	4	1	0	3	4	15	3
American Samoa	4	0	0	4	2	29	0

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June 6, 2000	Tonga	0-4	Samoa	Paranuu Stadium Papeete, Tahiti

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June 6, 2000	Tahiti	18-0	American Samoa	Paranuu Stadium Papeete, Tahiti

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June 8, 2000	Tahiti	2-1	Samoa	Paranuu Stadium Papeete, Tahiti

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June 8, 2000	Cook Islands	2-1	Tonga	Paranuu Stadium Papeete, Tahiti
	George Mani 32' Niki Te Miha 91'		? 65' pen

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June 10, 2000	Tahiti	8-1	Tonga	Paranuu Stadium Papeete, Tahiti

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June 10, 2000	Cook Islands	3-0	American Samoa	Paranuu Stadium Papeete, Tahiti
	Ine Mani Mark Jamieson Eddie Drollett 90'

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June 12, 2000	Samoa	6-1	American Samoa	Paranuu Stadium Papeete, Tahiti

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June 12, 2000	Tahiti	2-0	Cook Islands	Paranuu Stadium Papeete, Tahiti

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June 14, 2000	Tonga	2-1	American Samoa	Paranuu Stadium Papeete, Tahiti

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June 14, 2000	Cook Islands	3-2	Samoa	Paranuu Stadium Papeete, Tahiti

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Tahiti and Cook Islands qualified for Oceania Nations Cup 2000

Final tournament

Group A

Results

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Australia	6	2	2	0	0	23	0	+23
Solomon Islands	3	2	1	0	1	5	7	-2
Cook Islands	0	2	0	0	2	1	22	-21

19 June 2000	Australia	17–0	Cook Islands	Stade Pater, Papeete, Tahiti Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Leaustic (Tahiti)
	Agostino 18', 68' Muscat 21', 45' (pen) Tiatto 24' Foster 30', 42', 51', 80' Zdrilic 35', 65' Lazaridis 55' Popovic 60' Corica 70' Zane 82', 87', 89'	(Report)

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21 June 2000	Solomon Islands	5–1	Cook Islands	Stade Pater, Papeete, Tahiti Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Attison (Vanuatu)
	Suri 33' Menapi 47' Samani 63' Omokirio 74' Kotto 88'	(Report)	Shepherd 55'

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23 June 2000	Australia	6–0	Solomon Islands	Stade Pater, Papeete, Tahiti Attendance: 300 Referee: Sosongan (Papua New Guinea)
	Chipperfield 6' Zane 13', 35' Omokirio 36' (OG) Muscat 39' (pen) Cardozo 43'	(Report)

Group B

Results

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
New Zealand	6	2	2	0	0	5	1	+4
Vanuatu	3	2	1	0	1	4	5	-1
Tahiti	0	2	0	0	2	2	5	-3

19 Jun 2000	New Zealand	2 – 0	Tahiti	Stade Pater Papeete, Tahiti Attendance: 1000
	Kris Bouckenooghe 27' Chris Jackson 78

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21 Jun 2000	New Zealand	3 – 1	Vanuatu	Stade Pater Papeete, Tahiti
	Chris Killen 47', 84' Jonathan Perry 56		Richard Iwai 14'

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22 Jun 2000	Vanuatu	3 – 2	Tahiti	Stade Pater Papeete, Tahiti Attendance: 500
	Jimmy Ben 49' Richard Iwai 60' Georgina Tura 77'		Jean-Loup Rousseau 2' pen Harold Amaru 87'

Semi-finals

25 Jun 2000	Australia	1 – 0	Vanuatu	Stade Pater Papeete, Tahiti Attendance: 300
	Kevin Muscat 5' pen

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25 Jun 2000	New Zealand	2 – 0	Solomon Islands	Stade Pater Papeete, Tahiti Attendance: 500
	Simon Elliott  51'  55'

Third Place

28 Jun 2000	Solomon Islands	2 – 1	Vanuatu	Stade Pater Papeete, Tahiti Attendance: 300
	Commins Menapi 53' Gideon Omokirio 69' pen		Lexa Bibi 35'

Final

28 Jun 2000	Australia	2 – 0	New Zealand	Stade Pater Papeete, Tahiti Attendance: 300
	Shaun Murphy 40' Craig Foster 66'

External links

• http://www.oceaniafootball.com/index.cgi?sID=43&intArticleID=430&det=1
• RSSF. Accessed 21 February 2010.