1998 OFC Nations Cup

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1998 OFC Nations Cup

Tournament details
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)
Runner-up	Australia
Third place	Fiji
Fourth place	Tahiti
Tournament statistics
Matches played	10
Goals scored	51 (5.1 per match)

The Oceania Nations Cup 1998 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 1 Qualification 1.1 Melanesia Cup 1998 1.2 Polynesia Cup 1998 2 Group stage 2.1 Group A 2.1.1 Results 2.1.2 Match Schedule 2.2 Group B 2.2.1 Results 2.2.2 Match Schedule 3 Knockout rounds 3.1 Semifinals 3.2 Third Place 3.3 Final 4 External links

[edit] Qualification

[edit] Melanesia Cup 1998

•  Fiji
•  Vanuatu
•  Solomon Islands
•  Papua New Guinea
•  New Caledonia

Fiji and Vanuatu qualified.

[edit] Polynesia Cup 1998

•  Tahiti
•  Cook Islands
•  Samoa
•  Tonga
•  American Samoa

Tahiti and Cook Islands qualified.

[edit] Group stage

[edit] Group A

[edit] Results

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
New Zealand	6	2	2	0	0	9	1	+8
Tahiti	3	2	1	0	1	5	2	+3
Vanuatu	0	2	0	0	2	2	13	-11

[edit] Match Schedule

September 25, 1998	New Zealand	1-0	Tahiti	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane Attendance: 900 Referee: Simon Micallef (Australia)
	Paama 13' (og)	(Report)

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September 28, 1998	New Zealand	8-1	Vanuatu	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane Attendance: 500 Referee:
	Christie 1' Coveny 11', 25', 39', 40' Ryan 34', 65' Bunce 65'	(Report)	Roronamahava 45'

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September 30, 1998	Tahiti	5-1	Vanuatu	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane Attendance: 400 Referee: Simon Micallef (Australia)
	Quennet 9', 10', 74' Zaveroni 54' Amaru 75'	(Report)	Rarai 82'

[edit] Group B

[edit] Results

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Australia	6	2	2	0	0	19	1	+18
Fiji	3	2	1	0	1	4	3	-1
Cook Islands	0	2	0	0	2	0	19	-19

[edit] Match Schedule

September 25, 1998	Australia	3-1	Fiji	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane Attendance: 900 Referee: Bruce Grimshaw (New Zealand)
	Mori 2', 25', 44'	(Report)	Masinisu 62'

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September 28, 1998	Australia	16-0	Cook Islands	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane Attendance: 600 Referee: Massimo Raveino (Tahiti)
	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)

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September 30, 1998	Fiji	3-0	Cook Islands	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane Attendance: 500 Referee: Bruce Grimshaw (New Zealand)
	Dickinson 18' (og) Kilalwaca 54' Nasema 85'	(Report)

[edit] Knockout rounds

	Semifinals				Final
	October 2, 1998 - Brisbane
	New Zealand	1
	Fiji	0
					October 4, 1998 - Brisbane
					New Zealand	1
					Australia	0
					Third place
	October 2, 1998 - Brisbane			October 4, 1998 - Brisbane
	Australia	4		Fiji	4
	Tahiti	1			Tahiti	2

[edit] Semifinals

October 2, 1998	New Zealand	1-0	Fiji	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Massimo Raveino (Tahiti)
	Hay 88'	(Report)

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October 2, 1998	Australia	4-1	Tahiti	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Intaz Shah (Fiji)
	Mori 1', 32', 81' Veart 86'	(Report)	Labaste 55'

[edit] Third Place

October 4, 1998	Fiji	4-2	Tahiti	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Simon Micallef (Australia)
	Masi 26', 31' Lal 28' Seruvatu 43'	(Report)	Rousseau 81', 82'

[edit] Final

October 4, 1998	New Zealand	1-0	Australia	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Massimo Raveino (Tahiti)
	Burton 24'	(Report)

[edit] External links

• http://www.oceaniafootball.com/index.cgi?sID=43&intArticleID=431&det=1

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