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1980 Oceania Cup
1980 Coupe d'Océanie des nations
1980 OFC Aibu te Fenua
Tournament details
Host countryNew Caledonia
Dates24 February - 1 March
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Australia (1st title)
Runners-up Tahiti
Third place New Caledonia
Fourth place Fiji
Tournament statistics
Matches played14
Goals scored94 (6.71 per match)
Top scorer(s)Australia Ian Hunter
Australia Eddie Krncevic
(5 goals each)
← 1973
1996 →

The 1980 OFC Nations Cup was held in Nouméa, New Caledonia. The eight participating teams were Australia, Fiji, New Caledonia, New Hebrides, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, and Tahiti. Australia defeated Tahiti 4-2 in the final to secure a championship title which would last for 16 years. The hosts, New Caledonia, defeated Fiji 2-1 in third place playoff.

Group stage

Group A

Team P W D L GF GA Pts
1  Tahiti 3 3 0 0 21 5 6
2  Fiji 3 2 0 1 10 7 4
3  New Zealand 3 1 0 2 7 8 2
4  Solomon Islands 3 0 0 3 3 21 0
Fiji 3–1 Solomon Islands
Tahiti 3–1 New Zealand
Alfred Wabealo 61'
Andre Wabealo 73'
Erroll Bennett 85'		 Steve Sumner 47'pen
Fiji 4–0 New Zealand
D. Chand 10' 39'
M. Vuilabasa 31' 63'
Tahiti 12–1 Solomon Islands
Tahiti 6–3 Fiji
New Zealand 6–1 Solomon Islands
Michael Groom 6'
Mark Armstrong 16', 65', 69'
Bill de Graaf 24', 39'		 E. Karitea 66'

Group B

Team P W D L GF GA Pts
1  Australia 3 3 0 0 20 2 6
2  New Caledonia 3 2 0 1 12 11 4
3  Papua New Guinea 3 1 0 2 6 22 2
4  New Hebrides 3 0 0 3 6 9 0
Papua New Guinea 4–3 New Hebrides
Australia 8–0 New Caledonia
Danny Moulis
Ian Hunter 2
Paul Kay 2
Eddie Krncevic 3
Australia 11–2 Papua New Guinea
Danny Moulis
Arno Bertogna
Vic Bozanic
Ian Hunter 3
Eddie Krncevic
Peter Sharne 4		 Mouagi
Torea
New Caledonia 4–3 New Hebrides
Australia 1–0 New Hebrides
Eddie Krncevic
New Caledonia 8–0 Papua New Guinea

Knockout stage

Third Place

New Caledonia 2–1 Fiji
Jean Xowi 36'
Jacob Xowi 62'		 Mohamed Salim 3'

Final

Main article: 1980 OFC Nations Cup Final
Australia 4–2 Tahiti
Paul Kay 4', 29'
Danny Moulis
Vic Bozanic		 Andre Wabealo 11'
Erroll Bennett


 1980 OFC Nations Cup 

Australia
1st title

Champions Squad

Coach: West Germany Rudi Gutendorf

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
2DF Alan Davidson (1960-06-01)1 June 1960 (aged 19) 1 Australia South Melbourne
3MF Arno Bertogna (1959-04-09)9 April 1959 (aged 20) 2 Australia Newcastle Australs
2DF Danny Moulis (1960-07-25)25 July 1960 (aged 19) 0 Australia Sydney Olympic
4FW Eddie Krnčević (1960-08-14)14 August 1960 (aged 19) 29 Australia Marconi
3MF George Christopoulos (1960-12-11)11 December 1960 (aged 19) 1 Australia South Melbourne
1GK Greg Woodhouse (1960-01-02)2 January 1960 (aged 20) 8 Australia APIA-Leichhardt
4FW Ian Hunter (1961-08-10)10 August 1961 (aged 18) 0 Australia Blacktown City
4FW Mark Brusasco (1960-08-24)24 August 1960 (aged 19) 0 Australia Brisbane City
3MF Paul Kay (1962-05-18)18 May 1962 (aged 17) 0 Australia St. George
3MF Peter Raskopoulos (1962-02-22)22 February 1962 (aged 18) 0 Australia Sydney Olympic
3MF Peter Sharne (1956-03-22)22 March 1956 (aged 23) 16 Australia Marconi
3MF Steve Blair 0
2DF Steve Hogg (1960-02-14)14 February 1960 (aged 20) 1 Australia Brisbane Lions
3MF Theo Selemidis (1959-10-27)27 October 1959 (aged 20) 0 Australia Heidelberg United
2DF Vic Bozanic (1957-10-30)30 October 1957 (aged 22) 0 Australia West Adelaide
1GK Yakka Banovic (1956-11-12)12 November 1956 (aged 23) 0 England Derby County
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