1998 Melanesia Cup

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1998 Melanesia Cup
Tournament details
Host countryVanuatu
Dates5 September - 12 September
Teams5 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Fiji (4th title)
Runners-up Vanuatu
Third place Solomon Islands
Tournament statistics
Matches played10
Goals scored31 (3.1 per match)

The Melanesia Cup 1998 was the sixth Melanesia-wide football tournament ever held. It took place in Santo, Vanuatu and five teams participated: Fiji, Solomon Islands, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu and served for the second time as Oceania Nations Cup qualifyer.

The teams played each other according to a round-robin format with Fiji winning the tournament for the third time and qualifying to the Oceania Nations Cup 1998 along with Vanuatu.

Results

　 Pld W D L GF GA Pts
 Fiji 4 3 1 0 8 2 10
 Vanuatu 4 2 1 1 8 6 7
 Solomon Islands 4 2 1 1 8 7 7
 Papua New Guinea 4 1 1 2 3 6 4
 New Caledonia 4 0 0 4 4 10 0
Fiji 3-0 New Caledonia
Papua New Guinea 1-3 Solomon Islands
Fiji 2-1 Vanuatu
Papua New Guinea 1-0 New Caledonia
Vanuatu 1-1 Papua New Guinea
Solomon Islands 3-2 New Caledonia
Vanuatu 3-1 Solomon Islands
Fiji 2-0 Papua New Guinea
New Caledonia 2-3 Vanuatu
Fiji 1-1 Solomon Islands

Fiji and Vanuatu qualified for Oceania Nations Cup 1998


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