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1998 OFC Nations Cup

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1998 OFC Nations Cup
Tournament details
Host countryAustralia
Dates25 September - 4 October
Teams6 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions New Zealand (2nd title)
Runners-up Australia
Third place Fiji
Fourth place Tahiti
Tournament statistics
Matches played10
Goals scored52 (5.2 per match)
Top scorer(s)Australia Damian Mori (10 goals)
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The 1998 OFC Nations Cup 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:

Qualifying tournament

Melanesia Cup 1998

  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 and Vanuatu qualified.

Polynesia Cup 1998

  Pld W D L GF GA Pts
 Tahiti 4 4 0 0 27 1 12
 Cook Islands 4 2 1 1 8 11 7
 Samoa 4 2 0 2 8 7 6
 Tonga 4 1 1 2 5 9 4
 American Samoa 4 0 0 4 3 23 0

Tahiti and Cook Islands qualified.

Final tournament

Group A

Results

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

Match schedule

New Zealand 1-0 Tahiti
Paama 13' (o.g.) (Report)

New Zealand 8-1 Vanuatu
Christie 1'
Coveny 11', 25', 39', 40'
Ryan 34', 65'
Bunce 65'
(Report) Roronamahava 45'

Tahiti 5-1 Vanuatu
Quennet 9', 10', 74'
Zaveroni 54'
Amaru 75'
(Report) Rarai 82'

Group B

Results

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

Match schedule

Australia 3-1 Fiji
Mori 2', 25', 44' (Report) Masinisau 62'

Australia 16-0 Cook Islands
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)

Fiji 3-0 Cook Islands
Dickinson 18' (o.g.)
Kilalwaca 54'
Nasema 85'
(Report)

Knockout rounds

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
2 October 1998 - Brisbane
 
 
 New Zealand1
 
4 October 1998 - Brisbane
 
 Fiji 0
 
 New Zealand1
 
2 October 1998 - Brisbane
 
 Australia 0
 
 Australia4
 
 
 Tahiti 1
 
Third place
 
 
4 October 1998 - Brisbane
 
 
 Fiji4
 
 
 Tahiti 2

Semifinals

New Zealand 1-0 Fiji
Hay 88' (Report)

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

Third place

Fiji 4-2 Tahiti
Masi 26', 31'
Lal 28'
Seruvatu 43'
(Report) Rousseau 81', 82'

Final

New Zealand 1-0 Australia
Burton 24' (Report)

Goalscorers

10 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal
  • French Polynesia Heimana Paama (playing against New Zealand)
  • Cook Islands Heath Dickinson (playing against Fiji)

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