MSG Prime Minister's Cup
Appearance
The Melanesia Cup was an association football championship played between the Melanesian countries, it was used (along with the Polynesia Cup) for qualification to the Oceania Nations Cup. The last edition of the cup was in 2000. The tournament used a round-robin format involving every team playing each other once at the tournaments location.
In 2008, the Wantok Cup was established as a competition between Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu. It was described by the Oceania Football Confederation as "a tournament reminiscent of the now defunct Melanesian Cup".[1]
Participants
Total wins
5 | Fiji | 1988, 1989, 1992, 1998, 2000 |
1 | Vanuatu | 1990 |
1 | Solomon Islands | 1994 |
Results
Year | Host | Winner | Runner-up | 3rd Place | 4th Place |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1988 Details |
Solomon Islands | Fiji |
Solomon Islands |
Vanuatu |
New Caledonia |
1989 Details |
Fiji | Fiji |
New Caledonia |
Solomon Islands |
Papua New Guinea |
1990 Details |
Vanuatu | Vanuatu |
New Caledonia |
Fiji |
Solomon Islands |
1992 Details |
Vanuatu | Fiji |
New Caledonia |
Solomon Islands |
Vanuatu |
1994 Details |
Solomon Islands | Solomon Islands |
Fiji |
Papua New Guinea |
New Caledonia |
1998 Details |
Vanuatu | Fiji |
Vanuatu |
Solomon Islands |
Papua New Guinea |
2000 Details |
Fiji | Fiji |
Solomon Islands |
Vanuatu |
New Caledonia |
See also
References
- ^ "Wantok Cup Honiara 2008 - Solomon Islands name 64-man squad", Oceania Football Confederation, June 19, 2008
- ^ "Melanesian Cup". RSSSF. Retrieved 29 December 2014.