1988 Pacific Cup

1988 (1988) Pacific Cup ()
Number of teams	6
Host country	Western Samoa
Winner	Māori (4th title)
Matches played	11
Tournaments < 1986 1990 >

The 1988 Pacific Cup was the fourth edition of the Pacific Cup, a rugby league tournament held between Pacific teams. The tournament was hosted by Western Samoa and eventually won by the New Zealand Māori side, who defeated Western Samoa 26-16 in the final.

Squads

The Cook Islands included Denvour Johnston.
Coached by Richard Bolton, the New Zealand Māori squad included Morvin Edwards, captain Barry Harvey, Kelly Shelford, Mark Woods and Tawera Nikau.^[1]
Tonga included John Fifita, captain Duane Mann and Dick Uluave.
Western Samoa included Paddy Tuimavave, Hitro Okesene and captain Olsen Filipaina.^[1]

Results

Group 1

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Western Samoa	2	2	0	92	34	58	4
2	Cook Islands	2	1	1	35	62	-27	2
3	Tokelau	2	0	2	28	59	-31	0

1988

Cook Islands	19 - 10	Tokelau

Western Samoa

1988

Western Samoa	52 - 16	Cook Islands

Western Samoa

1988

Western Samoa	40 - 18	Tokelau

Western Samoa

Group 2

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Māori	2	2	0	84	26	58	4
2	Tonga	2	1	1	54	56	-2	2
3	American Samoa	2	0	2	24	80	-56	0

1988

Māori	42 - 10	American Samoa

Western Samoa

1988

Tonga	38 - 14	American Samoa

Western Samoa

1988

Māori	42 - 16	Tonga

Western Samoa

Finals

Semifinals			Final

1	NZ Māori	70
2	Cook Islands	20
				NZ Māori	26
				Western Samoa	16
1	Western Samoa	40
2	Tonga	30	Third place

				Tonga	19
				Cook Islands	6

Fifth place play off

1988

Tokelau	26 - 16	American Samoa

Western Samoa

Semi Finals

1988

Western Samoa	40 - 30	Tonga

Western Samoa

1988

Māori	70 - 20	Cook Islands

Western Samoa

Third place play off

1988

Tonga	19 - 6	Cook Islands

Western Samoa

Final

1988

Māori	26 - 16	Western Samoa

Western Samoa
Attendance: 4500

References

1 2 John Coffey, Bernie Wood (2008). 100 years: Māori rugby league, 1908-2008. Huia Publishers. pp. 252–255. ISBN 978-1-86969-331-2.

External links

International Competitions 1988 The Vault

Rugby League Pacific Cup

Tournaments	1975 1977 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1997 2004 2006 2009

Finals	1975 1977 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1997 2004 2006 2009

Squads	1975 1977 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1997 2004 2006 2009

Current participants	Cook Islands Fiji Papua New Guinea Samoa Tonga

Past participants	American Samoa Australian Aborigines Fijian President's XIII New Zealand New Zealand Māori Niue Norfolk Island Northern Territory Rotuma Tokelau Victoria Western Australia

The tournament has had several names. In 1996, it was known as Pacific Challenge Series; in 1997, the Oceania Cup; and in 2004, the Pacific Rim Championship.

Rugby league in Oceania

Main articles	Australia Cook Islands Fiji New Zealand Papua New Guinea Samoa Solomon Islands Tokelau Tonga

Major federations	Asia-Pacific Australia Cook Islands Fiji New Zealand Papua New Guinea Samoa Solomon Islands Tonga

Major competitions	Australia Cook Islands Fiji New Zealand Papua New Guinea Tonga Solomon Islands

National teams	American Samoa Australia Cook Islands East Timor Fiji Guam Kiribati Marshall Islands Nauru New Caledonia New Zealand Niue Norfolk Island Palau Papua New Guinea Samoa Solomon Islands Tahiti Tokelau Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu Wallis and Futuna

Women's national teams	Australia Cook Islands Fiji New Zealand Niue Samoa Tokelau Tonga

Pacific Cup	1975 1977 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1997 2004 2006 2009

Competitions	Anzac Test Pacific Rugby League International Four Nations Peter Leitch QSM Challenge Trophy

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