1998 OFC Nations Cup

1998 OFC Nations Cup
Tournament details
Host country Australia
Dates 25 September - 4 October
Teams 6 (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 played 10
Goals scored 52 (5.2 per match)
Top scorer(s) Australia Damian Mori (10 goals)

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

Main article: 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

Main article: 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 220091+86
Tahiti 210152+33
Vanuatu 2002213-110

Match schedule

25 September 1998
New Zealand  1-0  Tahiti
Paama 13' (o.g.) (Report)
Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
Attendance: 900
Referee: Simon Micallef (Australia)

28 September 1998
New Zealand  8-1  Vanuatu
Christie 1'
Coveny 11', 25', 39', 40'
Ryan 34', 65'
Bunce 65'
(Report) Roronamahava 45'

30 September 1998
Tahiti  5-1  Vanuatu
Quennet 9', 10', 74'
Zaveroni 54'
Amaru 75'
(Report) Rarai 82'
Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
Attendance: 400
Referee: Simon Micallef (Australia)

Group B

Results

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Australia 2200191+186
Fiji 210143+13
Cook Islands 2002019-190

Match schedule

25 September 1998
Australia  3-1  Fiji
Mori 2', 25', 44' (Report) Masinisau 62'
Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
Attendance: 900
Referee: Bruce Grimshaw (New Zealand)

28 September 1998
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)
Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
Attendance: 600
Referee: Massimo Raveino (Tahiti)

30 September 1998
Fiji  3-0  Cook Islands
Dickinson 18' (o.g.)
Kilalwaca 54'
Nasema 85'
(Report)
Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
Attendance: 500
Referee: Bruce Grimshaw (New Zealand)

Knockout rounds

Semi-finals Final
2 October 1998 - Brisbane
  New Zealand  1  
  Fiji  0  
 
4 October 1998 - Brisbane
      New Zealand  1
    Australia  0
Third place
2 October 1998 - Brisbane 4 October 1998 - Brisbane
  Australia  4   Fiji  4
  Tahiti  1     Tahiti  2

Semifinals

2 October 1998
New Zealand  1-0  Fiji
Hay 88' (Report)
Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Massimo Raveino (Tahiti)

2 October 1998
Australia  4-1  Tahiti
Mori 1', 32', 81'
Veart 86'
(Report) Labaste 55'
Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Intaz Shah (Fiji)

Third place

4 October 1998
Fiji  4-2  Tahiti
Masi 26', 31'
Lal 28'
Seruvatu 43'
(Report) Rousseau 81', 82'
Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Simon Micallef (Australia)

Final

4 October 1998
New Zealand  1-0  Australia
Burton 24' (Report)
Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Massimo Raveino (Tahiti)

Goalscorers

10 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal

External links

Coordinates: 27°27′53″S 153°0′34″E / 27.46472°S 153.00944°E / -27.46472; 153.00944 (Suncorp Stadium)

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