Pacifica Cup

The Pacifica Cup was an international cricket tournament contested in 2001 and 2002 by teams from the Pacific Islands.

2001 tournament

First round

The eight participating teams were divided into two pools of four teams for the first round.

Pool A

Fiji topped Pool A after winnings all three of their matches, including a 362 run win against New Caledonia in their opening match. Tonga, who also beat New Caledonia by more than 300 runs, joined them in the semi-finals. Vanuatu finished third in the group ahead of the New Caledonians.

Pool B

Pool B was topped by Tonga, who reached the final after winning all four of their matches. As in 2001, New Caledonia were at the foot of the pool, losing all four of their matches, including a 314 run defeat at the hands of group runners-up the Cook Islands.

5th place play-off

Limited Overs Matches
date = 5 June 2002
team1 = cr-rt|Samoa
score1 = 223/9 (50 overs)
score2 = 137 all out (38.2 overs)
team2 = cr|Vanuatu
runs1 = Sipiliona Tua 87 (103)
wickets1 = Pierre Chilla 4/31 (10 overs)
runs2 = Richard Tatwin 25
wickets2 = Niko Apa 3/26 (7.2 overs)
result = cr|Samoa won by 86 runs
venue = Faleata Oval
umpires = Tony Cooper, R Thoker

3rd place play-off

Limited Overs Matches
date = 5 June 2002
team1 = cr-rt|Fiji
score1 = 212 all out (49.5 overs)
score2 = 55 all out (26.5 overs)
team2 = cr|Cook Islands
runs1 = Iniasi Cakacaka 48 (104)
wickets1 = Tuakana Marukore 3/24 (4.5 overs)
runs2 = Tuakana Marukore 15
wickets2 = Taione Batina 4/17 (10 overs)
result = cr|Fiji won by 157 runs
venue = Faleata Oval
umpires = F Griffin, Phil Jones
rain = Taione Batina took a hat-trick in the Cook Islands innings

Final

Limited Overs Matches
date = 5 June 2002
team1 = cr-rt|Tonga
score1 = 89 all out (41.3 overs)
score2 = 93/3 (16 overs)
team2 = cr|PNG
runs1 = Selusalema Vite 29
wickets1 = Noel Kariko 4/17 (8.3 overs)
runs2 = John Ovia 23*
wickets2 = Selusalema Vite 2/31 (7 overs)
result = cr|PNG won by 7 wickets
venue = Faleata Oval
umpires = Billy Bowden, B Parry

Final standings

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ee also

*World Cricket League EAP region

References

* [http://www.cricketeurope4.net/CRICKETEUROPE/DATABASE/2001/TOURNAMENTS/PACIFICACUP/about.shtml 2001 tournament] at CricketEurope
* [http://www.cricketeurope4.net/CRICKETEUROPE/DATABASE/2002/TOURNAMENTS/PACIFICACUP/about.shtml 2002 tournament] at CricketEurope
* [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Seasons/NZ/2000-01_NZ_Pacifica_Championship_2000-01.html 2001 tournament] at Cricket Archive
* [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Seasons/SAM/2002_SAM_Pacifica_Championship_2002.html 2002 tournament] at Cricket Archive