1973 OFC Nations Cup

1973 Oceania Cup

Tournament details
Host country	New Zealand
Dates	17 February - 24 February
Teams	5 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	New Zealand (1st title)
Runners-up	Tahiti
Third place	New Caledonia
Fourth place	New Hebrides
Tournament statistics
Matches played	12
Goals scored	37 (3.08 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Alan Marley (3) Segin Wayewol (3)
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The 1973 OFC Nations Cup was the first Oceania-wide tournament ever held. It took place in New Zealand from 17 February 1973–24 February 1973. All matches were held at Newmarket Park, in Auckland, and five teams participated: New Zealand, New Caledonia, Tahiti, New Hebrides (now known as Vanuatu) and Fiji.

At the time, the Oceania Football Confederation was not considered a full FIFA Confederation, and as such allowed national teams unaffiliated with FIFA to enter.

The teams played each other according to a round-robin format, and the top two teams (New Zealand and Tahiti) played off in a final to determine the winner. New Caledonia and New Hebrides also played each other, on the same day as the final, to determine third place.

New Zealand won the tournament with a 2-0 victory in the final, while New Caledonia retained third place by defeating New Hebrides 2-1.

First round

	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
1	New Zealand	4	3	1	0	11	4	7
2	Tahiti	4	2	2	0	7	2	6
3	New Caledonia	4	2	0	2	8	5	4
4	New Hebrides	4	1	1	2	4	8	3
5	Fiji	4	0	0	4	2	13	0

Match results

1973 OFC Nations Cup 17 February 1973	Tahiti	2 : 1	New Caledonia	Newmarket Park, Auckland, New Zealand Referee: T. Delahunty
	Erroll Bennett Alexis Tumahai	Summary	Roger Mandin

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1973 OFC Nations Cup 17 February 1973	New Zealand	5 : 1	Fiji	Newmarket Park, Auckland, New Zealand Referee: A. Nakagawa
	Brian Turner David Taylor Geoff Brand Malcolm Bland Alan Vest	Summary	Terio Vakatawa

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1973 OFC Nations Cup 18 February 1973	New Caledonia	4 : 1	New Hebrides	Newmarket Park, Auckland, New Zealand Referee: P. Tahuaitu
	Jean Hmae Segin Wayewol Pierre Wacapo	Summary	Michael Dupuy

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1973 OFC Nations Cup 18 February 1973	New Zealand	1 : 1	Tahiti	Newmarket Park, Auckland, New Zealand Referee: P. Raman
	Alan Vest	Summary	Erroll Bennett

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1973 OFC Nations Cup 20 February 1973	New Caledonia	2 : 0	Fiji	Newmarket Park, Auckland, New Zealand Referee: B. Chaudet
	Segin Wayewol	Summary

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1973 OFC Nations Cup 20 February 1973	Tahiti	0 : 0	New Hebrides	Newmarket Park, Auckland, New Zealand Referee: A. Nakagawa
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1973 OFC Nations Cup 21 February 1973	New Hebrides	2 : 1	Fiji	Newmarket Park, Auckland, New Zealand Referee: T. Delahunty
	Alick Saurei Jacky Valette	Summary	Josateki Kurivitu

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1973 OFC Nations Cup 21 February 1973	New Zealand	2 : 1	New Caledonia	Newmarket Park, Auckland, New Zealand Referee: B. Chaudet
	Alan Marley Colin Latimour	Summary	Jean Xowie

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1973 OFC Nations Cup 23 February 1973	Tahiti	4 : 0	Fiji	Newmarket Park, Auckland, New Zealand Referee: A. Nakagawa
	Claude Carrara Harold Ng Fok Gilles Malinowski Roland de Marigny	Summary

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1973 OFC Nations Cup 23 February 1973	New Zealand	3 : 1	New Hebrides	Newmarket Park, Auckland, New Zealand Referee: P. Tahuaitu
	Malcolm Bland Brian Hardman Alan Marley	Summary	Raymond Valette

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Third Place Playoff

February 24, 1973	New Caledonia	2 : 1	New Hebrides	Newmarket Park, Auckland, New Zealand Referee: P. Tahuaitu
	Gerald Delmas Jean Xowie	Summary	Charles Galinie

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Final

February 24, 1973	New Zealand	2 : 0	Tahiti	Newmarket Park, Auckland, New Zealand Referee: B. Chaudet
	David Taylor Alan Marley	Summary

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Awards

1973 OFC Nations Cup Winners
New Zealand First title

Goalscorers (overall)

3 goals

• Alan Marley
• Segin Wayewol

2 goals

• Erroll Bennett
• Malcolm Bland
• Jean Hmae
• David Taylor
• Alan Vest
• Jean Xowie

1 goal

• Geoff Brand
• Claude Carrara
• Gerald Delmas
• Michael Dupuy
• Harold Ng Fok
• Charles Galinie
• Brian Hardman
• Josateki Kurivitu
• Colin Latimour
• Gilles Malinowski
• Roger Mandin
• Roland de Marigny
• Alick Saurei
• Alexis Tumahai
• Brian Turner
• Terio Vakatawa
• Jacky Valette
• Raymond Valette
• Pierre Wacapo

References

• rec.sports.soccer Statistics Foundation page on Oceania Cup. Accessed 6 September 2005.
• rec.sports.soccer Statistics Foundation 1973 Oceania Cup results. Accessed 6 September 2005.