1980 OFC Nations Cup

1980 OFC Nations Cup

Tournament details
Host country	New Caledonia
Dates	24 February - 1 March
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Australia (1st title)
Runners-up	Tahiti
Third place	New Caledonia
Fourth place	Fiji
Tournament statistics
Matches played	14
Goals scored	94 (6.71 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ian Hunter (5) Eddie Krncevic (5)
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The 1980 OFC Nations Cup was held in Nouméa, New Caledonia. The eight participating teams were Australia, Fiji, New Caledonia, New Hebrides, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, and Tahiti. Australia defeated Tahiti 4-2 in the final to secure a championship title which would last for 16 years. The hosts, New Caledonia, defeated Fiji 2-1 in third place playoff. This was the first OFC Nations Cup held after the continent was considered to ba a proper continent by FIFA.

Group A

	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
1	Tahiti	3	3	0	0	21	5	6
2	Fiji	3	2	0	1	10	7	4
3	New Zealand	3	1	0	2	7	8	2
4	Solomon Islands	3	0	0	3	3	21	0

February 25, 1980	Fiji	3-1	Solomon Islands	Stade de Magenta, Noumea, New Caledonia

February 25, 1980	Tahiti	3-1	New Zealand	Stade de Magenta, Noumea, New Caledonia
	Alfred Wabealo 61' Andre Wabealo 73' Erroll Bennett 85'		Steve Sumner 47'pen

February 27, 1980	Fiji	4-0	New Zealand	Stade de Magenta, Noumea, New Caledonia
	D. Chand 10' 39' M. Vuilabasa 31' 63'

February 27, 1980	Tahiti	12-1	Solomon Islands	Stade de Magenta, Noumea, New Caledonia

February 29, 1980	Tahiti	6-3	Fiji	Stade de Magenta, Noumea, New Caledonia

February 29, 1980	New Zealand	6-1	Solomon Islands	Stade de Magenta, Noumea, New Caledonia
	Michael Groom 6' Mark Armstrong 16', 65', 69' Bill de Graaf 24', 39'		E. Karitea 66'

Group B

	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
1	Australia	3	3	0	0	20	2	6
2	New Caledonia	3	2	0	1	12	11	4
3	Papua New Guinea	3	1	0	2	6	22	2
4	New Hebrides	3	0	0	3	6	9	0

February 24, 1980	Papua New Guinea	4-3	New Hebrides	Noumea, New Caledonia

February 24, 1980	Australia	8-0	New Caledonia	Noumea, New Caledonia
	Danny Moulis Ian Hunter 2 Paul Kay 2 Eddie Krncevic 3

February 26, 1980	Australia	11-2	Papua New Guinea	Noumea, New Caledonia
	Danny Moulis Arno Bertogna Vic Bozanic Ian Hunter 3 Eddie Krncevic Peter Sharne 4		Mouagi Torea

February 26, 1980	New Caledonia	4-3	New Hebrides	Noumea, New Caledonia

February 28, 1980	Australia	1-0	New Hebrides	Noumea, New Caledonia
	Eddie Krncevic

February 28, 1980	New Caledonia	8-0	Papua New Guinea	Noumea, New Caledonia

Third Place

March 2, 1980	New Caledonia	2-1	Fiji	Noumea, New Caledonia

Final

March 3, 1980	Australia	4-2	Tahiti	Noumea, New Caledonia
	Paul Kay 4' 29' Danny Moulis Vic Bozanic		Andre Wabealo Erroll Bennett

1980 OFC Nations Cup
Australia 1st title

External links

• http://www.oceaniafootball.com/index.cgi?sID=43&intArticleID=433&det=1
• rec.sports.soccer Statistics Foundation 1980 Oceania Cup results. Accessed 21 February 2010.