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	51 (5.1 per match)
← 1996 Championship 2000 Championship →

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

---

5 September 1998	Fiji	3-0	New Caledonia	Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu

---

5 September 1998	Papua New Guinea	1-3	Solomon Islands	Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu

---

7 September 1998	Fiji	2-1	Vanuatu	Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu

---

7 September 1998	Papua New Guinea	1-0	New Caledonia	Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu

---

8 September 1998	Vanuatu	1-1	Papua New Guinea	Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu

---

8 September 1998	Solomon Islands	3-2	New Caledonia	Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu

---

10 September 1998	Vanuatu	3-1	Solomon Islands	Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu

---

10 September 1998	Fiji	2-0	Papua New Guinea	Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu

---

12 September 1998	New Caledonia	2-3	Vanuatu	Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu

---

12 September 1998	Fiji	1-1	Solomon Islands	Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu

---

Fiji and Vanuatu qualified for Oceania Nations Cup 1998

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

---

2 September 1998	Cook Islands	2-1	Samoa	Cook Islands

---

2 September 1998	Tonga	3-0	American Samoa	Cook Islands

---

3 September 1998	Tahiti	5-0	Tonga	Cook Islands

---

3 September 1998	Cook Islands	4-3	American Samoa	Cook Islands

---

5 September 1998	Tahiti	5-1	Samoa	Cook Islands

---

5 September 1998	Cook Islands	2-2	Tonga	Cook Islands

---

7 September 1998	Samoa	2-0	Tonga	Cook Islands

---

7 September 1998	Tahiti	12-0	American Samoa	Cook Islands

---

8 September 1998	Samoa	4-0	American Samoa	Cook Islands

---

8 September 1998	Cook Islands	0-5	Tahiti	Cook Islands

---

Tahiti and Cook Islands qualified for Oceania Nations Cup 1998

Final tournament

First round

Group A

Results

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
New Zealand	6	2	2	0	0	9	1	+8
Tahiti	3	2	1	0	1	5	2	+3
Vanuatu	0	2	0	0	2	2	13	-11

Match schedule

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

---

28 September 1998	New Zealand	8-1	Vanuatu	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane Attendance: 500
	Christie 1' Coveny 11', 25', 39', 40' Ryan 34', 65' Bunce 65'	(Report)	Roronamahava 45'

---

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

Group B

Results

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Australia	6	2	2	0	0	19	1	+18
Fiji	3	2	1	0	1	4	3	-1
Cook Islands	0	2	0	0	2	0	19	-19

Match schedule

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

---

28 September 1998	Australia	16-0	Cook Islands	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane Attendance: 600 Referee: Massimo Raveino (Tahiti)
	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)

---

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

Knockout rounds

	Semifinals				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	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Massimo Raveino (Tahiti)
	Hay 88'	(Report)

---

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

Third place

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

Final

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

External links

• http://www.oceaniafootball.com/index.cgi?sID=43&intArticleID=431&det=1
• RSSF. Accessed 21 February 2010.