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2000 OFC Nations Cup Tournament details Host country Tahiti Dates 16 June - 28 June Teams 6 (from 1 confederation) Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city) Final positions Champions Australia (3rd title) Runners-up New Zealand Third place Solomon Islands Fourth place Vanuatu Tournament statistics Matches played 10 Goals scored 48 (4.8 per match) Top scorer(s) Craig Foster (5)
Clayton Zane (5)The 2000 OFC Nations Cup was held in Papeete, Tahiti. The six participating teams were Australia and New Zealand who qualified as of right, the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu who qualified from the Melanesia Cup, the Cook Islands and Tahiti who qualified from the Polynesia Cup. Australia beat New Zealand 2-0 in the final. The Solomon Islands beat Vanuatu 2-1 for third place.
Fiji qualified to this edition but then withdrew due to the 2000 Fijian coup d'état and was replaced by Vanuatu.
The results were:
Contents
Qualifying Tournament
Melanesia Cup 2000
Pld W D L GF GA Pts Fiji 4 3 1 0 13 4 10 Solomon Islands 4 2 1 1 10 9 7 Vanuatu 4 2 0 2 12 7 6 New Caledonia 4 2 0 2 11 11 6 Papua New Guinea 4 0 0 4 4 19 0
April 8, 2000 Fiji 5-0 Papua New Guinea Suva, Fiji Manoa Masi
Marika Namaqa
Esala Masi
Emoel B
K Doidoi
April 8, 2000 New Caledonia 4-2 Solomon Islands Suva, Fiji Didler W
Marius M
Steve L
J PibeeBatram Suri
Noel Berry
April 10, 2000 Solomon Islands 2-1 Vanuatu Suva, Fiji Noel Berry
Patteson DaudauV Noel
April 10, 2000 Fiji 2-1 New Caledonia Suva, Fiji Manoa Masi
A DriuDidier W
April 11, 2000 New Caledonia 6-1 Papua New Guinea Suva, Fiji W Didler
M Patrice
M Marius
F Yues
P Joris
E AlexanderS Mali
April 11, 2000 Fiji 4-1 Vanuatu Suva, Fiji Esala Masinisau 2
B Lorima 2Richard Iwai
April 13, 2000 Vanuatu 6-0 New Caledonia Suva, Fiji C Seimata
Hubert Reuben
Richard Iwai 2
H George 2
April 13, 2000 Solomon Islands 4-2 Papua New Guinea Suva, Fiji Jack Samani
Noel Berry
Patteson Daudau 2L Isalah
E Geoferey
April 15, 2000 Papua New Guinea 1-4 Vanuatu Suva, Fiji P Paliwa C Berry
N Vari 2
Hubert Reuben
April 15, 2000 Fiji 2-2 Solomon Islands Suva, Fiji Emosi Baleinuku
A DriuBatram Suri
Patteson DaudauSolomon Islands and Vanuatu* qualified for Oceania Nations Cup 2000
Polynesia Cup 2000
Pld W D L GF GA Pts Tahiti 4 4 0 0 30 2 12 Cook Islands 4 3 0 1 8 5 9 Samoa 4 2 0 2 13 6 6 Tonga 4 1 0 3 4 15 3 American Samoa 4 0 0 4 2 29 0
June 6, 2000 Tonga 0-4 Samoa Paranuu Stadium
Papeete, Tahiti
June 6, 2000 Tahiti 18-0 American Samoa Paranuu Stadium
Papeete, Tahiti
June 8, 2000 Tahiti 2-1 Samoa Paranuu Stadium
Papeete, Tahiti
June 8, 2000 Cook Islands 2-1 Tonga Paranuu Stadium
Papeete, TahitiGeorge Mani 32'
Niki Te Miha 91'? 65' pen
June 10, 2000 Tahiti 8-1 Tonga Paranuu Stadium
Papeete, Tahiti
June 10, 2000 Cook Islands 3-0 American Samoa Paranuu Stadium
Papeete, TahitiIne Mani
Mark Jamieson
Eddie Drollett 90'
June 12, 2000 Samoa 6-1 American Samoa Paranuu Stadium
Papeete, Tahiti
June 12, 2000 Tahiti 2-0 Cook Islands Paranuu Stadium
Papeete, Tahiti
June 14, 2000 Tonga 2-1 American Samoa Paranuu Stadium
Papeete, Tahiti
June 14, 2000 Cook Islands 3-2 Samoa Paranuu Stadium
Papeete, Tahiti
Tahiti and Cook Islands qualified for Oceania Nations Cup 2000
Final tournament
First round
Group A
Results
Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD Australia 6 2 2 0 0 23 0 +23 Solomon Islands 3 2 1 0 1 5 7 -2 Cook Islands 0 2 0 0 2 1 22 -21 19 June 2000 Australia 17–0 Cook Islands Stade Pater, Papeete, Tahiti
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Leaustic (Tahiti)Agostino 18', 68'
Muscat 21', 45' (pen)
Tiatto 24'
Foster 30', 42', 51', 80'
Zdrilic 35', 65'
Lazaridis 55'
Popovic 60'
Corica 70'
Zane 82', 87', 89'(Report)
21 June 2000 Solomon Islands 5–1 Cook Islands Stade Pater, Papeete, Tahiti
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Attison (Vanuatu)Suri 33'
Menapi 47'
Samani 63'
Omokirio 74'
Kotto 88'(Report) Shepherd 55'
23 June 2000 Australia 6–0 Solomon Islands Stade Pater, Papeete, Tahiti
Attendance: 300
Referee: Sosongan (Papua New Guinea)Chipperfield 6'
Zane 13', 35'
Omokirio 36' (OG)
Muscat 39' (pen)
Cardozo 43'(Report) Group B
Results
Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD New Zealand 6 2 2 0 0 5 1 +4 Vanuatu 3 2 1 0 1 4 5 -1 Tahiti 0 2 0 0 2 2 5 -3 19 Jun 2000 New Zealand 2 – 0 Tahiti Stade Pater
Papeete, Tahiti
Attendance: 1000Kris Bouckenooghe 27'
Chris Jackson 78
21 Jun 2000 New Zealand 3 – 1 Vanuatu Stade Pater
Papeete, TahitiChris Killen 47', 84'
Jonathan Perry 56Richard Iwai 14'
22 Jun 2000 Vanuatu 3 – 2 Tahiti Stade Pater
Papeete, Tahiti
Attendance: 500Jimmy Ben 49'
Richard Iwai 60'
Georgina Tura 77'Jean-Loup Rousseau 2' pen
Harold Amaru 87'Knockout stage
Semi-finals
25 Jun 2000 Australia 1 – 0 Vanuatu Stade Pater
Papeete, Tahiti
Attendance: 300Kevin Muscat 5' pen
25 Jun 2000 New Zealand 2 – 0 Solomon Islands Stade Pater
Papeete, Tahiti
Attendance: 500Simon Elliott 51' 55' Third Place
28 Jun 2000 Solomon Islands 2 – 1 Vanuatu Stade Pater
Papeete, Tahiti
Attendance: 300Commins Menapi 53'
Gideon Omokirio 69' penLexa Bibi 35' Final
28 Jun 2000 Australia 2 – 0 New Zealand Stade Pater
Papeete, Tahiti
Attendance: 300Shaun Murphy 40'
Craig Foster 66'External links
- http://www.oceaniafootball.com/index.cgi?sID=43&intArticleID=430&det=1
- RSSF. Accessed 21 February 2010.
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