Melanesia Cup 2000

Melanesia Cup 2000

Tournament details
Host country	Fiji
Dates	April 8 - April 15
Teams	5 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Fiji (5th title)
Runners-up	Solomon Islands
Third place	Vanuatu
Tournament statistics
Matches played	10
Goals scored	50 (5 per match)

The Melanesia Cup 2000 was the eighth and the last Melanesia-wide tournament ever held. It took place in Fiji and five teams participated: Fiji, Solomon Islands, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu and served for the third time as a Oceania Nations Cup qualifier.

The teams played each other according to a round-robin format with  Fiji winning the tournament for the fifth time and qualifying to the Oceania Nations Cup 2000 along with Solomon Islands. However, 3rd place Vanuatu replaced Fiji at the latter Cup due to civil unrest in Fiji following a coup by George Speight, who overthrew Fiji's democratically elected government.

Results

	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

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April 8, 2000	Fiji	5-0	Papua New Guinea	Suva, Fiji
	Manoa Masi Marika Namaqa E Masi Emoel B K Doidoi

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April 8, 2000	New Caledonia	4-2	Solomon Islands	Suva, Fiji
	Didler W Marius M Steve L J Pibee		Batram Suri Noel Berry

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April 10, 2000	Solomon Islands	2-1	Vanuatu	Suva, Fiji
	Noel Berry Patteson Daudau		V Noel

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April 10, 2000	Fiji	2-1	New Caledonia	Suva, Fiji
	Manoa Masi A Driu		Didier W

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April 11, 2000	New Caledonia	6-1	Papua New Guinea	Suva, Fiji
	W Didler M Patrice M Marius F Yues P Joris E Alexander		S Mali

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April 11, 2000	Fiji	4-1	Vanuatu	Suva, Fiji
	Esala Masinisau 2 B Lorima 2		Richard Iwai

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April 13, 2000	Vanuatu	6-0	New Caledonia	Suva, Fiji
	C Seimata Hubert Reuben Richard Iwai 2 H George 2

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April 13, 2000	Solomon Islands	4-2	Papua New Guinea	Suva, Fiji
	Jack Samani Noel Berry Patteson Daudau 2		L Isalah E Geoferey

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April 15, 2000	Papua New Guinea	1-4	Vanuatu	Suva, Fiji
	P Paliwa		C Berry N Vari 2 Hubert Reuben

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April 15, 2000	Fiji	2-2	Solomon Islands	Suva, Fiji
	Emosi Baleinuku A Driu		Batram Suri Patteson Daudau

Solomon Islands and Vanuatu* qualified for Oceania Nations Cup 2000

• Fiji were replaced by Vanuatu (due to civil unrest taking place in Fiji).