Melanesia Cup 1988

Melanesia Cup 1988

Tournament details
Host country	Solomon Islands
Dates	21 October - 26 October
Teams	4 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Fiji (1st title)
Runners-up	Solomon Islands
Third place	Vanuatu
Tournament statistics
Matches played	8
Goals scored	30 (3.75 per match)

The Melanesia Cup 1988 was the first Melanesia-wide football tournament ever held. It took place in Solomon Islands and four teams participated: Fiji, Solomon Islands, New Caledonia and Vanuatu.

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

Fiji won the tournament with a 3-1 victory in the final, while Vanuatu retained third place by defeating New Caledonia 1-0.

First round

	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Fiji	3	2	1	0	11	1	7
Solomon Islands	3	2	1	0	7	1	7
New Caledonia	3	1	0	2	6	4	3
Vanuatu	3	0	0	4	1	19	0

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October 21, 1988	Fiji	1-1	Solomon Islands	Solomon Islands

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October 23, 1988	New Caledonia	6-1	Vanuatu	Solomon Islands

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October 24, 1988	New Caledonia	0-1	Solomon Islands	Solomon Islands

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October 24, 1988	Fiji	8-0	Vanuatu	Solomon Islands

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October 25, 1988	Vanuatu	0-5	Solomon Islands	Solomon Islands

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October 25, 1988	Fiji	2-0	New Caledonia	Solomon Islands

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3rd/4th places

October 26, 1988	Vanuatu	1-0	New Caledonia	Solomon Islands

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Final

October 26, 1988	Solomon Islands	1-3	Fiji	Solomon Islands

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