2004 OFC Nations Cup

2004 OFC Nations Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Australia
Dates	29 May - 12 October
Teams	10 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Australia (4th title)
Runners-up	Solomon Islands
Third place	New Zealand
Fourth place	Fiji
Tournament statistics
Matches played	17
Goals scored	69 (4.06 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Tim Cahill (6) Vaughan Coveny (6)
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The 2004 OFC Nations Cup doubled as the qualification tournament to the 2006 FIFA World Cup, except the two-legged final (A separate playoff (between Australia and Solomon Islands) was held in September 2005, for World Cup Qualifying purposes).

The competition was divided in two Group stages (the first is the Qualifying Stage), with Australia and New Zealand seeded into the second stage (Final Stage). The Oceania champion (Australia) qualified for the 2005 Confederations Cup.

Qualifying round

Main article: 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – OFC First Round

The 10 teams in the first round were divided into two groups of 5 teams each. Within each group, every team played every other team once. The top two teams from each group then progressed to the second group stage where they were joined by the two seeded teams.

Final tournament

The four surviving members (first and second place teams from each group in stage one) of the first stage joined the two seeded teams ( Australia and  New Zealand) and took part in a tournament where each team played every other once in a tournament held in Adelaide, Australia.

As this doubled as the 2004 Oceania Nations Cup, the top two teams from the second group stage progressed to a two-legged final to determine the winner of the Oceania Nations Cup. These two games on home-and-away basis was separate from World Cup qualifying.

The top two teams from this stage also progressed to the final stage of the 2006 Oceania World Cup qualifying tournament.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Australia	5	4	1	0	21	3	+18	13
Solomon Islands	5	3	1	1	9	6	+3	10
New Zealand	5	3	0	2	17	5	+12	9
Fiji	5	1	1	3	3	10	−7	4
Tahiti	5	1	1	3	2	24	−22	4
Vanuatu	5	1	0	4	5	9	−4	3

Australia and the Solomon Islands progressed to the final stage.

29 May 2004	Vanuatu	0 – 1	Solomon Islands	Marden Sports Complex, Adelaide Attendance: 200 Referee: Mark Shield (Australia)
		Report	Batram Suri 51' (pen.)

29 May 2004	Tahiti	0 – 0	Fiji	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Stefano Farina (Italy)
		Report

29 May 2004	Australia	1 – 0	New Zealand	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide Attendance: 12,130 Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)
	Bresciano 40'	Report

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31 May 2004	New Zealand	3 – 0	Solomon Islands	Marden Sports Complex, Adelaide Attendance: 217 Referee: Eduardo Iturralde Gonzalez (Spain)
	Fisher 36' Oughton 81' Lines 90'	Report

31 May 2004	Australia	9 – 0	Tahiti	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Harry Attison (Vanuatu)
	Cahill 14', 47' Skoko 43' Simon 44' (o.g.) Sterjovski 51', 61', 74' Zdrilic 85' Chipperfield 89'	Report

31 May 2004	Fiji	1 – 0	Vanuatu	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide Attendance: 500 Referee: Charles Ariiotima (Tahiti)
	Toma 73'	Report

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2 June 2004	Australia	6 – 1	Fiji	Marden Sports Complex, Adelaide Attendance: 2,200 Referee: Eduardo Iturralde Gonzalez (Spain)
	Madaschi 6', 50' Cahill 39', 66', 75' Elrich 89'	Report	Gataurua 19'

2 June 2004	Tahiti	0 – 4	Solomon Islands	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide Attendance: 50 Referee: Leone Rakaroi (Fiji)
		Report	Fa'arodo 9' Menapi 14', 80' Batram Suri 42'

2 June 2004	Vanuatu	4 – 2	New Zealand	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide Attendance: 356 Referee: Stefano Farina (Italy)
	Chillia 37' Bibi 64' Maleb 72' Qorig 88'	Report	Coveny 61', 75'

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4 June 2004	New Zealand	10 – 0	Tahiti	Marden Sports Complex, Adelaide Attendance: 200 Referee: Mark Shield (Australia)
	Coveny 6', 38', 45+' Fisher 16', 22', 63' Jones 72' Oughton 74' Nelsen 82', 87'	Report

4 June 2004	Fiji	1 – 2	Solomon Islands	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Harry Attison (Vanuatu)
	Toma 21'	Report	Kakai 16' Houkarawa 82'

4 June 2004	Vanuatu	0 – 3	Australia	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Charles Ariiotima (Tahiti)
		Report	Aloisi 25', 85' Emerton 81'

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6 June 2004	Tahiti	2 – 1	Vanuatu	Marden Sports Complex, Adelaide Attendance: 300 Referee: Leone Rakaroi (Fiji)
	Temataua 40' Gabriel Wajoka 89'	Report	Iwai 23'

6 June 2004	Fiji	0 – 2	New Zealand	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)
		Report	Bunce 8' Coveny 56'

6 June 2004	Solomon Islands	2 – 2	Australia	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Eduardo Iturralde Gonzalez (Spain)
	Menapi 43', 75'	Report	Cahill 50' Emerton 52'

Final round

The final of the 2004 Oceania Nations Cup was a two-legged home and away final between the top two teams from the second group stage.

October 9, 2004	Solomon Islands	1–5	Australia	Lawson Tama Stadium, Honiara, Solomon Islands Attendance: 21,000 Referee: O'Leary (New Zealand)
	Batram Suri 60'	(Report)	Skoko 5', 28' Milicic 19' Emerton 43' Elrich 79'

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October 12, 2004	Australia	6–0	Solomon Islands	Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney, Australia Attendance: 19,208 Referee: Rakaroi (Fiji)
	Milicic 5' Kewell 8' Vidmar 60' Thompson 79' Elrich 82' Emerton 89'	(Report)

 Australia becomes the 2004 Oceania Nations Cup Champions, and thus qualifies for the 2005 Confederations Cup.

Although the second round of 2004 OFC Nations Cup doubled the second round of 2006 FIFA World Cup Oceanian qualification, the final play-off for the World Cup was held separately, in which Australia defeated Solomon Islands again by 9–1 (on aggregate) and advanced to play-off against CONMEBOL(South America).

Awards

2004 OFC Nations Cup Winners
Australia Fourth title

Individual scorers (Final Stage)

6 goals

• Tim Cahill
• Vaughan Coveny

4 goals

• Brett Emerton
• Brent Fisher
• Commins Menapi

3 goals

Ahmad Elrich

Josip Skoko

Mile Sterjovski

Batram Suri

2 goals

John Aloisi Ante Milicic

Adrian Madaschi Veresa Toma

Ryan Nelsen

Duncan Oughton

1 goal

Marco Bresciano Scott Chipperfield Harry Kewell Archie Thompson Tony Vidmar

David Zdrilic Laisiasa Gataurua Che Bunce Neil Jones Aaron Lines

Henry Fa'arodo Mahlon Houkarawa Paul Kakai Gabriel Wajoka Axel Temataua

Lexa Bibi Richard Iwai Jean Maleb Seimata Chilia Alphose Qorig

Own goals

• Vincent Simon (1)

Individual scorers (Both Stages)

7 goals Veresa Toma 6 goals Tim Cahill Michel Hmae Vaughan Coveny Reginald Davani 4 goals Brett Emerton Laisiasa Gataurua Seveci Rokotakala Brent Fisher Andrew Lepani Batram Suri Henry Fa'arodo Commins Menapi Jean Maleb Etienne Mermer 3 goals Ahmad Elrich Josip Skoko Mile Sterjovski Waisake Sabutu Paul Poatinda Pierre Wajoka Alick Maemae Axel Temataua Seimata Chilia Alphose Qorig 2 goals John Aloisi Ante Milicic Esala Masinisau José Hmae Own goals Vincent Simon (1)

Ryan Nelsen Duncan Oughton Paul Komboi Mauri Wasi Tama Fasavalu Junior Michael Commins Menapi Gideon Omorokio Jack Samani Gabriel Wajoka Wilkins Lauru 1 goal Natia Natia Marco Bresciano Scott Chipperfield Harry Kewell Adrian Madaschi Archie Thompson Tony Vidmar David Zdrilic John Pareanga Pita Rabo Thomas Vulivuli Ramon Djamali Robert Kaume Che Bunce Neil Jones Aaron Lines Eric Komeng Michael Lohai Nathaniel Lepani Dennis Bryce George Suri Mahlon Houkarawa Paul Kakai Leslie Leo Stanley Waita Rino Moretta Vincent Simon Mark Uhatahi Viliami Vaitaki Lexa Bibi Richard Iwai Moise Poida Lorry Thomsen

External links

• RSSF. Accessed 21 February 2010.