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	52 (5.2 per match)
Attendance	20,200 (2,020 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Damian Mori (10 goals)
	← 1996 2000 →

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, while Fiji defeated Tahiti for third place.

Qualification edit

Melanesia Cup 1998 edit

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Fiji (C)	4	3	1	0	8	2	+6	10	Advanced to 1998 OFC Nations Cup
2	Vanuatu (H)	4	2	1	1	8	6	+2	7	Advanced to 1998 OFC Nations Cup
3	Solomon Islands	4	2	1	1	8	7	+1	7
4	Papua New Guinea	4	1	1	2	3	6	−3	4
5	New Caledonia	4	0	0	4	4	10	−6	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(C) Champions; (H) Hosts

Fiji and Vanuatu qualified.

Polynesia Cup 1998 edit

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Tahiti (C)	4	4	0	0	27	1	+26	12	Advanced to 1998 OFC Nations Cup
2	Cook Islands (H)	4	2	1	1	8	11	−3	7	Advanced to 1998 OFC Nations Cup
3	Samoa	4	2	0	2	8	7	+1	6
4	Tonga	4	1	1	2	5	9	−4	4
5	American Samoa	4	0	0	4	3	23	−20	0

Source: ^[1]
(C) Champions; (H) Hosts

Tahiti and Cook Islands qualified.

Venues edit

Brisbane
	Brisbane
	Lang Park
	Capacity: 52,500

Squads edit

See 1998 OFC Nations Cup squads.

Group stage edit

Group A edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	New Zealand	2	2	0	9	1	+8	6	Advance to knockout stage
2	Tahiti	2	1	1	5	2	+3	3	Advance to knockout stage
3	Vanuatu	2	0	2	2	13	−11	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

25 September 1998

New Zealand	1–0	Tahiti
Paama 13' (o.g.)	[1]

Lang Park, Brisbane

Attendance: 900

Referee: Simon Micallef (Australia)

28 September 1998

New Zealand	8–1	Vanuatu
Christie 1' Coveny 11', 25', 39', 40' Ryan 34', 65' Bunce 65'	[2]	Roronamahava 45'

Lang Park, Brisbane

Attendance: 500

Referee: Intaz Shah (Fiji)

30 September 1998

Tahiti	5–1	Vanuatu
Quennet 9', 10', 74' Zaveroni 54' Amaru 75'	[3]	Rarai 82'

Lang Park, Brisbane

Attendance: 400

Referee: Simon Micallef (Australia)

Group B edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia (H)	2	2	0	19	1	+18	6	Advance to knockout stage
2	Fiji	2	1	1	4	3	+1	3	Advance to knockout stage
3	Cook Islands	2	0	2	0	19	−19	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(H) Hosts

25 September 1998

Australia	3–1	Fiji
Mori 2', 25', 44'	[4]	Masinisau 62'

Lang Park, Brisbane

Attendance: 900

Referee: Bruce Grimshaw (New Zealand)

28 September 1998

Australia	16–0	Cook Islands
Trimboli 1', 12', 63' Mori 8', 15', 30', 34' Maloney 17', 89' Ceccoli 42' Trajanovski 48', 68', 76' (pen.), 88' Chipperfield 66' Halpin 80'	[5]

Lang Park, Brisbane

Attendance: 600

Referee: Massimo Raveino (Tahiti)

30 September 1998

Fiji	3–0	Cook Islands
Dickinson 18' (o.g.) Kilalwaca 54' Nasema 85'	[6]

Lang Park, Brisbane

Attendance: 500

Referee: Bruce Grimshaw (New Zealand)

Knockout stage edit

Semi-finals		Final

2 October 1998 – Brisbane

New Zealand	1
		4 October 1998 – Brisbane
Fiji	0
		New Zealand	1
2 October 1998 – Brisbane
		Australia	0
Australia	4

Tahiti	1
		Third place

		4 October 1998 – Brisbane

		Fiji	4

		Tahiti	2