The MSG Prime Minister's Cup, formerly known as Melanesia Cup, is an association football championship played between the Melanesian countries, it was used (along with the Polynesia Cup) for qualification to the Oceania Nations Cup. The original tournament used a round-robin format involving every team playing each other once at the tournaments location.
In 2008, the Wantok Cup was established as a competition between Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu. It was described by the Oceania Football Confederation as "a tournament reminiscent of the now defunct Melanesian Cup".[1]
In 2022 the tournament was revived under the current name, the MSG Prime Minister's Cup, after more than twenty years.[2] It is organised by the Melanesian Spearhead Group.[3]
Participants edit
Total wins edit
| 5 |  Fiji |
1988, 1989, 1992, 1998, 2000 |
| 2 |  Solomon Islands |
1994, 2023 |
| 1 |  Vanuatu |
1990 |
| 1 |  Papua New Guinea |
2022 |
Results edit
| Year | Host | Winner | Runner-up | 3rd Place | 4th Place | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melanesia Cup | |||||||||
| 1988 Details |
Solomon Islands |  Fiji |
 Solomon Islands |
 Vanuatu |
 New Caledonia | ||||
| 1989 Details |
Fiji | Fiji |
New Caledonia |
Solomon Islands |
 Papua New Guinea | ||||
| 1990 Details |
Vanuatu | Vanuatu |
New Caledonia |
Fiji |
Solomon Islands | ||||
| 1992 Details |
Vanuatu | Fiji |
New Caledonia |
Solomon Islands |
Vanuatu | ||||
| 1994 Details |
Solomon Islands | Solomon Islands |
Fiji |
Papua New Guinea |
New Caledonia | ||||
| 1998 Details |
Vanuatu | Fiji |
Vanuatu |
Solomon Islands |
Papua New Guinea | ||||
| 2000 Details |
Fiji | Fiji |
Solomon Islands |
Vanuatu |
New Caledonia | ||||
| MSG Prime Minister's Cup | |||||||||
| 2022 Details |
Vanuatu | Papua New Guinea |
Vanuatu (Development Team) |
Fiji |
Solomon Islands | ||||
| 2023 Details |
New Caledonia | Solomon Islands |
New Caledonia |
Vanuatu |
Papua New Guinea | ||||
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Wantok Cup Honiara 2008 – Solomon Islands name 64-man squad". Archived 2008-09-05 at the Wayback Machine. Oceania Football Confederation. June 19, 2008.
- ^ Ewart, Richard (September 2022). "FIFA back revival of the Melanesian Cup, but insist on a new competition name". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
- ^ "Sports Development – Melanesian Spearhead Group Secretariat". Retrieved 2024-04-16.
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