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2004 OFC Nations Cup

The 2004 OFC Nations Cup was the edition of the tournament for the OFC Nations Cup and 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.

2004 OFC Nations Cup
Tournament details
Host countryAustralia
Dates29 May – 12 October
Teams6 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)4 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Australia (4th title)
Runners-up Solomon Islands
Third place New Zealand
Fourth place Fiji
Tournament statistics
Matches played17
Goals scored69 (4.06 per match)
Attendance71,561 (4,209 per match)
Top scorer(s)Australia Tim Cahill
New Zealand Vaughan Coveny
(6 goals each)
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2008 →

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 FIFA Confederations Cup.

Qualification edit

Main article: 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – OFC first round

The 10 teams in the first round were divided into two sections of five teams each. Each 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.[clarification needed]

Venues edit

  Australia (Final tournament & Final match–Second leg host)
2004 OFC Nations Cup (Australia)
Sydney Adelaide
Sydney Football Stadium Hindmarsh Stadium Marden Sports Complex
Capacity: 45,500 Capacity: 17,000 Capacity: 6,000
     
  Solomon Islands (Final match–First leg host)
Honiara
Lawson Tama Stadium
Capacity: 30,000
 

Squads edit

See 2004 OFC Nations Cup squads

Final tournament edit

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 OFC 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.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification            
1   Australia 5 4 1 0 21 3 +18 13 Nations Cup final — — 1–0 6–1 9–0 —
2   Solomon Islands 5 3 1 1 9 6 +3 10 2–2 — — — — —
3   New Zealand 5 3 0 2 17 5 +12 9 — 3–0 — — 10–0 —
4   Fiji 5 1 1 3 3 10 −7 4 — 1–2 0–2 — — 1–0
5   Tahiti 5 1 1 3 2 24 −22 4 — 0–4 — 0–0 — 2–1
6   Vanuatu 5 1 0 4 5 9 −4 3 0–3 0–1 4–2 — — —
Source: [1]
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Vanuatu  0–1  Solomon Islands
[1] Batram Suri   51' (pen.)
Attendance: 200
Tahiti  0–0  Fiji
[2]
Attendance: 3,000
Australia  1–0  New Zealand
Bresciano   40' [3]
Attendance: 12,130
New Zealand  3–0  Solomon Islands
Fisher   36'
Oughton   81'
Lines   90'		 [4]
Attendance: 217
Australia  9–0  Tahiti
Cahill   14', 47'
Skoko   43'
Simon   44' (o.g.)
Sterjovski   51', 61', 74'
Zdrilic   85'
Chipperfield   89'		 [5]
Attendance: 1,200
Fiji  1–0  Vanuatu
Toma   73' [6]
Attendance: 500
Australia  6–1  Fiji
Madaschi   6', 50'
Cahill   39', 66', 75'
Elrich   89'		 [7] Gataurua   19'
Attendance: 2,200
Tahiti  0–4  Solomon Islands
[8] Fa'arodo   9'
Menapi   14', 80'
Batram Suri   42'
Attendance: 50
Referee: Leone Rakaroi (Fiji)
Vanuatu  4–2  New Zealand
Chilia   37'
Bibi   64'
Maleb   72'
Qorig   88'		 [9] Coveny   61', 75'
Attendance: 356
New Zealand  10–0  Tahiti
Coveny   6', 38', 45'
Fisher   16', 22', 63'
Jones   72'
Oughton   74'
Nelsen   82', 87'		 [10]
Attendance: 200
Fiji  1–2  Solomon Islands
Toma   21' [11] Kakai   16'
Houkarawa   82'
Attendance: 1,500
Vanuatu  0–3  Australia
[12] Aloisi   25', 85'
Emerton   81'
Attendance: 4,000
Tahiti  2–1  Vanuatu
Temataua   40'
Wajoka   89'		 [13] Iwai   23'
Attendance: 300
Referee: Leone Rakaroi (Fiji)
Fiji  0–2  New Zealand
[14] Bunce   8'
Coveny   56'
Attendance: 2,000
Solomon Islands  2–2  Australia
Menapi   43', 75' [15] Cahill   50'
Emerton   52'
Attendance: 3,500

Final edit

Main article: 2004 OFC Nations Cup final

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.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Solomon Islands   1–11   Australia 1–5 0–6
Solomon Islands  1–5  Australia
Batram Suri   60' [16] Skoko   5', 28'
Milicic   19'
Emerton   43'
Elrich   79'
Attendance: 21,000
Australia  6–0  Solomon Islands
Milicic   5'
Kewell   8'
Vidmar   60'
Thompson   79'
Elrich   82'
Emerton   89'		 [17]
Attendance: 19,208
Referee: Leone Rakaroi (Fiji)

Australia won 11–1 on aggregate and became the 2004 Oceania Nations Cup Champions. They also qualified 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. Australia defeated Solomon Islands again, winning 9–1 on aggregate, and advanced to a play-off against the CONMEBOL (South American) nation Uruguay.

Goalscorers edit

There were 69 goals scored in 17 matches, for an average of 4.06 goals per match.

6 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

External links edit

  • RSSSF Accessed 21 February 2010.

References edit

  1. ^ "FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC) 2006, football - table and standings". soccer365.me. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
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