Oceania Cup Winners' Cup

Oceania Cup Winners Cup, known for sponsorship purposes as the Qantas South Pacific Cup Winners Cup, was one of the two main Oceania tournaments for clubs, the other one is Oceania Champions League. It was only played in 1987 and Sydney City (Australia, qualified as NSL Cup winners in 1986) emerged as winners in a single match against North Shore United (New Zealand, qualified as Chatham Cup winners in 1986).[1][2][3]

Results edit

Sydney City  2–0  North Shore United
Saad   29'
McCulloch   39'
Fuji Film Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand
Attendance: 1000

Line-ups edit

North Shore United edit

Gilgrist, Loader, Ironside, Simpson, Darlington (Harding), Cole, Boath, Hobbs, Mackay, Harrison (Worsley), Hagan

Sydney City edit

Gosling, Rodrigues, Robertson, O'Connor, Hooker, Lee, Souness(Parrish), McCulloch, de Marigny, Barnes, Saad (Patterson); coach: Eddie Thomson

References edit

  1. ^ Gilmour, Keith (10 March 1987). "Cup Winners Cup to Sydney". Australian Soccer Weekly. p. 18. Retrieved 2024-03-06.
  2. ^ "City v Kiwis for new cup". The Australian Jewish Times. Vol. 92, no. 22. New South Wales, Australia. 5 March 1987. p. 23. Retrieved 6 March 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "NSL decides to scrub up with $3m sponsor deal". The Canberra Times. Vol. 61, no. 18, 654. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 28 October 1986. p. 26. Retrieved 6 March 2024 – via National Library of Australia.

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