Tournament details | |
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Host country | Vanuatu |
Dates | 5–12 September |
Teams | 5 (from 1 confederation) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Fiji (4th title) |
Runners-up | Vanuatu |
Third place | Solomon Islands |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 10 |
Goals scored | 31 (3.1 per match) |
← 1994 2000 → |
The Melanesia Cup 1998 was the sixth Melanesia-wide football tournament ever held. It took place in Santo, Vanuatu and five teams participated: Fiji, Solomon Islands, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu and served for the second time as OFC Nations Cup qualifier.
The teams played each other according to a round-robin format with Fiji winning the tournament for the third time and qualifying to the 1998 OFC Nations Cup along with Vanuatu.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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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 | |
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 |
Fiji | 3–0 | New Caledonia |
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Fiji | 2–0 | Papua New Guinea |
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New Caledonia | 2–3 | Vanuatu |
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Fiji | 1–1 | Solomon Islands |
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