1998 Melanesia Cup

1998 Melanesia Cup

Tournament details
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)
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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.

Results

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Fiji (C)	4	3	1	0	8	2	+6	10	Qualify for 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

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

5 September 1998

Fiji	3–0	New Caledonia

Santo, Vanuatu

5 September 1998

Papua New Guinea	1–3	Solomon Islands

Santo, Vanuatu

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7 September 1998

Fiji	2–1	Vanuatu

Santo, Vanuatu

7 September 1998

Papua New Guinea	1–0	New Caledonia

Santo, Vanuatu

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8 September 1998

Vanuatu	1–1	Papua New Guinea

Santo, Vanuatu

8 September 1998

Solomon Islands	3–2	New Caledonia

Santo, Vanuatu

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10 September 1998

Vanuatu	3–1	Solomon Islands

Santo, Vanuatu

10 September 1998

Fiji	2–0	Papua New Guinea

Santo, Vanuatu

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12 September 1998

New Caledonia	2–3	Vanuatu

Santo, Vanuatu

12 September 1998

Fiji	1–1	Solomon Islands

Santo, Vanuatu

Fiji and Vanuatu qualified for Oceania Nations Cup 1998