Tournament details | |
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Host country | Australia |
Dates | 25 September – 4 October |
Teams | 6 (from 1 confederation) |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | New Zealand (2nd title) |
Runners-up | Australia |
Third place | Fiji |
Fourth place | Tahiti |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 10 |
Goals scored | 52 (5.2 per match) |
Attendance | 20,200 (2,020 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Damian Mori (10 goals) |
← 1996 2000 → |
The 1998 OFC Nations Cup was held in Brisbane, Australia. The six participating teams were Australia and New Zealand who qualified as of right, Fiji and Vanuatu who qualified from the Melanesia Cup, and Tahiti and the Cook Islands who qualified from the Polynesia Cup. New Zealand beat an Australian team lacking most of their best internationals 1–0 in the final, while Fiji defeated Tahiti for third place. [1]
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 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Tahiti (C) | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 1 | +26 | 12 | Advanced to 1998 OFC Nations Cup |
2 | Cook Islands (H) | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 11 | −3 | 7 | |
3 | Samoa | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 6 | |
4 | Tonga | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 4 | |
5 | American Samoa | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 23 | −20 | 0 |
Tahiti and Cook Islands qualified.
Brisbane |
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Lang Park |
Capacity: 52,500 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | New Zealand | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | Tahiti | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 3 | |
3 | Vanuatu | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 13 | −11 | 0 |
New Zealand | 1–0 | Tahiti |
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Paama 13' (o.g.) | Report |
New Zealand | 8–1 | Vanuatu |
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Christie 1' Coveny 11', 25', 39', 40' Ryan 34', 65' Bunce 65' | Report | Roronamahava 45' |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Australia (H) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1 | +18 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | Fiji | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 3 | |
3 | Cook Islands | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 19 | −19 | 0 |
Australia | 16–0 | Cook Islands |
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Trimboli 1', 12', 63' Mori 8', 15', 30', 34' Maloney 17', 89' Ceccoli 42' Trajanovski 48', 68', 76' (pen.), 88' Chipperfield 66' Halpin 80' | Report |
Semi-finals | Final | |||||
2 October 1998 – Brisbane | ||||||
New Zealand | 1 | |||||
4 October 1998 – Brisbane | ||||||
Fiji | 0 | |||||
New Zealand | 1 | |||||
2 October 1998 – Brisbane | ||||||
Australia | 0 | |||||
Australia | 4 | |||||
Tahiti | 1 | |||||
Third place | ||||||
4 October 1998 – Brisbane | ||||||
Fiji | 4 | |||||
Tahiti | 2 |
New Zealand | 1–0 | Fiji |
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Hay 88' | Report |
New Zealand | 1–0 | Australia |
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Burton 24' | Report |
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