2004 OFC Nations Cup

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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
ChampionsFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia (4th title)
Runners-upFlag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands
Third placeFlag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Fourth placeFlag of Fiji.svg  Fiji
Tournament statistics
Matches played17
Goals scored69 (4.06 per match)
Attendance71,561 (4,209 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tim Cahill
Flag of New Zealand.svg Vaughan Coveny
(6 goals each)
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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.

Contents

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

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

Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia (Final tournament & Final match–Second leg host)
2004 OFC Nations Cup (Australia)
Sydney Adelaide
Sydney Football Stadium Hindmarsh Stadium Marden Sports Complex
Capacity: 45,500Capacity: 17,000Capacity: 6,000
Allianz Stadium - 13 October 2012.jpg HindmarshStadium.JPG Marden Sports Complex.jpg
Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg Solomon Islands (Final match–First leg host)
Honiara
Lawson Tama Stadium
Capacity: 30,000
13. Film still from Lawson Tama stadium (45886258781).jpg

Squads

See 2004 OFC Nations Cup squads

Final tournament

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.

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification Flag of Australia (converted).svg Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg Flag of New Zealand.svg Flag of Fiji.svg Flag of French Polynesia.svg Flag of Vanuatu.svg
1Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 5410213+1813Advance to final —— 1–0 6–1 9–0 —
2Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands 531196+310 2–2 —————
3Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 5302175+129— 3–0 —— 10–0 —
4Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 5113310−74— 1–2 0–2 —— 1–0
5Flag of French Polynesia.svg  Tahiti 5113224−224— 0–4 — 0–0 — 2–1
6Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu 510459−43 0–3 0–1 4–2 ———
Source: [1]
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Vanuatu  Flag of Vanuatu.svg0–1Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands
Report Batram Suri Soccerball shade.svg51' (pen.)
Marden Sports Complex, Adelaide
Attendance: 200
Referee: Mark Shield (Australia)
Tahiti  Flag of French Polynesia.svg0–0Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji
Report
Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Stefano Farina (Italy)
Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg1–0Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Bresciano Soccerball shade.svg40' Report
Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
Attendance: 12,130
Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)
New Zealand  Flag of New Zealand.svg3–0Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands
Fisher Soccerball shade.svg36'
Oughton Soccerball shade.svg81'
Lines Soccerball shade.svg90'		 Report
Marden Sports Complex, Adelaide
Attendance: 217
Referee: Eduardo Iturralde González (Spain)
Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg9–0Flag of French Polynesia.svg  Tahiti
Cahill Soccerball shade.svg14', 47'
Skoko Soccerball shade.svg43'
Simon Soccerball shade.svg44' (o.g.)
Sterjovski Soccerball shade.svg51', 61', 74'
Zdrilic Soccerball shade.svg85'
Chipperfield Soccerball shade.svg89'		 Report
Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Harry Attison (Vanuatu)
Fiji  Flag of Fiji.svg1–0Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu
Toma Soccerball shade.svg73' Report
Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
Attendance: 500
Referee: Charles Ariiotima (Tahiti)
Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg6–1Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji
Madaschi Soccerball shade.svg6', 50'
Cahill Soccerball shade.svg39', 66', 75'
Elrich Soccerball shade.svg89'		 Report Gataurua Soccerball shade.svg19'
Marden Sports Complex, Adelaide
Attendance: 2,200
Referee: Eduardo Iturralde González (Spain)
Tahiti  Flag of French Polynesia.svg0–4Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands
Report Fa'arodo Soccerball shade.svg9'
Menapi Soccerball shade.svg14', 80'
Batram Suri Soccerball shade.svg42'
Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
Attendance: 50
Referee: Leone Rakaroi (Fiji)
Vanuatu  Flag of Vanuatu.svg4–2Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Chilia Soccerball shade.svg37'
Bibi Soccerball shade.svg64'
Maleb Soccerball shade.svg72'
Qorig Soccerball shade.svg88'		 Report Coveny Soccerball shade.svg61', 75'
Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
Attendance: 356
Referee: Stefano Farina (Italy)
New Zealand  Flag of New Zealand.svg10–0Flag of French Polynesia.svg  Tahiti
Coveny Soccerball shade.svg6', 38', 45'
Fisher Soccerball shade.svg16', 22', 63'
Jones Soccerball shade.svg72'
Oughton Soccerball shade.svg74'
Nelsen Soccerball shade.svg82', 87'		 Report
Marden Sports Complex, Adelaide
Attendance: 200
Referee: Mark Shield (Australia)
Fiji  Flag of Fiji.svg1–2Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands
Toma Soccerball shade.svg21' Report Kakai Soccerball shade.svg16'
Houkarawa Soccerball shade.svg82'
Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Harry Attison (Vanuatu)
Vanuatu  Flag of Vanuatu.svg0–3Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Report Aloisi Soccerball shade.svg25', 85'
Emerton Soccerball shade.svg81'
Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Charles Ariiotima (Tahiti)
Tahiti  Flag of French Polynesia.svg2–1Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu
Temataua Soccerball shade.svg40'
Wajoka Soccerball shade.svg89'		 Report Iwai Soccerball shade.svg23'
Marden Sports Complex, Adelaide
Attendance: 300
Referee: Leone Rakaroi (Fiji)
Fiji  Flag of Fiji.svg0–2Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Report Bunce Soccerball shade.svg8'
Coveny Soccerball shade.svg56'
Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)
Solomon Islands  Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg2–2Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Menapi Soccerball shade.svg43', 75' Report Cahill Soccerball shade.svg50'
Emerton Soccerball shade.svg52'
Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Eduardo Iturralde González (Spain)

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 scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Solomon Islands  Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg1–11Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 1–5 0–6
Solomon Islands  Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg1–5Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Batram Suri Soccerball shade.svg60' Report Skoko Soccerball shade.svg5', 28'
Milicic Soccerball shade.svg19'
Emerton Soccerball shade.svg43'
Elrich Soccerball shade.svg79'
Lawson Tama Stadium, Honiara
Attendance: 21,000
Referee: Peter O'Leary (New Zealand)
Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg6–0Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands
Milicic Soccerball shade.svg5'
Kewell Soccerball shade.svg8'
Vidmar Soccerball shade.svg60'
Thompson Soccerball shade.svg79'
Elrich Soccerball shade.svg82'
Emerton Soccerball shade.svg89'		 Report
Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
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

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

References

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