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The Polynesia Cup was a football tournament for Polynesian nations within the Oceania Football Confederation. It acted along with the Melanesia Cup as a qualifying tournament for the OFC Nations Cup. The last tournament was played in 2000.
The tournament involved a round-frobin format where every team played each other once at the location of the tournament.
| Year | Host | Champion | Runners-up | Third place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 |  Western Samoa |  Tahiti |  Tonga | Western Samoa |
| 1998 |  Cook Islands | Tahiti | Cook Islands | Western Samoa |
| 2000 | French Polynesia | Tahiti | Cook Islands | Samoa |
| 3 |  Tahiti | 1994, 1998, 2000 | |
| Rank | Team | Part | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tahiti | 3 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 4 | +63 | 33 |
| 2 | Samoa [lower-alpha 1] | 3 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 26 | 23 | +3 | 16 |
| 3 | Cook Islands | 2 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 16 |
| 4 | Tonga | 3 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 28 | –15 | 11 |
| 5 |  American Samoa | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 59 | –51 | 0 |
Western Samoa from 1994; see below for a breakdown.
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