1998 OFC Nations Cup final

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1998 OFC Nations Cup Final
Event 1998 OFC Nations Cup
Australia New Zealand
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Date4 October 1998
Venue Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
Referee Massimo Raveino (Tahiti)
Attendance12,000
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The 1998 OFC Nations Cup Final was an association football match that took place on the 4 September 1998 at Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane. It was the final of the 1998 OFC Nations Cup which was the fourth edition of the OFC Nations Cup, a competition for national teams in the Oceania Football Confederation.

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It was contested between hosts Australia and New Zealand. It was Australia's third final appearance with the team winning the last two OFC Nations Cup in 1980 and 1996. [1] For New Zealand, it was their second appearance in a final appearance after winning the 1973. [1] In the group stage, both Australia and New Zealand finished top of their groups with six points with the semi-finals seeing New Zealand defeat Fiji 1–0 while Australia defeated Tahiti 4–1. [2]

Mark Burton scored the game's only goal in the 24th minute to give New Zealand a 1-0 win and their second Nations Cup title. This meant that New Zealand won the right to play in the 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup (held in Mexico) as the representative from the OFC. [3]

Background

Heading into the 1998 final, Australia was playing in the third consecutive final after winning the previous two tournaments (1980 and 1996) both being over Tahiti. [1] New Zealand was playing their second final with their other final appearance being in 1973 where they defeated Tahiti in the final. [1]

The two teams had met in official FIFA matches 16 times prior to the final of the OFC Nations Cup. [4] Their most recent encounter being a two-legs match in qualification for the 1998 FIFA World Cup with Australia winning 5–0 on aggregate. [5] In Oceania, they had met twice with Australia winning the last encounter in Newcastle 3–0. [6]

Road to the final

AustraliaRoundNew Zealand
OpponentResult Group stage OpponentResult
Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 3–1 Match 1Flag of French Polynesia.svg  Tahiti 1–0
Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands 16–0 Match 2Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu 8–1
Group B winner
TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 2200191+186
Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 210143+13
Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands 2002019−190
Final standings Group A winner
TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 220091+86
Flag of French Polynesia.svg  Tahiti 210152+33
Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu 2002213−110
OpponentResult Knockout stage OpponentResult
Flag of French Polynesia.svg  Tahiti 4–1 Semi-finalsFlag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 1–0

Australia

Australia was drawn in Group B with Fiji and debutants Cook Islands. In the first match against Fiji, five Australians made their first appearance in the Australians colours. A first-half hat-trick from Damian Mori secured the victory for the Australians despite conceding a goal in the 63rd minute from Esala Masi. [7] The following match against the Cook Islands saw the smallest home crowd in Australia with only 400 people attending the match. Hat-tricks from Damian Mori (4 goals), Kris Trajanovski (4 goals) and Paul Trimboli aided in Australia defeating the Cook Islands 16–0. The score fell one short of the world record secured by Iran who defeated the Maldives in qualification for the 1998 FIFA World Cup. But it did eclipse a national record set a year prior against the Solomon Islands. [8]

In the semi-finals, they took on Tahiti who had finished second in Group A. Another hat-trick from Damian Mori brought his tally up to 10 goals for the tournament while a late goal from Carl Veart sealed the victory and a spot in the final. It was also during this match that Alex Tobin broke the record for the most international appearances by an Australian as he passed Paul Wade record of 84 caps. [9]

New Zealand

New Zealand was drawn in Group A with Tahiti and Vanuatu. In the opening match against Tahiti, a single goal was the difference with the goal coming off Heimana Paama after being saved by the keeper in the 13th minute of play. [10] The following match against Vanuatu saw a hat-trick from South Melbourne FC player, Vaughan Coveny as he scored four goals in the 8–1 victory over Vanuatu with Rubert Ryan also scoring a double for New Zealand.[ citation needed ]

After topping the group, New Zealand met Fiji in the semi-finals and it took until the 88th minute before New Zealand finally scored a goal off Danny Hay before New Zealand got the lead in the match as they went on to win the match 1–0 and book a spot into the final.[ citation needed ]

Match

Details

1998 OFC Nations Cup Final
Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg0–1Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
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Suncorp Stadium , Brisbane
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Massimo Raveino (Tahiti)
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