1973 Oceania Cup

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1973 Oceania Cup
1973 OFC Kapu o Kīngitanga
Tournament details
Host countryNew Zealand
Dates17–24 February
Teams5 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions New Zealand (1st title)
Runners-up Tahiti
Third place New Caledonia
Fourth place New Hebrides
Tournament statistics
Matches played12
Goals scored37 (3.08 per match)
Top scorer(s)New Caledonia
New Zealand Alan Marley
French Polynesia Erroll Bennett
(3 goals each)
1980 →

The 1973 OFC Nations Cup was the first Oceania-wide football tournament ever held. It took place in New Zealand from 17 February 1973–24 February 1973. All matches were held at Newmarket Park, in Auckland, and five teams participated: New Zealand, New Caledonia, Tahiti, New Hebrides (now known as Vanuatu) and Fiji.

At the time, the Oceania Football Confederation was not considered a full FIFA Confederation, and as such allowed national teams unaffiliated with FIFA to enter.

The teams played each other according to a round-robin format, and the top two teams (New Zealand and Tahiti) played off in a final to determine the winner. New Caledonia and New Hebrides also played each other, on the same day as the final, to determine third place.

New Zealand won the tournament with a 2–0 victory in the final, while New Caledonia retained third place by defeating New Hebrides.

First round[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  New Zealand 4 3 1 0 11 4 +7 7 Advance to final
2  Tahiti 4 3 1 0 8 2 +6 7
3  New Caledonia 4 2 0 2 8 5 +3 4 Advance to third place play-off
4  New Hebrides 4 1 0 3 4 9 −5 2
5  Fiji 4 0 0 4 2 13 −11 0
Source:[citation needed]
Tahiti 2–1 New Caledonia
Erroll Bennett Goal ?'
Goal ?'		 [1] Goal ?'
Referee: T. Delahunty (New Zealand)
New Zealand 5–1 Fiji
Brian Turner Goal ?'
David Taylor Goal ?'
Geoff Brand Goal ?'
Malcolm Bland Goal ?'
Alan Vest Goal ?'		 [2] Goal ?'
Referee: A. Nakagawa (New Caledonia)
New Caledonia 4–1 New Hebrides
Goal ?', ?'
Goal ?'
Goal ?'		 [3] Goal ?'
Referee: P. Tahuaitu (Tahiti)
New Zealand 1–1 Tahiti
Alan Vest Goal ?' [4] Erroll Bennett Goal ?'
Referee: P. Raman (Fiji)
New Caledonia 2–0 Fiji
Goal ?', ?' [5]
Referee: B. Chaudet (New Hebrides)
Tahiti 1–0 New Hebrides
Erroll Bennett Goal [6]
Referee: A. Nakagawa (New Caledonia)
New Hebrides 2–1 Fiji
Goal ?'
Goal ?'		 [7] Goal ?'
Referee: T. Delahunty (New Zealand)
New Zealand 2–1 New Caledonia
Alan Marley Goal ?'
Colin Latimour Goal ?'		 [8] Goal ?'
Referee: B. Chaudet (New Hebrides)
Tahiti 4–0 Fiji
Claude Carrara Goal ?'
Goal ?'
Goal ?'
Roland de Marigny Goal ?'		 [9]
Referee: A. Nakagawa (New Caledonia)
New Zealand 3–1 New Hebrides
Malcolm Bland Goal ?'
Brian Hardman Goal ?'
Alan Marley Goal ?'		 [10] Goal ?'
Referee: P. Tahuaitu (Tahiti)

Third place play-off[]

New Caledonia 2–1 New Hebrides
Goal ?'
Goal ?'		 [11] Goal ?'
Referee: P. Tahuaitu (Tahiti)

Final[]

Main article: 1973 OFC Nations Cup Final
New Zealand 2–0 Tahiti
David Taylor Goal ?'
Alan Marley Goal ?'		 [12]
Referee: B. Chaudet (New Hebrides)


 1973 OFC Nations Cup Winners 

New Zealand
First title

Goalscorers[]

There were 37 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 3.08 goals per match.

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Tournament team rankings[]

As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1  New Zealand 5 4 1 0 13 4 +9 13 Champion
2  Tahiti 5 3 1 1 10 2 +8 10 Runner-up
3  New Caledonia 5 3 0 2 10 6 +4 9 Third place
4  New Hebrides 5 1 0 4 5 11 −6 3 Fourth place
5  Fiji 4 0 0 4 2 13 −11 0 Eliminated in
group stage
Source:[citation needed]

References[]

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