1998 OFC Nations Cup

1998 OFC Nations Cup

Tournament details
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)
Top scorer(s)	Damian Mori (10 goals)
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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.

Qualification[]

Melanesia Cup 1998[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
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

Fiji and Vanuatu qualified.

Polynesia Cup 1998[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
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.

Venues[]

Brisbane
	Brisbane
	Lang Park
	Capacity: 52,500

Squads[]

See 1998 OFC Nations Cup squads.

Group stage[]

Group A[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
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

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Group B[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
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

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Knockout stage[]

	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

Semifinals[]

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Third place match[]

Final[]

Goalscorers[]

10 goals

• Damian Mori

4 goals

• Kris Trajanovski
• Vaughan Coveny

3 goals

• Paul Trimboli
• Esala Masi
• Gerald Quennet

2 goals

1 goal

Own goal

• Heimana Paama (playing against New Zealand)
• Heath Dickinson (playing against Fiji)

References[]

External links[]

• Oceania Football
• RSSSF. Retrieved 21 February 2010.

Coordinates: 27°27′53″S 153°0′34″E / 27.46472°S 153.00944°E / -27.46472; 153.00944 (Suncorp Stadium)