2000 OFC Nations Cup

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2000 OFC Nations Cup

2000 Coupe d'Océanie des nations 2000 OFC Aibu te Fenua
Tournament details
Host country	Tahiti
Dates	19–28 June
Teams	6 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Australia (3rd title)
Runners-up	New Zealand
Third place	Solomon Islands
Fourth place	Vanuatu
Tournament statistics
Matches played	10
Goals scored	48 (4.8 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Craig Foster Clayton Zane (5 goals each)
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The 2000 OFC Nations Cup was held in Papeete, Tahiti. The six participating teams were Australia and New Zealand who qualified as of right, the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu who qualified from the Melanesia Cup, the Cook Islands and Tahiti who qualified from the Polynesia Cup. Australia beat New Zealand 2–0 in the final. The Solomon Islands beat Vanuatu 2-1 for third place.

Fiji qualified to this edition but then withdrew due to the 2000 Fijian coup d'état and was replaced by Vanuatu.

Qualification[]

2000 Melanesia Cup[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Fiji (C, H)	4	3	1	0	13	4	+9	10
2	Solomon Islands	4	2	1	1	10	9	+1	7	Advance to 2000 OFC Nations Cup
3	Vanuatu	4	2	0	2	12	7	+5	6
4	New Caledonia	4	2	0	2	11	11	0	6
5	Papua New Guinea	4	0	0	4	4	19	−15	0

Solomon Islands and Vanuatu* qualified.

• Fiji were replaced by Vanuatu due to civil unrest taking place in Fiji.

2000 Polynesia Cup[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Tahiti (C, H)	4	4	0	0	30	2	+28	12	Advance to 2000 OFC Nations Cup
2	Cook Islands	4	3	0	1	8	5	+3	9
3	Samoa	4	2	0	2	13	6	+7	6
4	Tonga	4	1	0	3	4	15	−11	3
5	American Samoa	4	0	0	4	2	29	−27	0

Tahiti and Cook Islands qualified.

Squads[]

See 2000 OFC Nations Cup squads.

Group stage[]

Group A[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	2	2	0	0	23	0	+23	6	Advance to knockout stage
2	Solomon Islands	2	1	0	1	5	7	−2	3
3	Cook Islands	2	0	0	2	1	22	−21	0

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Group B[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	New Zealand	2	2	0	0	5	1	+4	6	Advance to knockout stage
2	Vanuatu	2	1	0	1	4	5	−1	3
3	Tahiti (H)	2	0	0	2	2	5	−3	0

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Knockout stage[]

Semi-finals[]

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Third place match[]

Final[]

Goalscorers[]

5 goals

• Clayton Zane
• Craig Foster

4 goals

• Kevin Muscat

2 goals

1 goal

Own goal

• Gideon Omokirio (playing against Australia)

External links[]

• RSSSF Accessed 21 February 2010.