2004 OFC Nations Cup

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2004 OFC Nations Cup
Tournament details
Host countryAustralia
Dates29 May – 12 October
Teams6 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)4 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Australia (4th title)
Runners-up Solomon Islands
Third place New Zealand
Fourth place Fiji
Tournament statistics
Matches played17
Goals scored69 (4.06 per match)
Top scorer(s)Australia Tim Cahill
New Zealand Vaughan Coveny
(6 goals each)
← 2002
2008 →

The 2004 OFC Nations Cup doubled as the qualification tournament to the 2006 FIFA World Cup, except the two-legged final (A separate playoff between Australia and Solomon Islands was held in September 2005, for World Cup Qualifying purposes).

The competition was divided in two Group stages (the first is the Qualifying Stage), with Australia and New Zealand seeded into the second stage (Final Stage). The Oceania champion (Australia) qualified for the 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup.

Qualification[]

Main article: 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – OFC First Round

The 10 teams in the first round were divided into two groups of five teams each. Within each group, every team played every other team once. The top two teams from each group then progressed to the second group stage, where they were joined by the two seeded teams.

Squads[]

See 2004 OFC Nations Cup squads

Final tournament[]

The four surviving members (first and second place teams from each group in stage one) of the first stage joined the two seeded teams (Australia and New Zealand) and took part in a tournament where each team played every other once in a tournament held in Adelaide, Australia.

As this doubled as the 2004 Oceania Nations Cup, the top two teams from the second group stage progressed to a two-legged final to determine the winner of the OFC Nations Cup. These two games on home-and-away basis was separate from World Cup qualifying.

The top two teams from this stage also progressed to the final stage of the 2006 Oceania World Cup qualifying tournament.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Australia 5 4 1 0 21 3 +18 13 — 2–2 1–0 6–1 9–0 3–0
 Solomon Islands 5 3 1 1 9 6 +3 10 — — — — 4–0 1–0
 New Zealand 5 3 0 2 17 5 +12 9 — 3–0 — — 10–0 2–4
 Fiji 5 1 1 3 3 10 −7 4 — 1–2 0–2 — 0–0 1–0
 Tahiti 5 1 1 3 2 24 −22 4 — — — — — 2–1
 Vanuatu 5 1 0 4 5 9 −4 3 — — — — — —
Source:[citation needed]

Australia and the Solomon Islands progressed to the final stage.

Vanuatu 0–1 Solomon Islands
[1] Batram Suri Goal 51' (pen.)
Attendance: 200
Referee: Mark Shield (Australia)
Tahiti 0–0 Fiji
[2]
Attendance: 3,000
Australia 1–0 New Zealand
Bresciano Goal 40' [3]
Attendance: 12,130
New Zealand 3–0 Solomon Islands
Fisher Goal 36'
Oughton Goal 81'
Lines Goal 90'		 [4]
Attendance: 217
Australia 9–0 Tahiti
Cahill Goal 14', 47'
Skoko Goal 43'
Simon Goal 44' (o.g.)
Sterjovski Goal 51', 61', 74'
Zdrilic Goal 85'
Chipperfield Goal 89'		 [5]
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: (Vanuatu)
Fiji 1–0 Vanuatu
Toma Goal 73' [6]
Attendance: 500
Referee: (Tahiti)
Australia 6–1 Fiji
Madaschi Goal 6', 50'
Cahill Goal 39', 66', 75'
Elrich Goal 89'		 [7] Gataurua Goal 19'
Attendance: 2,200
Tahiti 0–4 Solomon Islands
[8] Fa'arodo Goal 9'
Menapi Goal 14', 80'
Batram Suri Goal 42'
Attendance: 50
Referee: (Fiji)
Vanuatu 4–2 New Zealand
Chilia Goal 37'
Goal 64'
Goal 72'
Qorig Goal 88'		 [9] Coveny Goal 61', 75'
Attendance: 356
New Zealand 10–0 Tahiti
Coveny Goal 6', 38', 45'
Fisher Goal 16', 22', 63'
Jones Goal 72'
Oughton Goal 74'
Nelsen Goal 82', 87'		 [10]
Attendance: 200
Referee: Mark Shield (Australia)
Fiji 1–2 Solomon Islands
Toma Goal 21' [11] Goal 16'
Houkarawa Goal 82'
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: (Vanuatu)
Vanuatu 0–3 Australia
[12] Aloisi Goal 25', 85'
Emerton Goal 81'
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: (Tahiti)
Tahiti 2–1 Vanuatu
Temataua Goal 40'
Goal 89'		 [13] Iwai Goal 23'
Attendance: 300
Referee: (Fiji)
Fiji 0–2 New Zealand
[14] Bunce Goal 8'
Coveny Goal 56'
Attendance: 2,000
Solomon Islands 2–2 Australia
Menapi Goal 43', 75' [15] Cahill Goal 50'
Emerton Goal 52'
Attendance: 3,500

Final[]

Main article: 2004 OFC Nations Cup Final

The final of the 2004 Oceania Nations Cup was a two-legged home and away final between the top two teams from the second group stage.

Solomon Islands 1–5 Australia
Batram Suri Goal 60' [16] Skoko Goal 5', 28'
Milicic Goal 19'
Emerton Goal 43'
Elrich Goal 79'
Attendance: 21,000
Referee: Peter O'Leary (New Zealand)
Australia 6–0 Solomon Islands
Milicic Goal 5'
Kewell Goal 8'
Vidmar Goal 60'
Thompson Goal 79'
Elrich Goal 82'
Emerton Goal 89'		 [17]
Attendance: 19,208
Referee: (Fiji)

Australia won 11–1 on aggregate and became the 2004 Oceania Nations Cup Champions. They also qualified for the 2005 Confederations Cup.

Although the second round of 2004 OFC Nations Cup doubled the second round of 2006 FIFA World Cup Oceanian qualification, the final play-off for the World Cup was held separately. Australia defeated Solomon Islands again, winning 9–1 on aggregate, and advanced to a play-off against the CONMEBOL (South American) nation Uruguay.

Goalscorers (final stage)[]

Goalscorers (both stages)[]

External links[]

  • RSSSF Accessed 21 February 2010.
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