2008 FORU Oceania Cup

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2008 Oceania Cup
Date16 August 2008–
30 April 2008
Countries Cook Islands
 Niue
 New Caledonia
 Vanuatu
Final positions
Champions Niue
Runner-up New Caledonia
Tournament statistics
Matches played3
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The 2008 FORU Oceania Cup was a rugby union competition for countries and territories in Oceania with national teams in the developmental band.

The tournament was played as a straight knockout, which was won by Niue.[1] The Band 1 teams from Oceania teams (Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Samoa, and Tonga) do not participate in the Oceania Cup.

First round[]

Western Zone[]

16 August 2008
New Caledonia  29–20[A]  Vanuatu
Report[2]
Rivière Salée Stadium, Noumea
Referee: Mikea Rokodrakia (Fiji)

Eastern Zone[]

16 August 2008
Cook Islands  7–18  Niue
Report[3]
Tereora National Stadium, Raratonga, Cook Islands

Ranking:

Final[]

30 August 2008
New Caledonia  5–27  Niue
Report[4]
Rivière Salée Stadium, Noumea
Referee: Sione Tanoa (Fiji)

See also[]

  • FORU Oceania Cup
Notes
[A] The score on the Rugby International match report was 29–20 to New Caledonia, but the FORU web site originally recorded it as 32–20 to New Caledonia (since corrected).

References[]

  1. ^ "FORU Cup 2008 / Results". espnscrum.com. Archived from the original on 2013-11-10. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
  2. ^ "New Caledonia 29 v Vanuatu 20". Rugby International. 26 October 2008. Archived from the original on 23 February 2015.
  3. ^ "Cool Islands 7 v Niue 18". FORU. 26 October 2008. Archived from the original on 23 February 2015.
  4. ^ "Niue 27 v New Caledonia 5". Rugby International. 26 October 2008. Archived from the original on 18 February 2012.
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