1988 Melanesia Cup

1988 Melanesia Cup
Tournament details
Host country Solomon Islands
Dates 21 October - 26 October
Teams 4 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions  Fiji (1st title)
Runners-up  Solomon Islands
Third place  Vanuatu
Tournament statistics
Matches played 8
Goals scored 30 (3.75 per match)

The 1988 Melanesia Cup was the first Melanesia Cup football tournament held. It took place in Solomon Islands and four teams participated in the tournament: Fiji, Solomon Islands, New Caledonia and Vanuatu.

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

Fiji won the tournament with a 3-1 victory in the final, while Vanuatu retained third place by defeating New Caledonia 1-0.

First round

Team P W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Fiji 3 2 1 0 11 1 +10 7
 Solomon Islands 3 2 1 0 7 1 +6 7
 New Caledonia 3 1 0 2 6 4 +2 3
 Vanuatu 3 0 0 4 1 19 −18 0

Fiji  1-1  Solomon Islands

New Caledonia  6-1  Vanuatu

New Caledonia  0-1  Solomon Islands

Fiji  8-0  Vanuatu

Vanuatu  0-5  Solomon Islands

Fiji  2-0  New Caledonia

3rd/4th places

Vanuatu  1-0  New Caledonia

Final

Solomon Islands  1-3  Fiji

References

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