1998 Pacific Cup

1998 (1998) Pacific Cup  ()
Number of teams 4
Host country  New Zealand
Winner  Tonga
Matches played 6

The 1998 Pacific Cup was an international rugby league tournament played in the Pacific region. The tournament was played in New Zealand with all matches played at Carlaw Park in Auckland. All four nations that participated picked primarily Auckland based players. The Cook Islands and Tonga also played in the Papua New Guinea 50th Anniversary Tournament played during the same month. Papua New Guinea, Fiji and Samoa declined an invitation to compete. All four nations played each other once with the top nation crowned winners. The last match between American Samoa and Tonga turned out to be ,effectively, a final after both won their first two games. Tonga won that match to win the tournament.

Results

  • American Samoa 40–34 Cook Islands
  • – Tokelau 4–18 Tonga
  • American Samoa 54–12 Tokelau
  • – Cook Islands 8–16 Tonga
  • Cook Islands 22–16 Tokelau
  • – American Samoa 16–18 Tonga

Table

PosNationPldWDLPFPAPts
1 Tonga330052286
2 American Samoa3201110644
3 Cook Islands310264722
4 Tokelau300332940

References

  • Rugby League World November 1998
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