2000 OFC Nations Cup

2000 OFC Nations Cup
2000 Coupe d'Océanie des nations
2000 OFC Aibu te Fenua
Tournament details
Host country Tahiti
Dates 19 June - 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) Australia Craig Foster
Australia Clayton Zane
(5 goals each)

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

Melanesia Cup 2000

Team P W D L GF GA Pts
1 Fiji431013410
2 Solomon Islands42111097
3 Vanuatu42021276
4 New Caledonia420211116
5 Papua New Guinea40044190

Solomon Islands and Vanuatu* qualified.

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

Polynesia Cup 2000

Team P W D L GF GA Pts
1 Tahiti440030212
2 Cook Islands4301859
3 Samoa42021366
4 Tonga41034153
5 American Samoa40042290

Tahiti and Cook Islands qualified.

Group stage

Group A

Team P W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Australia2200230+236
2 Solomon Islands210157–23
3 Cook Islands2002122–210
Australia  17–0  Cook Islands
Agostino  18', 68'
Muscat  21', 45' (pen.)
Tiatto  24'
Foster  30', 42', 51', 80'
Zdrilic  35', 65'
Lazaridis  55'
Popovic  60'
Corica  70'
Zane  82', 87', 89'
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Ronan Leaustic (Tahiti)
Solomon Islands  5–1  Cook Islands
Suri  33'
Menapi  47'
Samani  63'
Omokirio  74'
Kotto  88'		 Shepherd  55'
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Harry Attison (Vanuatu)
Australia  6–0  Solomon Islands
Chipperfield  6'
Zane  13', 35'
Omokirio  36' (o.g.)
Muscat  39' (pen.)
Cardozo  43'
Attendance: 300
Referee: Joakim Sosongan (Papua New Guinea)

Group B

Team P W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 New Zealand220051+46
2 Vanuatu210145–13
3 Tahiti200225–30
New Zealand  2–0  Tahiti
Kris Bouckenooghe  27'
Chris Jackson  78'
Attendance: 1,000
New Zealand  3–1  Vanuatu
Chris Killen  47', 84'
Jonathan Perry  56'		 Richard Iwai  14'
Vanuatu  3–2  Tahiti
Jimmy Ben  49'
Richard Iwai  60'
Georgina Tura  77'		 Jean-Loup Rousseau  2' (pen.)
Harold Amaru  87'
Attendance: 300

Knockout stage

Semifinals

Australia  1–0  Vanuatu
Kevin Muscat  5' (pen.)
Attendance: 300
New Zealand  2–0  Solomon Islands
Simon Elliott  51', 55'
Attendance: 500

Third place match

Solomon Islands  2–1  Vanuatu
Commins Menapi  53'
Gideon Omokirio  69' (pen.)		 Lexa Bibi 35'
Attendance: 300

Final

Australia  2–0  New Zealand
Shaun Murphy  40'
Craig Foster  66'
Attendance: 300

Goalscorers

5 goals
4 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal
  • RSSSF Accessed 21 February 2010.
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