2004 OFC Nations Cup

2004 OFC Nations Cup
Tournament details
Host country Australia
Dates 29 May - 12 October
Teams 6 (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 played 17
Goals scored 69 (4.06 per match)
Top scorer(s) Australia Tim Cahill
New Zealand Vaughan Coveny
(6 goals each)

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 Confederations Cup.

Qualification

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 5410213+1813
 Solomon Islands 531196+310
 New Zealand 5302175+129
 Fiji 5113310−74
 Tahiti 5113224−224
 Vanuatu 510459−43
  Australia Fiji New Zealand Solomon Islands French Polynesia Vanuatu
Australia  — 6–1 1–0 2–2 9–0 3–0
Fiji  — — 0–2 1–2 0–0 1–0
New Zealand  — — — 3–0 10–0 2–4
Solomon Islands  — — — — 4–0 1–0
Tahiti  — — — — — 2–1
Vanuatu  — — — — — —

Australia and the Solomon Islands progressed to the final stage.

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

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  60' Skoko  5', 28'
Milicic  19'
Emerton  43'
Elrich  79'
Attendance: 21,000
Australia  6–0  Solomon Islands
Milicic  5'
Kewell  8'
Vidmar  60'
Thompson  79'
Elrich  82'
Emerton  89'
Attendance: 19,208
Referee: Leone Rakaroi (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)

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