1988 Melanesia Cup

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.

1988 Melanesia Cup
Tournament details
Host countrySolomon Islands
Dates21–26 October
Teams4 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Fiji (1st title)
Runners-up Solomon Islands
Third place Vanuatu
Tournament statistics
Matches played8
Goals scored30 (3.75 per match)

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


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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