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1998 OFC Nations Cup

FieldValue
year1998
countryAustralia
dates25 September – 4 October
num_teams6
confederations1
venues1
cities1
championNZL
count2
secondAUS
thirdFIJ
fourthTAH
matches10
goals52
attendance20200
top_scorerDamian Mori (10 goals)
prevseason[1996](1996-ofc-nations-cup)
nextseason[2000](2000-ofc-nations-cup)

The 1998 OFC Nations Cup was held in Brisbane, Australia. The six participating teams were Australia and New Zealand who qualified as of right, Fiji and Vanuatu who qualified from the Melanesia Cup, and Tahiti and the Cook Islands who qualified from the Polynesia Cup. New Zealand beat an Australian team lacking most of their best internationals 1–0 in the final, while Fiji defeated Tahiti for third place.

Qualification

Qualifield teams

TeamQualified as

Venues

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Lang Park
Capacity: **52,500**
[[File:Suncorp Stadium 22 April 2012 (cropped).jpg200px]]

Squads

:See 1998 OFC Nations Cup squads.

Group stage

Group A

Coveny
Ryan
Bunce

Zaveroni
Amaru

Group B

Mori
Maloney
Ceccoli
Trajanovski
Chipperfield
Halpin

Kilalwaca
Nasema

Knockout stage

| 2 October 1998 – Brisbane | **** | 1 | | 0 | 2 October 1998 – Brisbane | **** | 4 | | 1 | 4 October 1998 – Brisbane | **** | 1 | | 0 | 4 October 1998 – Brisbane | **** | 4 | | 2

Semifinals

Veart

Third place match

Lal
Seruvatu

Final

Main article: 1998 OFC Nations Cup Final

Goalscorers

;10 goals

  • AUS Damian Mori ;4 goals
  • AUS Kris Trajanovski
  • NZL Vaughan Coveny ;3 goals
  • AUS Paul Trimboli
  • FIJ Esala Masi
  • TAH Gerald Quennet ;2 goals
  • AUS Brad Maloney
  • NZL Rupert Ryan
  • TAH Jean-Loup Rousseau ;1 goal
  • AUS Alvin Ceccoli
  • AUS Carl Veart
  • AUS Scott Chipperfield
  • AUS Troy Halpin
  • FIJ Kameli Kilalwaca
  • FIJ Shailend Lal
  • FIJ Ulaisi Seruvatu
  • FIJ Valerio Nasema
  • NZL Che Bunce
  • NZL Danny Hay
  • NZL Mark Burton
  • NZL Tinol Christie
  • TAH Harold Amaru
  • TAH Hiro Labaste
  • TAH Teva Zaveroni
  • VAN Edwin Rarai
  • VAN Peter Roronamahava ;Own goal
  • TAH Heimana Paama (playing against New Zealand)
  • COK Heath Dickinson (playing against Fiji)

References

References

  1. (5 October 2020). "From the vault: The OFC Nations Cup 1998".
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