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2000 OFC Nations Cup
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| other_titles | Coupe d'Océanie des nations 2000 |
| 2000 OFC Aibu te Fenua | |
| year | 2000 |
| country | Tahiti |
| dates | 19–28 June |
| num_teams | 6 |
| confederations | 1 |
| venues | 1 |
| cities | 1 |
| champion | AUS |
| count | 3 |
| second | NZL |
| third | SOL |
| fourth | VAN |
| matches | 10 |
| goals | 48 |
| attendance | 5500 |
| top_scorer | Craig Foster |
| Clayton Zane | |
| (5 goals each) | |
| prevseason | [1998](1998-ofc-nations-cup) |
| nextseason | [2002](2002-ofc-nations-cup) |
2000 OFC Aibu te Fenua 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
Qualifield teams
| Team | Qualified as | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| {{sort | 4 | [2000 Melanesia Cup](2000-melanesia-cup) third place{{efn-ua | Fiji withdrew for the [2000 OFC Nations Cup](2000-ofc-nations-cup) because of political unrest in the country, which led to the [2000 Fijian coup d'état](2000-fijian-coup-d-etat). However, Vanuatu replaced Fiji for the final tournament. |
Venue
| Tahiti | Pirae |
|---|---|
| Stade Pater Te Hono Nui | |
| Capacity: **11,700** |
Squads
Group stage
Group A
Muscat
Tiatto
Foster
Zdrilic
Popovic
Corica
Zane
Menapi
Samani
Omokirio
Koto
Zane
Omokirio
Muscat
Cardozo
Group B
Jackson
Perry
Iwai
Tura
Amaru
Knockout stage
Bracket
|25 June – Papeete||1||0 |25 June – Papeete||2||0 |28 June – Papeete||2||0 |28 June – Papeete||1||2
Semi-finals
Third place match
Gideon Omokirio
Final
Main article: 2000 OFC Nations Cup Final
Foster
Goalscorers
;5 goals
- AUS Clayton Zane
- AUS Craig Foster ;4 goals
- AUS Kevin Muscat ;2 goals
- AUS David Zdrilic
- AUS Paul Agostino
- NZL Chris Killen
- NZL Simon Elliott
- SOL Commins Menapi
- SOL Gideon Omokirio
- VAN Richard Iwai ;1 goal
- AUS Danny Tiatto
- AUS Pablo Cardozo
- AUS Scott Chipperfield
- AUS Shaun Murphy
- AUS Stan Lazaridis
- AUS Steve Corica
- AUS Tony Popovic
- COK Daniel Shepherd
- NZL Chris Jackson
- NZL Jonathan Perry
- NZL Kris Bouckenooghe
- SOL Batram Suri
- SOL Henry Kotto
- SOL Jack Samani
- TAH Harold Amaru
- TAH Jean-Loup Rousseau
- VAN Georgina Tura
- VAN Jimmy Ben
- VAN Lexa Bibi ;Own goal
- SOL Gideon Omokirio (playing against Australia)
References
References
- "Oceanian Nations Cup 2000". RSSSF.
- Bronwyn, Sell. (30 June 2000). "Official cheers as Fiji fixtures dry up". [[The New Zealand Herald]].
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