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2008 OFC Nations Cup

FieldValue
year2008
dates17 October 2007 – 19 November 2008
num_teams4
confederations1
venues5
cities5
championNZL
count4
secondNCL
second-flagvarfrench
thirdFIJ
fourthVAN
matches12
goals39
attendance
top_scorerShane Smeltz
(8 goals)
prevseason[2004](2004-ofc-nations-cup)
nextseason[2012](2012-ofc-nations-cup)

| second-flagvar = french (8 goals) The 2008 OFC Nations Cup was the eighth edition of the OFC Nations Cup and the first under a new format. It took place as a series of as a home-and-away round-robin tournament on FIFA match dates in 2007 and 2008. Doubling as the qualification tournament for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, the tournament was substantially different from earlier editions: 2004 champions Australia did not compete after leaving the Oceania Football Confederation for the Asian Football Confederation and for the first time since the 1996 OFC Nations Cup, no fixed venue was used. Unlike the 2004 OFC Nations Cup, which had featured six teams from the Oceania Football Confederation, the 2008 tournament had just four.

The cup was won by New Zealand, who as a result qualified for the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup in South Africa and the World Cup qualifying play-off with the Asian 5th-placed team, Bahrain, in which New Zealand were successful.

Qualification

Main article: Football at the 2007 South Pacific Games – Men's tournament

Qualified teams

TeamQualified as

Squads

:See 2008 OFC Nations Cup squads

Final tournament

Results

Smeltz

Mulligan

Vakatalesau Kaudre M. Hmaé

Smeltz

M. Hmaé
Mapou

M. Hmaé
Diaike

Dunadamu

Smeltz

Malas

Christie

Notes

Goalscorers

  • Shane Smeltz

  • Michel Hmaé

  • David Mulligan

  • Maciu Dunadamu

  • Roy Krishna

  • Osea Vakatalesau

  • Pierre Wajoka

  • Francois Sakama

  • Salesh Kumar

  • Valerio Nawatu

  • Patrick Diaike

  • Ramon Djamali

  • Ramon Gjamaci

  • Mael Kaudre

  • Marius Mapou

  • Jeremy Christie

  • Ben Sigmund

  • Ivan Vicelich

  • Derek Malas

  • Etienne Mermer

  • Jean Nako Naprapol

References

References

  1. "FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC) 2010, football - table and standings".
  2. [http://www.oceaniafootball.com/ofcnewsdetails/breaking-news-new-zealand-vs-fiji-match-no-go Media Statement: New Zealand vs Fiji Match], Oceania Football Confederation. Accessed 2009-09-09. [https://web.archive.org/web/20090611060912/http://www.oceaniafootball.com/ofcnewsdetails/breaking-news-new-zealand-vs-fiji-match-no-go Archived] 2009-09-11.
  3. [https://web.archive.org/web/20071014152134/http://fifa.com/worldcup/media/newsid=614454.html#fifa+cancels+new+zealand+fiji FIFA cancels New Zealand-Fiji], FIFA.com
  4. [http://www.oceaniafootball.com/ofcnewsdetails/new-zealand-to-finish-world-cup-qualifying-campaign-in-fiji New Zealand to finish World Cup qualifying campaign in Fiji] {{webarchive. link. (2008-10-02 , Oceania Football Confederation.)
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