2000 OFC Nations Cup final

April 2019 2000 OFC Nations Cup final 2000 OFC Nations Cup Australia Australia 30px 2 New Zealand New Zealand 30px 0 28 June 2000 Stade Pater Papeete Harry Attison 1998 2002 The 2000 OFC Nations Cup final was an association football match that took place on 28 June 2000 at the Stade Pater, Papeete. It was the final of the 2000 OFC Nations Cup which was the fifth edition of the OFC Nations Cup, an international competition for national teams in the Oceania Football Confederation. It was contested between Australia and New Zealand in what was a repeat of the 1998 final which New Zealand won. This was also New Zealand's third appearance in a continental final after also appearing in the 1973 final which they won.https://www.rsssf.org/tableso/oceania-cup.html Oceanian Nations Cup rsssf.com 20 April 2020 For Australia, this was their fourth appearance in the final with Australia also winning the 1980 and 1996. After both teams won their respective groups, Australia defeated Vanuatu while New Zealand defeated the Solomon Islands.https://www.rsssf.org/tables/00oc.html Oceanian Nations Cup 2000 rsssf.com 20 April 2020 In the final, goals from Shaun Murphy and Craig Foster gave Australia a 2–0 win over New Zealand to record their third OFC title. This also meant that as winners of the Nations Cup, they also qualified for the 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup which was held in South Korea and Japan as representative of the OFC. Route to the final 2000 OFC Nations Cup AustraliaRoundNew ZealandOpponentResultGroup stageOpponentResultCOK17–0Match 1TAH2–0SOL6–0Match 2VAN3–1Group A winner TeamPld PlayedW WonD DrawnL LostGF Goals forGA Goals againstGD Goal differencePts PointsAUS2200230+236SOL210157−23COK2002122−210Final standingsGroup B winner TeamPld PlayedW WonD DrawnL LostGF Goals forGA Goals againstGD Goal differencePts PointsNZL220051+46VAN210145−13TAH200225−30OpponentResultKnockout stageOpponentResultVAN1–0Semi-finalsSOL2–0 Australia As finalists in the 1998 OFC Nations Cup, and the OFC's top-ranked side, the "Socceroos" were given entry straight into the tournament finals. They progressed comfortably through the group stage, accounting for Cook Islands and Solomon Islands comfortably 17–0 and 6–0 respectively. In the semi-final, they played Vanuatu, winning 1–0 in a match that was closer than expected. Australia's Clayton Zane was the tournament's top scorer going into the final, with 5 goals. New Zealand Like Australia, New Zealand were given direct entry into the tournament finals, as 1998 OFC Nations Cup champions and the OFC's second ranked side. They beat both Tahiti and Vanuatu by 2 goals to progress from the group stage. In the semi-finals, they played Solomon Islands and won 2–0 to move through to the final. Pre-match Analysis Despite New Zealand having won the 1998 OFC Nations Cup final, Australia went into the game as favourites, ranked 15 spots ahead of New Zealand in FIFA World Rankings. Match First half Australia was the better side for much of the match, although New Zealand did create some chances. Australia took the lead 5 minutes from half time, as Shaun Murphy scored off a Stan Lazaridis corner. Second half Australia's ascendency continued, and when Danny Tiatto's cross was finished by Craig Foster midway through the second half, the result was all but secured for Australia. Match details 28 June 2000 18:00 Australia 2–0 Report New Zealand Shaun Murphy 40 Craig Foster 66 Stade Pater, Papeete 300 Harry Attison _aus99h _aus99h1 _aus99h _aus99h _color_3_stripes_yellow 004000 004000 004000 004000 004000 a green shirt with gold trim, green shorts, and green socks Australia _nz99h _nz99h _nz99h _nz99h _DFB_98h FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF a white shirt with black trim, black shorts, and white socks New Zealand Australia 100pxAUSTRALIA: GK 1 Zeljko Kalac RB 2 Kevin Muscat CB 3 Shaun Murphy 40CB 5 Tony PopovicLB 7 Danny Tiatto RM 8 Stan Lazaridis CM 4 Paul Okon CM 6 Craig Foster 66 80 LM 13 Brett Emerton CF 9 David Zdrillic CF 11 Paul Agostino 80Substitutes:MF 14 Aurelio Vidmar 80 FW 15 Clayton Zane 80Manager: Frank FarinaNew Zealand 100pxNEW ZEALAND: GK 1 Jason BattyCB 2 Che Bunce CB 3 Sean DouglasCB 5 Jonathan PerryRWB 6 Gavin Wilkinson 27 70LWB 18 Scott SmithCM 7 Simon ElliottCM 10 Chris Jackson CM 12 Mark Atkinson 77CF 8 Chris KillenCF 13 Kris BouckenoogheSubstitutes:MF 16 Raf de Gregorio 70FW 9 Paul Urlovic 77Manager: Ken Dugdale Post-match Australia's win qualified them for the 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup, and was their third OFC Nations Cup win and their first since 1996. See also Australia–New Zealand soccer rivalry References External links RSSSF. Accessed 21 February 2010. Fifa 2000 Final 2000 OFC Nations Cup Final OFC Nations Cup Final OFC Nations Cup Final OFC Nations Cup Final