2000 OFC Nations Cup

April 2019 Coupe d'Océanie des nations 20002000 OFC Aibu te Fenua 2000 Tahiti 19–28 June 6 1 1 1 AUS 3 NZL SOL VAN 10 48 5500 AUS Craig Foster AUS Clayton Zane (5 goals each) 1998 2002 The 2000 OFC Nations Cup was held in Papeete, Tahiti.https://www.rsssf.org/tables/00oc.html Oceanian Nations Cup 2000 RSSSF 18 July 2023 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 Table y n y 2000 Melanesia Cup2000 Table y n y 2000 Polynesia Cup Qualified teams Team Qualified as AUS 1 Automatically qualified NZL 2 Automatically qualified SOL 4 2000 Melanesia Cup runners-up VAN 4 2000 Melanesia Cup third placeFiji withdrew for the 2000 OFC Nations Cup because of political unrest in the country, which led to the 2000 Fijian coup d'état.https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=138862 Official cheers as Fiji fixtures dry up Bronwyn, Sell 30 June 2000 9 September 2018 The New Zealand Herald 9 September 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180909073801/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=138862 live However, Vanuatu replaced Fiji for the final tournament. TAH 3 2000 Polynesia Cup winner COK 3 2000 Polynesia Cup runners-up Venue Tahiti Pirae Stade Pater Te Hono Nui Capacity: 11,700center French Polynesia 300 French Polynesia -17.532128 -149.541 Pirae left Red pog.svg Squads See 2000 OFC Nations Cup squads. Group stage Group A main WDL complete AUS AUS SOL SOL COK COK 2 0 0 23 0 1 0 1 5 7 0 0 2 1 22 Q KO KO green1 Advance to knockout stage 19 June 2000 AUS 17–0 Report COK Agostino 18 53 68 Muscat 21 45 pen. Tiatto 24 Foster 30 42 51 80 Zdrilic 35 65 Popovic 60 Corica 70 Zane 82 87 89 Stade Pater, Papeete 1,000 Ronan Leaustic (Tahiti) 21 June 2000 SOL 5–1 Report COK Suri 33 Menapi 47 Samani 63 Omokirio 74 Koto 88 Shepherd 55 Stade Pater, Papeete 1,000 Harry Attison (Vanuatu) 23 June 2000 AUS 6–0 Report SOL Chipperfield 6 Zane 13 35 Omokirio 36 o.g. Muscat 39 pen. Cardozo 43 Stade Pater, Papeete 300 Joakim Sosongan (Papua New Guinea) Group B main WDL complete NZL NZL VAN VAN TAH TAH 2 0 0 5 1 1 0 1 4 5 0 0 2 2 5 H Q KO KO green1 Advance to knockout stage 19 Jun 2000 NZL 2–0 TAH Bouckenooghe 27 Jackson 78 Stade Pater, Papeete 1,000 21 Jun 2000 NZL 3–1 VAN Killen 47 84 Perry 56 Iwai 14 Stade Pater, Papeete 500 22 Jun 2000 VAN 3–2 TAH Ben 49 Iwai 60 Tura 77 Rousseau 2 pen. Amaru 87 Stade Pater, Papeete 300 Knockout stage Bracket N4 white-space:nowrap yes high yes Semi-finals Final 25 June – Papeete AUS 1 VAN 0 25 June – Papeete NZ 2 SOL 0 28 June – Papeete AUS 2 NZ 0 28 June – Papeete VAN 1 SOL 2 Semi-finals 25 Jun 2000 AUS 1–0 VAN Muscat 5 pen. Stade Pater, Papeete 300 25 Jun 2000 NZL 2–0 SOL Elliott 51 55 Stade Pater, Papeete 500 Third place match 28 Jun 2000 SOL 2–1 VAN Commins Menapi 53 Gideon Omokirio 69 pen. Bibi 35 Stade Pater, Papeete 300 Final 2000 OFC Nations Cup Final 28 Jun 2000 AUS 2–0 NZL Murphy 40 Foster 66 Stade Pater, Papeete 300 Harry Attison (Vanuatu) Goalscorers 5 goals AUS Clayton Zane AUS Craig Foster 4 goals AUS Kevin Muscat 2 goals 22em AUS David Zdrilic AUS Paul Agostino NZL Chris Killen NZL Simon Elliott SOL Commins Menapi SOL Gideon Omokirio VAN Richard Iwai 1 goal 22em 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 2000 Nations Cup Nations Cup Category:2000 in Overseas France Category:2000s in French Polynesian sport 2000 Category:June 2000 sports events in Oceania Category:Football competitions in French Polynesia Category:Papeete