1998 OFC Nations Cup final

April 2019 1998 OFC Nations Cup final 1998 OFC Nations Cup Australia Australia 30px 0 New Zealand New Zealand 30px 1 4 October 1998 Suncorp Stadium Brisbane Massimo Raveino (Tahiti) 12,000 1996 2000 The 1998 OFC Nations Cup final was an association football match that took place on the 4 September 1998 at Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane. It was the final of the 1998 OFC Nations Cup which was the fourth edition of the OFC Nations Cup, a competition for national teams in the Oceania Football Confederation. It was contested between hosts Australia and New Zealand. It was Australia's third final appearance with the team winning the last two OFC Nations Cup in 1980 and 1996.https://www.rsssf.org/tableso/oceania-cup.html Oceanian Nations Cup rsssf.com 22 June 2016 For New Zealand, it was their second appearance in a final appearance after winning the 1973. In the group stage, both Australia and New Zealand finished top of their groups with six points with the semi-finals seeing New Zealand defeat Fiji 1–0 while Australia defeated Tahiti 4–1.https://www.rsssf.org/tables/98oc.html Oceanian Nations Cup 1998 rsssf.com 8 June 2016 Mark Burton scored the game's only goal in the 24th minute to give New Zealand a 1-0 win and their second Nations Cup title. This meant that New Zealand won the right to play in the 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup (held in Mexico) as the representative from the OFC.Win puts All Whites back on world stage Steve Rendle 5 October 1998 24 The Evening Post Background Heading into the 1998 final, Australia was playing in the third consecutive final after winning the previous two tournaments (1980 and 1996) both being over Tahiti. New Zealand was playing their second final with their other final appearance being in 1973 where they defeated Tahiti in the final. The two teams had met in official FIFA matches 16 times prior to the final of the OFC Nations Cup.https://www.11v11.com/teams/new-zealand/tab/opposingTeams/opposition/Australia/ New Zealand national football team: record v Australia 11v11.com 15 April 2020 Their most recent encounter being a two-legs match in qualification for the 1998 FIFA World Cup with Australia winning 5–0 on aggregate.Venables all smiles as Socceroos turn on style - WORLD CUP Michael Cockerill Michael Cockerill 26 7 July 1997 The Sydney Morning Herald In Oceania, they had met twice with Australia winning the last encounter in Newcastle 3–0.Australians hammer Kiwis 3-0 36 Michael Cockerill 16 November 1995 The Age Road to the final 1998 OFC Nations Cup AustraliaRoundNew ZealandOpponentResultGroup stageOpponentResultFIJ3–1Match 1TAH1–0COK16–0Match 2VAN8–1Group B winner TeamPld PlayedW WonD DrawnL LostGF Goals forGA Goals againstGD Goal differencePts PointsAUS2200191+186FIJ210143+13COK2002019−190Final standingsGroup A winner TeamPld PlayedW WonD DrawnL LostGF Goals forGA Goals againstGD Goal differencePts PointsNZL220091+86TAH210152+33VAN2002213−110OpponentResultKnockout stageOpponentResultTAH4–1Semi-finalsFIJ1–0 Australia Australia was drawn in Group B with Fiji and debutants Cook Islands. In the first match against Fiji, five Australians made their first appearance in the Australians colours. A first-half hat-trick from Damian Mori secured the victory for the Australians despite conceding a goal in the 63rd minute from Esala Masi.Fijian fortitude puts Socceroos under pressure - Soccer Michael Cockerill 57 26 September 1998 The Sydney Morning Herald The following match against the Cook Islands saw the smallest home crowd in Australia with only 400 people attending the match. Hat-tricks from Damian Mori (4 goals), Kris Trajanovski (4 goals) and Paul Trimboli aided in Australia defeating the Cook Islands 16–0. The score fell one short of the world record secured by Iran who defeated the Maldives in qualification for the 1998 FIFA World Cup. But it did eclipse a national record set a year prior against the Solomon Islands.Socceroos' slaughter falls one short of record - Soccer Michael Cockerill 42 29 September 1998 The Sydney Morning Herald In the semi-finals, they took on Tahiti who had finished second in Group A. Another hat-trick from Damian Mori brought his tally up to 10 goals for the tournament while a late goal from Carl Veart sealed the victory and a spot in the final. It was also during this match that Alex Tobin broke the record for the most international appearances by an Australian as he passed Paul Wade record of 84 caps.Hot-shot Mori puts Socceroos into final - Soccer Michael Cockerill 49 3 October 1998 The Sydney Morning Herald New Zealand New Zealand was drawn in Group A with Tahiti and Vanuatu. In the opening match against Tahiti, a single goal was the difference with the goal coming off Heimana Paama after being saved by the keeper in the 13th minute of play.Goal hits new coach's target 019 26 September 1998 Waikato Times The following match against Vanuatu saw a hat-trick from South Melbourne FC player, Vaughan Coveny as he scored four goals in the 8–1 victory over Vanuatu with Rubert Ryan also scoring a double for New Zealand.April 2020 After topping the group, New Zealand met Fiji in the semi-finals and it took until the 88th minute before New Zealand finally scored a goal off Danny Hay before New Zealand got the lead in the match as they went on to win the match 1–0 and book a spot into the final.April 2020 Match Details 4 October 1998 1998 OFC Nations Cup Final AUS 0–1 Report NZL M. Burton 24 Suncorp Stadium Brisbane 12,000 Massimo Raveino (Tahiti) _aus97h _aus97h _aus97h _greentop FFDF00 FFDF00 FFDF00 000000 Australia _nz98h _nz98h _nz98h _nz98h _blackstripe FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF New Zealand GK 1 Jason PetkovicRB 5 Alex Tobin (c) 60CB 6 Mark BabicCB 12 Simon Colosimo LB 13 Alvin CeccoliRM 16 Kasey Wehrman CM 14 Goran Lozanovski 46CM 8 Troy Halpin 62LM 19 Brad MaloneyCF 10 Paul TrimboliCF 9 Damian MoriSubstitutions:MF 20Scott Chipperfield 46DF 15Dominic Longo 60FW 17Kris Trajanovski 62 90Manager:AUS Raul Blanco GK 1 Jason Batty (c)RB 2 Chris Zoricich CB 3 Sean Douglas 90 CB 6 Gavin WilkinsonLB 14 Danny HayDM 12 Mark AtkinsonRM 11 Harry Ngata 79CM 10 Chris Jackson CM 8 Aaran Lines CM 7 Mark BurtonCF 16 Vaughan CovenySubstitutions:DF 4 Che Bunce 79DF 15Ivan Vicelich 90Manager:ENG Ken Dugdale See also Australia–New Zealand soccer rivalry References Final Category:OFC Nations Cup finals OFC Category:New Zealand men's national football team matches Category:October 1998 sports events in Australia 1998