2004 OFC Nations Cup

April 2019 April 2019 2004 Australia 29 May – 12 October 6 1 4 3 AUS 4 SOL NZL FIJ 17 69 71561 AUS Tim Cahill NZL Vaughan Coveny (6 goals each) 2002 2008 The 2004 OFC Nations Cup was the edition of the tournament for the OFC Nations Cup and doubled as the qualification tournament to the 2006 FIFA World Cup, except the two-legged final. A separate playoff between Australia and Solomon Islands was held in September 2005, for World Cup Qualifying purposes. The competition was divided in two Group stages (the first is the Qualifying Stage), with Australia and New Zealand seeded into the second stage (Final Stage). The Oceania champion (Australia) qualified for the 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup. Qualification 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – OFC first round The 10 teams in the first round were divided into two sections of five teams each. Each team played every other team once. The top two teams from each group then progressed to the second group stage, where they were joined by the two seeded teams.How did the two teams come to be seeded? July 2022 Venues AUS Australia (Final tournament & Final match–Second leg host)Australia right 300 Australia 33 53 S 151 13 E bottom Sydney Australia 34 54 S 138 35 E left Adelaide SydneyAdelaide Sydney Football Stadium Hindmarsh Stadium Marden Sports Complex Capacity: 45,500 Capacity: 17,000 Capacity: 6,000250px250px250pxSOL Solomon Islands (Final match–First leg host)Solomon Islands right 300 Solomon Islands -9.436732 159.971307 Honiara bottomHoniaraLawson Tama StadiumCapacity: 30,000250px Squads See 2004 OFC Nations Cup squads Final tournament The four surviving members (first and second place teams from each group in stage one) of the first stage joined the two seeded teams (Australia and New Zealand) and took part in a tournament where each team played every other once in a tournament held in Adelaide, Australia. As this doubled as the 2004 Oceania Nations Cup, the top two teams from the second group stage progressed to a two-legged final to determine the winner of the OFC Nations Cup. These two games on home-and-away basis was separate from World Cup qualifying. The top two teams from this stage also progressed to the final stage of the 2006 Oceania World Cup qualifying tournament. main WDL yes Q y Tiebreakers AUS Australia SOL Solomon Islands NZL New Zealand FJI Fiji TAH Tahiti VAN Vanuatu 4 1 0 21 3 3 1 1 9 6 3 0 2 17 5 1 1 3 3 10 1 1 3 2 24 1 0 4 5 9 blue1 Advance to final A A flag 6–1 1–0 null 9–0 null null 0–2 1–2 null 1–0 null null 3–0 10–0 null 2–2 null null null null null 0–0 null 0–4 2–1 0–3 null 4–2 0–1 null complete FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC) 2006, football - table and standings https://soccer365.me/competitions/740/2006/ soccer365.me 16 April 2024 4 April 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240404225040/https://soccer365.me/competitions/740/2006/ dead Vanuatu v Solomon Islands 29 May 2004 VAN 0–1 Report SOL Batram Suri 51 pen. Marden Sports Complex, Adelaide 200 Mark Shield (Australia) Tahiti v Fiji 29 May 2004 TAH 0–0 Report FIJ Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide 3,000 Stefano Farina (Italy) Australia v New Zealand 29 May 2004 AUS 1–0 Report NZL Bresciano 40 Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide 12,130 Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark) New Zealand v Solomon Islands 31 May 2004 NZL 3–0 Report SOL Fisher 36 Oughton 81 Lines 90 Marden Sports Complex, Adelaide 217 Eduardo Iturralde González (Spain) Australia v Tahiti 31 May 2004 AUS 9–0 Report TAH Cahill 14 47 Skoko 43 Simon 44 o.g. Sterjovski 51 61 74 Zdrilic 85 Chipperfield 89 Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide 1,200 Harry Attison (Vanuatu) Fiji v Vanuatu 31 May 2004 FIJ 1–0 Report VAN Toma 73 Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide 500 Charles Ariiotima (Tahiti) Australia v Fiji 2 June 2004 AUS 6–1 Report FIJ Madaschi 6 50 Cahill 39 66 75 Elrich 89 Gataurua 19 Marden Sports Complex, Adelaide 2,200 Eduardo Iturralde González (Spain) Tahiti v Solomon Islands 2 June 2004 TAH 0–4 Report SOL Fa'arodo 9 Menapi 14 80 Batram Suri 42 Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide 50 Leone Rakaroi (Fiji) Vanuatu v New Zealand 2 June 2004 VAN 4–2 Report NZL Chilia 37 Bibi 64 Maleb 72 Qorig 88 Coveny 61 75 Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide 356 Stefano Farina (Italy) New Zealand v Tahiti 4 June 2004 NZL 10–0 Report TAH Coveny 6 38 45 Fisher 16 22 63 Jones 72 Oughton 74 Nelsen 82 87 Marden Sports Complex, Adelaide 200 Mark Shield (Australia) Fiji v Solomon Islands 4 June 2004 FIJ 1–2 Report SOL Toma 21 Kakai 16 Houkarawa 82 Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide 1,500 Harry Attison (Vanuatu) Vanuatu v Australia 4 June 2004 VAN 0–3 Report AUS Aloisi 25 85 Emerton 81 Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide 4,000 Charles Ariiotima (Tahiti) Tahiti v Vanuatu 6 June 2004 TAH 2–1 Report VAN Temataua 40 Wajoka 89 Iwai 23 Marden Sports Complex, Adelaide 300 Leone Rakaroi (Fiji) Fiji v New Zealand 6 June 2004 FIJ 0–2 Report NZL Bunce 8 Coveny 56 Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide 2,000 Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark) Solomon Islands v Australia 6 June 2004 SOL 2–2 Report AUS Menapi 43 75 Cahill 50 Emerton 52 Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide 3,500 Eduardo Iturralde González (Spain) Final 2004 OFC Nations Cup final The final of the 2004 Oceania Nations Cup was a two-legged home and away final between the top two teams from the second group stage. SOL 1–11 AUS 1–5 0–6 9 October 2004 SOL 1–5 Report AUS Batram Suri 60 Skoko 5 28 Milicic 19 Emerton 43 Elrich 79 Lawson Tama Stadium, Honiara 21,000 Peter O'Leary (New Zealand) 12 October 2004 AUS 6–0 Report SOL Milicic 5 Kewell 8 Vidmar 60 Thompson 79 Elrich 82 Emerton 89 Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney 19,208 Leone Rakaroi (Fiji) Australia won 11–1 on aggregate and became the 2004 Oceania Nations Cup Champions. They also qualified for the 2005 Confederations Cup. Although the second round of 2004 OFC Nations Cup doubled the second round of 2006 FIFA World Cup Oceanian qualification, the final play-off for the World Cup was held separately. Australia defeated Solomon Islands again, winning 9–1 on aggregate, and advanced to a play-off against the CONMEBOL (South American) nation Uruguay. Goalscorers 69 17 AUS Tim Cahill NZL Vaughan Coveny AUS Brett Emerton NZL Brent Fisher SOL Commins Menapi AUS Ahmad Elrich AUS Josip Skoko AUS Mile Sterjovski SOL Batram Suri AUS John Aloisi AUS Adrian Madaschi AUS Ante Milicic FIJ Veresa Toma NZL Ryan Nelsen NZL Duncan Oughton AUS Mark Bresciano AUS Scott Chipperfield AUS Harry Kewell AUS Archie Thompson AUS Tony Vidmar AUS David Zdrilic FIJ Laisiasa Gataurua NZL Che Bunce NZL Neil Jones NZL Aaran Lines SOL Henry Fa'arodo SOL Mahlon Houkarawa SOL Paul Kakai TAH Gabriel Wajoka TAH Axel Temataua VAN Lexa Bibi VAN Richard Iwai VAN Jean Maleb VAN Seimata Chilia VAN Alphose Qorig TAH Vincent Simon (against Australia) External links RSSSF Accessed 21 February 2010. 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