2008 OFC Nations Cup

April 2019 2008 17 October 2007 – 19 November 2008 4 1 5 5 NZL 4 NCL french FIJ VAN 12 39 NZL Shane Smeltz(8 goals) 2004 2012 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 Football at the 2007 South Pacific Games – Men's tournament Group A y n Group AGroup B y n Group B Qualified teams Team Qualified as NZL 1 Automatically qualified NCL 1853 2 gold medalists at the 2007 South Pacific Games FIJ 3 silver medalists at the 2007 South Pacific Games VAN 4 bronze medalists at the 2007 South Pacific Games Squads See 2008 OFC Nations Cup squads Final tournament main WDL yes Q y NZL NZL NZL NCL NCL french NCL french FIJ FIJ FIJ VAN VAN VAN 5 0 1 14 5 C 2 2 2 12 10 2 1 3 8 11 1 1 4 5 13 blue1 Advance to inter-confederation play-offs A FBR 3–3 0–2 2–0 4–0 1–3 3–0 0–2 3–0 4–1 2–1 1–1 1–2 complete FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC) 2010, football - table and standings https://soccer365.me/competitions/740/2010/ soccer365.me 9 April 2024 9 April 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240409181735/https://soccer365.me/competitions/740/2010/ dead Results Fiji v New Zealand 17 October 2007 16:00 UTC+12 FIJ 0–2 Report NZL Vicelich 37Smeltz 86 Churchill Park, Lautoka 6,000 Jair Marrufo (USA) Vanuatu v New Zealand 17 November 2007 14:00 UTC+11 VAN 1–2 Report NZL Naprapol 32 Smeltz 53Mulligan 90+3 Korman Stadium, Port Vila 8,000 Job Minan (Papua New Guinea) Fiji v New Caledonia 17 November 2007 15:00 UTC+12 FIJ 3–3 Report NCL french Nawatu 2Vakatalesau 27 86 Gjamaci 66Kaudre 83M. Hmaé 87 Govind Park, Ba 1,500 Peter O'Leary (New Zealand) New Zealand v Vanuatu 21 November 2007 19:00 UTC+13 NZL 4–1 Report VAN Mulligan 17 81Smeltz 29 pen. 34 Sakama 50 Westpac Stadium, Wellington 2,500 Averii Jacques (Tahiti) New Caledonia v Fiji 21 November 2007 19:00 UTC+11 NCL french 4–0 Report FIJ Wajoka 29 pen. M. Hmaé 32 61 Mapou 64 Stade Numa-Daly Magenta, Noumea 1,000 Matthew Breeze (Australia) Vanuatu v New Caledonia 14 June 2008 14:00 UTC+11 VAN 1–1 Report NCL french Mermer 77 Djamali 73 Korman Stadium, Port Vila 4,000 Rakesh Varman (Fiji) New Caledonia v Vanuatu 21 June 2008 15:00 UTC+11 NCL french 3–0 Report VAN Wajoka 36 M. Hmaé 60 Diaike 87 Stade Numa-Daly Magenta, Noumea 2,700 Michael Hester (New Zealand) Fiji v Vanuatu 6 September 2008 15:00 UTC+12 FIJ 2–0 Report VAN Kumar 7 Dunadamu 87 Govind Park, Ba 3,000 Job Minan (Papua New Guinea) New Caledonia v New Zealand 6 September 2008 17:00 UTC+11 NCL french 1–3 Report NZL M. Hmaé 55 Sigmund 16 Smeltz 65 75 Stade Numa-Daly Magenta, Noumea 2,589 Rakesh Varman (Fiji) Vanuatu v Fiji 10 September 2008 14:00 UTC+11 VAN 2–1 Report FIJ Sakama 59Malas 90+2 Dunadamu 90+3 Korman Stadium, Port Vila 1,200 Peter O'Leary (New Zealand) New Zealand v New Caledonia 10 September 2008 19:30 UTC+12 NZL 3–0 Report NCL french Smeltz 49 76 Christie 69 North Harbour Stadium, Auckland 8,000 Norbert Hauata (Tahiti) New Zealand v Fiji 19 November 2008 18:00 UTC+12 NZL 0–2 Report FIJ Krishna 63 90 Churchill Park, Lautoka (Fiji) The New Zealand vs Fiji match was originally scheduled for 13 October 2007, but was postponed by FIFA after Fijian goalkeeper Simione Tamanisau was denied a visa by the New Zealand immigration authorities. The match was first rescheduled to be played in the neutral country of Samoa,Media Statement: New Zealand vs Fiji Match, Oceania Football Confederation. Accessed 2009-09-09. Archived 2009-09-11.FIFA cancels New Zealand-Fiji, FIFA.com but subsequently moved again to Fiji.New Zealand to finish World Cup qualifying campaign in Fiji https://web.archive.org/web/20081002065247/http://www.oceaniafootball.com/ofcnewsdetails/new-zealand-to-finish-world-cup-qualifying-campaign-in-fiji 2008-10-02 , Oceania Football Confederation. "note" "new zealand v fiji" 4,500 Lencie Fred (Vanuatu) Notes Goalscorers 39 12 NZL Shane Smeltz NCL french Michel Hmaé NZL David Mulligan FIJ Maciu Dunadamu FIJ Roy Krishna FIJ Osea Vakatalesau NCL french Pierre Wajoka VAN Francois Sakama FIJ Salesh Kumar FIJ Valerio Nawatu NCL french Patrick Diaike NCL french Ramon Djamali NCL french Ramon Gjamaci NCL french Mael Kaudre NCL french Marius Mapou NZL Jeremy Christie NZL Ben Sigmund NZL Ivan Vicelich VAN Derek Malas VAN Etienne Mermer VAN Jean Nako Naprapol References External links RSSSF. Accessed 21 February 2010. 2008 Nations Cup Nations Cup Nations Cup Nations Cup 2 pl:Mistrzostwa Świata w Piłce Nożnej 2010 (eliminacje strefy OFC)#Runda druga - Puchar Narodów Oceanii 2008