1980 Oceania Cup final

March 2021 1980 OFC Nations final 1980 OFC Nations Cup Australia Australia 30px 4 Tahiti Tahiti 30px 2 1 March 1980 Nouméa Stadium Nouméa () 1973 1996 The 1980 OFC Nations Cup final was an association football match that took place on 1 March 1980 at Nouméa Stadium, Nouméa. It was the final match of the 1980 OFC Nations Cup which was the second edition of the OFC Nations Cup, a competition for national teams in the Oceania Football Confederation. It was contested by Australia and Tahiti. The match was rescheduled from Sunday, 2 March to Saturday, 1 March at the request of Tahiti captain Erroll Bennett, who as a Latter Day Saint preferred not to play on Sundays.5 March 1980 Religion caused switch of final Soccer Action 10 https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxjATk9ezHsaNHFmZ1ctemU4b3c/view For Tahiti this was their second final after they appeared in the previous final which they loss to New Zealand. For Australia this was their first appearance at an OFC final after not entering the 1973 edition. Both teams won their groups to make to the final with Australia scoring twenty goals while conceding only two goals while Tahiti scored twenty-one goals and conceding five.https://www.rsssf.org/tables/80oc.html Oceanian Nations Cup 1980 rsssf.com 13 April 2020 In the final, it was Australia who took out their first title as goals from Paul Kay, Danny Moulis and Vic Bozanic secured the 4–2 victory over Tahiti.Dufy Jean-Michael 5 March 1980 Young Australians win Oceania Cup Soccer Action 1 https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxjATk9ezHsaNHFmZ1ctemU4b3c/view?usp=embed_facebook 2021-03-09http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110579952 Soccer - Australia wins Pacific title The Canberra Times 54 16,230 Australian Capital Territory 3 March 1980 9 March 2021 14 National Library of Australia Background Route to the final Match 1 March 1980Curran Brian 6 March 1980 Boys who did a man's job 32 The Sydney Morning Herald https://www.newspapers.com/clip/73019696/boys-who-did-a-mans-job/ 9 March 2021Other sources report 3 March 1980 AUS 4–2 Report TAH Kay 4 29 Moulis ? Bozanic ? Wabealo 11 Bennett ? Nouméa, New Caledonia References Final Category:OFC Nations Cup finals 1980 1980 Category:March 1980 sports events in Oceania Category:Australia–France sports relations