1998 OFC Nations Cup

June 2020 April 2021 1998 Australia 25 September – 4 October 6 1 1 1 NZL 2 AUS FIJ TAH 10 52 20200 AUS Damian Mori (10 goals) 1996 2000 The 1998 OFC Nations Cup was held in Brisbane, Australia. The six participating teams were Australia and New Zealand who qualified as of right, Fiji and Vanuatu who qualified from the Melanesia Cup, and Tahiti and the Cook Islands who qualified from the Polynesia Cup. New Zealand beat an Australian team lacking most of their best internationals 1–0 in the final, while Fiji defeated Tahiti for third place.From the vault: The OFC Nations Cup 1998 https://www.oceaniafootball.com/from-the-vault-the-ofc-nations-cup-1998/ Oceania Football 29 April 2024 5 October 2020 Qualification Table y n y 1998 Melanesia Cup1998 Table y n y 1998 Polynesia Cup Qualified teams Team Qualified as AUS 1 Automatically qualified NZL 2 Automatically qualified FIJ 4 1998 Melanesia Cup winner VAN 4 1998 Melanesia Cup runners-up TAH 3 1998 Polynesia Cup winner COK 3 1998 Polynesia Cup runners-up Venues Australia center 300 Australia -27.464722 153.009444 Brisbane left Brisbane Lang Park Capacity: 52,500 200px Squads See 1998 OFC Nations Cup squads. Group stage Group A main WDL complete NZL NZL TAH TAH VAN VAN 2 0 0 9 1 1 0 1 5 2 0 0 2 2 13 Q KO KO green1 Advance to knockout stage 25 September 1998 NZL 1–0 Report TAH Paama 13 o.g. Lang Park, Brisbane 900 Simon Micallef (Australia) 28 September 1998 NZL 8–1 Report VAN Christie 1 Coveny 11 25 39 40 Ryan 34 65 Bunce 65 Roronamahava 45 Lang Park, Brisbane 500 Intaz Shah (Fiji) 30 September 1998 TAH 5–1 Report VAN Quennet 9 10 74 Zaveroni 54 Amaru 75 Rarai 82 Lang Park, Brisbane 400 Simon Micallef (Australia) Group B main WDL complete AUS AUS H FIJ FIJ COK COK 2 0 0 19 1 1 0 1 4 3 0 0 2 0 19 Q KO KO green1 Advance to knockout stage 25 September 1998 AUS 3–1 Report FIJ Mori 2 25 44 Masinisau 62 Lang Park, Brisbane 900 Bruce Grimshaw (New Zealand) 28 September 1998 AUS 16–0 Report COK Trimboli 1 12 63 Mori 8 15 30 34 Maloney 17 89 Ceccoli 42 Trajanovski 48 68 76 pen. 88 Chipperfield 66 Halpin 80 Lang Park, Brisbane 600 Massimo Raveino (Tahiti) 30 September 1998 FIJ 3–0 Report COK Dickinson 18 o.g. Kilalwaca 54 Nasema 85 Lang Park, Brisbane 500 Bruce Grimshaw (New Zealand) Knockout stage 2 October 1998 – Brisbane NZL 1 FIJ 0 2 October 1998 – Brisbane AUS 4 TAH 1 4 October 1998 – Brisbane NZL 1 AUS 0 4 October 1998 – Brisbane FIJ 4 TAH 2 Semifinals 2 October 1998 NZL 1–0 Report FIJ Hay 88 Lang Park, Brisbane 1,200 Massimo Raveino (Tahiti) 2 October 1998 AUS 4–1 Report TAH Mori 1 32 81 Veart 86 Labaste 55 Lang Park, Brisbane 1,200 Intaz Shah (Fiji) Third place match 4 October 1998 FIJ 4–2 Report TAH Masi 26 31 Lal 28 Seruvatu 43 Rousseau 81 82 Lang Park, Brisbane 2,000 Simon Micallef (Australia) Final 1998 OFC Nations Cup Final 4 October 1998 NZL 1–0 Report AUS Burton 24 Lang Park, Brisbane 12,000 Massimo Raveino (Tahiti) Goalscorers 10 goals AUS Damian Mori 4 goals AUS Kris Trajanovski NZL Vaughan Coveny 3 goals AUS Paul Trimboli FIJ Esala Masi TAH Gerald Quennet 2 goals 22em AUS Brad Maloney NZL Rupert Ryan TAH Jean-Loup Rousseau 1 goal 22em AUS Alvin Ceccoli AUS Carl Veart AUS Scott Chipperfield AUS Troy Halpin FIJ Kameli Kilalwaca FIJ Shailend Lal FIJ Ulaisi Seruvatu FIJ Valerio Nasema NZL Che Bunce NZL Danny Hay NZL Mark Burton NZL Tinol Christie TAH Harold Amaru TAH Hiro Labaste TAH Teva Zaveroni VAN Edwin Rarai VAN Peter Roronamahava Own goal TAH Heimana Paama (playing against New Zealand) COK Heath Dickinson (playing against Fiji) References External links Oceania Football RSSSF. Retrieved 21 February 2010. 27 27 53 S 153 0 34 E type:event_region:AU-QLD title Suncorp Stadium 1998 Nations Cup Nations Cup Category:1998–99 in Australian men's soccer Category:Men's international association football competitions hosted by Australia Category:September 1998 sports events in Australia Category:October 1998 sports events in Australia Category:1998 in sport in Brisbane Category:International soccer competitions in Brisbane