2000 OFC Nations Cup

The 2000 OFC Nations Cup was held in Papeete, Tahiti. The six participating teams were Australia and New Zealand who qualified as of right, the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu who qualified from the Melanesia Cup, the Cook Islands and Tahiti who qualified from the Polynesia Cup. Australia beat New Zealand 2-0 in the final. The Solomon Islands beat Vanuatu 2-1 for third place.

2000 OFC Nations Cup
2000 Coupe d'Océanie des nations
2000 OFC Aibu te Fenua
Tournament details
Host countryTahiti
Dates19–28 June
Teams6 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Australia (3rd title)
Runners-up New Zealand
Third place Solomon Islands
Fourth place Vanuatu
Tournament statistics
Matches played10
Goals scored48 (4.8 per match)
Top scorer(s) Craig Foster
Clayton Zane
(5 goals each)

Fiji qualified to this edition but then withdrew due to the 2000 Fijian coup d'état and was replaced by Vanuatu.

Qualification

2000 Melanesia Cup
Main article: 2000 Melanesia Cup
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Fiji (C, H) 4 3 1 0 13 4 +9 10
2  Solomon Islands 4 2 1 1 10 9 +1 7 Advance to 2000 OFC Nations Cup
3  Vanuatu 4 2 0 2 12 7 +5 6
4  New Caledonia 4 2 0 2 11 11 0 6
5  Papua New Guinea 4 0 0 4 4 19 −15 0
Source:
(C) Champion; (H) Host.

Solomon Islands and Vanuatu* qualified.

  • Fiji were replaced by Vanuatu due to civil unrest taking place in Fiji.

2000 Polynesia Cup
Main article: 2000 Polynesia Cup
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Tahiti (C, H) 4 4 0 0 30 2 +28 12 Advance to 2000 OFC Nations Cup
2  Cook Islands 4 3 0 1 8 5 +3 9
3  Samoa 4 2 0 2 13 6 +7 6
4  Tonga 4 1 0 3 4 15 −11 3
5  American Samoa 4 0 0 4 2 29 −27 0
Source:
(C) Champion; (H) Host.

Tahiti and Cook Islands qualified.

Squads
See 2000 OFC Nations Cup squads.

Group stage

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Australia 2 2 0 0 23 0 +23 6 Advance to knockout stage
2  Solomon Islands 2 1 0 1 5 7 −2 3
3  Cook Islands 2 0 0 2 1 22 −21 0
Source:
Australia 17–0 Cook Islands
Agostino  18', 53', 68'
Muscat  21', 45' (pen.)
Tiatto  24'
Foster  30', 42', 51', 80'
Zdrilic  35', 65'
Popovic  60'
Corica  70'
Zane  82', 87', 89'		 report
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Ronan Leaustic (Tahiti)
Solomon Islands 5–1 Cook Islands
Suri  33'
Menapi  47'
Samani  63'
Omokirio  74'
Koto  88'		 Shepherd  55'
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Harry Attison (Vanuatu)
Australia 6–0 Solomon Islands
Chipperfield  6'
Zane  13', 35'
Omokirio  36' (o.g.)
Muscat  39' (pen.)
Cardozo  43'
Attendance: 300
Referee: Joakim Sosongan (Papua New Guinea)

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  New Zealand 2 2 0 0 5 1 +4 6 Advance to knockout stage
2  Vanuatu 2 1 0 1 4 5 −1 3
3  Tahiti (H) 2 0 0 2 2 5 −3 0
Source:
(H) Host.
New Zealand 2–0 Tahiti
Kris Bouckenooghe  27'
Chris Jackson  78'
Attendance: 1,000
New Zealand 3–1 Vanuatu
Chris Killen  47', 84'
Jonathan Perry  56'		 Richard Iwai  14'
Attendance: 500
Vanuatu 3–2 Tahiti
Jimmy Ben  49'
Richard Iwai  60'
Georgina Tura  77'		 Jean-Loup Rousseau  2' (pen.)
Harold Amaru  87'
Attendance: 300

Knockout stage

Semi-finals
Australia 1–0 Vanuatu
Kevin Muscat  5' (pen.)
Attendance: 300
New Zealand 2–0 Solomon Islands
Simon Elliott  51', 55'
Attendance: 500

Third place match
Solomon Islands 2–1 Vanuatu
Commins Menapi  53'
Gideon Omokirio  69' (pen.)		 Lexa Bibi 35'
Attendance: 300

Final
Main article: 2000 OFC Nations Cup Final
Australia 2–0 New Zealand
Shaun Murphy  40'
Craig Foster  66'
Attendance: 300
Referee: Harry Attison (Vanuatu)

Goalscorers
5 goals
4 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal
  • RSSSF Accessed 21 February 2010.
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