1998 Melanesia Cup
Appearance
(Redirected from Melanesia Cup 1998)
Tournament details | |
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Host country | Vanuatu |
Dates | 5–12 September |
Teams | 5 (from 1 confederation) |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Third place | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 10 |
Goals scored | 31 (3.1 per match) |
The Melanesia Cup 1998 was the sixth Melanesia-wide football tournament ever held. It took place in Santo, Vanuatu and five teams participated: Fiji, Solomon Islands, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu and served for the second time as Oceania Nations Cup qualifier.
The teams played each other according to a round-robin format with Fiji winning the tournament for the third time and qualifying to the Oceania Nations Cup 1998 along with Vanuatu.
Results
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() |
4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 10 | Advanced to 1998 OFC Nations Cup |
2 | ![]() |
4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 7 | |
3 | ![]() |
4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 7 | |
4 | ![]() |
4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 4 | |
5 | ![]() |
4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 0 |
Fiji ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() |
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Fiji ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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New Caledonia ![]() | 2–3 | ![]() |
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Fiji ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Fiji and Vanuatu qualified for Oceania Nations Cup 1998