Oceanian Nations Cup

This tournament began in 1973 as the "Oceania Cup". A second edition took place in 1980, then the tournament was discontinued.

In 1996 it reappeared as the "Oceania Nations Cup" and served as a qualifier for the Confederations Cup. With Oceania Football Confederation now being a separate FIFA confederation, it is supposed to be played biannually in the future.

In the early editions non-FIFA members were allowed to participate. The New Hebrides became Vanuatu after gaining independence in 1980.

Palmares

1973 New Zealand
1980 Australia
1996 Australia
1998 New Zealand
2000 Australia
2002 New Zealand
2004 Australia
2008 New Zealand

Ranking of winners

Australia        4

New Zealand      3

Finals

1973 Auckland          New Zealand          2-0   Tahiti
1980 Nouméa            Australia            4-2   Tahiti
1996 Papeete/Canberra  Australia          6-0 5-0 Tahiti
1998 Brisbane          New Zealand          1-0   Australia
2000 Papeete           Australia            2-0   New Zealand
2002 Auckland          New Zealand          1-0   Australia
2004 Honiara/Sydney    Australia          5-1 6-0 Solomon Islands
2008   round robin

Final Positions and Rankings

Year     First             Second           Third            Fourth
1973     New Zealand       Tahiti           New Caledonia    New Hebrides
1980     Australia         Tahiti           New Caledonia    Fiji
1996     Australia         Tahiti           New Zealand      Solomon Islands
1998     New Zealand       Australia        Fiji             Tahiti
2000     Australia         New Zealand      Solomon Islands  Vanuatu
2002     New Zealand       Australia        Tahiti           Vanuatu
2004     Australia         Solomon Islands  New Zealand      Fiji
2008     New Zealand       New Caledonia      tbd              tbd

Ranking according to final placings (w/o 2008)
                      1   2   3   4
 1.Australia          4   2        
 2.New Zealand        3   1   2    
 3.Tahiti                 3   1   1
 4.Solomon Islands        1   1   1
 5.New Caledonia              2    
 6.Fiji                       1   2
 7.Vanuatu/New Hebrides           3
 
All-Time-Table (1973-2002)

 1.Australia         (5)  21 18  1  2 110- 9  37  
 2.New Zealand       (6)  23 17  2  4  61-21  36 
 3.Tahiti            (6)  24 11  2 11  51-49  24  
 4.New Caledonia     (3)  12  6  0  6  25-32  12  
 5.Fiji              (4)  15  5  0 10  23-38  10  
 6.Vanuatu           (5)  19  4  1 14  20-46   9  
 7.Solomon Islands   (4)  12  2  1  9  14-43   5 
 8.Papua New Guinea  (2)   6  1  1  4   8-34   3  
 9.Cook Islands      (2)   4  0  0  4   1-41   0

Number between brackets indicates number of participations.

About this document

Prepared and maintained by José Luis Pierrend for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Author: José Luis Pierrend (josepie@hotmail.com)
Last updated: 12 Sep 2008