1998 Melanesia Cup

1998 Melanesia Cup
Tournament details
Host countryVanuatu
Dates5–12 September
Teams5 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Fiji (4th title)
Runners-up Vanuatu
Third place Solomon Islands
Tournament statistics
Matches played10
Goals scored31 (3.1 per match)
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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 OFC 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 1998 OFC Nations Cup along with Vanuatu.

Results

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Fiji (C) 4 3 1 0 8 2 +6 10 Advanced to 1998 OFC Nations Cup
2  Vanuatu (H) 4 2 1 1 8 6 +2 7
3  Solomon Islands 4 2 1 1 8 7 +1 7
4  Papua New Guinea 4 1 1 2 3 6 −3 4
5  New Caledonia 4 0 0 4 4 10 −6 0
Source: [citation needed]
(C) Champions; (H) Hosts
Fiji 3–0 New Caledonia
Papua New Guinea 1–3 Solomon Islands
Fiji 2–1 Vanuatu
Papua New Guinea 1–0 New Caledonia
Vanuatu 1–1 Papua New Guinea
Solomon Islands 3–2 New Caledonia
Vanuatu 3–1 Solomon Islands
Fiji 2–0 Papua New Guinea
New Caledonia 2–3 Vanuatu
Fiji 1–1 Solomon Islands

Fiji and Vanuatu qualified for Oceania Nations Cup 1998

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