OFC Nations Cup - Definition and Overview

The Oceania Cup is the biennial football competition of the Oceanian nations. It has been held every two years since 1996 by the Oceania Football Confederation; before 1996 there were two other tournaments at irregular intervals. Participating nations are Australia, New Zealand and various Pacific Islands. The latter have to qualify in a preliminary tournament.

A very large gulf separates Australia and New Zealand from the small, poorly-resourced island competitors. The tournament is paid little attention by the rest of the football world. Australia's top players, based in Europe, are generally not even selected on the basis that they would refuse to play in what they regard as a meaningless event - allowing New Zealand to embarrass its larger neighbour on a regular basis.

Results

Year	Host		Final				Third Place Match
			Champion	Score	Second Place		Third Place	Score	Fourth Place
1973 Details	New Zealand		Flag_of_New_Zealand.png New Zealand	2 - 0	Tahiti		New Caledonia	2 - 1	New Hebrides
1980 Details	New Caledonia		Australia	4 - 2	Tahiti		New Caledonia	2 - 1	Fiji
1996 Details	no host		Australia	6 - 0 5 - 0	Tahiti		No Third Place Match was played, Solomon Islands and New Zealand shared Third Place.
1998 Details	Australia		Flag_of_New_Zealand.png New Zealand	2 - 0	Australia		Fiji	4 - 2	Tahiti
2000 Details	Australia		Australia	2 - 0	Flag_of_New_Zealand.png New Zealand		Solomon Islands	2 - 1	Vanuatu
2002 Details	New Zealand		Flag_of_New_Zealand.png New Zealand	1 - 0	Australia		Tahiti	1 - 0	Vanuatu
2004 Details	Australia		Australia	5 - 1 6 - 0	Solomon Islands		Flag_of_New_Zealand.png New Zealand	no match</sup>	Fiji