Group Tables

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Group A
*Australia	2	2	0	0	23	0	6
*Solomon Islands	2	1	0	1	5	7	3
Cook Islands	2	0	0	2	1	22	0
Group B
*New Zealand	2	2	0	0	5	1	6
*Vanuatu	2	1	0	1	4	5	3
Tahiti	2	0	0	2	2	5	0

Semi-Finals & Final

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Semi-Finals
25.06.2000	Australia	1	Vanuatu	0
25.06.2000	New Zealand	2	Solomon Islands	0
	3rd Place Playoff
29.06.2000	Solomon Islands	2	Vanuatu	1
	Final
29.06.2000	Australia	2	New Zealand	0

Group Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Group A
20.06.2000	Australia	17	Cook Islands	0
22.06.2000	Solomon Islands	5	Cook Islands	1
23.06.2000	Australia	6	Solomon Islands	0
	Group B
20.06.2000	Tahiti	0	New Zealand	2
22.06.2000	New Zealand	3	Vanuatu	1
23.06.2000	Tahiti	2	Vanuatu	3

Venue: Papeete, Tahiti (20-29 June 2000)

Report

Australia comfortably won the OFC Nations Cup 2-0 over New Zealand in the Final, after beating Cook Islands 17-0 and Solomon Islands 6-0 in the Group Stage, and then Vanuatu 1-0 in the Semi-Finals in their closest match.

New Zealand also topped their group before winning 2-0 against the Solomon Islands in the Semi-Finals, who went on to claim third place after defeating Vanuatu 2-1 in the Third Place Playoff.

About

The OFC Nations Cup is the Continental Championship for Men’s National Teams in the Oceania Continental Confederation (Australia & the Pacific Islands).

References

Newspapers / Magazines

[1] Anon. (2000) “World Service: Internationals”.World Soccer. August 2000, pg. 39-41.

Images

[2] 1000 Logos (2018) OFC Logo [Internet] Available from: https://1000logos.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/OFC-logo.jpg [Accessed 15 February 2020]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Richard Conville.

About this document

Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

Eirball | Irish North American and World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 15 February 2020

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