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2000 OFC Nations Cup
Coupe d'Océanie des nations 2000
2000 OFC Aibu te Fenua
Tournament details
Host countryTahiti
Dates19–28 June
Teams6 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Australia (3rd title)
Runners-up New Zealand
Third place Solomon Islands
Fourth place Vanuatu
Tournament statistics
Matches played10
Goals scored48 (4.8 per match)
Attendance5,500 (550 per match)
Top scorer(s)Australia Craig Foster
Australia Clayton Zane
(5 goals each)
← 1998
2002 →

The 2000 OFC Nations Cup was held in Papeete, Tahiti.[1] The six participating teams were Australia and New Zealand who qualified as of right, the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu who qualified from the Melanesia Cup, the Cook Islands and Tahiti who qualified from the Polynesia Cup. Australia beat New Zealand 2–0 in the final. The Solomon Islands beat Vanuatu 2–1 for third place.

Fiji qualified to this edition but then withdrew due to the 2000 Fijian coup d'état and was replaced by Vanuatu.

Qualification

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2000 Melanesia Cup

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Main article: 2000 Melanesia Cup

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Fiji (C, H) 4 3 1 0 13 4 +9 10
2  Solomon Islands 4 2 1 1 10 9 +1 7 Advance to 2000 OFC Nations Cup
3  Vanuatu 4 2 0 2 12 7 +5 6
4  New Caledonia 4 2 0 2 11 11 0 6
5  Papua New Guinea 4 0 0 4 4 19 −15 0
Source: [1]
(C) Champions; (H) Hosts

Solomon Islands and Vanuatu* qualified.

  • Fiji were replaced by Vanuatu due to civil unrest taking place in Fiji.

2000 Polynesia Cup

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Main article: 2000 Polynesia Cup

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Tahiti (C, H) 4 4 0 0 30 2 +28 12 Advance to 2000 OFC Nations Cup
2  Cook Islands 4 3 0 1 8 5 +3 9
3  Samoa 4 2 0 2 13 6 +7 6
4  Tonga 4 1 0 3 4 15 −11 3
5  American Samoa 4 0 0 4 2 29 −27 0
Source: [1]
(C) Champions; (H) Hosts

Tahiti and Cook Islands qualified.

Venue

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Papeete
Stade Pater
Capacity: 11,700
2000 OFC Nations Cup (Tahiti)

Squads

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See 2000 OFC Nations Cup squads.

Group stage

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Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Australia 2 2 0 0 23 0 +23 6 Advance to knockout stage
2  Solomon Islands 2 1 0 1 5 7 −2 3
3  Cook Islands 2 0 0 2 1 22 −21 0
Source: [1]
Australia 17–0 Cook Islands
Agostino 18', 53', 68'
Muscat 21', 45' (pen.)
Tiatto 24'
Foster 30', 42', 51', 80'
Zdrilic 35', 65'
Popovic 60'
Corica 70'
Zane 82', 87', 89'		 Report
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Ronan Leaustic (Tahiti)
Solomon Islands 5–1 Cook Islands
Suri 33'
Menapi 47'
Samani 63'
Omokirio 74'
Koto 88'		 Report Shepherd 55'
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Harry Attison (Vanuatu)
Australia 6–0 Solomon Islands
Chipperfield 6'
Zane 13', 35'
Omokirio 36' (o.g.)
Muscat 39' (pen.)
Cardozo 43'		 Report
Attendance: 300
Referee: Joakim Sosongan (Papua New Guinea)

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  New Zealand 2 2 0 0 5 1 +4 6 Advance to knockout stage
2  Vanuatu 2 1 0 1 4 5 −1 3
3  Tahiti (H) 2 0 0 2 2 5 −3 0
Source: [1]
(H) Hosts
New Zealand 2–0 Tahiti
Kris Bouckenooghe 27'
Chris Jackson 78'
Attendance: 1,000
New Zealand 3–1 Vanuatu
Chris Killen 47', 84'
Jonathan Perry 56'		 Richard Iwai 14'
Attendance: 500
Vanuatu 3–2 Tahiti
Jimmy Ben 49'
Richard Iwai 60'
Georgina Tura 77'		 Jean-Loup Rousseau 2' (pen.)
Harold Amaru 87'
Attendance: 300

Knockout stage

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Bracket

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
25 June – Papeete
 
 
 Australia1
 
28 June – Papeete
 
 Vanuatu0
 
 Australia2
 
25 June – Papeete
 
 New Zealand0
 
 New Zealand2
 
 
 Solomon Islands0
 
Third place
 
 
28 June – Papeete
 
 
 Vanuatu1
 
 
 Solomon Islands2

Semi-finals

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Australia 1–0 Vanuatu
Kevin Muscat 5' (pen.)
Attendance: 300
New Zealand 2–0 Solomon Islands
Simon Elliott 51', 55'
Attendance: 500

Third place match

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Solomon Islands 2–1 Vanuatu
Commins Menapi 53'
Gideon Omokirio 69' (pen.)		 Lexa Bibi 35'
Attendance: 300

Final

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Main article: 2000 OFC Nations Cup Final
Australia 2–0 New Zealand
Shaun Murphy 40'
Craig Foster 66'
Attendance: 300
Referee: Harry Attison (Vanuatu)

Goalscorers

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5 goals
4 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Oceanian Nations Cup 2000". RSSSF. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
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