Melanesia Cup 1988
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The Melanesia Cup
1988 was the first Melanesia-wide football
tournament ever held. It took place in Solomon Islands
and four teams participated: Fiji
, Solomon Islands
, New Caledonia
and Vanuatu
.
The teams played each other according to a round-robin format, and the top two teams (Fiji and Solomon Islands) played off in a final to determine the winner. New Caledonia and Vanuatu also played each other, on the same day as the final, to determine third place.
won the tournament with a 3-1 victory in the final, while Vanuatu retained third place by defeating New Caledonia 1-0.
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Melanesia Cup
The Melanesia Cup is a football championship played between the Melanesian countries, it was used for qualification to the Oceania Nations Cup. The last edition of the cup was in 2001...
1988 was the first Melanesia-wide football
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
tournament ever held. It took place in Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands is a sovereign state in Oceania, east of Papua New Guinea, consisting of nearly one thousand islands. It covers a land mass of . The capital, Honiara, is located on the island of Guadalcanal...
and four teams participated: Fiji
Fiji
Fiji , officially the Republic of Fiji , is an island nation in Melanesia in the South Pacific Ocean about northeast of New Zealand's North Island...
, Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands is a sovereign state in Oceania, east of Papua New Guinea, consisting of nearly one thousand islands. It covers a land mass of . The capital, Honiara, is located on the island of Guadalcanal...
, New Caledonia
New Caledonia
New Caledonia is a special collectivity of France located in the southwest Pacific Ocean, east of Australia and about from Metropolitan France. The archipelago, part of the Melanesia subregion, includes the main island of Grande Terre, the Loyalty Islands, the Belep archipelago, the Isle of...
and Vanuatu
Vanuatu
Vanuatu , officially the Republic of Vanuatu , is an island nation located in the South Pacific Ocean. The archipelago, which is of volcanic origin, is some east of northern Australia, northeast of New Caledonia, west of Fiji, and southeast of the Solomon Islands, near New Guinea.Vanuatu was...
.
The teams played each other according to a round-robin format, and the top two teams (Fiji and Solomon Islands) played off in a final to determine the winner. New Caledonia and Vanuatu also played each other, on the same day as the final, to determine third place.
won the tournament with a 3-1 victory in the final, while Vanuatu retained third place by defeating New Caledonia 1-0.
First round
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 7 | |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 7 | |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 0 |
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