Melanesia Cup 1998
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The Melanesia Cup
1998 was the seventh Melanesia-wide 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 Oceania Nations Cup qualifyer.
The teams played each other according to a round-robin format with winning the tournament for the third time and qualifying to the Oceania Nations Cup 1998 along with .
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Fiji
and Vanuatu
qualified for Oceania Nations Cup 1998
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...
1998 was the seventh Melanesia-wide tournament ever held. It took place in Santo, Vanuatu and five 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...
, Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea , officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is a country in Oceania, occupying the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and numerous offshore islands...
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...
and served for the second time as Oceania Nations Cup qualifyer.
The teams played each other according to a round-robin format with winning the tournament for the third time and qualifying to the Oceania Nations Cup 1998 along with .
Results
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 10 | |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 7 | |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 7 | |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 0 |
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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...
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...
qualified for Oceania Nations Cup 1998