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
2000 Melanesia Cup
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 4 | +9 | 10 | |
2 | ![]() |
4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 9 | +1 | 7 | Advance to 2000 OFC Nations Cup |
3 | ![]() |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 6 | |
4 | ![]() |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 6 | |
5 | ![]() |
4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 19 | −15 | 0 |
Solomon Islands and Vanuatu* qualified.
2000 Polynesia Cup
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 2 | +28 | 12 | Advance to 2000 OFC Nations Cup |
2 | ![]() |
4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 9 | |
3 | ![]() |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 6 | +7 | 6 | |
4 | ![]() |
4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 15 | −11 | 3 | |
5 | ![]() |
4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 29 | −27 | 0 |
Tahiti and Cook Islands qualified.
Venue
Papeete |
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Stade Pater |
Capacity: 11,700 |
2000 OFC Nations Cup (Tahiti) |
Squads
Group stage
Group A
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | +23 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | ![]() |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 3 | |
3 | ![]() |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 22 | −21 | 0 |
Australia ![]() | 17–0 | ![]() |
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Agostino ![]() Muscat ![]() Tiatto ![]() Foster ![]() Zdrilic ![]() Popovic ![]() Corica ![]() Zane ![]() |
Report |
Solomon Islands ![]() | 5–1 | ![]() |
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Suri ![]() Menapi ![]() Samani ![]() Omokirio ![]() Koto ![]() |
[1] | Shepherd ![]() |
Australia ![]() | 6–0 | ![]() |
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Chipperfield ![]() Zane ![]() Omokirio ![]() Muscat ![]() Cardozo ![]() |
[2] |
Group B
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | ![]() |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 | |
3 | ![]() |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 0 |
New Zealand ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Kris Bouckenooghe ![]() Chris Jackson ![]() |
New Zealand ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() |
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Chris Killen ![]() Jonathan Perry ![]() |
Richard Iwai ![]() |
Vanuatu ![]() | 3–2 | ![]() |
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Jimmy Ben ![]() Richard Iwai ![]() Georgina Tura ![]() |
Jean-Loup Rousseau ![]() Harold Amaru ![]() |
Knockout stage
Semi-finals
Australia ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Kevin Muscat ![]() |
New Zealand ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Simon Elliott ![]() |
Third place match
Solomon Islands ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Commins Menapi ![]() Gideon Omokirio ![]() |
Lexa Bibi 35' |
Final
Australia ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Shaun Murphy ![]() Craig Foster ![]() |
Goalscorers
- 5 goals
- 4 goals
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
Danny Tiatto
Pablo Cardozo
Scott Chipperfield
Shaun Murphy
Stan Lazaridis
Steve Corica
Tony Popovic
Daniel Shepherd
Chris Jackson
Jonathan Perry
Kris Bouckenooghe
Batram Suri
Henry Kotto
Jack Samani
Harold Amaru
Jean-Loup Rousseau
Georgina Tura
Jimmy Ben
Lexa Bibi
- Own goal
Gideon Omokirio (playing against Australia)
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