1973 OFC Nations Cup

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The Oceania Cup 1973 was the first Oceania-wide tournament ever held. It took place in New Zealand from 17 February 1973–24 February 1973. All matches were held at Newmarket Park, in Auckland, and five teams participated: New Zealand, New Caledonia, Tahiti, New Hebrides (now known as Vanuatu) and Fiji.

At the time, the Oceania Football Confederation was not considered a full FIFA Confederation, and as such allowed national teams unaffiliated with FIFA to enter.

The teams played each other according to a round-robin format, and the top two teams (New Zealand and Tahiti) played off in a final to determine the winner. New Caledonia and New Hebrides also played each other, on the same day as the final, to determine third place.

New Zealand won the tournament with a 2-0 victory in the final, while New Caledonia retained third place by defeating New Hebrides 2-1.

1 Group table
2 Match results
3 Goalscorers (overall)
4 References

[edit] Group table

	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
1	New Zealand	4	3	1	0	11	4	7
2	Tahiti	4	2	2	0	7	2	6
3	New Caledonia	4	2	0	2	8	5	4
4	New Hebrides	4	1	1	2	4	8	3
5	Fiji	4	0	0	4	2	13	0

[edit] Match results

Date	Home	Score	Away	Goalscorers
Round robin
17 February	Tahiti	2-1	New Caledonia	Erroll Bennett (Tahiti), Alexis Tumahai (Tahiti), Roger Mandin (New Caledonia)
February 17	New Zealand	5-1	Fiji	Brian Alfred Turner (New Zealand), David Taylor (New Zealand), Geoff C. Brand (New Zealand), Malcolm Bland (New Zealand), Alan Vest (New Zealand), Terio Vakatawa (Fiji)
February 18	New Caledonia	4-1	New Hebrides	Michael Dupuy (New Hebrides), Jean Hmae (New Caledonia, 2 goals), Segin Wayewol (New Caledonia), Pierre Wacapo (New Caledonia)
February 18	New Zealand	1-1	Tahiti	Erroll Bennett (Tahiti), Alan Vest (New Zealand)
February 20	New Caledonia	2-0	Fiji	Segin Wayewol (New Caledonia, 2 goals)
February 20	Tahiti	0-0	New Hebrides
February 21	New Hebrides	2-1	Fiji	Alick Saurei (New Hebrides), Jacky Valette (New Hebrides), Josateki Kurivitu (Fiji)
February 21	New Zealand	2-1	New Caledonia	Alan Marley (New Zealand), Colin W. Latimour (New Zealand), Jean Xowie (New Caledonia)
February 23	Tahiti	4-0	Fiji	Claude Carrara (Tahiti), Harold Ng Fok (Tahiti), Gilles Malinowski (Tahiti), Roland de Marigny (Tahiti)
February 23	New Zealand	3-1	New Hebrides	Malcolm Bland (New Zealand), Brian Hardman (New Zealand), Alan Marley (New Zealand), Raymond Valette (New Hebrides)
Playoffs
February 24	New Caledonia	2-1	New Hebrides	Gerald Delmas (New Caledonia), Jean Xowie (New Caledonia), Charles Galinie (New Hebrides)
February 24	New Zealand	2-0	Tahiti	David Taylor (New Zealand), Alan Marley (New Zealand)