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.

Flag of Fiji Fiji won the tournament with a 3-1 victory in the final, while Vanuatu retained third place by defeating New Caledonia 1-0.

[edit] First Round

  Pld W D L GF GA Pts
Flag of Fiji Fiji 3 2 1 0 11 1 7
Flag of the Solomon Islands Solomon Islands 3 2 1 0 7 1 7
Flag of New Caledonia New Caledonia 3 1 0 2 6 4 3
Flag of Vanuatu Vanuatu 3 0 0 4 1 19 0

October 21, 1988 Fiji Flag of Fiji 1-1 Flag of the Solomon Islands Solomon Islands Solomon Islands
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October 23, 1988 New Caledonia Flag of New Caledonia 6-1 Flag of Vanuatu Vanuatu Solomon Islands
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October 24, 1988 New Caledonia Flag of New Caledonia 0-1 Flag of the Solomon Islands Solomon Islands Solomon Islands
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October 24, 1988 Fiji Flag of Fiji 8-0 Flag of Vanuatu Vanuatu Solomon Islands
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October 25, 1988 Vanuatu Flag of Vanuatu 0-5 Flag of the Solomon Islands Solomon Islands Solomon Islands
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October 25, 1988 Fiji Flag of Fiji 2-0 Flag of New Caledonia New Caledonia Solomon Islands
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[edit] 3rd/4th places

October 26, 1988 Vanuatu Flag of Vanuatu 1-0 Flag of New Caledonia New Caledonia Solomon Islands
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[edit] Final

October 26, 1988 Solomon Islands Flag of the Solomon Islands 1-3 Flag of Fiji Fiji Solomon Islands
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