Melanesia Cup 2000

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The Melanesia Cup 2000 was the eighth and the last Melanesia-wide tournament ever held. It took place in Fiji and five teams participated: Fiji, Solomon Islands, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu and served for the third time as a Oceania Nations Cup qualifier.

The teams played each other according to a round-robin format with Flag of the Solomon Islands Solomon Islands winning the tournament for the third time and qualifying to the Oceania Nations Cup 2000 along with Vanuatu who replaced the 2nd place Fiji due to a civil unrest.

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  Pld W D L GF GA Pts
'Flag of Fiji Fiji 4 3 1 0 13 4 10
Flag of the Solomon Islands Solomon Islands 4 2 1 1 10 9 7
Flag of Vanuatu Vanuatu 4 2 0 2 12 7 6
Flag of New Caledonia New Caledonia 4 2 0 2 11 11 6
Flag of Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea 4 0 0 4 4 19 0

April 8, 2000 Fiji Flag of Fiji 5-0 Flag of Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea Suva, Fiji
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April 8, 2000 New Caledonia Flag of New Caledonia 4-2 Flag of the Solomon Islands Solomon Islands Suva, Fiji
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April 10, 2000 Solomon Islands Flag of the Solomon Islands 2-1 Flag of Vanuatu Vanuatu Suva, Fiji
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April 10, 2000 Fiji Flag of Fiji 2-1 Flag of New Caledonia New Caledonia Suva, Fiji
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April 11, 2000 New Caledonia Flag of New Caledonia 6-1 Flag of Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea Suva, Fiji
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April 11, 2000 Fiji Flag of Fiji 4-1 Flag of Vanuatu Vanuatu Suva, Fiji
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April 13, 2000 Vanuatu Flag of Vanuatu 6-0 Flag of New Caledonia New Caledonia Suva, Fiji
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April 13, 2000 Solomon Islands Flag of the Solomon Islands 4-2 Flag of Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea Suva, Fiji
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April 15, 2000 Papua New Guinea Flag of Papua New Guinea 1-4 Flag of Vanuatu Vanuatu Suva, Fiji
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April 15, 2000 Fiji Flag of Fiji 2-2 Flag of the Solomon Islands Solomon Islands Suva, Fiji
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Solomon Islands and Vanuatu* qualified for Oceania Nations Cup 2000

  • Fiji were replaced by Vanuatu (due to civil unrest taking place in Fiji).