Melanesia Cup 1989

Melanesia Cup 1989
Tournament details
Host country  Fiji
Dates 28 October - 4 November
Teams (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions  Fiji (2nd title)
Runners-up  New Caledonia
Third place  Solomon Islands
Tournament statistics
Matches played 10
Goals scored 25 (2.5 per match)

The Melanesia Cup 1989 was the second Melanesia-wide tournament ever held. It took place in Fiji and five teams participated: Fiji, Solomon Islands, New Caledonia, Vanuatu and for the first time Papua New Guinea.

The teams played each other according to a round-robin format with Fiji winning the tournament.

Results

  Pld W D L GF GA Pts
 Fiji 4 3 1 0 7 2 10
 New Caledonia 4 3 0 1 9 5 9
 Solomon Islands 4 1 2 1 2 2 5
 Papua New Guinea 4 1 1 2 5 4 4
 Vanuatu 4 0 0 4 2 12 0

October 28, 1989
Vanuatu  0-2  Solomon Islands Fiji

October 28, 1989
Fiji  2-1  Papua New Guinea Fiji

October 30, 1989
Solomon Islands  0-2  New Caledonia Fiji

October 30, 1989
Fiji  2-1  Vanuatu Fiji

October 31, 1989
New Caledonia  0-3  Fiji Fiji

October 31, 1989
Papua New Guinea  3-0  Vanuatu Fiji

November 3, 1989
Vanuatu  1-5  New Caledonia Fiji

November 3, 1989
Solomon Islands  0-0  Papua New Guinea Fiji

November 4, 1989
Solomon Islands  0-0  Fiji Fiji

November 4, 1989
New Caledonia  2-1  Papua New Guinea Fiji

See also