| Tournament details | |
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| Host country | Australia |
| Dates | 29 May - 12 October |
| Teams | 10 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Australia (4th title) |
| Runners-up | Solomon Islands |
| Third place | New Zealand |
| Fourth place | Fiji |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 17 |
| Goals scored | 69 (4.06 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Tim Cahill (6) Vaughan Coveny (6) |
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The 2004 OFC Nations Cup doubled as the qualification tournament to the 2006 FIFA World Cup, except the two-legged final (A separate playoff (between Australia and Solomon Islands) was held in September 2005, for World Cup Qualifying purposes).
The competition was divided in two Group stages (the first is the Qualifying Stage), with Australia and New Zealand seeded into the second stage (Final Stage). The Oceania champion (Australia) qualified for the 2005 Confederations Cup.
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The 10 teams in the first round were divided into two groups of 5 teams each. Within each group, every team played every other team once. The top two teams from each group then progressed to the second group stage where they were joined by the two seeded teams.
The four surviving members (first and second place teams from each group in stage one) of the first stage joined the two seeded teams ( Australia and New Zealand) and took part in a tournament where each team played every other once in a tournament held in Adelaide, Australia.
As this doubled as the 2004 Oceania Nations Cup, the top two teams from the second group stage progressed to a two-legged final to determine the winner of the Oceania Nations Cup. These two games on home-and-away basis was separate from World Cup qualifying.
The top two teams from this stage also progressed to the final stage of the 2006 Oceania World Cup qualifying tournament.
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| Australia | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 3 | +18 | 13 |
| Solomon Islands | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 10 |
| New Zealand | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 5 | +12 | 9 |
| Fiji | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 4 |
| Tahiti | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 24 | −22 | 4 |
| Vanuatu | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 3 |
Australia and the Solomon Islands progressed to the final stage.
| 29 May 2004 |
Vanuatu | 0 – 1 | Solomon Islands | Marden Sports Complex, Adelaide Attendance: 200 Referee: Mark Shield (Australia) |
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| Report | Batram Suri 51' (pen.) |
| 29 May 2004 |
Tahiti | 0 – 0 | Fiji | Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Stefano Farina (Italy) |
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| Report |
| 29 May 2004 |
Australia | 1 – 0 | New Zealand | Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide Attendance: 12,130 Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark) |
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| Bresciano 40' | Report |
| 31 May 2004 |
New Zealand | 3 – 0 | Solomon Islands | Marden Sports Complex, Adelaide Attendance: 217 Referee: Eduardo Iturralde Gonzalez (Spain) |
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| Fisher 36' Oughton 81' Lines 90' |
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| 31 May 2004 |
Australia | 9 – 0 | Tahiti | Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Harry Attison (Vanuatu) |
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| Cahill 14', 47' Skoko 43' Simon 44' (o.g.) Sterjovski 51', 61', 74' Zdrilic 85' Chipperfield 89' |
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| 31 May 2004 |
Fiji | 1 – 0 | Vanuatu | Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide Attendance: 500 Referee: Charles Ariiotima (Tahiti) |
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| Toma 73' | Report |
| 2 June 2004 |
Australia | 6 – 1 | Fiji | Marden Sports Complex, Adelaide Attendance: 2,200 Referee: Eduardo Iturralde Gonzalez (Spain) |
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| Madaschi 6', 50' Cahill 39', 66', 75' Elrich 89' |
Report | Gataurua 19' |
| 2 June 2004 |
Tahiti | 0 – 4 | Solomon Islands | Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide Attendance: 50 Referee: Leone Rakaroi (Fiji) |
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| Report | Fa'arodo 9' Menapi 14', 80' Batram Suri 42' |
| 2 June 2004 |
Vanuatu | 4 – 2 | New Zealand | Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide Attendance: 356 Referee: Stefano Farina (Italy) |
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| Chilia 37' Bibi 64' Maleb 72' Qorig 88' |
Report | Coveny 61', 75' |
| 4 June 2004 |
New Zealand | 10 – 0 | Tahiti | Marden Sports Complex, Adelaide Attendance: 200 Referee: Mark Shield (Australia) |
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| Coveny 6', 38', 45' Fisher 16', 22', 63' Jones 72' Oughton 74' Nelsen 82', 87' |
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| 4 June 2004 |
Fiji | 1 – 2 | Solomon Islands | Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Harry Attison (Vanuatu) |
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| Toma 21' | Report | Kakai 16' Houkarawa 82' |
| 4 June 2004 |
Vanuatu | 0 – 3 | Australia | Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Charles Ariiotima (Tahiti) |
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| Report | Aloisi 25', 85' Emerton 81' |
| 6 June 2004 |
Tahiti | 2 – 1 | Vanuatu | Marden Sports Complex, Adelaide Attendance: 300 Referee: Leone Rakaroi (Fiji) |
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| Temataua 40' Wajoka 89' |
Report | Iwai 23' |
| 6 June 2004 |
Fiji | 0 – 2 | New Zealand | Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark) |
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| Report | Bunce 8' Coveny 56' |
| 6 June 2004 |
Solomon Islands | 2 – 2 | Australia | Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Eduardo Iturralde Gonzalez (Spain) |
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| Menapi 43', 75' | Report | Cahill 50' Emerton 52' |
The final of the 2004 Oceania Nations Cup was a two-legged home and away final between the top two teams from the second group stage.
| October 9, 2004 |
Solomon Islands | 1–5 | Australia | Lawson Tama Stadium, Honiara, Solomon Islands Attendance: 21,000 Referee: O'Leary (New Zealand) |
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| Batram Suri 60' | (Report) | Skoko 5', 28' Milicic 19' Emerton 43' Elrich 79' |
| October 12, 2004 |
Australia | 6–0 | Solomon Islands | Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney, Australia Attendance: 19,208 Referee: Rakaroi (Fiji) |
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| Milicic 5' Kewell 8' Vidmar 60' Thompson 79' Elrich 82' Emerton 89' |
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Australia becomes the 2004 Oceania Nations Cup Champions, and thus qualifies for the 2005 Confederations Cup.
Although the second round of 2004 OFC Nations Cup doubled the second round of 2006 FIFA World Cup Oceanian qualification, the final play-off for the World Cup was held separately, in which Australia defeated Solomon Islands again by 9–1 (on aggregate) and advanced to play-off against CONMEBOL(South America).
| 2004 OFC Nations Cup Winners |
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Australia Fourth title |
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