Polynesia Cup 1998

Polynesia Cup 1998

Tournament details
Host country	Cook Islands
Teams	5 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Tahiti (2nd title)
Runners-up	Cook Islands
Third place	Samoa
Tournament statistics
Matches played	10
Goals scored	51 (5.1 per match)

The Polynesia Cup 1998 was the second Polynesia-wide tournament ever held. It took place in Cook Islands and five teams participated: Tahiti, Samoa, American Samoa, Tonga and the hosts Cook Islands for the first time and served for the second time as Oceania Nations Cup qualifyer.

The teams played each other according to a round-robin format with  Tahiti winning the tournament for the second time and qualifying to the Oceania Nations Cup 1998 along with  Cook Islands

Results

	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Tahiti	4	4	0	0	27	1	12
Cook Islands	4	2	1	1	8	11	7
Samoa	4	2	0	2	8	7	6
Tonga	4	1	1	2	5	9	4
American Samoa	4	0	0	4	3	23	0

Cook Islands  v  Samoa

September 2, 1998

Cook Islands	2-1	Samoa

Cook Islands

Tonga  v  American Samoa

September 2, 1998

Tonga	3-0	American Samoa

Cook Islands

Tahiti  v  Tonga

September 3, 1998

Tahiti	5-0	Tonga

Cook Islands

Cook Islands  v  American Samoa

September 3, 1998

Cook Islands	4-3	American Samoa

Cook Islands

Tahiti  v  Samoa

September 5, 1998

Tahiti	5-1	Samoa

Cook Islands

Cook Islands  v  Tonga

September 5, 1998

Cook Islands	2-2	Tonga

Cook Islands

Samoa  v  Tonga

September 7, 1998

Samoa	2-0	Tonga

Cook Islands

Tahiti  v  American Samoa

September 7, 1998

Tahiti	12-0	American Samoa

Cook Islands

Samoa  v  American Samoa

September 8, 1998

Samoa	4-0	American Samoa

Cook Islands

Cook Islands  v  Tahiti

September 8, 1998

Cook Islands	0-5	Tahiti

Cook Islands

Tahiti and Cook Islands qualified for Oceania Nations Cup 1998

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