1998 Melanesia Cup

1998 Melanesia Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Vanuatu
Dates	5 September - 12 September
Teams	5 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Fiji (4th title)
Runners-up	Vanuatu
Third place	Solomon Islands
Tournament statistics
Matches played	10
Goals scored	31 (3.1 per match)

The Melanesia Cup 1998 was the sixth Melanesia-wide football tournament ever held. It took place in Santo, Vanuatu and five teams participated: Fiji, Solomon Islands, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu and served for the second time as Oceania Nations Cup qualifyer.

The teams played each other according to a round-robin format with Fiji winning the tournament for the third time and qualifying to the Oceania Nations Cup 1998 along with Vanuatu.

Results

	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Fiji	4	3	1	0	8	2	10
Vanuatu	4	2	1	1	8	6	7
Solomon Islands	4	2	1	1	8	7	7
Papua New Guinea	4	1	1	2	3	6	4
New Caledonia	4	0	0	4	4	10	0

Fiji  v  New Caledonia

September 5, 1998

Fiji	3-0	New Caledonia

Santo, Vanuatu

Papua New Guinea  v  Solomon Islands

September 5, 1998

Papua New Guinea	1-3	Solomon Islands

Santo, Vanuatu

Fiji  v  Vanuatu

September 7, 1998

Fiji	2-1	Vanuatu

Santo, Vanuatu

Papua New Guinea  v  New Caledonia

September 7, 1998

Papua New Guinea	1-0	New Caledonia

Santo, Vanuatu

Vanuatu  v  Papua New Guinea

September 8, 1998

Vanuatu	1-1	Papua New Guinea

Santo, Vanuatu

Solomon Islands  v  New Caledonia

September 8, 1998

Solomon Islands	3-2	New Caledonia

Santo, Vanuatu

Vanuatu  v  Solomon Islands

September 10, 1998

Vanuatu	3-1	Solomon Islands

Santo, Vanuatu

Fiji  v  Papua New Guinea

September 10, 1998

Fiji	2-0	Papua New Guinea

Santo, Vanuatu

New Caledonia  v  Vanuatu

September 12, 1998

New Caledonia	2-3	Vanuatu

Santo, Vanuatu

Fiji  v  Solomon Islands

September 12, 1998

Fiji	1-1	Solomon Islands

Santo, Vanuatu

Fiji and Vanuatu qualified for Oceania Nations Cup 1998

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