2004 OFC Nations Cup Final

2004 OFC Nations Cup Final

Event	2004 OFC Nations Cup
Solomon Islands Australia 1 11
on aggregate
First leg
Solomon Islands Australia 1 5
Date	9 October 2004
Venue	Lawson Tama Stadium, Honiara
Referee	Peter O'Leary (New Zealand)
Attendance	21,000
Second leg
Australia Solomon Islands 6 0
Date	12 October 2004
Venue	Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
Referee	Leone Rakaroi (Fiji)
Attendance	19,208

The 2004 OFC Nations Cup Final was the final match of the 2004 OFC Nations Cup between Solomon Islands and Australia. It was a two-legged final held on the 9th and 12th of October in Honiara and Sydney respectively. Australia won the first leg 5-1 and the second 6-0 to win the competition 11-1 on aggregate. Australia won the right to play in the 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup as the representative from the OFC.^[1]

Match

First leg

Solomon Islands v Australia

9 October 2004

Solomon Islands	1–5	Australia
B. Suri  60'	Report	J. Skoko  5', 28' A. Milicic  19' B. Emerton  43' A. Elrich  79'

Lawson Tama Stadium, Honiara Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Peter O'Leary (New Zealand)

Solomon Islands

Australia

GK 1 Felix Ray Jr. RB 2 Leslie Leo CB 3 Mahlon Houkarawa CB 4 George Suri LB 5 Nelson Kilifa MF 6 Alick Maemae MF 7 Jack Samani MF 8 Paul Kakai MF 9 Batram Suri ST 10 Henry Fa'arodo ST 11 Commins Menapi Substitutions: MF 12 George Lui MF 13 Kidston Billy MF 14 Stanley Waita DF 15 Martin Ruhasia DF 16 Gideon Omokirio ST 17 Joel Konofilia GK 18 Francis Aruwafu Manager: Alan Gillett

GK 1 Mark Schwarzer RB 2 Tony Vidmar  74' CB 3 Tony Popovic CB 4 Simon Colosimo LB 5 Kevin Muscat MF 6 Brett Emerton  61' MF 7 Lucas Neill  71' MF 8 Josip Skoko MF 9 Vince Grella  61'  40' MF 10 Ahmad Elrich ST 11 Ante Milicic Substitutions: MF 12 Mile Sterjovski  61' RB 13 Luke Wilkshire  61' CB 14 Jon McKain  71' Manager: Frank Farina

Notes

• The Solomon Islands line-up is disputed for this match and may not be entirely correct.

Second leg

Australia v Solomon Islands

12 October 2004

Australia	6–0	Solomon Islands
Milicic  5' Kewell  8' Vidmar  60' Thompson  79' Elrich  82' Emerton  89'	Report

Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney Attendance: 19,208 Referee: Leone Rakaroi (Fiji)

Australia

Solomon Islands

GK 1 Mark Schwarzer RB 2 Kevin Muscat  46' CB 3 Tony Vidmar CB 4 Simon Colosimo LB 5 Tony Popovic MF 6 Brett Emerton MF 7 Lucas Neill MF 8 Luke Wilkshire MF 9 Josip Skoko  46' ST 10 Harry Kewell  46' ST 11 Ante Milicic Substitutions: MF 12 Ahmad Elrich  46' CB 13 Jon McKain  46' MF 14 Archie Thompson  46' Manager: Frank Farina

GK 1 Felix Ray Jr. RB 2 George Suri CB 3 Gideon Omokirio CB 4 Mahlon Houkarawa  88' LB 5 Nelson Kilifa MF 6 Batram Suri  46' MF 7 George Lui MF 8 Alick Maemae  75' MF 9 Henry Fa'arodo ST 10 Joel Konofilia ST 11 Commins Menapi Substitutions: ST 12 Billy Kidson  46' MF 13 Jack Samani  75' CB 14 Leslie Leo  88' Manager: Alan Gillett

References