Oceania Nations Cup 2008
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2008 OFC Nations Cup
Tournament details
Teams 4 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions  New Zealand (4 th title)
Runners-up  New Caledonia
Tournament statistics
Matches played 11
Goals scored 37 (3.36 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of New Zealand Shane Smeltz (8)

The 2008 Oceania Nations Cup doubled as the qualification tournament to the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The Oceania champion (New Zealand) qualified for the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup in South Africa and the World Cup qualifying play-off with the AFC representative.

The tournament was played as a home-and-away round-robin tournament on FIFA match dates in 2007 and 2008, instead of at a fixed venue. The four qualifiers were:

Contents

Standings

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 New Zealand 5 5 0 0 14 3 +11 15
 New Caledonia 6 2 2 2 12 10 +2 8
 Fiji 5 1 1 3 6 11 −5 4
 Vanuatu 6 1 1 4 5 13 −8 4
  Flag of Fiji Flag of New Caledonia Flag of New Zealand Flag of Vanuatu
Fiji  – 3 – 3 0 – 2 2 – 0
New Caledonia  4 – 0 – 1 – 3 3 – 0
New Zealand  19 Nov 3 – 0 – 4 – 1
Vanuatu  2 – 1 1 – 1 1 – 2 –

Notes on the tie-breaking situation:

  • Fiji and Vanuatu are ranked by their overall goal difference.

Results and fixtures

2007-10-17
16:00 UTC+12		 Fiji  0 – 2  New Zealand Churchill Park, Lautoka
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Jair Marrufo (USA)
Report Vicelich Scored in the 32nd minute 32'
Smeltz Scored in the 86th minute 86'
2007-11-17
14:00 UTC+11		 Vanuatu  1 – 2  New Zealand Korman Stadium, Port Vila
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Job Minan (Papua New Guinea)
Naprapol Scored in the 32nd minute 32' Report Smeltz Scored in the 53rd minute 53'
Mulligan Scored in the 90+3th minute 90+3'
2007-11-17
15:00 UTC+12		 Fiji  3 – 3  New Caledonia Govind Park, Ba
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Peter O'Leary (New Zealand)
Nawatu Scored in the 2nd minute 2'
Vakatalesau Scored in the 27th minute 27' Scored in the 86th minute 86'		 Report Gjamaci Scored in the 66th minute 66'
Kaudre Scored in the 83rd minute 83'
M. Hmaé Scored in the 87th minute 87'
2007-11-21
19:00 UTC+13		 New Zealand  4 – 1  Vanuatu Westpac Stadium, Wellington
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Averii Jacques (Tahiti)
Mulligan Scored in the 17th minute 17' Scored in the 81st minute 81'
Smeltz Scored in the 29th minute 29' (pen.) Scored in the 34th minute 34'		 Report Sakama Scored in the 50th minute 50'
2007-11-21
19:00 UTC+11		 New Caledonia  4 – 0  Fiji Stade Numa-Daly Magenta, Noumea
Attendance: 1000
Referee: Matthew Breeze (Australia)
Wajoka Scored in the 29th minute 29' (pen.)
M. Hmaé Scored in the 32nd minute 32' Scored in the 61st minute 61'
Mapou Scored in the 64th minute 64'		 Report
2008-06-14
14:00 UTC+11		 Vanuatu  1 – 1  New Caledonia Korman Stadium, Port Vila
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Rakesh Varman (Fiji)
Mermer Scored in the 77th minute 77' Report Djamali Scored in the 73rd minute 73'
2008-06-21
15:00 UTC+11		 New Caledonia  3 – 0  Vanuatu Stade Numa-Daly Magenta, Noumea
Attendance: 2,700
Referee: Michael Hester (New Zealand)
Wajoka Scored in the 36th minute 36'
M. Hmaé Scored in the 60th minute 60'
Diaike Scored in the 87th minute 87'		 Report
2008-09-06
15:00 UTC+12		 Fiji  2 – 0  Vanuatu Govind Park, Ba
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Job Minan (Papua New Guinea)
Kumar Scored in the 7th minute 7'
Dunadamu Scored in the 87th minute 87'		 Report
2008-09-06
17:00 UTC+11		 New Caledonia  1 – 3  New Zealand Stade Numa-Daly Magenta, Noumea
Attendance: 2,589
Referee: Rakesh Varman (Fiji)
M. Hmaé Scored in the 55th minute 55' Report Sigmund Scored in the 16th minute 16'
Smeltz Scored in the 65th minute 65' Scored in the 75th minute 75'
2008-09-10
14:00 UTC+11		 Vanuatu  2 – 1  Fiji Korman Stadium, Port Vila
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Peter O'Leary (New Zealand)
Sakama Scored in the 59th minute 59'
Malas Scored in the 90+2th minute 90+2'		 Report Dunadamu Scored in the 90+3th minute 90+3'
2008-09-10
19:30 UTC+12		 New Zealand  3 – 0  New Caledonia North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Norbert Hauata (Tahiti)
Smeltz Scored in the 49th minute 49' Scored in the 76th minute 76'
Christie Scored in the 69th minute 69'		 Report
2008-11-19
19:00 UTC+12
note 1		 New Zealand  v  Fiji Churchill Park, Lautoka (Fiji)note 1

Notes

  1. ^ a b The New Zealand vs Fiji match was originally scheduled for 13 October 2007, but was postponed by FIFA after Fijian goalkeeper Simione Tamanisau was denied a visa by the New Zealand immigration authorities. The match was first rescheduled to be played in the neutral country of Samoa,12 but subsequently moved again to Fiji.3


 2008 OFC Nations Cup Winners 
Flag of New Zealand
New Zealand
Fourth title

Top scorers

Pos Player Country Goals
1 Shane Smeltz  New Zealand 8
2 Michel Hmaé  New Caledonia 5
3 David Mulligan  New Zealand 3
4 Osea Vakatalesau  Fiji 2
Maciu Dunadamu  Fiji
Francois Sakama  Vanuatu
Pierre Wajoka  New Caledonia

References

  1. ^ Media Statement: New Zealand vs Fiji Match, Oceania Football Confederation.
  2. ^ FIFA cancels New Zealand-Fiji, FIFA.com
  3. ^ New Zealand to finish World Cup qualifying campaign in Fiji, Oceania Football Confederation.
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