| Year: | 1998 |
| Country: | Vanuatu |
| Dates: | 5–12 September |
| Num Teams: | 5 |
| Confederations: | 1 |
| Champion: | Fiji |
| Count: | 4 |
| Second: | Vanuatu |
| Third: | Solomon Islands |
| Matches: | 10 |
| Goals: | 31 |
| Prevseason: | 1994 |
| Nextseason: | 2000 |
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 qualifier.
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.
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Fiji and Vanuatu qualified for Oceania Nations Cup 1998