2000 OFC Nations Cup explained

Other Titles:Coupe d'Océanie des nations 2000
2000 OFC Aibu te Fenua
Year:2000
Country:Tahiti
Dates:19–28 June
Num Teams:6
Confederations:1
Venues:1
Cities:1
Champion:AUS
Count:3
Second:NZL
Third:SOL
Fourth:VAN
Matches:10
Goals:48
Attendance:5500
Top Scorer: Craig Foster
Clayton Zane
(5 goals each)
Prevseason:1998
Nextseason:2002

The 2000 OFC Nations Cup was held in Papeete, Tahiti.[1] The six participating teams were Australia and New Zealand who qualified as of right, the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu who qualified from the Melanesia Cup, the Cook Islands and Tahiti who qualified from the Polynesia Cup. Australia beat New Zealand 2–0 in the final. The Solomon Islands beat Vanuatu 2–1 for third place.

Fiji qualified to this edition but then withdrew due to the 2000 Fijian coup d'état and was replaced by Vanuatu.

Qualification

2000 Melanesia Cup

See main article: 2000 Melanesia Cup. Solomon Islands and Vanuatu* qualified.

2000 Polynesia Cup

See main article: 2000 Polynesia Cup. Tahiti and Cook Islands qualified.

Venue

Papeete
Stade Pater
Capacity: 11,700

Squads

See 2000 OFC Nations Cup squads.

Group stage

Group A

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Group B

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Knockout stage

Bracket

Semi-finals

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Final

See main article: 2000 OFC Nations Cup Final.

Goalscorers

5 goals
4 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Oceanian Nations Cup 2000 . RSSSF . 18 July 2023.