2004 OFC Nations Cup final explained

2004 OFC Nations Cup Final
Event:	2004 OFC Nations Cup
Team1:	Solomon Islands
Team1association:
Team1score:	1
Team2:	Australia
Team2association:
Team2score:	11
Details:	on aggregate
Firstleg:	First leg
Team1score1:	1
Team2score1:	5
Date1:	9 October 2004
Stadium1:	Lawson Tama Stadium
City1:	Honiara
Referee1:	Peter O'Leary (New Zealand)
Attendance1:	21,000
Secondleg:	Second leg
Team1score2:	0
Team2score2:	6
Date2:	12 October 2004
Stadium2:	Sydney Football Stadium
City2:	Sydney
Referee2:	Leone Rakaroi (Fiji)
Attendance2:	19,208
Previous:	2002
Next:	2012

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 9 and 12 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

GK 1 Felix Ray Jr. RB 2 CB 3 Mahlon Houkarawa CB 4 George Suri LB 5 Nelson Kilifa RM 6 CM 7 CM 8 LM 9 Batram Suri CF 10 Henry Fa'arodo CF 11 Commins Menapi Manager: Alan Gillett

GK 1 Mark Schwarzer RB 2 CB 3 Tony Popovic CB 4 Simon Colosimo LB 5 Kevin Muscat RM 6 CM 7 CM 8 LM 9 CF 10 Ahmad Elrich CF 11 Ante Milicic Manager: Frank Farina

Notes

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

Second leg

GK 1 Mark Schwarzer RB 2 CB 3 Tony Vidmar CB 4 Simon Colosimo LB 5 Tony Popovic RM 6 CM 7 Lucas Neill CM 8 LM 9 CF 10 CF 11 Ante Milicic Manager: Frank Farina

GK 1 Felix Ray Jr. RB 2 George Suri CB 3 Gideon Omokirio CB 4 LB 5 Nelson Kilifa RM 6 CM 7 George Lui CM 8 LM 9 Henry Fa'arodo CF 10 Joel Konofilia CF 11 Commins Menapi Manager: Alan Gillett

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2004 OFC Nations Cup . srcf . 11 June 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20071014011916/http://www.srcf.ucam.org/~nfm24/football/2004o.html. 14 October 2007. dead.