The MSG Prime Minister's Cup, formerly known as Melanesia Cup, is an association football competition played between the Melanesian countries. It was formerly used (along with the Polynesia Cup) for qualification to the Oceania Nations Cup. The original tournament used a round-robin format involving every team playing each other once at the tournaments location.
In 2008, the Wantok Cup was established as a competition between Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu. It was described by the Oceania Football Confederation as "a tournament reminiscent of the now defunct Melanesian Cup".[1]
In 2022 the tournament was revived under the current name, the MSG Prime Minister's Cup, after more than twenty years.[2] The name was changed at the impetus of FIFA. It is organised by the Melanesian Spearhead Group.[3]
The five countries the competition is currently played between are:[4]
| 5 | 1988, 1989, 1992, 1998, 2000 | |||
| 2 | 1994, 2023 | |||
| 1 | 1990 | |||
| 1 | 2022 |
| Year | Host | Winner | Runner-up | 3rd Place | 4th Place | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melanesia Cup | |||||||||
| 1988 Details | Solomon Islands | ||||||||
| 1989 Details | Fiji | ||||||||
| 1990 Details | Vanuatu | ||||||||
| 1992 Details | Vanuatu | ||||||||
| 1994 Details | Solomon Islands | ||||||||
| 1998 Details | Vanuatu | ||||||||
| 2000 Details | Fiji | ||||||||
| MSG Prime Minister's Cup | |||||||||
| 2022 Details | Vanuatu | (Development Team) | |||||||
| 2023 Details | New Caledonia | ||||||||