2004 OFC Nations Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Australia
Dates	29 May - 12 October
Teams	10 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Australia (4th title)
Runner-up	Solomon Islands
Third place	New Zealand
Fourth place	Fiji
Tournament statistics
Matches played	17
Goals scored	69 (4.06 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Tim Cahill (6) Vaughan Coveny (6)

The 2004 Oceania Nations Cup doubled as the qualification tournament to the 2006 Football World Cup, except the two-legged final (A separate playoff (between Australia and Solomon Islands) was held in September 2005, for World Cup Qualifying purposes).

The competition was divided in two Group stages (the first is the Qualifying Stage), with Australia and New Zealand seeded into the second stage (Final Stage). The Oceania champion (Australia) qualified for the 2005 Confederations Cup.

Contents 1 First Group Stage 1.1 Group 1 1.1.1 Results 1.1.2 Match schedule 1.2 Group 2 1.2.1 Results 1.2.2 Match schedule 2 Second Group Stage (Final Stage) 2.1 Results 2.2 Match schedule 3 2004 Oceania Nations Cup Final 4 Awards 5 Individual scorers (Final Stage) 6 Individual scorers (Both Stages)

[edit] First Group Stage

The 10 teams in the first round were divided into two groups of 5 teams each. Within each group, every team played every other team once. The top two teams from each group then progressed to the second group stage where they were joined by the two seeded teams.

[edit] Group 1

[edit] Results

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Solomon Islands	10	4	3	1	0	14	1	+13
Tahiti	8	4	2	2	0	5	1	+4
New Caledonia	7	4	2	1	1	16	2	+14
Tonga	3	4	1	0	3	2	17	−15
Cook Islands	0	4	0	0	4	1	17	−16

[edit] Match schedule

May 10, 2004	Solomon Islands	6–0	Tonga	Lawson Tama Stadium, Honiara, Solomon Islands Attendance: 12,385 Referee: Attison (Vanuatu)
	Fa'arodo 12', 30', 77' Maemae 62', 76' Samani 79'	(Report)

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May 10, 2004	Tahiti	2–0	Cook Islands	Lawson Tama Stadium, Honiara, Solomon Islands Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Singh (Fiji)
	Temataua 2' Moretta 80'	(Report)

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May 12, 2004	Solomon Islands	5–0	Cook Islands	Lawson Tama Stadium, Honiara, Solomon Islands Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Fred (Vanuatu)
	Waita 21' Omorokio 27' Samani 45' Maemae 70' Leo 81'	(Report)

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May 12, 2004	Tahiti	0–0	New Caledonia	Lawson Tama Stadium, Honiara, Solomon Islands Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Rakaroi (Fiji)
		(Report)

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May 15, 2004	Tonga	2–1	Cook Islands	Lawson Tama Stadium, Honiara, Solomon Islands Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Sosongan (Papua New Guinea)
	Uhatahi 46' Vaitaki 61'	(Report)	Pareanga 59'

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May 15, 2004	Solomon Islands	2–0	New Caledonia	Lawson Tama Stadium, Honiara, Solomon Islands Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Attison (Vanuatu)
	Omorokio 10' George Suri 42'	(Report)

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May 17, 2004	New Caledonia	8–0	Cook Islands	Lawson Tama Stadium, Honiara, Solomon Islands Attendance: 400 Referee: Singh (Fiji)
	Pierre Wajoka 3' Michel Hmae 20', 40', 42', 52', 85' Djamali 25' José Hmae 35'	(Report)

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May 17, 2004	Tahiti	2–0	Tonga	Lawson Tama Stadium, Honiara, Solomon Islands Attendance: 400 Referee: Sosongan (Papua New Guinea)
	Gabriel Wajoka 1' Temataua 78'	(Report)

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May 19, 2004	New Caledonia	8–0	Tonga	Lawson Tama Stadium, Honiara, Solomon Islands Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Fred (Vanuatu)
	José Hmae 4' Poatinda 26', 42', 79' Michel Hmae 45' Pierre Wajoka 54', 58' Kaume 72'	(Report)

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May 19, 2004	Solomon Islands	1–1	Tahiti	Lawson Tama Stadium, Honiara, Solomon Islands Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Sosongan (Papua New Guinea)
	Batram Suri 80'	(Report)	Simon 30'

 Solomon Islands and  Tahiti progress to the second group stage.

[edit] Group 2

[edit] Results

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Vanuatu	10	4	3	1	0	16	2	+14
Fiji	9	4	3	0	1	19	5	+14
Papua New Guinea	7	4	2	1	1	17	6	+11
Samoa	3	4	1	0	3	5	11	−6
American Samoa	0	4	0	0	4	1	34	−33

[edit] Match schedule

May 10, 2004	Papua New Guinea	1–1	Vanuatu	Toleafoa J.S. Blatter Complex, Apia, Samoa Attendance: 500 Referee: Breeze (Australia)
	Wasi 73'	(Report)	Lauru 90+'

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May 10, 2004	Samoa	4–0	American Samoa	Toleafoa J.S. Blatter Complex, Apia, Samoa Attendance: 500 Referee: Afu (Solomon Islands)
	Bryce 12' Fasavalu 30', 53' Michael 66' (pen)	(Report)

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May 12, 2004	Vanuatu	9–1	American Samoa	Toleafoa J.S. Blatter Complex, Apia, Samoa Attendance: 400 Referee: Fox (New Zealand)
	Qorig 30' (pen), 45+' Mermer 37', 56', 90+' Poida 55' Chilia 65' Maleb 80', 90+'	(Report)	Natia 39'

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May 12, 2004	Fiji	4–2	Papua New Guinea	Toleafoa J.S. Blatter Complex, Apia, Samoa Attendance: 400 Referee: Diomis (Australia)
	Rabo 24' Toma 45+' Gataurua 78' Rokotakala 90'	(Report)	Davani 12' Komboi 44'

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May 15, 2004	Fiji	11–0	American Samoa	Toleafoa J.S. Blatter Complex, Apia, Samoa Attendance: 300 Referee: Fox (New Zealand)
	Toma 7', 11', 16' Vulivuli 24' Rokotakala 32', 38' Sabutu 45+', 81' Masinisau 60' Gataurua 75', 77'	(Report)

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May 15, 2004	Samoa	0–3	Vanuatu	Toleafoa J.S. Blatter Complex, Apia, Samoa Attendance: 650 Referee: Breeze (Australia)
		(Report)	Mermer 13' Chillia 55' Maleb 57'

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May 17, 2004	Papua New Guinea	10–0	American Samoa	Toleafoa J.S. Blatter Complex, Apia, Samoa Attendance: 150 Referee: Afu (Solomon Islands)
	Davani 23', 24', 40', 79' Andrew Lepani 26', 28', 64' Wasi 34' Komboi 37' Lohai 71'	(Report)

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May 17, 2004	Samoa	0–4	Fiji	Toleafoa J.S. Blatter Complex, Apia, Samoa Attendance: 450 Referee: Diomis (Australia)
		(Report)	Toma 17' Sabutu 52' Masinisau 82' Rokotakala 84'

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May 19, 2004	Vanuatu	3–0	Fiji	Toleafoa J.S. Blatter Complex, Apia, Samoa Attendance: 200 Referee: Breeze (Australia)
	Thomsen 45+' Lauru 63', 65'	(Report)

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May 19, 2004	Samoa	1–4	Papua New Guinea	Toleafoa J.S. Blatter Complex, Apia, Samoa Attendance: 300 Referee: Diomis (Australia)
	Michael 69'	(Report)	Davani 16' Andrew Lepani 37' Nathaniel Lepani 55' Komeng 68'

 Vanuatu and  Fiji progress to the second group stage.

[edit] Second Group Stage (Final Stage)

The four surviving members (first and second place teams from each group in stage one) of the first stage joined the two seeded teams ( Australia and  New Zealand) and took part in a tournament where each team played every other once in a tournament held in Adelaide, Australia.

As this doubled as the 2004 Oceania Nations Cup, the top two teams from the second group stage progressed to a two-legged final to determine the winner of the Oceania Nations Cup. These two games on home-and-away basis was separate from World Cup qualifying.

The top two teams from this stage also progressed to the final stage of the 2006 Oceania World Cup qualifying tournament.

[edit] Results

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Australia	13	5	4	1	0	21	3	+18
Solomon Islands	10	5	3	1	1	9	6	+3
New Zealand	9	5	3	0	2	17	5	+12
Fiji	4	5	1	1	3	3	10	−7
Tahiti	4	5	1	1	3	2	24	−22
Vanuatu	3	5	1	0	4	5	9	−4

[edit] Match schedule

May 29, 2004	Solomon Islands	1–0	Vanuatu	Marden Sports Complex, Adelaide, Australia Attendance: 200 Referee: Shield (Australia)
	Batram Suri 51' (pen)	(Report)

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May 29, 2004	Tahiti	0–0	Fiji	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide, Australia Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Diomis (Australia)
		(Report)

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May 29, 2004	Australia	1–0	New Zealand	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide, Australia Attendance: 12,130 Referee: Bo Larsen (Denmark)
	Bresciano 40'	(Report)

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May 31, 2004	New Zealand	3–0	Solomon Islands	Marden Sports Complex, Adelaide, Australia Attendance: 217 Referee: Gonzalez (Spain)
	Fisher 36' Oughton 81' Lines 90'	(Report)

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May 31, 2004	Australia	9–0	Tahiti	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide, Australia Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Attison (Vanuatu)
	Cahill 14', 47' Skoko 43' Simon 44' (OG) Sterjovski 51', 61', 74' Zdrilic 85' Chipperfield 89'	(Report)

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May 31, 2004	Fiji	1–0	Vanuatu	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide, Australia Attendance: 500 Referee: Ariiotima (Tahiti)
	Toma 73'	(Report)

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June 2, 2004	Australia	6–1	Fiji	Marden Sports Complex, Adelaide, Australia Attendance: 2,200 Referee: Gonzalez (Spain)
	Madaschi 6', 50' Cahill 39', 66', 75' Elrich 89'	(Report)	Gataurua 19'

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June 2, 2004	Solomon Islands	4–0	Tahiti	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide, Australia Attendance: 50 Referee: Rakaroi (Fiji)
	Fa'arodo 9' Menapi 14', 80' Batram Suri 42'	(Report)

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June 2, 2004	Vanuatu	4–2	New Zealand	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide, Australia Attendance: 356 Referee: Farina (Italy)
	Chillia 37' Bibi 64' Maleb 72' Qorig 88'	(Report)	Coveny 61', 75'

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June 4, 2004	New Zealand	10–0	Tahiti	Marden Sports Complex, Adelaide, Australia Attendance: 200 Referee: Shield (Australia)
	Coveny 6', 38', 45+' Fisher 16', 22', 63' Jones 72' Oughton 74' Nelsen 82', 87'	(Report)

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June 4, 2004	Solomon Islands	2–1	Fiji	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide, Australia Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Attison (Vanuatu)
	Kakai 16' Houkarawa 82'	(Report)	Toma 21'

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June 4, 2004	Australia	3–0	Vanuatu	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide, Australia Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Ariiotima (Tahiti)
	Aloisi 25, 85' Emerton 81'	(Report)

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June 6, 2004	Tahiti	2–1	Vanuatu	Marden Sports Complex, Adelaide, Australia Attendance: 300 Referee: Rakaroi (Fiji)
	Temataua 40' Gabriel Wajoka 89'	(Report)	Iwai 23'

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June 6, 2004	New Zealand	2–0	Fiji	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide, Australia Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Bo Larsen (Denmark)
	Bunce 8' Coveny 56'	(Report)

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June 6, 2004	Australia	2–2	Solomon Islands	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide, Australia Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Gonzalez (Spain)
	Cahill 50' Emerton 52'	(Report)	Menapi 43', 75'

 Australia and the  Solomon Islands progress to the final stages.

[edit] 2004 Oceania Nations Cup Final

The final of the 2004 Oceania Nations Cup was a two-legged home and away final between the top two teams from the second group stage.

October 9, 2004	Solomon Islands	1–5	Australia	Lawson Tama Stadium, Honiara, Solomon Islands Attendance: 21,000 Referee: O'Leary (New Zealand)
	Batram Suri 60'	(Report)	Skoko 5', 28' Milicic 19' Emerton 43' Elrich 79'

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October 12, 2004	Australia	6–0	Solomon Islands	Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney, Australia Attendance: 19,208 Referee: Rakaroi (Fiji)
	Milicic 5' Kewell 8' Vidmar 60' Thompson 79' Elrich 82' Emerton 89'	(Report)

 Australia becomes the 2004 Oceania Nations Cup Champions, and thus qualifies for the 2005 Confederations Cup.

[edit] Awards

2004 OFC Nations Cup Winners
Australia Fourth title

[edit] Individual scorers (Final Stage)

6 goals

• Tim Cahill
• Vaughan Coveny

4 goals

• Brett Emerton
• Brent Fisher
• Commins Menapi

3 goals

• Ahmad Elrich
• Josip Skoko
• Mile Sterjovski
• George Suri

2 goals

• John Aloisi
• Ante Milicic
• Adrian Madaschi
• Veresa Toma
• Ryan Nelsen
• Duncan Oughton

1 goal

• Marco Bresciano
• Scott Chipperfield
• Harry Kewell
• Archie Thompson
• Tony Vidmar
• David Zdrilic
• Laisiasa Gataurua
• Che Bunce
• Neil Jones
• Aaron Lines
• Henry Fa'arodo
• Mahlon Houkarawa
• Paul Kakai
• Gabriel Wajoka
• Axel Temataua
• Lexa Bibi
• Richard Iwai
• Jean Maleb
• Seimata Chilia
• Alphose Qorig

Own goals

• Vincent Simon (1)

[edit] Individual scorers (Both Stages)

7 goals Veresa Toma 6 goals Tim Cahill Michel Hmae Vaughan Coveny Reginald Davani 4 goals Brett Emerton Laisiasa Gataurua Brent Fisher Andrew Lepani Batram Suri Henry Fa'arodo Commins Menapi Jean Maleb Etienne Mermer 3 goals Ahmad Elrich Josip Skoko Mile Sterjovski Seveci Rokotakala Waisake Sabutu Alick Maemae Axel Temataua Seimata Chilia Alphose Qorig 2 goals John Aloisi Ante Milicic Esala Masinisau José Hmae Pierre Wajoka Own goals Vincent Simon (1)

Ryan Nelsen Duncan Oughton Paul Komboi Mauri Wasi Tama Fasavalu Junior Michael Commins Menapi Gideon Omorokio Jack Samani Gabriel Wajoka Wilkins Lauru 1 goal Natia Natia Marco Bresciano Scott Chipperfield Harry Kewell Adrian Madaschi Archie Thompson Tony Vidmar David Zdrilic John Pareanga Pita Rabo Thomas Vulivuli Ramon Djamali Robert Kaume Paul Poatinda Che Bunce Neil Jones Aaron Lines Eric Komeng Michael Lohai Nathaniel Lepani Dennis Bryce George Suri Mahlon Houkarawa Paul Kakai Leslie Leo Stanley Waita Rino Moretta Vincent Simon Mark Uhatahi Viliami Vaitaki Lexa Bibi Richard Iwai Moise Poida Lorry Thomsen

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