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2008 OFC Nations Cup

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2008 OFC Nations Cup
Tournament details
Dates17 October 2007 – 19 November 2008
Teams4 (from 1 confederation)
Venues5 (in 5 host cities)
Final positions
ChampionsBERJAYA New Zealand (4th title)
Runners-upBERJAYA New Caledonia
Third placeBERJAYA Fiji
Fourth placeBERJAYA Vanuatu
Tournament statistics
Matches played12
Goals scored39 (3.25 per match)
Attendance44,989 (3,749 per match)
Top scorer(s)New Zealand Shane Smeltz
(8 goals)
← 2004
2012 →

The 2008 OFC Nations Cup was the eighth edition of the OFC Nations Cup and the first under a new format. It took place as a series of as a home-and-away round-robin tournament on FIFA match dates in 2007 and 2008. Doubling as the qualification tournament for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, the tournament was substantially different from earlier editions: 2004 champions Australia did not compete after leaving the Oceania Football Confederation for the Asian Football Confederation and for the first time since the 1996 OFC Nations Cup, no fixed venue was used. Unlike the 2004 OFC Nations Cup, which had featured six teams from the Oceania Football Confederation, the 2008 tournament had just four.

The cup was won by New Zealand, who as a result qualified for the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup in South Africa and the World Cup qualifying play-off with the Asian 5th-placed team, Bahrain, in which New Zealand were successful.

Qualification

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Group A
Team
 Pld Pts
BERJAYA Fiji 4 10
BERJAYA New Caledonia 4 10
BERJAYA Tahiti 4 4
BERJAYA Cook Islands 4 3
BERJAYA Tuvalu 4 1
Source: [1]
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
 BERJAYA Solomon Islands 2
 
 
 
 BERJAYA New Caledonia 3
 
 BERJAYA New Caledonia 1
 
 
 
 BERJAYA Fiji 0
 
 BERJAYA Fiji 3
 
 
 BERJAYA Vanuatu 0
 
Third place match
 
 
 
 
 
 BERJAYA Solomon Islands 0
 
 
 BERJAYA Vanuatu 2

Group B
Team
 Pld Pts
BERJAYA Solomon Islands 4 12
BERJAYA Vanuatu 4 9
BERJAYA Samoa 4 6
BERJAYA Tonga 4 3
BERJAYA American Samoa 4 0
Source: [1]
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
 BERJAYA Solomon Islands 2
 
 
 
 BERJAYA New Caledonia 3
 
 BERJAYA New Caledonia 1
 
 
 
 BERJAYA Fiji 0
 
 BERJAYA Fiji 3
 
 
 BERJAYA Vanuatu 0
 
Third place match
 
 
 
 
 
 BERJAYA Solomon Islands 0
 
 
 BERJAYA Vanuatu 2
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
 BERJAYA Solomon Islands 2
 
 
 
 BERJAYA New Caledonia 3
 
 BERJAYA New Caledonia 1
 
 
 
 BERJAYA Fiji 0
 
 BERJAYA Fiji 3
 
 
 BERJAYA Vanuatu 0
 
Third place match
 
 
 
 
 
 BERJAYA Solomon Islands 0
 
 
 BERJAYA Vanuatu 2

Qualified teams

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Team Qualified as
BERJAYA New ZealandAutomatically qualified
BERJAYA New Caledoniagold medalists at the 2007 South Pacific Games
BERJAYA Fijisilver medalists at the 2007 South Pacific Games
BERJAYA Vanuatubronze medalists at the 2007 South Pacific Games

Squads

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See 2008 OFC Nations Cup squads

Final tournament

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification New Zealand New Caledonia Fiji Vanuatu
1 BERJAYA New Zealand (C) 6 5 0 1 14 5 +9 15 Advance to inter-confederation play-offs — 3–0 0–2 4–1
2 BERJAYA New Caledonia 6 2 2 2 12 10 +2 8 1–3 — 4–0 3–0
3 BERJAYA Fiji 6 2 1 3 8 11 −3 7 0–2 3–3 — 2–0
4 BERJAYA Vanuatu 6 1 1 4 5 13 −8 4 1–2 1–1 2–1 —
Source: [1]
(C) Champions

Results

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Fiji BERJAYA0–2BERJAYA New Zealand
Report Vicelich BERJAYA 37'
Smeltz BERJAYA 86'
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Jair Marrufo (USA)
Vanuatu BERJAYA1–2BERJAYA New Zealand
Naprapol BERJAYA 32' Report Smeltz BERJAYA 53'
Mulligan BERJAYA 90+3'
Attendance: 8,000
Fiji BERJAYA3–3BERJAYA New Caledonia
Nawatu BERJAYA 2'
Vakatalesau BERJAYA 27', 86'		 Report Gjamaci BERJAYA 66'
Kaudre BERJAYA 83'
M. Hmaé BERJAYA 87'
Attendance: 1,500
New Zealand BERJAYA4–1BERJAYA Vanuatu
Mulligan BERJAYA 17', 81'
Smeltz BERJAYA 29' (pen.), 34'		 Report Sakama BERJAYA 50'
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Averii Jacques (Tahiti)
New Caledonia BERJAYA4–0BERJAYA Fiji
Wajoka BERJAYA 29' (pen.)
M. Hmaé BERJAYA 32', 61'
Mapou BERJAYA 64'		 Report
Attendance: 1,000
Vanuatu BERJAYA1–1BERJAYA New Caledonia
Mermer BERJAYA 77' Report Djamali BERJAYA 73'
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Rakesh Varman (Fiji)
New Caledonia BERJAYA3–0BERJAYA Vanuatu
Wajoka BERJAYA 36'
M. Hmaé BERJAYA 60'
Diaike BERJAYA 87'		 Report
Attendance: 2,700
Fiji BERJAYA2–0BERJAYA Vanuatu
Kumar BERJAYA 7'
Dunadamu BERJAYA 87'		 Report
Attendance: 3,000
New Caledonia BERJAYA1–3BERJAYA New Zealand
M. Hmaé BERJAYA 55' Report Sigmund BERJAYA 16'
Smeltz BERJAYA 65', 75'
Attendance: 2,589
Referee: Rakesh Varman (Fiji)
Vanuatu BERJAYA2–1BERJAYA Fiji
Sakama BERJAYA 59'
Malas BERJAYA 90+2'		 Report Dunadamu BERJAYA 90+3'
Attendance: 1,200
New Zealand BERJAYA3–0BERJAYA New Caledonia
Smeltz BERJAYA 49', 76'
Christie BERJAYA 69'		 Report
Attendance: 8,000
New Zealand BERJAYA0–2BERJAYA Fiji
Report Krishna BERJAYA 63', 90'
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Lencie Fred (Vanuatu)

Notes

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  1. ↑ The New Zealand vs Fiji match was originally scheduled for 13 October 2007, but was postponed by FIFA after Fijian goalkeeper Simione Tamanisau was denied a visa by the New Zealand immigration authorities. The match was first rescheduled to be played in the neutral country of Samoa,[2][3] but subsequently moved again to Fiji.[4]

Goalscorers

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There were 39 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 3.25 goals per match.

8 goals

5 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

References

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  1. 1 2 3 "FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC) 2010, football - table and standings". soccer365.me. Archived from the original on 9 April 2024. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
  2. ↑ Media Statement: New Zealand vs Fiji Match, Oceania Football Confederation. Accessed 2009-09-09. Archived 2009-09-11.
  3. ↑ FIFA cancels New Zealand-Fiji, FIFA.com
  4. ↑ New Zealand to finish World Cup qualifying campaign in Fiji Archived 2008-10-02 at the Wayback Machine, Oceania Football Confederation.
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  • RSSSF. Accessed 21 February 2010.
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