1998_OFC_Women's_Championship
1998 OFC Women's Championship
International football competition
The 1998 OFC Women's Championship, also known as the VI Ladies Oceania Nations Cup[1] was held in Auckland, New Zealand between 9 October & 17 October 1998. It was the sixth staging of the OFC Women's Championship. The 1998 OFC Women's Championship, like its previous edition, served as the OFC's qualifying tournament for the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup. OFC's only berth was given to the winner – Australia.
Quick Facts Tournament details, Host country ...
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | New Zealand |
| Dates | 9–17 October |
| Teams | 6 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Australia (2nd title) |
| Runners-up |  New Zealand |
| Third place |  Papua New Guinea |
| Fourth place |  Fiji |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 10 |
| Goals scored | 112 (11.2 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Pernille Andersen (15 goals) |
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Of the twelve nations affiliated to the Oceania Football Confederation, six entered the tournament.
More information Team, Tournament appearance ...
| Team | Tournament appearance |
Last appearance |
Previous best performance |
|---|---|---|---|
 American Samoa | 1st | — | — |
| Australia | 6th | 1994 | Winners (1994) |
| Fiji | 2nd | 1983 | 4th (1983) |
| New Zealand | 6th | 1994 | Winners (1983, 1991) |
| Papua New Guinea | 4th | 1994 | 3rd (1991, 1994) |
 Samoa | 1st | — | — |
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Did not enter
Group A
More information Team, Pld ...
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Zealand |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0 | +35 | 6 |
| Fiji |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 14 | −9 | 3 |
| Samoa |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 26 | −26 | 0 |
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More information New Zealand, 21–0 ...
| New Zealand | 21–0 | Samoa |
|---|---|---|
Andersen  9', 11', 18', 38', 45', ?'Henderson 16', 75', 78', 86'Haskell 12', 28', 40', 67'Unknown 22' (o.g.)Cox 52', 83'Smith 62', 66'Crawford 64'Jackman 82' |
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More information New Zealand, 14–0 ...
| New Zealand | 14–0 | Fiji |
|---|---|---|
| Andersen 6', 9', 27' (pen.), 45+?', 47', 77', ?' Haskell 17', 29', 32'Ruscoe 31'Cox 45+?'Crawford 65'Smith 90+?' (pen.) |
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Referee: Tammy Peacock (Australia)
Group B
More information Team, Pld ...
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | +29 | 6 |
| Papua New Guinea |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 3 |
| American Samoa |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 30 | −30 | 0 |
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More information Australia, 21–0 ...
| Australia | 21–0 | American Samoa |
|---|---|---|
| Thomas 4', 35', 55' Casagrande 19', 59'Tann-Darby 28'Salisbury 29', 58', 72', 81', 90+3'Black 37', 68', 88', 90+5'Ferguson 44', 79'Taylor 50'Forman 66'Peters 78'Boyd 90+6' |
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More information Australia, 8–0 ...
| Australia | 8–0 | Papua New Guinea |
|---|---|---|
| Black 3', 18', 22' Casagrande 28'Salisbury 66', 67', 86'Boyd 90+2' |
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| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 15 October | ||||||
| New Zealand | 5 | |||||
| 17 October – Auckland | ||||||
| Papua New Guinea | 0 | |||||
| New Zealand | 1 | |||||
| 15 October | ||||||
| Australia | 3 | |||||
| Australia | 17 | |||||
| Fiji | 0 | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| 17 October | ||||||
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | |||||
| Fiji | 1 | |||||
Semi-finals
More information New Zealand, 5–0 ...
| New Zealand | 5–0 | Papua New Guinea |
|---|---|---|
| Andersen 6', 55' (p) Henderson 38'Carlisle ?'Cox 40' |
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Referee: Massimo Raveino (Tahiti)
Third place playoff
Final
More information New Zealand, 1–3 ...
| New Zealand | 1–3 | Australia |
|---|---|---|
| Smith 77' |
Report | Murray 2' Starr 13'Casagrande 66' |
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Australia won the tournament and qualified for 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup.
| 1998 OFC Women's Championship winners |
|---|
 Australia Second title |
- 15 goals
- 10 goals
- 8 goals
- 7 goals
- 5 goals
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
Natalie Thomas
- 2 goals
- 1 goals
- Alison Forman
- Amy Duggan
- Anissa Tann
- Bridgette Starr
Losana Kubulala
Jennifer Carlisle- Maia Jackman
- Melissa Ruscoe
Nellie Taman
- Unknown goalscorers
- Fiji: 5 additional goals
- Papua New Guinea: 15 additional goals
- Own goal
Unknown player (playing against New Zealand)
- Tables & results at RSSSF.com