2004_OFC_Nations_Cup
2004 OFC Nations Cup
International football competition
The 2004 OFC Nations Cup was the edition of the tournament for the OFC Nations Cup and doubled as the qualification tournament to the 2006 FIFA 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.
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| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | Australia |
| Dates | 29 May – 12 October |
| Teams | 6 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue(s) | 4 (in 3 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Australia (4th title) |
| Runners-up |  Solomon Islands |
| Third place |  New Zealand |
| Fourth place |  Fiji |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 17 |
| Goals scored | 69 (4.06 per match) |
| Attendance | 71,561 (4,209 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Tim Cahill Vaughan Coveny (6 goals each) |
← 2002 2008 → | |
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 FIFA Confederations Cup.
The 10 teams in the first round were divided into two sections of five teams each. Each 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.[clarification needed]
| Australia (Final tournament & Final match–Second leg host) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Sydney | Adelaide | ||
| Sydney Football Stadium | Hindmarsh Stadium | Marden Sports Complex | |
| Capacity: 45,500 | Capacity: 17,000 | Capacity: 6,000 | |
| Solomon Islands (Final match–First leg host) | |||
| Honiara | |||
| Lawson Tama Stadium | |||
| Capacity: 30,000 | |||
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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 OFC 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.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |
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| 1 | Australia |
5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 3 | +18 | 13 | Nations Cup final | — | — | 1–0 | 6–1 | 9–0 | — | |
| 2 | Solomon Islands |
5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 10 | 2–2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 3 | New Zealand |
5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 5 | +12 | 9 | — | 3–0 | — | — | 10–0 | — | ||
| 4 | Fiji |
5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 4 | — | 1–2 | 0–2 | — | — | 1–0 | ||
| 5 | Tahiti |
5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 24 | −22 | 4 | — | 0–4 | — | 0–0 | — | 2–1 | ||
| 6 | Vanuatu |
5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 3 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 4–2 | — | — | — |
| New Zealand | 3–0 | Solomon Islands |
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Fisher  36' Oughton 81' Lines 90' |
| Australia | 9–0 | Tahiti |
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| Cahill 14', 47' Skoko 43' Simon 44' (o.g.) Sterjovski 51', 61', 74' Zdrilic 85' Chipperfield 89' |
| Tahiti | 0–4 | Solomon Islands |
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| Fa'arodo 9' Menapi 14', 80' Batram Suri 42' |
| Vanuatu | 4–2 | New Zealand |
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| Chilia 37' Bibi 64' Maleb 72' Qorig 88' |
Coveny 61', 75' |
| New Zealand | 10–0 | Tahiti |
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| Coveny 6', 38', 45' Fisher 16', 22', 63' Jones 72' Oughton 74' Nelsen 82', 87' |
| Solomon Islands | 2–2 | Australia |
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| Menapi 43', 75' |
Cahill 50' Emerton 52' |
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.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Solomon Islands |
1–11 | Australia |
1–5 | 0–6 |
| Solomon Islands | 1–5 | Australia |
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| Batram Suri 60' |
Skoko 5', 28' Milicic 19' Emerton 43' Elrich 79' |
Australia won 11–1 on aggregate and became the 2004 Oceania Nations Cup Champions. They also qualified for the 2005 Confederations Cup.
Although the second round of 2004 OFC Nations Cup doubled the second round of 2006 FIFA World Cup Oceanian qualification, the final play-off for the World Cup was held separately. Australia defeated Solomon Islands again, winning 9–1 on aggregate, and advanced to a play-off against the CONMEBOL (South American) nation Uruguay.
There were 69 goals scored in 17 matches, for an average of 4.06 goals per match.
6 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Mark Bresciano- Scott Chipperfield
- Harry Kewell
- Archie Thompson
- Tony Vidmar
- David Zdrilic
Laisiasa Gataurua
Che Bunce- Neil Jones
- Aaran Lines
Henry Fa'arodo- Mahlon Houkarawa
- Paul Kakai
Gabriel Wajoka- Axel Temataua
Lexa Bibi- Richard Iwai
- Jean Maleb
- Seimata Chilia
- Alphose Qorig
1 own goal
- Vincent Simon (against Australia)
- RSSSF Accessed 21 February 2010.
- "FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC) 2006, football - table and standings". soccer365.me. Retrieved 16 April 2024.