Melanesia_Cup

MSG Prime Minister's Cup

MSG Prime Minister's Cup

Association football tournament for Melanesian countries

For the rugby league competition, see Melanesian Cup (disambiguation).

The MSG Prime Minister's Cup, formerly known as Melanesia Cup, is an association football championship played between the Melanesian countries, it was 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] It is organised by the Melanesian Spearhead Group.[3]

Participants

Total wins

5 Fiji1988, 1989, 1992, 1998, 2000
2 Solomon Islands1994, 2023
1 Vanuatu1990
1 Papua New Guinea2022

Results

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Source: https://www.rsssf.org/tablesm/melanesiacup.doc

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Wantok Cup Honiara 2008 – Solomon Islands name 64-man squad". Archived 2008-09-05 at the Wayback Machine. Oceania Football Confederation. June 19, 2008.
  2. [2]
    Ewart, Richard (September 2022). "FIFA back revival of the Melanesian Cup, but insist on a new competition name". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
  3. [3]
    "Sports Development – Melanesian Spearhead Group Secretariat". Retrieved 2024-04-16.
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