2004 OFC Nations Cup

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2004 OFC Nations CupTournament 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)

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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.

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.

## Qualification

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Main article: 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – OFC first round

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]

## Venues

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Australia (Final tournament & Final match–Second leg host)

Sydney

Adelaide

2004 OFC Nations Cup (Australia)

Sydney | Adelaide
Sydney Football Stadium | Hindmarsh Stadium | Marden Sports Complex
Capacity: 45,500 | Capacity: 17,000 | Capacity: 6,000
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Solomon Islands (Final match–First leg host)

Honiara

| Honiara
Lawson Tama Stadium
Capacity: 30,000

## Squads

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See 2004 OFC Nations Cup squads

## Final tournament

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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  | Advance to 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 | -- | -- | --

Source: [1]
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

29 May 2004

Vanuatu | 0–1|  Solomon Islands

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| Report | Batram Suri 51' (pen.)

Marden Sports Complex, Adelaide

Attendance: 200

Referee: Mark Shield (Australia)

29 May 2004

Tahiti | 0–0|  Fiji

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Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Stefano Farina (Italy)

29 May 2004

Australia | 1–0|  New Zealand

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Bresciano 40' | Report |

Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide

Attendance: 12,130

Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)

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31 May 2004

New Zealand | 3–0|  Solomon Islands

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Fisher 36'
Oughton 81'
Lines 90' | Report |

Marden Sports Complex, Adelaide

Attendance: 217

Referee: Eduardo Iturralde González (Spain)

31 May 2004

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' | Report |

Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide

Attendance: 1,200

Referee: Harry Attison (Vanuatu)

31 May 2004

Fiji | 1–0|  Vanuatu

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Toma 73' | Report |

Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide

Attendance: 500

Referee: Charles Ariiotima (Tahiti)

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2 June 2004

Australia | 6–1|  Fiji

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Madaschi 6', 50'
Cahill 39', 66', 75'
Elrich 89' | Report | Gataurua 19'

Marden Sports Complex, Adelaide

Attendance: 2,200

Referee: Eduardo Iturralde González (Spain)

2 June 2004

Tahiti | 0–4|  Solomon Islands

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| Report | Fa'arodo 9'
Menapi 14', 80'
Batram Suri 42'

Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide

Attendance: 50

Referee: Leone Rakaroi (Fiji)

2 June 2004

Vanuatu | 4–2|  New Zealand

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Chilia  37'
Bibi 64'
Maleb 72'
Qorig  88' | Report | Coveny 61', 75'

Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide

Attendance: 356

Referee: Stefano Farina (Italy)

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4 June 2004

New Zealand | 10–0|  Tahiti

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Coveny 6', 38', 45'
Fisher 16', 22', 63'
Jones 72'
Oughton 74'
Nelsen 82', 87' | Report |

Marden Sports Complex, Adelaide

Attendance: 200

Referee: Mark Shield (Australia)

4 June 2004

Fiji | 1–2|  Solomon Islands

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Toma 21' | Report | Kakai 16'
Houkarawa 82'

Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide

Attendance: 1,500

Referee: Harry Attison (Vanuatu)

4 June 2004

Vanuatu | 0–3|  Australia

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| Report | Aloisi 25', 85'
Emerton 81'

Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Charles Ariiotima (Tahiti)

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6 June 2004

Tahiti | 2–1|  Vanuatu

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Temataua 40'
Wajoka 89' | Report | Iwai  23'

Marden Sports Complex, Adelaide

Attendance: 300

Referee: Leone Rakaroi (Fiji)

6 June 2004

Fiji | 0–2|  New Zealand

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| Report | Bunce 8'
Coveny 56'

Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)

6 June 2004

Solomon Islands | 2–2|  Australia

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Menapi 43', 75' | Report | Cahill 50'
Emerton 52'

Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide

Attendance: 3,500

Referee: Eduardo Iturralde González (Spain)

## Final

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Main article: 2004 OFC 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.

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

9 October 2004

Solomon Islands | 1–5|  Australia

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Batram Suri 60' | Report | Skoko 5', 28'
Milicic 19'
Emerton 43'
Elrich 79'

Lawson Tama Stadium, Honiara

Attendance: 21,000

Referee: Peter O'Leary (New Zealand)

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12 October 2004

Australia | 6–0|  Solomon Islands

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Milicic 5'
Kewell 8'
Vidmar 60'
Thompson 79'
Elrich 82'
Emerton 89' | Report |

Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney

Attendance: 19,208

Referee: Leone Rakaroi (Fiji)

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.

## Goalscorers

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There were 69 goals scored in 17 matches, for an average of 4.06 goals per match.

6 goals

* Tim Cahill
* Vaughan Coveny

4 goals

* Brett Emerton
* Brent Fisher
* Commins Menapi

3 goals

* Ahmad Elrich
* Josip Skoko
* Mile Sterjovski
* Batram Suri

2 goals

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

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)

## External links

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* RSSSF Accessed 21 February 2010.

## References

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1. ^ "FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC) 2006, football - table and standings". soccer365.me. Retrieved 16 April 2024.

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