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1998 OFC Women's Championship
Tournament details
Host countryNew Zealand
Dates9–17 October
Teams6 (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 played10
Goals scored112 (11.2 per match)
Top scorer(s)New Zealand Pernille Andersen
(15 goals)
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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.

Participating nations

Of the twelve nations affiliated to the Oceania Football Confederation, six entered the tournament.

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 — —

Did not enter

First round

Group A

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
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'		 Report
Attendance: 600
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.)		 Report
Fiji 5–0 Samoa
Kubulala ?'[2]

Group B

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
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'		 Report
Australia 8–0 Papua New Guinea
Black 3', 18', 22'
Casagrande 28'
Salisbury 66', 67', 86'
Boyd 90+2'		 Report
Papua New Guinea 9–0 American Samoa
Taman ?'[3]

Knockout stage

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
15 October
 
 
 New Zealand5
 
17 October – Auckland
 
 Papua New Guinea0
 
 New Zealand1
 
15 October
 
 Australia3
 
 Australia17
 
 
 Fiji0
 
Third place
 
 
17 October
 
 
 Papua New Guinea7
 
 
 Fiji1

Semi-finals

New Zealand 5–0 Papua New Guinea
Andersen 6', 55' (p)
Henderson 38'
Carlisle ?'
Cox 40'		 Report
Australia 17–0 Fiji
Murray 3', 23', 47'
Iannotta 7', 43'
Boyd 23', 39'
Black 33', 40', 55'
Peters 49', 53', 58', 81'
Ferguson 69', 72'
Salisbury 83'		 Report

Third place playoff

Papua New Guinea 7–1 Fiji

Final

New Zealand 1–3 Australia
Smith 77' Report Murray 2'
Starr 13'
Casagrande 66'
Attendance: 2000

Australia won the tournament and qualified for 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup.

Awards

 1998 OFC Women's Championship winners 

Australia
Second title

Goalscorers

15 goals
10 goals
8 goals
7 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goals
Unknown goalscorers
Own goal
  • Samoa Unknown player (playing against New Zealand)

References

  1. ^ "Football VI Ladies Oceania Nations Cup 1998 - played in Auckland (NZL) +13 GMT - Winner Australia".
  2. ^ "11/10/98".
  3. ^ "11/10/98".

External links

source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998_OFC_Women%27s_Championship

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