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2004 OFC Nations Cup Final

Event	2004 OFC Nations Cup
Solomon Islands Australia 1 11
on aggregate
First leg
Solomon Islands Australia 1 5
Date	9 October 2004
Venue	Lawson Tama Stadium, Honiara
Referee	Peter O'Leary (New Zealand)
Attendance	21,000
Second leg
Australia Solomon Islands 6 0
Date	12 October 2004
Venue	Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
Referee	Leone Rakaroi (Fiji)
Attendance	19,208
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The 2004 OFC Nations Cup Final was the final match of the 2004 OFC Nations Cup between Solomon Islands and Australia. It was a two-legged final held on 9 and 12 October in Honiara and Sydney respectively. Australia won the first leg 5–1 and the second 6–0 to win the competition 11–1 on aggregate. Australia won the right to play in the 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup as the representative from the OFC.^[1]

Match

First leg

9 October 2004

Solomon Islands	1–5	Australia
B. Suri 60'	Report	J. Skoko 5', 28' A. Milicic 19' B. Emerton 43' A. Elrich 79'

Lawson Tama Stadium, Honiara

Attendance: 21,000

Referee: Peter O'Leary (New Zealand)

Solomon Islands

Australia

GK 1 Felix Ray Jr. RB 2 Leslie Leo CB 3 Mahlon Houkarawa CB 4 George Suri LB 5 Nelson Kilifa RM 6 Alick Maemae CM 7 Jack Samani CM 8 Paul Kakai LM 9 Batram Suri CF 10 Henry Fa'arodo CF 11 Commins Menapi Manager: Alan Gillett

GK 1 Mark Schwarzer RB 2 Tony Vidmar  74' CB 3 Tony Popovic CB 4 Simon Colosimo LB 5 Kevin Muscat RM 6 Brett Emerton CM 7 Lucas Neill CM 8 Josip Skoko LM 9 Vince Grella  40' CF 10 Ahmad Elrich CF 11 Ante Milicic Manager: Frank Farina

Notes

• The Solomon Islands line-up is disputed for this match and may not be entirely correct.

Second leg

12 October 2004

Australia	6–0	Solomon Islands
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

Solomon Islands

GK 1 Mark Schwarzer RB 2 Kevin Muscat CB 3 Tony Vidmar CB 4 Simon Colosimo LB 5 Tony Popovic RM 6 Brett Emerton CM 7 Lucas Neill CM 8 Luke Wilkshire LM 9 Josip Skoko CF 10 Harry Kewell CF 11 Ante Milicic Manager: Frank Farina

GK 1 Felix Ray Jr. RB 2 George Suri CB 3 Gideon Omokirio CB 4 Mahlon Houkarawa LB 5 Nelson Kilifa RM 6 Batram Suri CM 7 George Lui CM 8 Alick Maemae LM 9 Henry Fa'arodo CF 10 Joel Konofilia CF 11 Commins Menapi Manager: Alan Gillett

References