Oceania Nations Cup 2004
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The 2004 Oceania Nations Cup doubled as the qualification tournament to the 2006 Football 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 were divided in two Group stages, with Australia and New Zealand seeded into the second stage. The Oceania champion (Australia) qualified for the 2005 Confederations Cup.
First Group Stage
The 10 teams in the first round were divided into two groups of 5 teams each. Within each group, every 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.
Group 1
Results
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Solomon Islands | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 1
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Tahiti | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1
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New Caledonia | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 2
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Tonga | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 17 | −15 |
Cook Islands | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 17 | −16 |
Match schedule
Solomon Islands and Tahiti progress to the second group stage.
Group 2
Results
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Vanuatu | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 2
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Fiji | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 5
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Papua New Guinea | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 6
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Samoa | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 11 | −6 |
American Samoa | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 34 | −33 |
Match schedule
Vanuatu and Fiji progress to the second group stage.
Second Group Stage
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 Oceania 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.
Results
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Australia | 13 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 3
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Solomon Islands | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6
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New Zealand | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 5
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Fiji | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | −7 |
Tahiti | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 24 | −22 |
Vanuatu | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | −4 |
Match schedule
Australia and the Solomon Islands progress to the final stages.
2004 Oceania 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.
Australia becomes the 2004 Oceania Nations Cup Champions, and thus qualifies for the 2005 Confederations Cup.
Individual scorers
Tama Fasavalu
Mark Uhatahi