Football Oceania Championship 1980

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Football Oceania Championship 1980
OFC Nations Cup 1980
Number of nations (of 8 applicants)
Oceania Champion AustraliaAustralia Australia (1st title)
venue New CaledoniaNew Caledonia New Caledonia ( Nouméa )
Opening game February 24, 1980
Endgame March 3, 1980
Games 14th
Gates 94  (⌀: 6.71 per game)
Top scorer ?

The OFC Nations Cup 1980 ( Engl. : OFC Nations Cup ) was the second playout of an oceanic continental championship in football after seven-year break and found from 24 February to 3 March 1980. New Caledonia, a French overseas territory , instead. All games were played at the Stade Numa-Daly in Nouméa. Eight teams took part in the tournament. Like 1973 Fiji , New Caledonia , New Zealand , New Hebrides (now Vanuatu), Tahiti and for the first time Australia , Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands . The game was played in two groups of four teams. The two group winners qualified for the final, the two group runners-up for the game for third place.

Group stage

Group A

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. Tahiti 1843Tahiti Tahiti  3  3  0  0 021: 500 +16 06-00
 2. FijiFiji Fiji  3  2  0  1 010: 700  +3 04: 20
 3. New ZealandNew Zealand New Zealand  3  1  0  2 007: 800  −1 02: 40
 4th Solomon IslandsSolomon Islands Solomon Islands  3  0  0  3 003:210 −18 00: 60
February 25
Fiji - Solomon Islands 3: 1
Tahiti - New Zealand 3: 1
27th of February
New Zealand - Fiji 0: 4
Tahiti - Solomon Islands 12: 1
February 29th
Tahiti - Fiji 6: 3
New Zealand - Solomon Islands 6: 1

Group B

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. AustraliaAustralia Australia  3  3  0  0 020: 200 +18 06-00
 2. New CaledoniaNew Caledonia New Caledonia  3  2  0  1 012:110  +1 04: 20
 3. Papua New GuineaPapua New Guinea Papua New Guinea  3  1  0  2 006:220 −16 02: 40
 4th New Hebrides 1953New Hebrides (British)New Hebrides (French) New Hebrides  3  0  0  3 006: 900  −3 00: 60
February 24th
P. New Guinea - New Hebrides 4: 3
Australia - New Caledonia 8-0
February 26th
Australia - P. New Guinea 11: 2
New Caledonia - New Hebrides 4: 3
February 28
Australia - New Hebrides 1-0
New Caledonia - P. New Guinea 8-0

3rd place match

2nd March
New CaledoniaNew Caledonia New Caledonia - FijiFiji Fiji 2: 1

final

Australia Tahiti
AustraliaAustralia
Monday 3rd March 1980 in Nouméa
Result: 4: 2 (- :-)
TahitiTahiti


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Coach: Rudi Gutendorf ( BR Germany ) Germany BRBR Germany 
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Trainer  :?
goalPaul Kay (4th)
goalPaul Kay (29th)
goalDanny Mouli
goalVic Bozanic
goalAndre Wabealo
goalErroll Bennett

Best goal scorers

A corresponding list is not presented, as most of the goal scorers, especially from Fiji, New Caledonia and Tahiti, are unknown and a list of only known goal scorers would therefore not correctly reflect the actual result.

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