Football Oceania Championship 1980
Football Oceania Championship 1980 | |
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OFC Nations Cup 1980 | |
Number of nations | 8 (of 8 applicants) |
Oceania Champion | Australia (1st title) |
venue | 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 |
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1. | Tahiti | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 21: 5 | +16 | 6-0 |
2. | Fiji | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10: 7 | +3 | 4: 2 |
3. | New Zealand | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7: 8 | −1 | 2: 4 |
4th | Solomon Islands | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3:21 | −18 | 0: 6 |
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 |
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1. | Australia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 20: 2 | +18 | 6-0 |
2. | New Caledonia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12:11 | +1 | 4: 2 |
3. | Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6:22 | −16 | 2: 4 |
4th | New Hebrides | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6: 9 | −3 | 0: 6 |
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 Caledonia | - | Fiji | 2: 1 |
final
Australia | Tahiti | ||||
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? Coach: Rudi Gutendorf ( BR Germany ) |
? Trainer :? |
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Paul Kay (4th) Paul Kay (29th) Danny Mouli Vic Bozanic |
Andre Wabealo Erroll 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.