Football Oceania Championship 1973

Football Oceania Championship 1973
OFC Nations Cup 1973
Number of nations	5  (from 5 applicants)
Oceania Champion	New Zealand (1st title)
venue	New Zealand ( Auckland )
Opening game	17th February 1973
Endgame	February 24, 1973
Games	12
Gates	37  (⌀: 3.08 per game)
Top scorer	Erroll Bennett Alan Marley Segin Wayewol (3 goals each)

The OFC Nations Cup 1973 ( Engl. : OFC Nations Cup ) was the first playout of an oceanic continental championship in football and found in New Zealand from 17 to 24 February 1973 instead. All games were played at Newmarket Park in Auckland. The tournament took Fiji , New Caledonia , New Zealand , New Hebrides (now Vanuatu), Tahiti part. In the league system, everyone against everyone was played in a simple round. The two best in the group qualified for the final, the third and fourth for the game for third place.

At that time, the OFC was not yet a member of the world football association FIFA .

Group stage

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	New Zealand	4th	3	1	0	011: 400	+7	07: 10
2.	Tahiti	4th	3	0	1	007: 200	+5	06: 20
3.	New Caledonia	4th	2	0	2	008: 500	+3	04: 40
4th	New Hebrides	3	1	1	1	004: 800	−4	03: 30
5.	Fiji	4th	0	0	4th	002:130	−11	00: 80

February 17th
Tahiti	-	New Caledonia	2: 1
New Zealand	-	Fiji	5: 1
February 18
New Hebrides	-	New Caledonia	1: 4
Tahiti	-	New Zealand	1: 1
20. February
Fiji	-	New Caledonia	0: 2
New Hebrides	-	Tahiti	0-0
21st of February
New Hebrides	-	Fiji	2: 1
New Zealand	-	New Caledonia	2: 1
February 23
Fiji	-	Tahiti	0: 4
New Zealand	-	New Hebrides	3: 1

3rd place match

February 24th
New Caledonia	-	New Hebrides	2: 1

final

New Zealand		Tahiti
	Saturday, February 24, 1973 in Auckland ( Newmarket Park ) Result: 2: 0 (0: 0) Referee: B. Chaudet ( New Hebrides )
	Kevin Curtin - Maurice Tillotson , R. Armstrong, Colin Latimour , John Staines , Dennis Tindall ( Brian Armstrong ), John Staines , Alan Marley , Malcolm Bland , Alan Vest , Brian Turner , Dave Taylor Trainer: Barrie Trueman	Georges Piehi - Alexis Tumahai , Charles Temarii , Gérard Kautai , Joseph Burns , Mana Temaiana , Lewis Lai San , Terii Etaeta , William Aumeran ( Gilles Malinkowski ), Harold Ng Fok ( Claude Carrara ), Errol Bennett Trainer: F. Vernaudon
	1-0 Dave Taylor (51st) 2-0 Alan Marley (63rd)

Best goal scorers

rank	player	Gates
1	Erroll Bennett	3
	Alan Marley	3
	Segin Wayewol	3
4th	Malcolm Bland	2
	Jean Hmae	2
	David Taylor	2
	Alan Vest	2
	Jean Xowie	2

Web links

• Details about the competition on rsssf.com