Football Women's Oceania Championship 1998

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Football Women's Oceania Championship 1998
OFC Women's Nations Cup 1998
Number of nations 6  (from 6 applicants)
Oceania Champion AustraliaAustralia Australia (2nd title)
venue New ZealandNew Zealand New Zealand ( Auckland )
Opening game October 9, 1998
Endgame October 17, 1998
Games 10
Gates 112  (⌀: 11.2 per game)
Top scorer New ZealandNew Zealand Pernille Andersen (15 goals)

The OFC Women's Nations Cup 1998 ( Engl. : OFC Women's Nations Cup ) was the sixth playout of an oceanic continental championship in women's football and found in the period from 9 to 17 October 1998 in Auckland for the second time in New Zealand instead. In addition to hosts New Zealand , with Australia , Fiji and Papua New Guinea as well as the two debutants American Samoa and Samoa , six teams took part in the tournament for the first time, which also qualifies the Oceania zonefor the 1999 Women's World Cup. The game was played in two groups of three teams each. The group winners and runners-up reached the final round. There was not only a record number of participants, but also a record with an impressive 112 goals in a total of 10 games.

Australia was Oceania champion in women's football for the second time and qualified as a representative of Oceania for the 1999 Women's World Cup in the USA.

Group stage

Group A

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. New ZealandNew Zealand New Zealand  2  2  0  0 035-000 +35 06th
 2. FijiFiji Fiji  2  1  0  1 005:140  −9 03
 3. SamoaSamoa Samoa  2  0  0  2 000:260 −26 00
October 9, 1998
New Zealand - Samoa 21: 0
October 11, 1998
New Zealand - Fiji 14: 0
October 13, 1998
Fiji - Samoa 5-0

Group B

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. AustraliaAustralia Australia  2  2  0  0 029: 000 +29 06th
 2. Papua New GuineaPapua New Guinea Papua New Guinea  2  1  0  1 009: 800  +1 03
 3. Samoa AmericanAmerican Samoa American Samoa  2  0  0  2 000:300 −30 00
October 9, 1998
Australia - American Samoa 21: 0
October 11, 1998
Australia - Papua New Guinea 8-0
October 13, 1998
Papua New Guinea - American Samoa 9-0

Final round

Semifinals

October 15, 1998
New ZealandNew Zealand New Zealand - Papua New GuineaPapua New Guinea Papua New Guinea 5-0
October 15, 1998
AustraliaAustralia Australia - FijiFiji Fiji 17: 0

3rd place match

October 17, 1998
Papua New GuineaPapua New Guinea Papua New Guinea - FijiFiji Fiji 7: 1

final

October 17, 1998
New ZealandNew Zealand New Zealand - AustraliaAustralia Australia 1: 3

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