Polynesia Cup
The Polynesia Cup was a competition held three times from 1994 to 2000 for the five national soccer teams of Polynesia . Eligible were American Samoa , the Cook Islands , Samoa , Tahiti and Tonga .
In 1994, 1998 and 2000 the tournament served as a qualification for the Soccer Oceania Championship in 1996 , 1998 and 2000 .
The 1996 tournament was the "Polynesian part" of the first qualifying round of the Oceania Zone for the 1998 World Cup in France, with the winner playing a play-off for a place in the second round of the World Cup qualifying against the second of the Melanesia Cups had to contest. For this reason, American Samoa (not yet a FIFA member at the time) was not eligible to start. Tahiti was supposedly the strongest team in the region for the second round of the World Cup qualifiers.
The tournaments at a glance
| year | host | Final stands | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| winner | 2nd place | 3rd place | 4th Place | ||
| 1994 | Samoa |
 Tahiti |
 Tonga |
 Western Samoa |
 Americ. Samoa |
| 1996 | Tonga |
Tonga |
Western Samoa |
 Cook Islands |
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| 1998 | Cook Islands |
Tahiti |
Cook Islands |
Samoa |
Tonga |
| 2000 | Tahiti |
Tahiti |
Cook Islands |
Samoa |
Tonga |