1973 Oceania Cup

1973 Oceania Cup
1973 OFC Kapu o Kīngitanga
Tournament details
Host country	New Zealand
Dates	17–24 February
Teams	5 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	New Zealand (1st title)
Runners-up	Tahiti
Third place	New Caledonia
Fourth place	New Hebrides
Tournament statistics
Matches played	12
Goals scored	38 (3.17 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Segin Wayewol (NCL); Alan Marley ; Erroll Bennett (TAH) ; (3 goals each)
	1980 →

The 1973 OFC Nations Cup was the first Oceania-wide football tournament ever held. It took place in New Zealand from 17 February 1973–24 February 1973. All matches were held at Newmarket Park, in Auckland, and five teams participated: New Zealand, New Caledonia, Tahiti, New Hebrides (now known as Vanuatu) and Fiji.

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At the time, the Oceania Football Confederation was not considered a full FIFA Confederation, and as such allowed national teams unaffiliated with FIFA to enter.

The teams played each other according to a round-robin format, and the top two teams (New Zealand and Tahiti) played off in a final to determine the winner. New Caledonia and New Hebrides also played each other, on the same day as the final, to determine third place.

New Zealand won the tournament with a 2–0 victory in the final, while New Caledonia retained third place by defeating New Hebrides.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	New Zealand	4	3	1	0	11	4	+7	7	Advance to final
2	Tahiti	4	3	1	0	8	2	+6	7	Advance to final
3	New Caledonia	4	2	0	2	8	5	+3	4	Advance to third place play-off
4	New Hebrides	4	1	0	3	4	9	−5	2	Advance to third place play-off
5	Fiji	4	0	0	4	2	13	−11	0

1973 Oceania Cup

Venues

First round

Third place play-off

Final

Goalscorers

References

Wikiwand - on

Auckland
	Auckland
	Newmarket Park
	Capacity: 14,000