1998 OFC Women's Championship

The 1998 OFC Women's Championship, also known as the VI Ladies Oceania Nations Cup^[1] was held in Auckland, New Zealand between 9 October & 17 October 1998. It was the sixth staging of the OFC Women's Championship. The 1998 OFC Women's Championship, like its previous edition, served as the OFC's qualifying tournament for the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup. OFC's only berth was given to the winner – Australia.

1998 OFC Women's Championship

Tournament details
Host country	New Zealand
Dates	9–17 October
Teams	6 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Australia (2nd title)
Runners-up	New Zealand
Third place	Papua New Guinea
Fourth place	Fiji
Tournament statistics
Matches played	10
Goals scored	112 (11.2 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Pernille Andersen (15 goals)
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Participating nations

Of the twelve nations affiliated to the Oceania Football Confederation, six entered the tournament.

Team	Tournament appearance	Last appearance	Previous best performance
American Samoa	1st	—	—
Australia	6th	1994	Winners (1994)
Fiji	2nd	1983	4th (1983)
New Zealand	6th	1994	Winners (1983, 1991)
Papua New Guinea	4th	1994	3rd (1991, 1994)
Samoa	1st	—	—

Did not enter

•  Cook Islands
•  New Caledonia
•  Solomon Islands
•  Tahiti
•  Tonga
•  Vanuatu

First round

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
New Zealand	2	2	0	0	35	0	+35	6
Fiji	2	1	0	1	5	14	−9	3
Samoa	2	0	0	2	0	26	−26	0

9 October 1998

New Zealand	21–0	Samoa
Andersen 9', 11', 18', 38', 45', ?' Henderson 16', 75', 78', 86' Haskell 12', 28', 40', 67' Unknown 22' (o.g.) Cox 52', 83' Smith 62', 66' Crawford 64' Jackman 82'	Report

Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland

Attendance: 600

Referee: Tammy Peacock (Australia)

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11 October 1998

New Zealand	14–0	Fiji
Andersen 6', 9', 27' (pen.), 45+?', 47', 77', ?' Haskell 17', 29', 32' Ruscoe 31' Cox 45+?' Crawford 65' Smith 90+?' (pen.)	Report

Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland

Referee: Tammy Peacock (Australia)

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13 October 1998

Fiji	5–0	Samoa
Kubulala ?'[2]

Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Australia	2	2	0	0	29	0	+29	6
Papua New Guinea	2	1	0	1	9	8	+1	3
American Samoa	2	0	0	2	0	30	−30	0

9 October 1998

Australia	21–0	American Samoa
Thomas 4', 35', 55' Casagrande 19', 59' Tann-Darby 28' Salisbury 29', 58', 72', 81', 90+3' Black 37', 68', 88', 90+5' Ferguson 44', 79' Taylor 50' Forman 66' Peters 78' Boyd 90+6'	Report

Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland

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11 October 1998

Australia	8–0	Papua New Guinea
Black 3', 18', 22' Casagrande 28' Salisbury 66', 67', 86' Boyd 90+2'	Report

Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland

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13 October 1998

Papua New Guinea	9–0	American Samoa
Taman ?'[3]

Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland

Knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	15 October
	New Zealand	5
					17 October – Auckland
	Papua New Guinea	0
					New Zealand	1
	15 October
					Australia	3
	Australia	17
	Fiji	0
					Third place
					17 October
					Papua New Guinea	7
					Fiji	1

Semi-finals

15 October 1998

New Zealand	5–0	Papua New Guinea
Andersen 6', 55' (pen.) Henderson 38' Carlisle ?' Cox 40'	Report

Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland

Referee: Massimo Raveino (Tahiti)

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15 October 1998

Australia	17–0	Fiji
Murray 3', 23', 47' Iannotta 7', 43' Boyd 23', 39' Black 33', 40', 55' Peters 49', 53', 58', 81' Ferguson 69', 72' Salisbury 83'	Report

Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland

Third place playoff

17 October 1998

Papua New Guinea	7–1	Fiji

Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland

Final

17 October 1998

New Zealand	1–3	Australia
Smith 77'	Report	Murray 2' Starr 13' Casagrande 66'

Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland

Attendance: 2000

Referee: Massimo Raveino (Tahiti)

Australia won the tournament and qualified for 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup.

Awards

1998 OFC Women's Championship winners
Australia Second title

Goalscorers

15 goals

• Pernille Andersen

10 goals

• Sharon Black

9 goals

• Cheryl Salisbury

7 goals

• Sacha Haskell

5 goals

• Joanne Peters
• Wendi Henderson

4 goals

• Alicia Ferguson
• Julie Murray
• Katrina Boyd
• Lisa Casagrande
• Michele Cox
• Nicky Smith

3 goals

• Natalie Thomas

2 goals

• Angela Iannotta
• Amanda Crawford

1 goals

• Alison Forman
• Amy Duggan
• Anissa Tann
• Bridgette Starr
• Losana Kubulala
• Jennifer Carlisle
• Maia Jackman
• Melissa Ruscoe
• Nellie Taman

Unknown goalscorers

•  Fiji: 5 additional goals
•  Papua New Guinea: 15 additional goals

Own goal

• Unknown player (playing against New Zealand)