1998 Polynesia Cup

The Polynesia Cup 1998 was the second Polynesia-wide tournament ever held. It took place in Cook Islands and five teams participated: Tahiti, Samoa, American Samoa, Tonga and the hosts Cook Islands for the first time and served for the second time as OFC Nations Cup qualifier.

1998 Polynesia Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Cook Islands
Teams	5 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Tahiti (2nd title)
Runners-up	Cook Islands
Third place	Samoa
Tournament statistics
Matches played	10
Goals scored	51 (5.1 per match)
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The teams played each other according to a round-robin format with Tahiti national football winning the tournament for the second time and qualifying to the Oceania Nations Cup 1998 along with Cook Islands.

Results

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Tahiti (C)	4	4	0	0	27	1	+26	12	Qualify for 1998 OFC Nations Cup
2	Cook Islands (H)	4	2	1	1	8	11	−3	7
3	Samoa	4	2	0	2	8	7	+1	6
4	Tonga	4	1	1	2	5	9	−4	4
5	American Samoa	4	0	0	4	3	23	−20	0

Source: ^[1]
(C) Champions; (H) Hosts

2 September 1998

Cook Islands	2-1	Samoa

Cook Islands

2 September 1998

Tonga	3-0	American Samoa

Cook Islands

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3 September 1998

Tahiti	5-0	Tonga

Cook Islands

3 September 1998

Cook Islands	4-3	American Samoa

Cook Islands

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5 September 1998

Tahiti	5-1	Samoa

Cook Islands

5 September 1998

Cook Islands	2-2	Tonga

Cook Islands

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7 September 1998

Samoa	2-0	Tonga

Cook Islands

7 September 1998

Tahiti	12-0	American Samoa

Cook Islands

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8 September 1998

Samoa	4-0	American Samoa

Cook Islands

8 September 1998

Cook Islands	0-5	Tahiti

Cook Islands

Tahiti and Cook Islands qualified for Oceania Nations Cup 1998