2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – OFC first round

Listed below are the dates and results for the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification first round for Oceania.

Participating teams

The below 10 teams were divided in two groups of five teams each, and played against each other once. The two teams with most points in each group advanced to the Second round.

American Samoa  Cook Islands  Fiji  New Caledonia  Papua New Guinea

Samoa  Solomon Islands  Tahiti  Tonga  Vanuatu

New Caledonia was not a member of FIFA at the time of the draw, and only joined FIFA when its participation in the first round, and in the 2006 World Cup qualifications, had ended.^[1]

Matches

Group 1

All matches were held in Honiara, Solomon Islands (UTC+11)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Solomon Islands (H)	4	3	1	0	14	1	+13	10	Advance to 2004 OFC Nations Cup		—	1–1	2–0	6–0	5–0
2	Tahiti	4	2	2	0	5	1	+4	8			—	—	0–0	2–0	2–0
3	New Caledonia	4	2	1	1	16	2	+14	7			—	—	—	8–0	8–0
4	Tonga	4	1	0	3	2	17	−15	3			—	—	—	—	2–1
5	Cook Islands	4	0	0	4	1	17	−16	0			—	—	—	—	—

Source: FIFA
(H) Hosts

10 May 2004

14:00

Solomon Islands	6–0	Tonga
Fa'arodo 12', 30', 77' Maemae 62', 76' Samani 79'	Report

Lawson Tama, Honiara

Attendance: 12,385

Referee: Harry Attison (Vanuatu)

10 May 2004

16:00

Tahiti	2–0	Cook Islands
Temataua 2' Moretta 80'	Report

Lawson Tama, Honiara

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Rajendra Singh (Fiji)

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12 May 2004

14:00

Solomon Islands	5–0	Cook Islands
Waita 21' Omokirio 27' Samani 45' Maemae 70' Leslie 81'	Report

Lawson Tama, Honiara

Attendance: 14,000

Referee: Lencie Fred (Vanuatu)

12 May 2004

16:00

Tahiti	0–0	New Caledonia
	Report

Lawson Tama, Honiara

Attendance: 14,000

Referee: Leone Rakaroi (Fiji)

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15 May 2004

14:00

Tonga	2–1	Cook Islands
Uhatahi 46' Vaitaki 61'	Report	Pareanga 59'

Lawson Tama, Honiara

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Salaiau Sosongan (Papua New Guinea)

15 May 2004

16:00

Solomon Islands	2–0	New Caledonia
Omokirio 10' G. Suri 42'	Report

Lawson Tama, Honiara

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Harry Attison (Vanuatu)

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17 May 2004

14:00

New Caledonia	8–0	Cook Islands
P. Wajoka 3' M. Hmae 20', 40', 42', 52', 85' Djamali 25' J. Hmae 35'	Report

Lawson Tama, Honiara

Attendance: 400

Referee: Rajendra Singh (Fiji)

17 May 2004

16:00

Tahiti	2–0	Tonga
G. Wajoka 1' Temataua 78'	Report

Lawson Tama, Honiara

Attendance: 400

Referee: Salaiau Sosongan (Papua New Guinea)

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19 May 2004

14:00

New Caledonia	8–0	Tonga
J. Hmae 4' Poatinda 26', 42', 79' M. Hmae 45' P. Wajoka 54', 58' Kaumé 72'	Report

Lawson Tama, Honiara

Attendance: 14,000

Referee: Lencie Fred (Vanuatu)

19 May 2004

16:00

Solomon Islands	1–1	Tahiti
B. Suri 80'	Report	Simon 30'

Lawson Tama, Honiara

Attendance: 18,000

Referee: Leone Rakaroi (Fiji)

Group 2

All games were held in Apia, Samoa

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Vanuatu	4	3	1	0	16	2	+14	10	Advance to 2004 OFC Nations Cup		—	—	—	—	—
2	Fiji	4	3	0	1	19	5	+14	9			0–3	—	4–2	—	11–0
3	Papua New Guinea	4	2	1	1	17	6	+11	7			1–1	—	—	—	—
4	Samoa (H)	4	1	0	3	5	11	−6	3			0–3	0–4	1–4	—	4–0
5	American Samoa	4	0	0	4	1	34	−33	0			1–9	—	0–10	—	—

Source: FIFA
(H) Hosts

10 May 2004

Papua New Guinea	1–1	Vanuatu
Wasi 73'	Report	Lauru 90+'

Toleafoa J.S. Blatter Complex, Apia

Attendance: 500

Referee: Matthew Breeze (Australia)

10 May 2004

Samoa	4–0	American Samoa
Bryce 12' Fasavalu 30', 53' Michael 66' (pen.)	Report

Toleafoa J.S. Blatter Complex, Apia

Attendance: 500

Referee: Michael Afu (Solomon Islands)

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12 May 2004

American Samoa	1–9	Vanuatu
Natia 39'	Report	Qorig 30' (pen.), 45' Mermer 37', 56', 90+' Poida 55' Chilia 65' Maleb 80', 90+'

Toleafoa J.S. Blatter Complex, Apia

Attendance: 400

Referee: Neil Fox (New Zealand)

12 May 2004

Fiji	4–2	Papua New Guinea
Rabo 24' Toma 45+' Gataurua 78' Rokotakala 90'	Report	Davani 12' Komboi 44'

Toleafoa J.S. Blatter Complex, Apia

Attendance: 400

Referee: Constantinos Diomis (Australia)

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15 May 2004

Fiji	11–0	American Samoa
Toma 7', 11', 16' Vulivuli 24' Rokotakala 32', 34' Sabutu 45+', 81' Masinisau 60' Gataurua 75', 77'	Report

Toleafoa J.S. Blatter Complex, Apia

Attendance: 300

Referee: Neil Fox (New Zealand)

15 May 2004

Samoa	0–3	Vanuatu
	Report	Mermer 13' Chilia 55' Maleb 57'

Toleafoa J.S. Blatter Complex, Apia

Attendance: 650

Referee: Matthew Breeze (Australia)

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17 May 2004

American Samoa	0–10	Papua New Guinea
	Report	Davani 23', 24', 40', 79' A. Lepani 26', 28', 64' Wasi 34' Komboi 37' Lohai 71'

Toleafoa J.S. Blatter Complex, Apia

Attendance: 150

Referee: Michael Afu (Solomon Islands)

17 May 2004

Samoa	0–4	Fiji
	Report	Toma 17' Sabutu 52' Masinisau 82' Rokotakala 84'

Toleafoa J.S. Blatter Complex, Apia

Attendance: 450

Referee: Constantinos Diomis (Australia)

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19 May 2004

Fiji	0–3	Vanuatu
	Report	Thomsen 45+' Lauru 63', 65'

Toleafoa J.S. Blatter Complex, Apia

Attendance: 200

Referee: Matthew Breeze (Australia)

19 May 2004

Samoa	1–4	Papua New Guinea
Michael 69'	Report	Davani 16' A. Lepani 37' N. Lepani 55' Komeng 68'

Toleafoa J.S. Blatter Complex, Apia

Attendance: 300

Referee: Constantinos Diomis (Australia)

Goalscorers

There were 96 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 4.8 goals per match.

6 goals

• Michel Hmae
• Reginald Davani

5 goals

• Veresa Toma

4 goals

• Seveci Rokotakala
• Andrew Lepani
• Etienne Mermer

3 goals

• Laisiasa Gataurua
• Waisake Sabutu
• Paul Poatinda
• Pierre Wajoka
• Henry Fa'arodo
• Alick Maemae
• Wilkins Lauru
• Jean Maleb

2 goals

• Esala Masi
• José Hmae
• Paul Komboi
• Mauri Wasi
• Tama Fasavalu
• Junior Michael
• Gideon Omokirio
• Jack Samani
• Axel Temataua
• Seimata Chilia
• Alphose Qorig

1 goal

• Natia Natia
• John Pareanga
• Pita Rabo
• Thomas Vulivuli
• Ramon Djamali
• Robert Kaumé
• Eric Komeng
• Nathaniel Lepani
• Michael Lohai
• Dennis Bryce
• Leo Leslie
• Batram Suri
• George Suri
• Stanley Waita
• Rino Moretta
• Vincent Simon
• Gabriel Wajoka
• Mark Uhatahi
• Viliami Vaitaki
• Moise Poida
• Lorry Thomsen