1973 Oceania Cup
international football competition
The 1973 Oceania 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.
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.
Venues
First round
Third place play-off
Final
Goalscorers
There were 37 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 3.08 goals per match.
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
References
rec.sports.soccer Statistics Foundation page on Oceania Cup. Accessed 6 September 2005.
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