1980 OFC Nations Cup

1980 OFC Nations Cup
1980 Coupe d'Océanie des nations
1980 OFC Aibu te Fenua
Tournament details
Host country New Caledonia
Dates 24 February - 1 March
Teams 8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  Australia (1st title)
Runners-up  Tahiti
Third place  New Caledonia
Fourth place  Fiji
Tournament statistics
Matches played 14
Goals scored 94 (6.71 per match)
Top scorer(s) Australia Ian Hunter
Australia Eddie Krncevic
(5 goals each)

The 1980 OFC Nations Cup was held in Nouméa, New Caledonia. The eight participating teams were Australia, Fiji, New Caledonia, New Hebrides, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, and Tahiti. Australia defeated Tahiti 4-2 in the final to secure a championship title which would last for 16 years. The hosts, New Caledonia, defeated Fiji 2-1 in third place playoff.

Group stage

Group A

Team P W D L GF GA Pts
1 Tahiti 33002156
2 Fiji 32011074
3 New Zealand 3102782
4 Solomon Islands 30033210

February 25, 1980
Fiji  3–1  Solomon Islands
Stade de Magenta,
Noumea, New Caledonia

February 25, 1980
Tahiti  3–1  New Zealand
Alfred Wabealo 61'
Andre Wabealo 73'
Erroll Bennett 85'
Steve Sumner 47'pen
Stade de Magenta,
Noumea, New Caledonia

February 27, 1980
Fiji  4–0  New Zealand
D. Chand 10' 39'
M. Vuilabasa 31' 63'
Stade de Magenta,
Noumea, New Caledonia

February 27, 1980
Tahiti  12–1  Solomon Islands
Stade de Magenta,
Noumea, New Caledonia

February 29, 1980
Tahiti  6–3  Fiji
Stade de Magenta,
Noumea, New Caledonia

February 29, 1980
New Zealand  6–1  Solomon Islands
Michael Groom 6'
Mark Armstrong 16', 65', 69'
Bill de Graaf 24', 39'
E. Karitea 66'
Stade de Magenta,
Noumea, New Caledonia

Group B

Team P W D L GF GA Pts
1 Australia 33002026
2 New Caledonia 320112114
3 Papua New Guinea 31026222
4 New Hebrides 3003690

February 24, 1980
Australia  8–0  New Caledonia
Danny Moulis
Ian Hunter 2
Paul Kay 2
Eddie Krncevic 3

February 28, 1980
Australia  1–0  New Hebrides
Eddie Krncevic

Knockout stage

Third Place

March 1, 1980
New Caledonia  2–1  Fiji
Jean Xowi  36'
Jacob Xowi  62'
Mohamed Salim  3'

Final

March 1, 1980
Australia  4–2  Tahiti
Paul Kay  4', 29'
Danny Moulis
Vic Bozanic
Andre Wabealo  11'
Erroll Bennett
 1980 OFC Nations Cup 

Australia
1st title

Champions Squad

Coach: West Germany Rudi Gutendorf

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
2DF Alan Davidson (1960-06-01)1 June 1960 (aged 19) 1 Australia South Melbourne
3MF Arno Bertogna (1959-04-09)9 April 1959 (aged 20) 2 Australia Newcastle Australs
2DF Danny Moulis (1960-07-25)25 July 1960 (aged 19) 0 Australia Sydney Olympic
4FW Eddie Krnčević (1960-08-14)14 August 1960 (aged 19) 29 Australia Marconi
3MF George Christopoulos (1960-12-11)11 December 1960 (aged 19) 1 Australia South Melbourne
1GK Greg Woodhouse (1960-01-02)2 January 1960 (aged 20) 8 Australia APIA-Leichhardt
4FW Ian Hunter (1961-08-10)10 August 1961 (aged 18) 0 Australia Blacktown City
4FW Mark Brusasco (1960-08-24)24 August 1960 (aged 19) 0 Australia Brisbane City
3MF Paul Kay (1962-05-18)18 May 1962 (aged 17) 0 Australia St. George
3MF Peter Raskopoulos (1962-02-22)22 February 1962 (aged 18) 0 Australia Sydney Olympic
3MF Peter Sharne (1956-03-22)22 March 1956 (aged 23) 16 Australia Marconi
3MF Steve Blair 0
2DF Steve Hogg (1960-02-14)14 February 1960 (aged 20) 1 Australia Brisbane Lions
3MF Theo Selemidis (1959-10-27)27 October 1959 (aged 20) 0 Australia Heidelberg United
2DF Vic Bozanic (1957-10-30)30 October 1957 (aged 22) 0 Australia West Adelaide
1GK Yakka Banovic (1956-11-12)12 November 1956 (aged 23) 0 England Derby County

External links

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 7/27/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.