1998 Polynesia Cup
Tournament details
Host countryCook Islands
Teams5 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Tahiti (2nd title)
Runners-up Cook Islands
Third place Samoa
Tournament statistics
Matches played10
Goals scored51 (5.1 per match)

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 Oceania Nations Cup qualifier.

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 Advanced to 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
Cook Islands 2-1 Samoa
Tonga 3-0 American Samoa

Tahiti 5-0 Tonga
Cook Islands 4-3 American Samoa

Tahiti 5-1 Samoa
Cook Islands 2-2 Tonga

Samoa 2-0 Tonga
Tahiti 12-0 American Samoa

Samoa 4-0 American Samoa
Cook Islands 0-5 Tahiti

Tahiti and Cook Islands qualified for Oceania Nations Cup 1998

References

  1. "Polynesia Cup 1998". WildStat.com. Retrieved 11 December 2020.


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