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1998 Melanesia Cup
Tournament details
Host country	Vanuatu
Dates	5–12 September
Teams	5 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Fiji (4th title)
Runners-up	Vanuatu
Third place	Solomon Islands
Tournament statistics
Matches played	10
Goals scored	31 (3.1 per match)
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International football competition

The Melanesia Cup 1998 was the sixth Melanesia-wide football tournament ever held. It took place in Santo, Vanuatu and five teams participated: Fiji, Solomon Islands, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu and served for the second time as OFC Nations Cup qualifier.

The teams played each other according to a round-robin format with Fiji winning the tournament for the third time and qualifying to the 1998 OFC Nations Cup along with Vanuatu.

Results

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Fiji (C)	4	3	1	0	8	2	+6	10	Advanced to 1998 OFC Nations Cup
2	Vanuatu (H)	4	2	1	1	8	6	+2	7	Advanced to 1998 OFC Nations Cup
3	Solomon Islands	4	2	1	1	8	7	+1	7
4	Papua New Guinea	4	1	1	2	3	6	−3	4
5	New Caledonia	4	0	0	4	4	10	−6	0

Source:
(C) Champions; (H) Hosts 5 September 1998

Fiji	3–0	New Caledonia

Santo, Vanuatu 5 September 1998

Papua New Guinea	1–3	Solomon Islands

Santo, Vanuatu

7 September 1998

Fiji	2–1	Vanuatu

Santo, Vanuatu 7 September 1998

Papua New Guinea	1–0	New Caledonia

Santo, Vanuatu

8 September 1998

Vanuatu	1–1	Papua New Guinea

Santo, Vanuatu 8 September 1998

Solomon Islands	3–2	New Caledonia

Santo, Vanuatu

10 September 1998

Vanuatu	3–1	Solomon Islands

Santo, Vanuatu 10 September 1998

Fiji	2–0	Papua New Guinea

Santo, Vanuatu

12 September 1998

New Caledonia	2–3	Vanuatu

Santo, Vanuatu 12 September 1998

Fiji	1–1	Solomon Islands

Santo, Vanuatu

Fiji and Vanuatu qualified for Oceania Nations Cup 1998

References

v t e MSG Prime Minister's Cup
Melanesia Cup	Solomon Islands 1988 Fiji 1989 Vanuatu 1990 Vanuatu 1992 Solomon Islands 1994 Vanuatu 1998 Fiji 2000
MSG Prime Minister's Cup	Vanuatu 2022 New Caledonia 2023

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