2004 OFC Nations Cup

The 2004 OFC Nations Cup doubled as the qualification tournament to the 2006 FIFA World Cup, except the two-legged final (A separate playoff between Australia and Solomon Islands was held in September 2005, for World Cup Qualifying purposes).

2004 OFC Nations Cup
Tournament details
Host countryAustralia
Dates29 May – 12 October
Teams6 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)4 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Australia (4th title)
Runners-up Solomon Islands
Third place New Zealand
Fourth place Fiji
Tournament statistics
Matches played17
Goals scored69 (4.06 per match)
Top scorer(s) Tim Cahill
Vaughan Coveny
(6 goals each)

The competition was divided in two Group stages (the first is the Qualifying Stage), with Australia and New Zealand seeded into the second stage (Final Stage). The Oceania champion (Australia) qualified for the 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup.

Qualification
Main article: 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – OFC First Round

The 10 teams in the first round were divided into two groups of five teams each. Within each group, every team played every other team once. The top two teams from each group then progressed to the second group stage, where they were joined by the two seeded teams.

Squads
See 2004 OFC Nations Cup squads

Final tournament

The four surviving members (first and second place teams from each group in stage one) of the first stage joined the two seeded teams (Australia and New Zealand) and took part in a tournament where each team played every other once in a tournament held in Adelaide, Australia.

As this doubled as the 2004 Oceania Nations Cup, the top two teams from the second group stage progressed to a two-legged final to determine the winner of the OFC Nations Cup. These two games on home-and-away basis was separate from World Cup qualifying.

The top two teams from this stage also progressed to the final stage of the 2006 Oceania World Cup qualifying tournament.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Australia 5 4 1 0 21 3 +18 13 — 2–2 1–0 6–1 9–0 3–0
 Solomon Islands 5 3 1 1 9 6 +3 10 — — — — 4–0 1–0
 New Zealand 5 3 0 2 17 5 +12 9 — 3–0 — — 10–0 2–4
 Fiji 5 1 1 3 3 10 −7 4 — 1–2 0–2 — 0–0 1–0
 Tahiti 5 1 1 3 2 24 −22 4 — — — — — 2–1
 Vanuatu 5 1 0 4 5 9 −4 3 — — — — — —
Source:

Australia and the Solomon Islands progressed to the final stage.

Vanuatu 0–1 Solomon Islands
Batram Suri  51' (pen.)
Attendance: 200
Tahiti 0–0 Fiji
Attendance: 3,000
Australia 1–0 New Zealand
Bresciano  40'
Attendance: 12,130
New Zealand 3–0 Solomon Islands
Fisher  36'
Oughton  81'
Lines  90'
Attendance: 217
Australia 9–0 Tahiti
Cahill  14', 47'
Skoko  43'
Simon  44' (o.g.)
Sterjovski  51', 61', 74'
Zdrilic  85'
Chipperfield  89'
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Harry Attison (Vanuatu)
Fiji 1–0 Vanuatu
Toma  73'
Attendance: 500
Referee: Charles Ariiotima (Tahiti)
Australia 6–1 Fiji
Madaschi  6', 50'
Cahill  39', 66', 75'
Elrich  89'		 Gataurua  19'
Attendance: 2,200
Tahiti 0–4 Solomon Islands
Fa'arodo  9'
Menapi  14', 80'
Batram Suri  42'
Attendance: 50
Referee: Leone Rakaroi (Fiji)
Vanuatu 4–2 New Zealand
Chilia  37'
Bibi  64'
Maleb  72'
Qorig  88'		 Coveny  61', 75'
Attendance: 356
New Zealand 10–0 Tahiti
Coveny  6', 38', 45'
Fisher  16', 22', 63'
Jones  72'
Oughton  74'
Nelsen  82', 87'
Attendance: 200
Fiji 1–2 Solomon Islands
Toma  21' Kakai  16'
Houkarawa  82'
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Harry Attison (Vanuatu)
Vanuatu 0–3 Australia
Aloisi  25', 85'
Emerton  81'
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Charles Ariiotima (Tahiti)
Tahiti 2–1 Vanuatu
Temataua  40'
Wajoka  89'		 Iwai  23'
Attendance: 300
Referee: Leone Rakaroi (Fiji)
Fiji 0–2 New Zealand
Bunce  8'
Coveny  56'
Attendance: 2,000
Solomon Islands 2–2 Australia
Menapi  43', 75' Cahill  50'
Emerton  52'
Attendance: 3,500

Final
Main article: 2004 OFC Nations Cup Final

The final of the 2004 Oceania Nations Cup was a two-legged home and away final between the top two teams from the second group stage.

Solomon Islands 1–5 Australia
Batram Suri  60' Skoko  5', 28'
Milicic  19'
Emerton  43'
Elrich  79'
Attendance: 21,000
Australia 6–0 Solomon Islands
Milicic  5'
Kewell  8'
Vidmar  60'
Thompson  79'
Elrich  82'
Emerton  89'
Attendance: 19,208
Referee: Leone Rakaroi (Fiji)

Australia won 11–1 on aggregate and became the 2004 Oceania Nations Cup Champions. They also qualified for the 2005 Confederations Cup.

Although the second round of 2004 OFC Nations Cup doubled the second round of 2006 FIFA World Cup Oceanian qualification, the final play-off for the World Cup was held separately. Australia defeated Solomon Islands again, winning 9–1 on aggregate, and advanced to a play-off against the CONMEBOL (South American) nation Uruguay.

Goalscorers (final stage)

Goalscorers (both stages)
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