1980 Oceania Cup
Coupe d'Océanie des nations 1980
1980 OFC Aibu te Fenua
Tournament details
Host countryNew Caledonia
Dates24 February – 1 March
Teams8 (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 played14
Goals scored94 (6.71 per match)
Top scorer(s)Australia Ian Hunter
Australia Eddie Krncevic
(5 goals each)
← 1973
1996 →

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 to finish third.

Venues

Nouméa
Stade de Magenta
Capacity: 10,000

Group stage

Group 1

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Tahiti 3 3 0 0 21 5 +16 6 Advance to final
2  Fiji 3 2 0 1 10 7 +3 4 Advance to third place play-off
3  New Zealand 3 1 0 2 7 8 −1 2
4  Solomon Islands 3 0 0 3 3 21 −18 0
Source:[citation needed]
Fiji 3–1 Solomon Islands
Stade de Magenta, Noumea
Tahiti 3–1 New Zealand
Alfred Wabealo 61', 73'
Erroll Bennett 85'		 Steve Sumner 47' (pen.)
Stade de Magenta, Noumea
Fiji 4–0 New Zealand
D. Chand 10', 39'
M. Vuilabasa 31', 63'
Stade de Magenta, Noumea
Tahiti 12–1 Solomon Islands
Stade de Magenta, Noumea
Tahiti 6–3 Fiji
Stade de Magenta, Noumea
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

Group 2

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Australia 3 3 0 0 20 2 +18 6 Advance to final
2  New Caledonia 3 2 0 1 12 11 +1 4 Advance to third place play-off
3  Papua New Guinea 3 1 0 2 6 22 −16 2
4  New Hebrides 3 0 0 3 6 9 −3 0
Source:[citation needed]
Papua New Guinea 4–3 New Hebrides
Noumea Stadium, Noumea
Australia 8–0 New Caledonia
Danny Moulis ?'
Ian Hunter ?', ?'
Paul Kay ?', ?'
Eddie Krncevic ?', ?', ?'
Noumea Stadium, Noumea
Australia 11–2 Papua New Guinea
Danny Moulis ?'
Arno Bertogna ?'
Vic Bozanic ?'
Ian Hunter ?', ?', ?'
Eddie Krncevic ?'
Peter Sharne ?', ?', ?', ?'		 Mouagi ?'
Torea ?'
Noumea Stadium, Noumea
New Caledonia 4–3 New Hebrides
Noumea Stadium, Noumea
Australia 1–0 New Hebrides
Eddie Krncevic 26'
Noumea Stadium, Noumea
New Caledonia 8–0 Papua New Guinea
Noumea Stadium, Noumea

Knockout stage

Third place

New Caledonia 2–1 Fiji
Jean Xowi 36'
Jacob Xowi 62'		 Mohamed Salim 3'
Noumea

Final

Main article: 1980 Oceania Cup Final
Australia 4–2 Tahiti
Paul Kay 4', 29'
Danny Moulis
Vic Bozanic 		Andre Wabealo 11'
Erroll Bennett
Noumea


 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 Krncevic (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 (1961-12-28)28 December 1961 (aged 18) 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

Notes and references

  1. ^ Other sources report 2 March 1980
  2. ^ Other sources report 3 March 1980

External links

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