Qualifying berths at stake in final round

OFC Auckland, 19 May 2004: The Stage 1 preliminaries of the 2004 OFC Nations Cup/2006 FIFA World Cup tournament enters the final round of action starting today in the Solomon Islands with the Group 1 final standings to be decided when hosts Solomon Islands take on Tahiti while New Caledonia plays Tonga. Over in Samoa,…

Match 8: Samoa 0-4 Fiji (ht: 0-1 Fiji) – 4pm local time kickoff APIA: Fiji has beaten an injury depleted Samoan side 4-0 in the second match of round 4 in Apia today. Samoa came out firing and held the Fijians to just a one goal in the first half to giant striker Veresa Toma….

APIA: Papua New Guinea has recorded their first win of the 2004 OFC Nations Cup/FIFA World Cup Stage 1 preliminaries with a commanding 10-0 win over the bottom placed side in Group 2, American Samoa in Apia today. Led by New Zealand based striker Reginald Davani who scored four goals, PNG cruised to a 7-0…

APIA: Fiji took a step closer towards confirming its place in the Stage 2 qualifiers with an emphatic 11-0 drubbing of American Samoa in Group 2 round 3 action in Apia on the weekend. Fiji led 7-0 at half-time and was rarely troubled by a determined American Samoan side. American Samoa’s best were the ever…

HONIARA: The Solomons Islands comprehensive 2-0 shutout over Melanesian neighbours New Caledonia in round 3 action last weekend secured the Group 1 hosts their third consecutive win and a guaranteed berth in the Stage 2 OFC Nations Cup/FIFA World Cup preliminaries in Adelaide, Australia from 29 May – 6 June 2004. Buoyed on by some…

HONIARA, Match 8: Tahiti struggled to a 2-0 win over Tonga in the second match of round 4 in the Stage 1 (Group 1) OFC Nations Cup/FIFA World Cup preliminaries in Honiara today. Tonga conceded an early goal when Gabriel Wajoka got Tahiti in front as they searched for a big score to improve their…

HONIARA, Match 7: New Caledonia has beaten the Cook Islands 8-0 in the first match of round 4 of the Stage 1 (Group 1) OFC Nations Cup/FIFA World Cup preliminaries in the Solomon Islands today. New Caledonia led by 6-0 at half-time but was held to just two second half goals as the Cooks tightened…

\APIA: Vanuatu ran away with a convincing 9-1 win over American Samoa while Fiji survived a fierce challenge from the improving Papua New Guinea to win their first up match 4-2 in round 2 action of the Stage 1 (Group 2) Oceania Nations Cup/World Cup preliminaries in Apia, Samoa today. Vanuatu led 3-1 at half-time….

Honiara: Another stout defensive effort by the Cook Islands was not enough to halt the rampant Solomon Islands team from recording its second big win of the OFC Nations Cup/FIFA World Cup Stage 1-Group 1 preliminaries in Honiara. The host team eventually took out the match 5-0 but their stars were kept quiet by the…

APIA: Papua New Guinea almost created the first upset of the Oceania World Cup/Nations Cup Stage 1 preliminaries but were denied a deserved victory when Vanuatu defender Lexa Bule Bibi headed in the equaliser from a corner in the dying seconds of injury time which ended the game in a 1-1 draw. Earlier in the…