PNG keeps hopes alive with 10-0 win

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…

Honiara: Group 1 hosts Solomon Islands easily accounted for Tonga 6-0 in the opening Group 1 match of the Stage 1 OFC Nations Cup/World Cup preliminaries at Lawson Tama Stadium in Honiara yesterday. In front of well over 12,000 spectators, the Tongan team held their more fancied opponents to 2-0 at the break, but the…

OFC Auckland: The Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) has appointed the match officials for the opening Stage 1 Nations Cup/World Cup group qualifying tournaments in the Solomon Islands and Samoa from 10-19 May 2004. Mohammed Yusuf of Fiji has been appointed the Match Commissioner for Group 1 in the Solomon Islands with his countryman Hari Naicker…