2000 Melanesia Cup

2000 Melanesia Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Fiji
Dates	April 8 - April 15
Teams	5 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Fiji (5th title)
Runners-up	Solomon Islands
Third place	Vanuatu
Tournament statistics
Matches played	10
Goals scored	50 (5 per match)

The Melanesia Cup 2000 was the seventh and the last Melanesia-wide tournament ever held. It took place in Fiji and five teams participated: Fiji, Solomon Islands, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu and served for the third time as an Oceania Nations Cup qualifier.

The teams played each other according to a round-robin format with Fiji winning the tournament for the fifth time and qualifying to the Oceania Nations Cup 2000 along with Solomon Islands. However, 3rd place Vanuatu replaced Fiji at the latter Cup due to civil unrest in Fiji following a coup by George Speight, who overthrew Fiji's democratically elected government.

Results

	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
' Fiji	4	3	1	0	13	4	10
Solomon Islands	4	2	1	1	10	9	7
Vanuatu	4	2	0	2	12	7	6
New Caledonia	4	2	0	2	11	11	6
Papua New Guinea	4	0	0	4	4	19	0

Fiji  v  Papua New Guinea

April 8, 2000

Fiji	5-0	Papua New Guinea
Manoa Masi Marika Namaqa Esala Masi Emoel B K Doidoi

Suva, Fiji

New Caledonia  v  Solomon Islands

April 8, 2000

New Caledonia	4-2	Solomon Islands
Didler W Marius M Steve L J Pibee		Batram Suri Noel Berry

Suva, Fiji

Solomon Islands  v  Vanuatu

April 10, 2000

Solomon Islands	2-1	Vanuatu
Noel Berry Patteson Daudau		V Noel

Suva, Fiji

Fiji  v  New Caledonia

April 10, 2000

Fiji	2-1	New Caledonia
Manoa Masi A Driu		Didier W

Suva, Fiji

New Caledonia  v  Papua New Guinea

April 11, 2000

New Caledonia	6-1	Papua New Guinea
W Didler M Patrice M Marius F Yues P Joris E Alexander		S Mali

Suva, Fiji

Fiji  v  Vanuatu

April 11, 2000

Fiji	4-1	Vanuatu
Esala Masinisau 2 B Lorima 2		Richard Iwai

Suva, Fiji

Vanuatu  v  New Caledonia

April 13, 2000

Vanuatu	6-0	New Caledonia
C Seimata Hubert Reuben Richard Iwai 2 H George 2

Suva, Fiji

Solomon Islands  v  Papua New Guinea

April 13, 2000

Solomon Islands	4-2	Papua New Guinea
Jack Samani Noel Berry Patteson Daudau 2		L Isalah E Geoferey

Suva, Fiji

Papua New Guinea  v  Vanuatu

April 15, 2000

Papua New Guinea	1-4	Vanuatu
P Paliwa		C Berry N Vari 2 Hubert Reuben

Suva, Fiji

Fiji  v  Solomon Islands

April 15, 2000

Fiji	2-2	Solomon Islands
Emosi Baleinuku A Driu		Batram Suri Patteson Daudau

Suva, Fiji

Solomon Islands and Vanuatu* qualified for Oceania Nations Cup 2000

• Fiji were replaced by Vanuatu (due to civil unrest taking place in Fiji).

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