1988 Melanesia Cup

1988 Melanesia Cup
Tournament details
Host country Solomon Islands
Dates 21 October - 26 October
Teams 4 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions  Fiji (1st title)
Runners-up  Solomon Islands
Third place  Vanuatu
Tournament statistics
Matches played 8
Goals scored 30 (3.75 per match)

The Melanesia Cup 1988 was the first Melanesia-wide football tournament ever held. It took place in Solomon Islands and four teams participated: Fiji, Solomon Islands, New Caledonia and Vanuatu.

The teams played each other according to a round-robin format, and the top two teams (Fiji and Solomon Islands) played off in a final to determine the winner. New Caledonia and Vanuatu also played each other, on the same day as the final, to determine third place.

Fiji won the tournament with a 3-1 victory in the final, while Vanuatu retained third place by defeating New Caledonia 1-0.

First round

  Pld W D L GF GA Pts
 Fiji 3 2 1 0 11 1 7
 Solomon Islands 3 2 1 0 7 1 7
 New Caledonia 3 1 0 2 6 4 3
 Vanuatu 3 0 0 4 1 19 0

October 21, 1988
Fiji  1-1  Solomon Islands

October 23, 1988
New Caledonia  6-1  Vanuatu


October 24, 1988
Fiji  8-0  Vanuatu


October 25, 1988
Fiji  2-0  New Caledonia

3rd/4th places

October 26, 1988
Vanuatu  1-0  New Caledonia

Final

October 26, 1988
Solomon Islands  1-3  Fiji


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