1973 OFC Nations Cup

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,Erroll Bennett (3)
Alan Marley (3)
Segin Wayewol (3)

| player = | updated = }} The Oceania Cup 1973 was the first Oceania-wide tournament ever held. It took place in New Zealand from 17 February 1973–24 February 1973. All matches were held at Newmarket Park, in Auckland, and five teams participated: New Zealand, New Caledonia, Tahiti, New Hebrides (now known as Vanuatu) and Fiji.

At the time, the Oceania Football Confederation was not considered a full FIFA Confederation, and as such allowed national teams unaffiliated with FIFA to enter.

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

New Zealand won the tournament with a 2-0 victory in the final, while New Caledonia retained third place by defeating New Hebrides 2-1.

Group table

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Match results

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- !Date !Home !Score !Away !style="width: 30%"|Goalscorers |- !colspan=5|Round robin |- |17 February | |2-1 | | Erroll Bennett (Tahiti), Alexis Tumahai (Tahiti), Roger Mandin (New Caledonia) |- |February 17 | |5-1 | |Brian Alfred Turner (New Zealand), David Taylor (New Zealand), Geoff C. Brand (New Zealand), Malcolm Bland (New Zealand), Alan Vest (New Zealand), Terio Vakatawa (Fiji) |- |February 18 | |4-1 | |Michael Dupuy (New Hebrides), Jean Hmae (New Caledonia, 2 goals), Segin Wayewol (New Caledonia), Pierre Wacapo (New Caledonia) |- |February 18 | |1-1 | |Erroll Bennett (Tahiti), Alan Vest (New Zealand) |- |February 20 | |2-0 | |Segin Wayewol (New Caledonia, 2 goals) |- |February 20 | |0-0 | | |- |February 21 | |2-1 | |Alick Saurei (New Hebrides), Jacky Valette (New Hebrides), Josateki Kurivitu (Fiji) |- |February 21 | |2-1 | |Alan Marley (New Zealand), Colin W. Latimour (New Zealand), Jean Xowie (New Caledonia) |- |February 23 | |4-0 | |Claude Carrara (Tahiti), Harold Ng Fok (Tahiti), Gilles Malinowski (Tahiti), Roland de Marigny (Tahiti) |- |February 23 | |3-1 | |Malcolm Bland (New Zealand), Brian Hardman (New Zealand), Alan Marley (New Zealand), Raymond Valette (New Hebrides) |- |}

Third Place Playoff

,|score = 2–1 |report= »(Report)|team2 = |goals1 = Gerald Delmas
Jean Xowie |goals2 = Charles Galinie |stadium = Newmarket Park, Auckland, New Zealand
Attendance: ?
Referee: P. Tahuaitu (Tahiti)}}

Final

 ,|score = 2–0 |report= »(Report)|team2 = |goals1 = David Taylor
Alan Marley |goals2 =   |stadium = Newmarket Park, Auckland, New Zealand
Attendance: ?
Referee: B. Chaudet (New Hebrides)}}

Awards

Goalscorers (overall)

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

References

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