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Polynesia Cup

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The Polynesia Cup (French: Coupe de Polynésie) was a football tournament for Polynesian nations within the Oceania Football Confederation. It acted along with the Melanesia Cup as a qualifying tournament for the OFC Nations Cup. The last tournament was played in 2000.[1]

The tournament involved a round-robin format where every team played each other once at the location of the tournament.

In the first tournament in 1994, Tahiti, fielding a young and inexperienced team, beat Tonga 1-0, American Samoa 2-0 and Western Samoa 7-0. Lolani Koko, a multisport athlete, captained the Western Samoan team. He had competed as a runner in the 1982 Commonwealth Games and was also an international rugby player for Western Samoa.[2]

Participating nations

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Results

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Year Host Champion Runners-up Third place
1994 Image Western Samoa Image Tahiti Image Tonga Image Western Samoa
1998 Image Cook Islands Image Tahiti Image Cook Islands Image Western Samoa
2000 Image French Polynesia Image Tahiti Image Cook Islands Image Samoa

Records

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Total Wins

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3Image Tahiti1994, 1998, 2000

All-time table

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Rank Team Part Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1Image Tahiti 3111100674+6333
2Image Samoa[a] 3115152623+316
3Image Cook Islands 285121616016
4Image Tonga 3113261328–1511
5Image American Samoa 3110011859–510

1994

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Polynesia Cup
Tournament details
Host countryWestern Samoa
Teams4 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
ChampionsImage Tahiti (1st title)
Runners-upImage Tonga
Third placeImage Western Samoa
Tournament statistics
Matches played6
Goals scored22 (3.67 per match)
1998 →

The Polynesia Cup 1994 was the first Polynesia-wide tournament ever held. It took place in Western Samoa (later known as Samoa) and four teams participated: Tahiti, Western Samoa, American Samoa and Tonga and served for the first time as OFC Nations Cup qualifier.

The teams played each other according to a round-robin format with Tahiti winning the tournament for the first time and qualifying to the 1996 OFC Nations Cup.

Results

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Image Tahiti (C) 3 3 0 0 10 1 +9 9 Qualify for 1996 OFC Nations Cup
2 Image Tonga 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
3 Image Western Samoa (H) 3 1 1 1 5 10 −5 4
4 Image American Samoa 3 0 0 3 3 7 −4 0
Source: [3]
(C) Champions; (H) Hosts
Tahiti Image1-0Image Tonga
Tahiti Image2-1Image American Samoa
Western Samoa Image2-2Image Tonga
Tonga Image2-1Image American Samoa
Western Samoa Image0-7Image Tahiti

Tahiti qualified for Oceania Nations Cup 1996

1998

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Polynesia Cup
Tournament details
Host countryCook Islands
Teams5 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
ChampionsImage Tahiti (2nd title)
Runners-upImage Cook Islands
Third placeImage Samoa
Tournament statistics
Matches played10
Goals scored51 (5.1 per match)
← 1994
2000 →

The Polynesia Cup 1998 was the second Polynesia-wide tournament ever held. It took place in Cook Islands and five teams participated: Tahiti, Samoa, American Samoa, Tonga and the hosts Cook Islands for the first time and served for the second time as OFC Nations Cup qualifier.

The teams played each other according to a round-robin format with Tahiti national football winning the tournament for the second time and qualifying to the Oceania Nations Cup 1998 along with Cook Islands.

Results

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Image Tahiti (C) 4 4 0 0 27 1 +26 12 Qualify for 1998 OFC Nations Cup
2 Image Cook Islands (H) 4 2 1 1 8 11 −3 7
3 Image Samoa 4 2 0 2 8 7 +1 6
4 Image Tonga 4 1 1 2 5 9 −4 4
5 Image American Samoa 4 0 0 4 3 23 −20 0
Source: [4]
(C) Champions; (H) Hosts
Cook Islands Image2-1Image Samoa
Tonga Image3-0Image American Samoa
Tahiti Image5-0Image Tonga
Cook Islands Image4-3Image American Samoa
Tahiti Image5-1Image Samoa
Cook Islands Image2-2Image Tonga
Samoa Image2-0Image Tonga
Tahiti Image12-0Image American Samoa
Samoa Image4-0Image American Samoa
Cook Islands Image0-5Image Tahiti

Tahiti and Cook Islands qualified for Oceania Nations Cup 1998

2000

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Polynesia Cup
Tournament details
Host countryTahiti
Teams5 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
ChampionsImage Tahiti (3rd title)
Runners-upImage Cook Islands
Third placeImage Samoa
Tournament statistics
Matches played10
Goals scored56 (5.6 per match)
← 1998

The Polynesia Cup 2000 was the third Polynesia-wide football tournament ever held. It took place in Tahiti and five teams participated: Tahiti, Samoa, American Samoa, Tonga and Cook Islands and served for the third time as OFC Nations Cup qualifier.

The teams played each other according to a round-robin format with Tahiti winning the tournament for the third time and qualifying to the Oceania Nations Cup 2000 along with Cook Islands.

Results

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Image Tahiti (C, H) 4 4 0 0 30 2 +28 12 Qualify for 2000 OFC Nations Cup
2 Image Cook Islands 4 3 0 1 8 5 +3 9
3 Image Samoa 4 2 0 2 13 6 +7 6
4 Image Tonga 4 1 0 3 4 15 −11 3
5 Image American Samoa 4 0 0 4 2 29 −27 0
Source: [5]
(C) Champions; (H) Hosts
Tonga Image0–4Image Samoa
Tahiti Image2–1Image Samoa
Cook Islands Image2–1Image Tonga
Tahiti Image8–1Image Tonga

Tahiti and Cook Islands qualified for Oceania Nations Cup 2000

Footnotes

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  1. ↑ Includes participations as Image Western Samoa from 1994.

References

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  1. ↑ Fischer, Steven (2013). A History of the Pacific Islands (2nd ed.). London: Macmillan Education UK. p. 294. ISBN 1137088125.
  2. ↑ Moon, Paul (May 1995). "Polynesia Cup". World Soccer: 53. Retrieved 10 February 2026.
  3. ↑ Morrison, Neil. "Polynesian Cup 1994". RSSSF. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  4. ↑ "Polynesia Cup 1998". WildStat.com. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  5. ↑ "Oceanian Nations Cup 2000". RSSSF. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
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