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1998 FIFA World Cup France ™ Preliminaries

Results, Oceanian Zone

First stage

Group Melanesian
Date		Home Team	Results	Away Team
20 September 96		Papua New Guinea	2:1 (0:1)	Vanuatu
18 September 96		Solomon Islands	1:1 (1:1)	Vanuatu
16 September 96		Papua New Guinea	1:1 (1:0)	Solomon Islands

Group Melanesian
	Team	Played	Won	Draw	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Points
	Papua New Guinea	2	1	1	0	3	2	4
	Solomon Islands	2	0	2	0	2	2	2
	Vanuatu	2	0	1	1	2	3	1

Group Polynesian
Date		Home Team	Results	Away Team
11 November 96		Tonga	2:0 (1:0)	Cook Islands
13 November 96		Samoa	2:1 (2:0)	Cook Islands
15 November 96		Tonga	1:0 (1:0)	Samoa

Group Polynesian
	Team	Played	Won	Draw	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Points
	Tonga	2	2	0	0	3	0	6
	Samoa	2	1	0	1	2	2	3
	Cook Islands	2	0	0	2	1	4	0

Second stage

Group 1
Date		Home Team	Results	Away Team
15 February 97		Tonga	0:4 (0:1)	Solomon Islands
01 March 97		Solomon Islands	9:0 (4:0)	Tonga
11 June 97		Australia	13:0 (4:0)	Solomon Islands
13 June 97		Australia	5:0 (3:0)	Tahiti
15 June 97		Solomon Islands	4:1 (2:0)	Tahiti
17 June 97		Solomon Islands	2:6 (0:3)	Australia
19 June 97		Tahiti	0:2 (0:1)	Australia
21 June 97		Tahiti	1:1 (1:1)	Solomon Islands

Group 1
	Team	Played	Won	Draw	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Points
	Australia	4	4	0	0	26	2	12
	Solomon Islands	6	3	1	2	20	21	10
	Tahiti	4	0	1	3	2	12	1
	Tonga	2	0	0	2	0	13	0

Group 2
Date		Home Team	Results	Away Team
31 May 97		Papua New Guinea	1:0 (0:0)	New Zealand
07 June 97		Fiji	0:1 (0:0)	New Zealand
11 June 97		New Zealand	7:0 (5:0)	Papua New Guinea
15 June 97		Fiji	3:1 (2:0)	Papua New Guinea
18 June 97		New Zealand	5:0 (1:0)	Fiji
21 June 97		Papua New Guinea	0:1 (0:1)	Fiji

Group 2
	Team	Played	Won	Draw	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Points
	New Zealand	4	3	0	1	13	1	9
	Fiji	4	2	0	2	4	7	6
	Papua New Guinea	4	1	0	3	2	11	3

Third stage

Group Play-off
Date		Home Team	Results	Away Team
28 June 97		New Zealand	0:3 (0:2)	Australia
06 July 97		Australia	2:0 (1:0)	New Zealand