# 2000 OFC Nations Cup

The 2000 OFC Nations Cup was held in Papeete, Tahiti. The six participating teams were Australia and New Zealand who qualified as of right, the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu who qualified from the Melanesia Cup, the Cook Islands and Tahiti who qualified from the Polynesia Cup. Australia beat New Zealand 2–0 in the final. The Solomon Islands beat Vanuatu 2–1 for third place.
Fiji qualified to this edition but then withdrew due to the 2000 Fijian coup d'état and was replaced by Vanuatu.

## Qualification

2000 Melanesia Cup :
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | Pts |
| 1 | Fiji (C, H) | 4 | 10 |
| 2 | Solomon Islands | 4 | 7 |
| 3 | Vanuatu | 4 | 6 |
| 4 | New Caledonia | 4 | 6 |
| 5 | Papua New Guinea | 4 | 0 |
2000 Polynesia Cup :
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | Pts |
| 1 | Tahiti (C, H) | 4 | 12 |
| 2 | Cook Islands | 4 | 9 |
| 3 | Samoa | 4 | 6 |
| 4 | Tonga | 4 | 3 |
| 5 | American Samoa | 4 | 0 |

### Qualifield teams

| Team | Qualified as |
| Australia | Automatically qualified |
| New Zealand | Automatically qualified |
| Solomon Islands | 2000 Melanesia Cup runners-up |
| Vanuatu | 2000 Melanesia Cup third place |
| Tahiti | 2000 Polynesia Cup winner |
| Cook Islands | 2000 Polynesia Cup runners-up |
* ↑ Fiji withdrew for the 2000 OFC Nations Cup because of political unrest in the country, which led to the 2000 Fijian coup d'état. However, Vanuatu replaced Fiji for the final tournament.

## Venue

* Tahiti
* Pirae
* Stade Pater Te Hono Nui
* Capacity: 11,700
* Pirae

## Squads

    See 2000 OFC Nations Cup squads.

## Group stage
### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Australia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | +23 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Solomon Islands | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 3 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Cook Islands | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 22 | −21 | 0 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | New Zealand | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Vanuatu | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Tahiti (H) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 0 | |

## Knockout stage
### Bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 25 June – Papeete | 25 June – Papeete |
| Australia | 1 |
| Australia | 1 | 28 June – Papeete | 28 June – Papeete |
| Vanuatu | 0 | 28 June – Papeete | 28 June – Papeete |
| Vanuatu | 0 | Australia | 2 |
| 25 June – Papeete | 25 June – Papeete | | Australia | 2 |
| 25 June – Papeete | 25 June – Papeete | New Zealand | 0 |
| New Zealand | 2 | New Zealand | 0 |
| Solomon Islands | 0 | | |
| Solomon Islands | 0 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 28 June – Papeete | 28 June – Papeete |
| | | Vanuatu | 1 |
| | | Solomon Islands | 2 |

### Final
## Goalscorers
### 5 goals

* Clayton Zane
* Craig Foster

### 4 goals

* Kevin Muscat

### 2 goals

* David Zdrilic
* Paul Agostino
* Chris Killen
* Simon Elliott
* Commins Menapi
* Gideon Omokirio
* Richard Iwai

### 1 goal

* Danny Tiatto
* Pablo Cardozo
* Scott Chipperfield
* Shaun Murphy
* Stan Lazaridis
* Steve Corica
* Tony Popovic
* Daniel Shepherd
* Chris Jackson
* Jonathan Perry
* Kris Bouckenooghe
* Batram Suri
* Henry Kotto
* Jack Samani
* Harold Amaru
* Jean-Loup Rousseau
* Georgina Tura
* Jimmy Ben
* Lexa Bibi

### Own goal

* Gideon Omokirio (playing against Australia)