2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – OFC First Round

Listed below are the dates and results for the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification first round for Oceania.

Participating teams

The below 10 teams were divided in two groups of five teams each, and played against each other once. The two teams with most points in each group advanced to the Second Round.

New Caledonia was not a member of FIFA at the time of the draw, and only joined FIFA when its participation in the First Round, and in the 2006 World Cup qualifications, had ended.^[1]

Matches

All matches were held in Honiara, Solomon Islands (UTC+11)

Group 1

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Solomon Islands	4	3	1	0	14	1	+13	10
Tahiti	4	2	2	0	5	1	+4	8
New Caledonia	4	2	1	1	16	2	+14	7
Tonga	4	1	0	3	2	17	–15	3
Cook Islands	4	0	0	4	1	17	–16	0

Solomon Islands  v  Tonga

10 May 2004 14:00

Solomon Islands	6 – 0	Tonga
Fa'arodo  12', 30', 77' Maemae  62', 76' Samani  79'	Report

Lawson Tama, Honiara Attendance: 12,385 Referee: Harry Attison (Vanuatu)

Tahiti  v  Cook Islands

10 May 2004 16:00

Tahiti	2 – 0	Cook Islands
Temataua  2' Moretta  80'	Report

Lawson Tama, Honiara Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Rajendra Singh (Fiji)

Solomon Islands  v  Cook Islands

12 May 2004 14:00

Solomon Islands	5 – 0	Cook Islands
Waita  21' Omokirio  27' Samani  45' Maemae  70' Leslie  81'	Report

Lawson Tama, Honiara Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Lencie Fred (Vanuatu)

Tahiti  v  New Caledonia

12 May 2004 16:00

Tahiti	0 – 0	New Caledonia
	Report

Lawson Tama, Honiara Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Leone Rakaroi (Fiji)

Tonga  v  Cook Islands

15 May 2004 14:00

Tonga	2 – 1	Cook Islands
Uhatahi  46' Vaitaki  61'	Report	Pareanga  59'

Lawson Tama, Honiara Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Salaiau Sosongan (Papua New Guinea)

Solomon Islands  v  New Caledonia

15 May 2004 16:00

Solomon Islands	2 – 0	New Caledonia
Omokirio  10' G. Suri  42'	Report

Lawson Tama, Honiara Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Harry Attison (Vanuatu)

New Caledonia  v  Cook Islands

17 May 2004 14:00

New Caledonia	8 – 0	Cook Islands
P. Wajoka  3' M. Hmae  20', 40', 42', 52', 85' Djamali  25' J. Hmae  35'	Report

Lawson Tama, Honiara Attendance: 400 Referee: Rajendra Singh (Fiji)

Tahiti  v  Tonga

17 May 2004 16:00

Tahiti	2 – 0	Tonga
G. Wajoka  1' Temataua  78'	Report

Lawson Tama, Honiara Attendance: 400 Referee: Salaiau Sosongan (Papua New Guinea)

New Caledonia  v  Tonga

19 May 2004 14:00

New Caledonia	8 – 0	Tonga
J. Hmae  4' Poatinda  26', 42', 79' M. Hmae  45' P. Wajoka  54', 58' Kaumé  72'	Report

Lawson Tama, Honiara Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Lencie Fred (Vanuatu)

Solomon Islands  v  Tahiti

19 May 2004 16:00

Solomon Islands	1 – 1	Tahiti
B. Suri  80'	Report	Simon  30'

Lawson Tama, Honiara Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Leone Rakaroi (Fiji)

Group 2

All games were held in Apia, Samoa

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Vanuatu	4	3	1	0	16	2	+14	10
Fiji	4	3	0	1	19	5	+14	9
Papua New Guinea	4	2	1	1	17	6	+11	7
Samoa	4	1	0	3	5	11	–6	3
American Samoa	4	0	0	4	1	34	–33	0

Papua New Guinea  v  Vanuatu

10 May 2004

Papua New Guinea	1 – 1	Vanuatu
Wasi  73'	Report	Lauru  90+'

Toleafoa J.S. Blatter Complex, Apia Attendance: 500 Referee: Matthew Breeze (Australia)

Samoa  v  American Samoa

10 May 2004

Samoa	4 – 0	American Samoa
Bryce  12' Fasavalu  30', 53' Michael  66' (pen.)	Report

Toleafoa J.S. Blatter Complex, Apia Attendance: 500 Referee: Michael Afu (Solomon Islands)

American Samoa  v  Vanuatu

12 May 2004

American Samoa	1 – 9	Vanuatu
Natia  39'	Report	Qorig  30' (pen.) Mermer  37', 56', 90+' Poida  55' Chilia  65' Maleb  80', 90+'

Toleafoa J.S. Blatter Complex, Apia Attendance: 400 Referee: Neil Fox (New Zealand)

Fiji  v  Papua New Guinea

12 May 2004

Fiji	4 – 2	Papua New Guinea
Rabo  24' Toma  45+' Gataurua  78' Rokotakala  90'	Report	Davani  12' Komboi  44'

Toleafoa J.S. Blatter Complex, Apia Attendance: 400 Referee: Constantinos Diomis (Australia)

Fiji  v  American Samoa

15 May 2004

Fiji	11 – 0	American Samoa
Toma  7', 11', 16' Vulivuli  24' Rokotakala  32', 34' Sabutu  45+', 81' Masinisau  60' Gataurua  75', 77'	Report

Toleafoa J.S. Blatter Complex, Apia Attendance: 300 Referee: Neil Fox (New Zealand)

Samoa  v  Vanuatu

15 May 2004

Samoa	0 – 3	Vanuatu
	Report	Mermer  13' Chilia  55' Maleb  57'

Toleafoa J.S. Blatter Complex, Apia Attendance: 650 Referee: Matthew Breeze (Australia)

American Samoa  v  Papua New Guinea

17 May 2004

American Samoa	0 – 10	Papua New Guinea
	Report	Davani  23', 24', 40', 79' Andrew Lepani  26', 28', 64' Wasi  34' Komboi  37' Lohai  71'

Toleafoa J.S. Blatter Complex, Apia Attendance: 150 Referee: Michael Afu (Solomon Islands)

Samoa  v  Fiji

17 May 2004

Samoa	0 – 4	Fiji
	Report	Toma  17' Sabutu  52' Masinisau  82' Rokotakala  84'

Toleafoa J.S. Blatter Complex, Apia Attendance: 450 Referee: Constantinos Diomis (Australia)

Fiji  v  Vanuatu

19 May 2004

Fiji	0 – 3	Vanuatu
	Report	Thomsen  45+' Lauru  63', 65'

Toleafoa J.S. Blatter Complex, Apia Attendance: 200 Referee: Matthew Breeze (Australia)

Samoa  v  Papua New Guinea

19 May 2004

Samoa	1 – 4	Papua New Guinea
Michael  69'	Report	Davani  16' Andrew Lepani  37' Nathaniel Lepani  55' Komeng  68'

Toleafoa J.S. Blatter Complex, Apia Attendance: 300 Referee: Constantinos Diomis (Australia)

Goalscorers

Pos	Player	Country	Goals
1	Michel Hmae	New Caledonia	6
	Reginald Davani	Papua New Guinea
3	Veresa Toma	Fiji	5
4	Seveci Rokotakala	Fiji	4
	Andrew Lepani	Papua New Guinea
	Etienne Mermer	Vanuatu

References