1998 OFC Women's Championship
# 1998 OFC Women's Championship

The 1998 OFC Women's Championship, also known as the VI Ladies Oceania Nations Cup was held in Auckland, New Zealand between 9 October & 17 October 1998. It was the sixth staging of the OFC Women's Championship. The 1998 OFC Women's Championship, like its previous edition, served as the OFC's qualifying tournament for the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup. OFC's only berth was given to the winner – Australia.

## Participating nations

Of the twelve nations affiliated to the Oceania Football Confederation, six entered the tournament.

| Team | Tournament appearance | Last appearance | Previous best performance |
| - | - | - | - |
| American Samoa | 1st | — | — |
| Australia | 6th | 1994 | Winners (1994) |
| Fiji | 2nd | 1983 | 4th (1983) |
| New Zealand | 6th | 1994 | Winners (1983, 1991) |
| Papua New Guinea | 4th | 1994 | 3rd (1991, 1994) |
| Samoa | 1st | — | — |

### Did not enter

* Cook Islands
* New Caledonia
* Solomon Islands
* Tahiti
* Tonga
* Vanuatu

## First round

### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| New Zealand | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0 | +35 | 6 |
| Fiji | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 14 | −9 | 3 |
| Samoa | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 26 | −26 | 0 |

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Australia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | +29 | 6 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 3 |
| American Samoa | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 30 | −30 | 0 |

## Knockout stage

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - |
| 15 October | 15 October |
| New Zealand | 5 |
| New Zealand | 5 | 17 October – Auckland | 17 October – Auckland |
| Papua New Guinea | 0 | 17 October – Auckland | 17 October – Auckland |
| Papua New Guinea | 0 | New Zealand | 1 |
| 15 October | 15 October | | New Zealand | 1 |
| 15 October | 15 October | Australia | 3 |
| Australia | 17 | Australia | 3 |
| Fiji | 0 | | |
| Fiji | 0 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 17 October | 17 October |
| | | Papua New Guinea | 7 |
| | | Fiji | 1 |

### Final

Australia won the tournament and qualified for 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup.

## Awards

* 1998 OFC Women's Championship winners
* Australia Second title

## Goalscorers

### 15 goals

* Pernille Andersen

### 10 goals

* Sharon Black

### 8 goals

* Cheryl Salisbury

### 7 goals

* Sacha Haskell

### 5 goals

* Joanne Peters
* Wendi Henderson

### 4 goals

* Alicia Ferguson
* Julie Murray
* Katrina Boyd
* Lisa Casagrande
* Michele Cox
* Nicky Smith

### 3 goals

* Natalie Thomas

### 2 goals

* Angela Iannotta
* Amanda Crawford

### 1 goals

* Alison Forman
* Amy Duggan
* Anissa Tann
* Bridgette Starr
* Losana Kubulala
* Jennifer Carlisle
* Maia Jackman
* Melissa Ruscoe
* Nellie Taman

### Unknown goalscorers

* Fiji: 5 additional goals
* Papua New Guinea: 15 additional goals

### Own goal

* Unknown player (playing against New Zealand)
