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 Tournamentappearance Lastappearance Previous bestperformance 1st — — 6th 1994 Winners (1994) 2nd 1983 4th (1983) 6th 1994 Winners (1983, 1991) 4th 1994 3rd (1991, 1994) 1st — —

Did not enter

First round Group A TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts2200350+3562101514−932002026−260

Group B TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts2200290+296210198+132002030−300

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

Third place playoff

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

Awards

Goalscorers

15 goals Pernille Andersen 10 goals Sharon Black 9 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

: 5 additional goals : 15 additional goals

Own goal Unknown player (playing against New Zealand)

References

External links Tables & results at RSSSF.com