1973 Oceania Cup final
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{{unreferenced|date=August 2018}}
{{Infobox football match
| title = 1973 Oceania Cup Final
| image =
| image_size =
| caption =
| event = 1973 Oceania Cup
| team1 = New Zealand
| team1association = {{flagdeco|NZL|size=30px}}
| team1score = 2
| team2 = Tahiti
| team2association = {{flagdeco|TAH|1946|size=30px}}
| team2score = 0
| details =
| date = {{Start date|1973|2|24|df=y}}
| stadium = Newmarket Park
| city = Auckland
| man_of_the_match1a =
| referee = B. Chaudet (New Hebrides)
| attendance =
| weather =
| previous =
| next = 1980
}}
The 1973 Oceania Cup Final was a football match that took place on 24 February 1973 to determine the winners of the 1973 Oceania Cup. It was the final of the first Oceania Cup, a tournament contested by the senior men's national teams of the member associations of OFC to decide the champions of Oceania.
New Zealand won their inaugural Oceania Cup, beating Tahiti 2–0. New Zealand's Dave Taylor opened the scoring before Alan Marley scored their second to clinch the title.
Match
=Details=
{{football box
| date = {{Start date|1973|2|24|df=y}}
| time =
| team1 = {{fb-rt|NZL}}
| score = 2–0
| report = http://www.rsssf.com/tables/73oc.html
| team2 = {{fb|TAH}}
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
| stadium = Newmarket Park, Auckland
| attendance =
| referee = B. Chaudet (Vanuatu)
}}
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Kevin Curtain | ||
Maurice Tillotson | ||
Ron Armstrong | ||
Colin Latimo | ||
John Staines | ||
Dennis Tindall {{suboff}} | ||
David Taylor | ||
Brian Turner | ||
Alan Marley | ||
Alan Vest | ||
Malcolm Bland | ||
colspan=3|Substitutions: | ||
Brian Armstrong {{subon}} | ||
colspan=3|Manager: | ||
colspan=3|Barrie Truman |
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Georges Piehi | ||
Gérard Kautai | ||
Joseph Burns | ||
Alexis Tumahai | ||
Charles Temarii | ||
Terii Etaeta | ||
William Aumeran {{suboff}} | ||
Mana Temaiana | ||
Lewis Lai San | ||
Erroll Bennett | ||
Harold Ng Fok {{suboff}} | ||
colspan=3|Substitutions: | ||
Gilles Malinowski {{subon}} | ||
Claude Carrara {{subon}} | ||
colspan=3|Manager: | ||
colspan=3|F. Vernaudon |
|}
References
{{Oceania Nations Cup}}
{{New Zealand national football team matches}}
{{Tahiti national football team}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:1973 Ofc Nations Cup}}
Category:OFC Nations Cup finals
Category:New Zealand men's national football team matches
Category:Tahiti national football team matches
Category:February 1973 sports events in Oceania
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