1998 Polynesia Cup
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{{Infobox International Football Competition
| tourney_name =
| year = 1998
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| country = Cook Islands
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| num_teams = 5
| confederations = 1
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| champion =Tahiti
| count = 2
| second = Cook Islands
| third = Samoa
| matches = 10
| goals = 51
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| prevseason = 1994
| nextseason = 2000
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The Polynesia Cup 1998 was the second Polynesia-wide tournament ever held. It took place in Cook Islands and five teams participated: Tahiti, Samoa, American Samoa, Tonga and the hosts Cook Islands for the first time and served for the second time as OFC Nations Cup qualifier.
The teams played each other according to a round-robin format with Tahiti national football winning the tournament for the second time and qualifying to the Oceania Nations Cup 1998 along with Cook Islands.
Results
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|win_COK=2|draw_COK=1|loss_COK=1|gf_COK=8|ga_COK=11
|win_SAM=2|draw_SAM=0|loss_SAM=2|gf_SAM=8|ga_SAM=7
|win_TGA=1|draw_TGA=1|loss_TGA=2|gf_TGA=5|ga_TGA=9
|win_ASA=0|draw_ASA=0|loss_ASA=4|gf_ASA=3|ga_ASA=23
|res_col_header=Q|result1=KO|result2=KO|col_KO=green1
|text_KO=Qualify for 1998 OFC Nations Cup
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{{Footballbox | date = 2 September 1998
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{{Footballbox | date = 2 September 1998
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{{Footballbox | date = 3 September 1998
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{{Footballbox | date = 3 September 1998
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{{Footballbox | date = 5 September 1998
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|score = 5-1
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{{Footballbox | date = 5 September 1998
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{{Footballbox | date = 7 September 1998
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|score = 2-0
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{{Footballbox | date = 7 September 1998
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|score = 12-0
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{{Footballbox | date = 8 September 1998
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|score = 4-0
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{{Footballbox | date = 8 September 1998
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|score = 0-5
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Tahiti and Cook Islands qualified for Oceania Nations Cup 1998
References
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{{Polynesia Cup}}
Category:International men's association football competitions hosted by the Cook Islands
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