| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 17 October 2007 – 19 November 2008 |
| Teams | 4 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue(s) | 5 (in 5 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  New Zealand (4th title) |
| Runners-up |  New Caledonia |
| Third place |  Fiji |
| Fourth place |  Vanuatu |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 12 |
| Goals scored | 39 (3.25 per match) |
| Attendance | 44,989 (3,749 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Shane Smeltz (8 goals) |
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The 2008 OFC Nations Cup was the eighth edition of the OFC Nations Cup and the first under a new format. It took place as a series of as a home-and-away round-robin tournament on FIFA match dates in 2007 and 2008. Doubling as the qualification tournament for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, the tournament was substantially different from earlier editions: 2004 champions Australia did not compete after leaving the Oceania Football Confederation for the Asian Football Confederation and for the first time since the 1996 OFC Nations Cup, no fixed venue was used. Unlike the 2004 OFC Nations Cup, which had featured six teams from the Oceania Football Confederation, the 2008 tournament had just four.
The cup was won by New Zealand, who as a result qualified for the 2009 FIFA Confederations CupinSouth Africa and the World Cup qualifying play-off with the Asian 5th-placed team, Bahrain, in which New Zealand were successful.
The four qualified teams for the 2008 OFC Nations Cup were:
New Zealand (automatic qualifier) New Caledonia (gold medalists at the 2007 South Pacific Games) Fiji (silver medalists at the 2007 South Pacific Games) Vanuatu (bronze medalists at the 2007 South Pacific Games)| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | New Zealand
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6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 5 | +9 | 15 | Advance to AFC–OFC play-off | — | 3–0 | 0–2 | 4–1 | |
| 2 | New Caledonia
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6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | +2 | 8 | 1–3 | — | 4–0 | 3–0 | ||
| 3 | Fiji
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6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | −3 | 7 | 0–2 | 3–3 | — | 2–0 | ||
| 4 | Vanuatu
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6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 | −8 | 4 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | — |
| Fiji | 0–2 | New Zealand |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Vicelich  37'Smeltz 86' |
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Jair Marrufo (USA)
| Vanuatu | 1–2 | New Zealand |
|---|---|---|
| Naprapol 32' |
Report | Smeltz 53' Mulligan 90+3' |
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Job Minan (Papua New Guinea)
| Fiji | 3–3 | New Caledonia |
|---|---|---|
| Nawatu 2' Vakatalesau 27', 86' |
Report | Gjamaci 66' Kaudre 83'M. Hmaé 87' |
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Peter O'Leary (New Zealand)
| New Zealand | 4–1 | Vanuatu |
|---|---|---|
| Mulligan 17', 81' Smeltz 29' (pen.), 34' |
Report | Sakama 50' |
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Averii Jacques (Tahiti)
| New Caledonia | 4–0 | Fiji |
|---|---|---|
| Wajoka 29' (pen.) M. Hmaé 32', 61' Mapou 64' |
Report |
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Matthew Breeze (Australia)
| Vanuatu | 1–1 | New Caledonia |
|---|---|---|
| Mermer 77' |
Report | Djamali 73' |
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Rakesh Varman (Fiji)
| New Caledonia | 3–0 | Vanuatu |
|---|---|---|
| Wajoka 36' M. Hmaé 60' Diaike 87' |
Report |
Attendance: 2,700
Referee: Michael Hester (New Zealand)
| Fiji | 2–0 | Vanuatu |
|---|---|---|
| Kumar 7' Dunadamu 87' |
Report |
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Job Minan (Papua New Guinea)
| New Caledonia | 1–3 | New Zealand |
|---|---|---|
| M. Hmaé 55' |
Report | Sigmund 16' Smeltz 65', 75' |
Attendance: 2,589
Referee: Rakesh Varman (Fiji)
| Vanuatu | 2–1 | Fiji |
|---|---|---|
| Sakama 59' Malas 90+2' |
Report | Dunadamu 90+3' |
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Peter O'Leary (New Zealand)
| New Zealand | 3–0 | New Caledonia |
|---|---|---|
| Smeltz 49', 76' Christie 69' |
Report |
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Norbert Hauata (Tahiti)
| New Zealand | 0–2 | Fiji |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Krishna 63', 90' |
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Lencie Fred (Vanuatu)
| 2008 OFC Nations Cup winners |
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 New Zealand Fourth title |
There were 39 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 3.25 goals per match.
8 goals
5 goals
3 goals
2 goals
Roy Krishna Osea Vakatalesau Pierre Wajoka Francois Sakama1 goal
Valerio Nawatu Patrick Diaike Ramon Djamali Ramon Gjamaci Mael Kaudre Marius Mapou Jeremy Christie Ben Sigmund Ivan Vicelich Derek Malas Etienne Mermer Jean Nako Naprapol
