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{{Infobox football match
| title                   = 2000 OFC Nations Cup Final
| event                   = [[2000 OFC Nations Cup]]
| team1                   = [[Australia men's national soccer team|Australia]]
| team1association        = {{flagicon|Australia|size=30px}}
| team1score              = 2
| team2                   = [[New Zealand national football team|New Zealand]]
| team2association        = {{flagicon|New Zealand|size=30px}}
| team2score              = 0
| details                 = 
| date                    = 28 June 2000
| stadium                 = [[Stade Pater]]
| city                    = [[Papeete]]
| man_of_the_match1a      = 
| referee                 = [[Harry Attison]] 
| attendance              = 
| weather                 = 
| previous                = [[1998 OFC Nations Cup final|1998]]
| next                    = [[2002 OFC Nations Cup final|2002]]
}}

The '''2000 OFC Nations Cup Final''' was an [[association football]] match that took place on 28 June 2000 at the [[Stade Pater]], [[Papeete]]. It was the final of the [[2000 OFC Nations Cup]] which was the fifth edition of the [[OFC Nations Cup]], an international competition for national teams in the [[Oceania Football Confederation]].

It was contested between [[Australia men's national soccer team|Australia]] and [[New Zealand national football team|New Zealand]] in what was a repeat of the [[1998 OFC Nations Cup Final|1998 final]] which New Zealand won. This was also New Zealand's third appearance in a continental final after also appearing in the [[1973 OFC Nations Cup Final|1973 final]] which they won.<ref name="OFC overall rsssf">{{cite web | url=https://www.rsssf.org/tableso/oceania-cup.html | title=Oceanian Nations Cup | publisher=[[rsssf.com]] | accessdate=20 April 2020}}</ref> For Australia, this was their fourth appearance in the final with Australia also winning the [[1980 OFC Nations Cup|1980]] and [[1996 OFC Nations Cup Final|1996]].<ref name="OFC overall rsssf"/> After both teams won their respective groups, Australia defeated [[Vanuatu national football team|Vanuatu]] while New Zealand defeated the [[Solomon Islands national football team|Solomon Islands]].<ref name="rsssf">{{cite web | url=https://www.rsssf.org/tables/00oc.html | title=Oceanian Nations Cup 2000 | publisher=[[Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation|rsssf.com]] | accessdate=20 April 2020}}</ref>

In the final, goals from [[Shaun Murphy]] and [[Craig Foster]] gave Australia a 2–0 win over New Zealand to record their third OFC title. This also meant that as winners of the Nations Cup, they also qualified for the [[2001 FIFA Confederations Cup]] which was held in South Korea and Japan as representative of the OFC.

==Route to the final==
{{main|2000 OFC Nations Cup}}
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|Opponent
|Result
||[[2000 OFC Nations Cup#Group stage|Group stage]]
|Opponent
|Result
|-
|{{fb|COK}}
|[[2000 OFC Nations Cup#Group A|17–0]]
|style="background:#c1e0ff"|Match 1
|{{fb|TAH}}
|[[2000 OFC Nations Cup#Group B|2–0]]
|-
|{{fb|SOL}}
|[[2000 OFC Nations Cup#Group A|6–0]]
|style="background:#c1e0ff"|Match 2
|{{fb|VAN}}
|[[2000 OFC Nations Cup#Group B|3–1]]
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|colspan="2" style="text-align:center"|'''[[2000 OFC Nations Cup#Group A|Group A]] winner'''
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|-
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|2||2||0||0||23||0||+23||'''6'''
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|align=left|{{fb|COK}}
|2||0||0||2||1||22||−21||'''0'''
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|style="background:#c1e0ff"|Final standings
|colspan="2" style="text-align:center"|'''[[2000 OFC Nations Cup#Group B|Group B]] winner'''
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|-
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|2||0||0||2||2||5||−3||'''0'''
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|- style="vertical-align:top;background:#c1e0ff"
|Opponent
|Result
||[[2000 OFC Nations Cup#Knockout stage|Knockout stage]]
|Opponent
|Result
|-
|{{fb|VAN}}
|[[2000 OFC Nations Cup#Semifinals|1–0]]
|style="background:#c1e0ff"|Semi-finals
|{{fb|SOL}}
|[[2000 OFC Nations Cup#Semifinals|2–0]]
|}

===Australia===
As finalists in the [[1998 OFC Nations Cup]], and the [[Oceania Football Confederation|OFC]]'s top-ranked side, the "[[Australia men's national soccer team|Socceroos]]" were given entry straight into the tournament finals. They progressed comfortably through the group stage, accounting for [[Cook Islands national football team|Cook Islands]] and [[Solomon Islands national football team|Solomon Islands]] comfortably 17–0 and 6–0 respectively. In the semi-final, they played [[Vanuatu national football team|Vanuatu]], winning 1–0 in a match that was closer than expected. Australia's [[Clayton Zane]] was the tournament's top scorer going into the final, with 5 goals.

===New Zealand===
Like Australia, New Zealand were given direct entry into the tournament finals, as [[1998 OFC Nations Cup]] champions and the [[Oceania Football Confederation|OFC]]'s second ranked side. They beat both [[Tahiti national football team|Tahiti]] and [[Vanuatu national football team|Vanuatu]] by 2 goals to progress from the group stage. In the semi-finals, they played [[Solomon Islands national football team|Solomon Islands]] and won 2–0 to move through to the final.

==Pre-match==

===Analysis===
Despite New Zealand having won the [[1998 OFC Nations Cup]] final, Australia went into the game as favourites, ranked 15 spots ahead of New Zealand in [[FIFA World Rankings]].

==Match==

===First half===
Australia was the better side for much of the match, although New Zealand did create some chances. Australia took the lead 5 minutes from half time, as [[Shaun Murphy (footballer)|Shaun Murphy]] scored off a [[Stan Lazaridis]] corner.

===Second half===
Australia's ascendency continued, and when [[Danny Tiatto]]'s cross was finished by [[Craig Foster (Australian footballer)|Craig Foster]] midway through the second half, the result was all but secured for Australia.

===Match details===
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| score        = 2–0
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| goals1       = [[Shaun Murphy (footballer)|Shaun Murphy]] {{goal|40}} <br/> [[Craig Foster (Australian footballer)|Craig Foster]] {{goal|66}}
| goals2       = 
| stadium      = [[Stade Pater]], [[Papeete]]
| attendance   = 300
| referee      = [[Harry Attison]]
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{| width="100%"
|valign="top" width="40%"|
{| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"
|colspan="4"|{{flagicon|Australia|size=100px}}<br />'''AUSTRALIA:'''
|-
!width=25| !!width=25|
|-
|GK ||'''1''' || [[Zeljko Kalac]] 
|-
|RB ||'''2''' || [[Kevin Muscat]] 
|-
|CB ||'''3'''|| [[Shaun Murphy (footballer)|Shaun Murphy]] || {{goal|40}}
|-
|CB ||'''5''' || [[Tony Popovic]]
|-
|LB ||'''7'''|| [[Danny Tiatto]] 
|-
|RM ||'''8'''|| [[Stan Lazaridis]] 
|-
|CM ||'''4''' || [[Paul Okon]] 
|-
|CM ||'''6''' || [[Craig Foster (Australian footballer)|Craig Foster]] || {{goal|66}} || {{suboff|80}} 
|-
|LM ||'''13'''|| [[Brett Emerton]] 
|-
|CF ||'''9'''|| [[David Zdrillic]] 
|-
|CF ||'''11''' || [[Paul Agostino]] || || {{suboff|80}}
|-
|colspan=3|'''Substitutes:'''
|-
|MF ||'''14'''|| [[Aurelio Vidmar]] || || {{subon|80}} 
|-
|FW ||'''15'''|| [[Clayton Zane]] || || {{subon|80}}
|-
|colspan=3|'''Manager:'''
|-
|colspan=4| [[Frank Farina]]
|}
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{| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"
|colspan="4"|{{flagicon|New Zealand|size=100px}}<br />'''NEW ZEALAND:'''
|-
!width=25| !!width=25|
|-
|GK ||'''1''' || [[Jason Batty]]
|-
|CB ||'''2'''|| [[Che Bunce]] 
|-
|CB ||'''3''' || [[Sean Douglas (footballer)|Sean Douglas]]
|-
|CB ||'''5'''|| [[Jonathan Perry (footballer)|Jonathan Perry]]
|-
|RWB ||'''6''' || [[Gavin Wilkinson]] || {{yel|27}} || {{suboff|70}}
|-
|LWB ||'''18''' || [[Scott Smith (footballer born 1975)|Scott Smith]]
|-
|CM ||'''7''' || [[Simon Elliott]]
|-
|CM ||'''10'''|| [[Chris Jackson (New Zealand footballer)|Chris Jackson]] 
|-
|CM ||'''12'''|| [[Mark Atkinson (footballer)|Mark Atkinson]] || || {{suboff|77}}
|-
|CF ||'''8'''|| [[Chris Killen]]
|-
|CF ||'''13'''|| [[Kris Bouckenooghe]]
|-
|colspan=3|'''Substitutes:'''
|-
|MF ||'''16'''|| [[Raf de Gregorio]] || || {{subon|70}}
|-
|FW ||'''9'''|| [[Paul Urlovic]] || || {{subon|77}}
|-
|colspan=3|'''Manager:'''
|-
|colspan=4| [[Ken Dugdale]]
|}
|}

==Post match==
Australia's win qualified them for the [[2001 FIFA Confederations Cup]], and was their third [[OFC Nations Cup]] win their first since [[1996 OFC Nations Cup|1996]].

==See also==
* [[Australia–New Zealand soccer rivalry]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://www.rsssf.org/tables/00oc.html RSSF].  Accessed 21 February 2010.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160304140225/http://www.fifa.com/newscentre/news/newsid=73198/ Fifa]

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