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Polynesia Cup

For the rugby league competition, see Polynesian Cup.

The Polynesia Cup (French: Coupe de Polynésie) was a football tournament for Polynesian nations within the Oceania Football Confederation. It acted along with the Melanesia Cup as a qualifying tournament for the OFC Nations Cup. The last tournament was played in 2000.[1]

The tournament involved a round-robin format where every team played each other once at the location of the tournament.

In the first tournament in 1994, Tahiti, fielding a young and inexperienced team, beat Tonga 1-0, American Samoa 2-0 and Western Samoa 7-0. Lolani Koko, a multisport athlete, captained the Western Samoan team. He had competed as a runner in the 1982 Commonwealth Games and was also an international rugby player for Western Samoa.[2]

Participating nations

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Results

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Year Host Champion Runners-up Third place
1994  Western Samoa  Tahiti  Tonga  Western Samoa
1998  Cook Islands  Tahiti  Cook Islands  Western Samoa
2000  French Polynesia  Tahiti  Cook Islands  Samoa

Records

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Total Wins

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3 Tahiti 1994, 1998, 2000

All-time table

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Rank Team Part Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Tahiti 3 11 11 0 0 67 4 +63 33
2  Samoa[a] 3 11 5 1 5 26 23 +3 16
3  Cook Islands 2 8 5 1 2 16 16 0 16
4  Tonga 3 11 3 2 6 13 28 –15 11
5  American Samoa 3 11 0 0 11 8 59 –51 0

Footnotes

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  1. ^ Includes participations as  Western Samoa from 1994.

References

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  1. ^ Fischer, Steven (2013). A History of the Pacific Islands (2nd ed.). London: Macmillan Education UK. p. 294. ISBN 1137088125.
  2. ^ Moon, Paul (May 1995). "Polynesia Cup". World Soccer: 53. Retrieved 10 February 2026.