Polynesia Cup
International football tournament in Oceania
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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
Results
| 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
Total Wins
| 3 |  Tahiti | 1994, 1998, 2000 | |
All-time table
| 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
- Includes participations as
Western Samoa from 1994.