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{{Infobox international football competition
| tourney_name = Oceania Cup
| other_titles = 1973 OFC Kapu o Kīngitanga
| year = 1973
| image =
| size =
| caption =
| country = New Zealand
| dates = 17–24 February
| num_teams = 5
| confederations = 1
| venues = 1
| cities = 1
| champion = NZL
| count = 1
| second = TAH
| second-flagvar = 1946
| third = NCL
| third-flagvar = french
| fourth = New Hebrides
| fourth-flagvar = 1953
| matches = 12
| goals = 38
| attendance =
| top_scorer = {{flagicon|New Caledonia|french}} [[Segin Wayewol]] ({{Abbr|NCL|New Caledonia}})<br> {{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[Alan Marley]] <br> {{flagicon|Tahiti|1946}} [[Erroll Bennett]] ({{Abbr|TAH|Tahiti}}) <br> (3 goals each)
| player =
| updated =
| prevseason =
| nextseason = [[1980 OFC Nations Cup|1980]]
}}

The '''1973 [[OFC Nations Cup]]''' was the first [[Oceania Football Confederation|Oceania]]-wide football tournament ever held. It took place in [[New Zealand]] from 17 February 1973&ndash;24 February 1973. All matches were held at [[Newmarket Park]], in [[Auckland]], and five teams participated: [[New Zealand national football team|New Zealand]], [[New Caledonia national football team|New Caledonia]], [[Tahiti national football team|Tahiti]], [[Vanuatu national football team|New Hebrides]] (now known as [[Vanuatu]]) and [[Fiji national football team|Fiji]].

At the time, the [[Oceania Football Confederation]] was not considered a full [[FIFA]] Confederation, and as such allowed national teams unaffiliated with [[FIFA]] to enter.

The teams played each other according to a [[Round-robin tournament|round-robin format]], and the top two teams ([[New Zealand national football team|New Zealand]] and [[Tahiti national football team|Tahiti]]) played off in a final to determine the winner. [[New Caledonia national football team|New Caledonia]] and [[Vanuatu national football team|New Hebrides]] also played each other, on the same day as the final, to determine third place.

[[New Zealand national football team|New Zealand]] won the tournament with a 2–0 victory in the final, while [[New Caledonia national football team|New Caledonia]] retained third place by defeating [[Vanuatu national football team|New Hebrides]].

==Venues==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! rowspan="8" | {{location map+|New Zealand|width=225|float=center|caption=|places=
{{Location map~|New Zealand|coordinates={{coord|36|52|S|174|44|E}}|position=left|background=|label=[[Auckland]]}}
}}
|-
! [[Auckland]]
|-
| [[Newmarket Park]]
|-
| Capacity: '''14,000'''
|-
|}

==First round==
{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL
|update=complete|winpoints=2
|source=
|team1=NZL|name_NZL={{fb|NZL}}
|team2=TAH|name_TAH={{fb|TAH|1946}}
|team3=NCL|name_NCL={{fb|NCL|french}}
|team4=NHB|name_NHB={{fb|New Hebrides|1953}}
|team5=FIJ|name_FIJ={{fb|FIJ}}
|win_NZL=3|draw_NZL=1|loss_NZL=0|gf_NZL=11|ga_NZL=4
|win_TAH=3|draw_TAH=1|loss_TAH=0|gf_TAH=8|ga_TAH=2
|win_NCL=2|draw_NCL=0|loss_NCL=2|gf_NCL=8|ga_NCL=5
|win_NHB=1|draw_NHB=0|loss_NHB=3|gf_NHB=4|ga_NHB=9
|win_FIJ=0|draw_FIJ=0|loss_FIJ=4|gf_FIJ=2|ga_FIJ=13
|res_col_header=Q
|result1=F|result2=F|col_F=green1
|result3=TP|result4=TP|col_TP=blue1
|text_F=Advance to [[#Final|final]]
|text_TP=Advance to [[#Third place play-off|third place play-off]]
}}
{{footballbox
| date = 17 February 1973
| team1 = {{fb-rt|Tahiti|1946}}
| score = 2–1
| report = [https://www.rsssf.org/tables/73oc.html Report]
| team2 = {{fb|New Caledonia|french}}
| goals1 = [[Erroll Bennett]] {{goal|?}} <br> [[Alexis Tumahai]] {{goal|?}}
| goals2 = [[Roger Mandin]] {{goal|?}}
| stadium = [[Newmarket Park]], [[Auckland]]
| attendance = 
| referee = T. Delahunty ([[New Zealand]])
}}
{{footballbox
| date = 17 February 1973
| team1 = {{fb-rt|NZL}}
| score = 5–1
| report = [https://www.rsssf.org/tables/73oc.html Report]
| team2 = {{fb|Fiji}}
| goals1 = [[Brian Turner (footballer, born 1949)|Brian Turner]] {{goal|?}} <br> [[Dave Taylor (New Zealand footballer)|David Taylor]] {{goal|?}} <br> [[Geoff Brand]] {{goal|?}} <br> [[Malcolm Bland]] {{goal|?}} <br> [[Alan Vest]] {{goal|?}}
| goals2 = [[Terio Vakatawa]] {{goal|?}}
| stadium = [[Newmarket Park]], [[Auckland]]
| attendance = 
| referee = A. Nakagawa ([[New Caledonia]])
}}
----
{{footballbox
| date = 18 February 1973
| team1 = {{fb-rt|New Caledonia|french}}
| score = 4–1
| report = [https://www.rsssf.org/tables/73oc.html Report]
| team2 = {{fb|New Hebrides|1953}}
| goals1 = [[Jean Hmae]] {{goal|?||?}} <br> [[Segin Wayewol]] {{goal|?}} <br> [[Pierre Wacapo]] {{goal|?}}
| goals2 = [[Michael Dupuy]] {{goal|?}}
| stadium = [[Newmarket Park]], [[Auckland]]
| attendance = 
| referee = P. Tahuaitu ([[Tahiti]])
}}
{{footballbox
| date = 18 February 1973
| team1 = {{fb-rt|NZL}}
| score = 1–1
| report = [https://www.rsssf.org/tables/73oc.html Report]
| team2 = {{fb|Tahiti|1946}}
| goals1 = [[Alan Vest]] {{goal|?}}
| goals2 = [[Erroll Bennett]] {{goal|?}}
| stadium = [[Newmarket Park]], [[Auckland]]
| attendance = 
| referee = P. Raman ([[Fiji]])
}}
----
{{footballbox
| date = 20 February 1973
| team1 = {{fb-rt|New Caledonia|french}}
| score = 2–0
| report = [https://www.rsssf.org/tables/73oc.html Report]
| team2 = {{fb|Fiji}}
| goals1 = [[Segin Wayewol]] {{goal|?||?}}
| goals2 = 
| stadium = [[Newmarket Park]], [[Auckland]]
| attendance = 
| referee = B. Chaudet ([[New Hebrides]])
}}
{{footballbox
| date = 20 February 1973
| team1 = {{fb-rt|Tahiti|1946}}
| score = 1–0
| report = [https://www.rsssf.org/tables/73oc.html Report]
| team2 = {{fb|New Hebrides|1953}}
| goals1 = [[Erroll Bennett]] {{goal|?}}
| goals2 = 
| stadium = [[Newmarket Park]], [[Auckland]]
| attendance = 
| referee = A. Nakagawa ([[New Caledonia]])
}}
----
{{footballbox
| date = 21 February 1973
| team1 = {{fb-rt|New Hebrides|1953}}
| score = 2–1
| report = [https://www.rsssf.org/tables/73oc.html Report]
| team2 = {{fb|Fiji}}
| goals1 = [[Alick Saurei]] {{goal|?}} <br> [[Jacky Valette]] {{goal|?}}
| goals2 = [[Josateki Kurivitu]] {{goal|?}}
| stadium = [[Newmarket Park]], [[Auckland]]
| attendance = 
| referee = T. Delahunty ([[New Zealand]])
}}
{{footballbox
| date = 21 February 1973
| team1 = {{fb-rt|NZL}}
| score = 2–1
| report = [https://www.rsssf.org/tables/73oc.html Report]
| team2 = {{fb|New Caledonia|french}}
| goals1 = [[Alan Marley]] {{goal|?}} <br> [[Colin Latimour]] {{goal|?}}
| goals2 = [[Jean Xowie]] {{goal|?}}
| stadium = [[Newmarket Park]], [[Auckland]]
| attendance = 
| referee = B. Chaudet ([[New Hebrides]])
}}
----
{{footballbox
| date = 23 February 1973
| team1 = {{fb-rt|Tahiti|1946}}
| score = 4–0
| report = [https://www.rsssf.org/tables/73oc.html Report]
| team2 = {{fb|Fiji}}
| goals1 = [[Claude Carrara]] {{goal|?}} <br> [[Harold Ng Fok]] {{goal|?}} <br> [[Gilles Malinowski]] {{goal|?}} <br> [[Roland de Marigny]] {{goal|?}}
| goals2 = 
| stadium = [[Newmarket Park]], [[Auckland]]
| attendance = 
| referee = A. Nakagawa ([[New Caledonia]])
}}
{{footballbox
| date = 23 February 1973
| team1 = {{fb-rt|NZL}}
| score = 3–1
| report = [https://www.rsssf.org/tables/73oc.html Report]
| team2 = {{fb|New Hebrides|1953}}
| goals1 = [[Malcolm Bland]] {{goal|?}} <br> [[Brian Hardman]] {{goal|?}} <br> [[Alan Marley]] {{goal|?}}
| goals2 = [[Raymond Valette]] {{goal|?}}
| stadium = [[Newmarket Park]], [[Auckland]]
| attendance = 
| referee = P. Tahuaitu ([[Tahiti]])
}}

===Third place play-off===
{{footballbox
| date = 24 February 1973
| team1 = {{fb-rt|New Caledonia|french}} 
| score = 2–1 
| report = [https://www.rsssf.org/tables/73oc.html Report]
| team2 = {{fb|New Hebrides|1953}}
| goals1 = [[Gerald Delmas]] {{goal|?}} <br> [[Jean Xowie]] {{goal|?}}
| goals2 = [[Charles Galinie]] {{goal|?}}
| stadium = [[Newmarket Park]], [[Auckland]]
| attendance = 
| referee = P. Tahuaitu ([[Tahiti]])
}}

===Final===
{{main|1973 OFC Nations Cup Final}}

{{footballbox
| date = 24 February 1973
| team1 = {{fb-rt|New Zealand}} 
| score = 2–0 
| report = [https://www.rsssf.org/tables/73oc.html Report]
| team2 = {{fb|Tahiti|1946}} 
| goals1 = [[Dave Taylor (New Zealand footballer)|David Taylor]] {{goal|?}} <br> [[Alan Marley]] {{goal|?}}
| goals2 = 
| stadium = [[Newmarket Park]], [[Auckland]]
| attendance = 
| referee = B. Chaudet ([[New Hebrides]])
}}

{{winners|fb|1973 OFC Nations Cup winners|New Zealand|First}}

==Goalscorers==
{{Goalscorers
|goals=37 |matches=12

|3 goals=
* {{flagicon|NCL|french}} [[Segin Wayewol]] ({{Abbr|NCL|New Caledonia}})
* {{flagicon|NZL}} [[Alan Marley]]
* {{flagicon|TAH|1946}} [[Erroll Bennett]] ({{Abbr|TAH|Tahiti}})

|2 goals=
* {{flagicon|NCL|french}} [[Jean Hmae]] ({{Abbr|NCL|New Caledonia}})
* {{flagicon|NCL|french}} [[Jean Xowie]] ({{Abbr|NCL|New Caledonia}})
* {{flagicon|NZL}} [[Malcolm Bland]]
* {{flagicon|NZL}} [[Dave Taylor (New Zealand footballer)|David Taylor]]
* {{flagicon|NZL}} [[Alan Vest]]

|1 goal=
* {{flagicon|FIJ}} [[Josateki Kurivitu]]
* {{flagicon|FIJ}} [[Terio Vakatawa]]
* {{flagicon|NCL|french}} [[Gerald Delmas]] ({{Abbr|NCL|New Caledonia}})
* {{flagicon|NCL|french}} [[Roger Mandin]] ({{Abbr|NCL|New Caledonia}})
* {{flagicon|NCL|french}} [[Pierre Wacapo]] ({{Abbr|NCL|New Caledonia}})
* {{flagicon|New Hebrides|1953}} [[Michael Dupuy]]
* {{flagicon|New Hebrides|1953}} [[Charles Galinie]]
* {{flagicon|New Hebrides|1953}} [[Alick Saurei]]
* {{flagicon|New Hebrides|1953}} [[Jacky Valette]]
* {{flagicon|New Hebrides|1953}} [[Raymond Valette]]
* {{flagicon|NZL}} [[Geoff Brand]]
* {{flagicon|NZL}} [[Brian Hardman]]
* {{flagicon|NZL}} [[Colin Latimour]]
* {{flagicon|NZL}} [[Brian Turner (footballer, born 1949)|Brian Turner]]
* {{flagicon|TAH|1946}} [[Claude Carrara]] ({{Abbr|TAH|Tahiti}})
* {{flagicon|TAH|1946}} [[Harold Ng Fok]] ({{Abbr|TAH|Tahiti}})
* {{flagicon|TAH|1946}} [[Gilles Malinowski]] ({{Abbr|TAH|Tahiti}})
* {{flagicon|TAH|1946}} [[Roland de Marigny (footballer)|Roland de Marigny]] ({{Abbr|TAH|Tahiti}})
* {{flagicon|TAH|1946}} [[Alexis Tumahai]] ({{Abbr|TAH|Tahiti}})
}}

==References==
* [https://www.rsssf.org/tableso/oceania-cup.html rec.sports.soccer Statistics Foundation page on Oceania Cup]. Accessed 6 September 2005.
* [https://www.rsssf.org/tables/73oc.html rec.sports.soccer Statistics Foundation 1973 Oceania Cup results]. Accessed 6 September 2005.

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