1998 Melanesia Cup
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | Vanuatu |
| Dates | 5 September - 12 September |
| Teams | 5 (from 1 confederation) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |
 Fiji (4th title) |
| Runners-up |
 Vanuatu |
| Third place |
 Solomon Islands |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 10 |
| Goals scored | 31 (3.1 per match) |
The Melanesia Cup 1998 was the sixth Melanesia-wide football tournament ever held. It took place in Santo, Vanuatu and five teams participated: Fiji, Solomon Islands, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu and served for the second time as Oceania Nations Cup qualifyer.
The teams played each other according to a round-robin format with Fiji winning the tournament for the third time and qualifying to the Oceania Nations Cup 1998 along with Vanuatu.
Results
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fiji |
4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 10 |
| Vanuatu |
4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 7 |
| Solomon Islands |
4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 7 |
 Papua New Guinea |
4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 |
 New Caledonia |
4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 0 |
Fiji and Vanuatu qualified for Oceania Nations Cup 1998
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