The Draw:
2 members (Australia and New Zealand) are seeded bye for this stage.
9 memeber nations and New Caledonia as a provisional member play this stage.
10 nations play in two groups.
9 nations are ranked according to Oct 22, 2003 FIFA World Ranking. New Caledonia was placed as the 8th moving 8th through 11th to 10th through 12th position, according to their playing strengths. They finished 8th in 2002 OFC Nations Cup and 2nd at 2003 South Pacific Games.
Pot A: Tahiti, Fiji
Pot B: Solomon Islands, Vanuatu
Pot C: Papua New Guinea, New Caledonia
Pot D: Samoa, Tonga
Pot E: Cook Islands, American Samoa
Top two nations in each group qualify to Stage 2.
The Games
Group 1:
G W D L F A P
Solomon Islands 4 3 1 0 14 1 10
Tahiti 4 2 2 0 5 1 8
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New Caledonia 4 2 1 1 16 2 7
Tonga 4 1 0 3 2 17 3
Cook Islands 4 0 0 4 1 17 0
All games in Solomon Islands
10.05.04 Tonga 0-6 Solomon Islands
10.05.04 Tahiti 2-0 Cook Islands
12.05.04 Solomon Islands 5-0 Cook Islands
12.05.04 Tahiti 0-0 New Caledonia
15.05.04 Tonga 2-1 Cook Islands
15.05.04 Solomon Islands 2-0 New Caledonia
17.05.04 New Caledonia 8-0 Cook Islands
17.05.04 Tahiti 2-0 Tonga
19.05.04 New Caledonia 8-0 Tonga
19.05.04 Tahiti 1-1 Solomon Islands
Group 2:
G W D L F A P
Vanuatu 4 3 1 0 16 2 10
Fiji 4 3 0 1 19 5 9
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Papua New Guinea 4 2 1 1 17 6 7
Samoa 4 1 0 3 5 11 3
American Samoa 4 0 0 4 1 44 0
All games in Guadeloupe
10.05.04 Papua New Guinea 1-1 Vanuatu
10.05.04 Samoa 4-0 American Samoa
12.05.04 American Samoa 1-9 Vanuatu
12.05.04 Fiji 4-2 Papua New Guinea
15.05.04 Fiji 11-0 American Samoa
15.05.04 Samoa 0-3 Vanuatu
17.05.04 American Samoa 0-10 Papua New Guinea
17.05.04 Fiji 4-0 Samoa
19.05.04 Fiji 0-3 Vanuatu
19.05.04 Papua New Guinea 4-1 Samoa
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