| date | venue | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | aggr. | | Iran qualified on away goals rule | | 22.11.97 | Tehran | Iran | 1-1 |  Australia | 1-1 | 3-3 | | 29.11.97 | Melbourne | Australia | 2-2 | Iran | 2-0 | | Oceania Play-Off | | 28.06.97 | Auckland |  New Zealand | 0-3 | Australia | 0-2 | 0-5 | | 06.07.97 | Sydney | Australia | 2-0 | New Zealand | 1-0 |
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| Group A | p | w | d | l | gf | ga | | 1. Australia | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 26: | 2 | | 2. Solomon Islands | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7: | 21 | | 3. Tahiti | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2: | 12 |
| Team | Au | So | Ta | | Australia | --- | 13:0 | 5:0 | | Solomon Islands | 2:6 | --- | 4:1 | | Tahiti | 0:2 | 1:1 | --- |
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| date | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | | played at Sydney (AUS) | | 11.06.97 | Australia | 13-0 | Solomon Islands | 4-0 | | 13.06.97 | Australia | 5-0 | Tahiti | 3-0 | | 15.06.97 | Solomon Islands | 4-1 | Tahiti | 2-0 | | 17.06.97 | Solomon Islands | 2-6 | Australia | 0-3 | | 19.06.97 | Tahiti | 0-2 | Australia | 0-1 | | 21.06.97 | Tahiti | 1-1 | Solomon Islands | 1-1 |
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| Group B | p | w | d | l | gf | ga | | 1. New Zealand | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13: | 1 | | 2. Fiji | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4: | 7 | | 3. Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2: | 11 |
| Team | Ne | Fi | Pa | | New Zealand | --- | 5:0 | 7:0 | | Fiji | 0:1 | --- | 3:1 | | Papua New Guinea | 1:0 | 0:1 | --- |
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| date | venue | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | | 31.05.97 | Port Morsby |  Papua New Guinea | 1-0 | New Zealand | 0-0 | | 07.06.97 | Ba |  Fiji | 0-1 | New Zealand | 0-0 | | 11.06.97 | Auckland | New Zealand | 7-0 | Papua New Guinea | 5-0 | | 15.06.97 | Ba | Fiji | 3-1 | Papua New Guinea | 2-0 | | 18.06.97 | Auckland | New Zealand | 5-0 | Fiji | 1-0 | | 21.06.97 | Port Morsby | Papua New Guinea | 0-1 | Fiji | 0-1 | | 31.05.97 | Port Morsby | Papua New Guinea | 1-0 | New Zealand | 0-0 |
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| date | venue | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | aggr. | | 15.02.97 | Nukualofa |  Tonga | 0-4 | Solomon Islands | 0-1 | 0-13 | | 01.03.97 | Honiara | Solomon Islands | 9-0 | Tonga | 4-0 |
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| Group A-I | p | w | d | l | gf | ga | | 1. Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3: | 2 | | 2. Solomon Islands | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2: | 2 | | 3. Vanuatu | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2: | 3 |
| Team | Pa | So | Va | | Papua New Guinea | --- | 1:1 | 2:1 | | Solomon Islands | | --- | 1:1 | | Vanuatu | | | --- |
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| date | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | | played at Lae (PNG) | | 16.09.96 | Papua New Guinea | 1-1 | Solomon Islands | 1-0 | | 18.09.96 | Solomon Islands | 1-1 | Vanuatu | 1-1 | | 20.09.96 | Papua New Guinea | 2-1 | Vanuatu | 0-1 |
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| Group B-I | p | w | d | l | gf | ga | | 1. Tonga | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3: | 0 | | 2. Samoa | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2: | 2 | | 3. Cook Islands | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1: | 4 |
| Team | To | Sa | Co | | Tonga | --- | 1:0 | 2:0 | | Samoa | | --- | 2:1 | | Cook Islands | | | --- |
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| date | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | | played at Tonga | | 11.11.96 | Tonga | 2-0 |  Cook Islands | 1-0 | | 13.11.96 |  Samoa | 2-1 | Cook Islands | 2-0 | | 15.11.96 | Tonga | 1-0 | Samoa | 1-0 |
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