The MSG Prime Minister's Cup, formerly known as Melanesia Cup, is an association football championship played between the Melanesian countries, it was used (along with the Polynesia Cup) for qualification to the Oceania Nations Cup. The original tournament used a round-robin format involving every team playing each other once at the tournaments location.
In 2008, the Wantok Cup was established as a competition between Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu. It was described by the Oceania Football Confederation as "a tournament reminiscent of the now defunct Melanesian Cup". [1]
In 2022 the tournament was revived under the current name, the MSG Prime Minister's Cup, after more than twenty years. [2] It is organised by the Melanesian Spearhead Group. [3]
5 | Fiji | 1988, 1989, 1992, 1998, 2000 |
2 | Solomon Islands | 1994, 2023 |
1 | Vanuatu | 1990 |
1 | Papua New Guinea | 2022 |
Year | Host | Winner | Runner-up | 3rd Place | 4th Place | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Melanesia Cup | |||||||||
1988 Details |
Solomon Islands | Fiji |
Solomon Islands |
Vanuatu |
New Caledonia | ||||
1989 Details |
Fiji | Fiji |
New Caledonia |
Solomon Islands |
Papua New Guinea | ||||
1990 Details |
Vanuatu | Vanuatu |
New Caledonia |
Fiji |
Solomon Islands | ||||
1992 Details |
Vanuatu | Fiji |
New Caledonia |
Solomon Islands |
Vanuatu | ||||
1994 Details |
Solomon Islands | Solomon Islands |
Fiji |
Papua New Guinea |
New Caledonia | ||||
1998 Details |
Vanuatu | Fiji |
Vanuatu |
Solomon Islands |
Papua New Guinea | ||||
2000 Details |
Fiji | Fiji |
Solomon Islands |
Vanuatu |
New Caledonia | ||||
MSG Prime Minister's Cup | |||||||||
2022 Details |
Vanuatu | Papua New Guinea |
Vanuatu (Development Team) |
Fiji |
Solomon Islands | ||||
2023 Details |
New Caledonia | Solomon Islands |
New Caledonia |
Vanuatu |
Papua New Guinea |
Source: https://www.rsssf.org/tablesm/melanesiacup.html
The MSG Prime Minister's Cup, formerly known as Melanesia Cup, is an association football championship played between the Melanesian countries, it was used (along with the Polynesia Cup) for qualification to the Oceania Nations Cup. The original tournament used a round-robin format involving every team playing each other once at the tournaments location.
In 2008, the Wantok Cup was established as a competition between Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu. It was described by the Oceania Football Confederation as "a tournament reminiscent of the now defunct Melanesian Cup". [1]
In 2022 the tournament was revived under the current name, the MSG Prime Minister's Cup, after more than twenty years. [2] It is organised by the Melanesian Spearhead Group. [3]
5 | Fiji | 1988, 1989, 1992, 1998, 2000 |
2 | Solomon Islands | 1994, 2023 |
1 | Vanuatu | 1990 |
1 | Papua New Guinea | 2022 |
Year | Host | Winner | Runner-up | 3rd Place | 4th Place | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Melanesia Cup | |||||||||
1988 Details |
Solomon Islands | Fiji |
Solomon Islands |
Vanuatu |
New Caledonia | ||||
1989 Details |
Fiji | Fiji |
New Caledonia |
Solomon Islands |
Papua New Guinea | ||||
1990 Details |
Vanuatu | Vanuatu |
New Caledonia |
Fiji |
Solomon Islands | ||||
1992 Details |
Vanuatu | Fiji |
New Caledonia |
Solomon Islands |
Vanuatu | ||||
1994 Details |
Solomon Islands | Solomon Islands |
Fiji |
Papua New Guinea |
New Caledonia | ||||
1998 Details |
Vanuatu | Fiji |
Vanuatu |
Solomon Islands |
Papua New Guinea | ||||
2000 Details |
Fiji | Fiji |
Solomon Islands |
Vanuatu |
New Caledonia | ||||
MSG Prime Minister's Cup | |||||||||
2022 Details |
Vanuatu | Papua New Guinea |
Vanuatu (Development Team) |
Fiji |
Solomon Islands | ||||
2023 Details |
New Caledonia | Solomon Islands |
New Caledonia |
Vanuatu |
Papua New Guinea |
Source: https://www.rsssf.org/tablesm/melanesiacup.html