 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Australia neTahiti vakatamba mitambo miviri kuti vasvike kumagumo nemasemi-fainari achitambwa pamatanho maviri. Nokuda kweAustralia, vakanga vasingadi kukwanisa kupinda mumutambo mukuru we 1996 OFC Nations Cupsechimwe chezvikwata zviviri zvinokodzera zvikwata kuti zvipfuure kuenda kunhanho yekupedzisira. Mumutambo wokupedzisira, vakatarisana neNew Zealand mumutambo wavo wokupedzisira. Mumutambo wekutanga wakatambirwa kuChristchurch, vakabata New Zealand mukukwikwidza kusingabatsiri neAustralia vachipambadza mikana mitatu yekuwana zvibodzwa kusanganisira imwe yakarova crossbar. Mumutambo wechipiri wakatambirwa kuNewcastle, Australia yakakunda New Zealand 3-0 kuti idzokere kumusha neTrans-Tasman Cup sezvo zvibodzwa zvaDamian Mori, Paul Wade naJoe Spiteri zvakachengetedza nzvimbo yavo mufainari. 