1998 OFC Women's Championship explained

Tourney Name:	OFC Women's Championship
Year:	1998
Dates:	9–17 October
Country:	New Zealand
Num Teams:	6
Confederations:	1
Venues:	1
Cities:	1
Count:	2
Matches:	10
Goals:	112
Top Scorer:	Pernille Andersen (15 goals)
Prevseason:	1994
Nextseason:	2003

The 1998 OFC Women's Championship, also known as the VI Ladies Oceania Nations Cup^[1] was held in Auckland, New Zealand between 9 October & 17 October 1998. It was the sixth staging of the OFC Women's Championship. The 1998 OFC Women's Championship, like its previous edition, served as the OFC's qualifying tournament for the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup. OFC's only berth was given to the winner – Australia.

Participating nations

Of the twelve nations affiliated to the Oceania Football Confederation, six entered the tournament.

Tournament appearance	Last appearance	Previous best performance
1st	—	—
6th		Winners (1994)
2nd		4th (1983)
6th		Winners (1983, 1991)
4th		3rd (1991, 1994)
1st	—	—

Did not enter

First round

Group A

width=175	Team	width=20 abbr="Played"	Pld	width=20 abbr="Won"	W	width=20 abbr="Drawn"	D	width=20 abbr="Lost"	L	width=20 abbr="Goals for"	GF	width=20 abbr="Goals against"	GA	width=20 abbr="Goal difference"	GD	width=20 abbr="Points"	Pts
	2	2	0	0	35	0	+35	6
	2	1	0	1	5	14	−9	3
	2	0	0	2	0	26	−26	0

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Group B

width=175	Team	width=20 abbr="Played"	Pld	width=20 abbr="Won"	W	width=20 abbr="Drawn"	D	width=20 abbr="Lost"	L	width=20 abbr="Goals for"	GF	width=20 abbr="Goals against"	GA	width=20 abbr="Goal difference"	GD	width=20 abbr="Points"	Pts
	2	2	0	0	29	0	+29	6
	2	1	0	1	9	8	+1	3
	2	0	0	2	0	30	−30	0