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| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | Vanuatu |
| Dates | 5–12 September |
| Teams | 5 (from 1 confederation) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Fiji (4th title) |
| Runners-up |  Vanuatu |
| Third place |  Solomon Islands |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 10 |
| Goals scored | 31 (3.1 per match) |
The Melanesia Cup 1998 was the sixth Melanesia-wide football tournament ever held. It took place in Santo, Vanuatu and five teams participated: Fiji, Solomon Islands, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu and served for the second time as Oceania Nations Cup qualifier.
The teams played each other according to a round-robin format with Fiji winning the tournament for the third time and qualifying to the Oceania Nations Cup 1998 along with Vanuatu.