| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | Cook Islands |
| Teams | 5 (from 1 confederation) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Tahiti (2nd title) |
| Runners-up |  Cook Islands |
| Third place |  Samoa |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 10 |
| Goals scored | 51 (5.1 per match) |
The Polynesia Cup 1998 was the second Polynesia-wide tournament ever held. It took place in Cook Islands and five teams participated: Tahiti, Samoa, American Samoa, Tonga and the hosts Cook Islands for the first time and served for the second time as Oceania Nations Cup qualifier.
The teams played each other according to a round-robin format with Tahiti national football winning the tournament for the second time and qualifying to the Oceania Nations Cup 1998 along with Cook Islands.