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 OFC 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 1998 OFC Nations Cup along with Vanuatu.
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Fiji and Vanuatu qualified for Oceania Nations Cup 1998