OCEANIAN PLAYER OF THE YEAR
This award is chosen by journalists, originating in 1998 and can be given to any player originating from the Oceania region. This includes French international, Christian Karembeu who came from New Caledonia. The results in 2000 are:
| RANK | NAME | NATIONALITY |
VOTES |
| 1 | Mark Viduka | Australia | 118 |
| 2 | Harry Kewell | Australia | 104 |
| 3 | Simon Elliott | New Zealand | 27 |
| Richard Iwai | Vanuatu | 27 | |
| 5 | Brett Emerton | Australia | 21 |
| 6 | Danny Tiatto | Australia | 20 |
| 7 | Christian Karembeu | New Caledonia | 19 |
| Tony Vidmar | Australia | 19 | |
| 9 | Paul Okon | Australia | 13 |
| 10 | Commins Menapi | Soloman Islands | 11 |
Mark Viduka, who won the Scottish Footballer of the Year award for his 1999/00 season and who has also been impressing at Leeds since his move, won the award. Harry Kewell came second despite being injured for the second half of the year. Previous winners of the award are:
| YEAR | NAME | NATIONALITY |
| 1988 | Frank Farina | Australia |
| 1989 | Wynton Rufer | New Zealand |
| 1990 | Wynton Rufer | New Zealand |
| 1991 | Robbie Slater | Australia |
| 1992 | Wynton Rufer | New Zealand |
| 1993 | Robbie Slater | Australia |
| 1994 | Aurelio Vidmar | Australia |
| 1995 | Christian Karembeu | France |
| 1996 | Paul Okon | Australia |
| 1997 | Mark Bosnich | Australia |
| 1998 | Christian Karembeu | France |
| 1999 | Harry Kewell | Australia |
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