2016 OFC Nations Cup

2016 OFC Nations Cup
Tournament details
Host country  Papua New Guinea
Dates 28 May – 11 June 2016
Teams 8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  New Zealand (5th title)
Runners-up  Papua New Guinea
Tournament statistics
Matches played 15
Goals scored 48 (3.2 per match)
Attendance 41,996 (2,800 per match)
Top scorer(s) Papua New Guinea Raymond Gunemba (5 goals)
Best player Papua New Guinea David Muta
Best goalkeeper New Zealand Stefan Marinovic
Fair play award  New Caledonia

The 2016 OFC Nations Cup was the 10th edition of the OFC Nations Cup, the quadrennial international men's football championship of Oceania organised by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC). The tournament was played between 28 May and 11 June 2016 in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.[1] The winner (New Zealand) qualified for the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup in Russia.

Similar to the previous edition in 2012, the tournament also doubled as the second round of the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification tournament for the Oceania region. The top six teams of this tournament (i.e. the top three teams of each group in the group stage) advanced to the third round of World Cup qualifying, to be played between March and October 2017, with the winners of the third round proceeding to the inter-confederation play-offs in November 2017.[2][3][4] This means that once again, the team that wins the qualifying competition and advances to the intercontinental play-off may be different from the team that wins the OFC Nations Cup and represents the OFC at the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup.

The defending champions Tahiti, who had won their first title at the 2012 OFC Nations Cup, [5] were eliminated in the Group Stage.

Host selection

Tahiti, Fiji, Papua New Guinea and New Zealand were expected to bid to host the event.[6] On 16 October 2015, OFC President David Chung confirmed that Papua New Guinea was the only member association to present a bid to host the 2016 OFC Nations Cup.[7] The OFC confirmed Papua New Guinea as hosts on 30 October 2015.[1]

Qualification

All 11 FIFA-affiliated national teams from OFC entered the OFC Nations Cup.[8][9] The seven highest ranked teams (based on FIFA World Ranking and sporting reasons) among the 11 OFC entrants automatically qualified.

The 4 teams which competed in the qualification round of the 2012 tournament – American Samoa, Cook Islands, Samoa and Tonga – once again competed in a preliminary round. This was a round-robin tournament, held in one location (Tonga).[9] The winners of the tournament, Samoa, qualified to compete alongside the remaining 7 Oceania nations.

Qualified teams

Team Method of
qualification		 Date of
qualification		 Finals
appearance		 Last
appearance		 Previous best
performance		 FIFA ranking
at start of event[10]
 Fiji Automatic 29 March 2014 8th 2012 3rd (1998, 2008) 183
 New Caledonia Automatic 29 March 2014 6th 2012 2nd (2008, 2012) 191
 New Zealand Automatic 29 March 2014 10th 2012 Winners (1973, 1998, 2002, 2008) 161
 Papua New Guinea Automatic 29 March 2014 4th 2012 R1 (1980, 2002, 2012) 198
 Solomon Islands Automatic 29 March 2014 7th 2012 2nd (2004) 192
 Tahiti Automatic 29 March 2014 9th 2012 Winners (2012) 196
 Vanuatu Automatic 29 March 2014 9th 2012 4th (1973, 2000, 2002, 2008) 181
 Samoa Qualifying winner 4 September 2015 2nd 2012 R1 (2012) 170

Format

The format of the OFC Nations Cup is as follows:

The OFC have considered different proposals of the 2016 OFC Nations Cup.[9] A previous proposal adopted by the OFC in October 2014 had the eight teams divided into two groups of four teams to play home-and-away round-robin matches in the second round, followed by the top two teams of each group advancing to the third round to play in a single group of home-and-away round-robin matches to decide the winner of the 2016 OFC Nations Cup which would both qualify to the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup and advance to the inter-confederation play-offs.[11] However, it was later reported in April 2015 that the OFC had reversed its decision, and the 2016 OFC Nations Cup will be played as a one-off tournament similar to the 2012 OFC Nations Cup.[6]

Venues

The tournament was played at a single venue in Port Moresby.

Port Moresby
Sir John Guise Stadium
9°26′27″S 147°11′07″E / 9.440893°S 147.185355°E / -9.440893; 147.185355 (Sir John Guise Stadium)

Squads

Officials

10 referees and 12 assistant referees were named for the tournament.[12]

Referees
Assistant Referees
  • Cook Islands John Pareanga
  • Fiji Ravinesh Kumar
  • Fiji Avinesh Narayan
  • New Caledonia Bertrand Brial
  • New Zealand Mark Rule
  • Papua New Guinea Norman Sali
  • Papua New Guinea Noah Kusunan
  • Solomon Islands Johnny Niabo
  • French Polynesia Phillippe Revel
  • Tonga Folio Moeaki
  • Tonga Tevita Makasini
  • Vanuatu Hilmon Sese

Draw

The draw for the 2016 OFC Nations Cup was held as part of the 2018 FIFA World Cup Preliminary Draw on 25 July 2015, starting 18:00 MSK (UTC+3), at the Konstantinovsky Palace in Strelna, Saint Petersburg, Russia.[13][14]

The seeding was based on the FIFA World Rankings of July 2015 (shown in parentheses).[13][15] The eight teams were seeded into two pots:

Each group contained two teams from Pot 1 and two teams from Pot 2. As the draw was held before the first round was played, the identity of the first round winner was not known at the time of the draw. The fixtures of each group were decided based on the draw position of each team (teams in Pot 1 drawn to position 1 or 2, teams in Pot 2 drawn to position 3 or 4).

Note: Bolded teams qualified for the World Cup qualifying third round.

Pot 1 Pot 2
  1.  New Zealand (136)
  2.  New Caledonia (167)
  3.  Tahiti (188)
  4.  Solomon Islands (191)
  1.  Vanuatu (197)
  2.  Fiji (199)
  3.  Papua New Guinea (202)
  4.  Samoa (198) (first round winner)

Group stage

All times are local, UTC+10.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Papua New Guinea (H) 3 1 2 0 11 3 +8 5 Qualification to Nations Cup knockout stage
and World Cup qualifying third round
2  New Caledonia 3 1 2 0 9 2 +7 5
3  Tahiti 3 1 2 0 7 3 +4 5 Qualification to World Cup qualifying third round
4  Samoa 3 0 0 3 0 19 −19 0
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Host.

29 May 2016 (2016-05-29)
19:00
Tahiti  4–0  Samoa
T. Tehau  2', 5'
Chong Hue  15'
A. Tehau  39'		 Report (FIFA)
Report (OFC)
Sir John Guise Stadium, Port Moresby
Attendance: 4,720
Referee: Ravitesh Behari (Fiji)

1 June 2016 (2016-06-01)
16:00
Papua New Guinea  2–2  Tahiti
Gunemba  45+1', 64' Report (FIFA)
Report (OFC)		 A. Tehau  66'
T. Tehau  76'
Sir John Guise Stadium, Port Moresby
Attendance: 1,643
Referee: Nick Waldron (New Zealand)

1 June 2016 (2016-06-01)
19:00
New Caledonia  7–0  Samoa
Kayara  18', 30'
Nemia  28'
Zeoula  38' (pen.)
Wadriako  53'
Cexome  79'
Dahite  89' (pen.)		 Report (FIFA)
Report (OFC)
Sir John Guise Stadium, Port Moresby
Attendance: 2,015
Referee: Robinson Banga (Vanuatu)

5 June 2016 (2016-06-05)
16:00
Papua New Guinea  8–0  Samoa
Foster  13', 51'
Gunemba  33', 63', 85'
Dabingyaba  58', 74'
Upaiga  67'		 Report (FIFA)
Report (OFC)
Sir John Guise Stadium, Port Moresby
Attendance: 2,678
Referee: Joel Hopkken (Vanuatu)

5 June 2016 (2016-06-05)
19:00
Tahiti  1–1  New Caledonia
T. Tehau  90+2' Report (FIFA)
Report (OFC)		 Kaï  80'
Sir John Guise Stadium, Port Moresby
Attendance: 3,158
Referee: Nick Waldron (New Zealand)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  New Zealand 3 3 0 0 9 1 +8 9 Qualification to Nations Cup knockout stage
and World Cup qualifying third round
2  Solomon Islands 3 1 0 2 1 2 −1 3
3  Fiji 3 1 0 2 4 6 −2 3 Qualification to World Cup qualifying third round
4  Vanuatu 3 1 0 2 3 8 −5 3
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

28 May 2016 (2016-05-28)
16:00
New Zealand  3–1  Fiji
Tzimopoulos  16'
Fallon  41'
Wood  61' (pen.)		 Report (FIFA)
Report (OFC)		 Krishna  45+2' (pen.)

28 May 2016 (2016-05-28)
19:00
Vanuatu  0–1  Solomon Islands
Report (FIFA)
Report (OFC)		 Donga  19'
Sir John Guise Stadium, Port Moresby
Attendance: 1,611
Referee: Médéric Lacour (New Caledonia)

31 May 2016 (2016-05-31)
16:00
Vanuatu  0–5  New Zealand
Report (FIFA)
Report (OFC)		 Wood  4', 5'
McGlinchey  10'
Fallon  19'
Barbarouses  45'
Sir John Guise Stadium, Port Moresby
Attendance: 520
Referee: Amos Anio (Papua New Guinea)

31 May 2016 (2016-05-31)
19:00
Solomon Islands  0–1  Fiji
Report (FIFA)
Report (OFC)		 Krishna  85' (pen.)

4 June 2016 (2016-06-04)
16:00
Fiji  2–3  Vanuatu
Kautoga  51'
Krishna  69'		 Report (FIFA)
Report (OFC)		 Fred  19'
Masauvakalo  41'
B. Kaltack  75' (pen.)

4 June 2016 (2016-06-04)
19:00
New Zealand  1–0  Solomon Islands
Adams  80' Report (FIFA)
Report (OFC)

Knockout stage

If tied after regulation, extra time and, if necessary, penalty shoot-out would be used to decide the winner. All times are local, UTC+10.

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
8 June — Port Moresby
 
 
 New Zealand1
 
11 June — Port Moresby
 
 New Caledonia0
 
 New Zealand (pen.)0 (4)
 
8 June — Port Moresby
 
 Papua New Guinea0 (2)
 
 Papua New Guinea2
 
 
 Solomon Islands1
 

Semi-finals

8 June 2016 (2016-06-08)
16:10
New Zealand  1–0  New Caledonia
Wood  49' Report (FIFA)
Report (OFC)

Final

Goalscorers

There were 48 goals scored in 15 matches, for an average of 3.2 goals per match.

5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

Awards

Award[17] Player Team
Golden Ball David Muta  Papua New Guinea
Golden Boot Raymond Gunemba  Papua New Guinea
Golden Gloves Stefan Marinovic  New Zealand
Fair Play Award —  New Caledonia

Broadcasting rights

Country Broadcaster Ref.
OFC OFC TV [18]
 Asia Pacific Fox Sports
 South Asia Star Sports
 European Union Eurosport
 Australia SBS [19]
 Fiji FBC TV [20]
 French Polynesia Tahiti Nui TV [19]
 New Caledonia Nouvelle-Calédonie 1re [19]
 New Zealand Sky Sport [19]
 Papua New Guinea EM TV [19]
 Samoa TV1 Samoa [19]
 Solomon Islands Telekom Television [19]
 Vanuatu Television Blong Vanuatu [19]

References

  1. 1 2 "Prestigious honour for Papua New Guinea". Oceania Football Confederation. 29 October 2015.
  2. ↑ "Current allocation of FIFA World Cup™ confederation slots maintained". FIFA.com. 30 May 2015.
  3. ↑ "Preliminary competition format outlined". Oceania Football Confederation. 10 July 2015.
  4. ↑ "Preliminary Draw procedures outlined". fifa.com. 9 July 2015. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  5. ↑ "Tahiti wins 2012 Oceania Nations Cup". Goal.com. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
  6. 1 2 "Football: Heat goes on NZ after switch". New Zealand Herald. 12 April 2015.
  7. ↑ "Stakeholders confident moving forward". Oceania Football Confederation. 16 October 2015.
  8. ↑ "Road to Russia with new milestone". FIFA.com. 15 January 2015.
  9. 1 2 3 "OFC Executive Committee decisions". OFC. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
  10. ↑ "FIFA Men's Ranking – May 2016 (OFC)". FIFA.com. 5 May 2016.
  11. ↑ "OFC Executive Committee outcomes". Oceania Football Confederation. 20 October 2014. Archived from the original on 5 July 2015.
  12. ↑ "Officials confirmed for OFC Nations Cup". Oceania Football Confederation. 15 May 2016.
  13. 1 2 "Draw Procedures – Oceanian Zone" (PDF). FIFA.com.
  14. ↑ "World Cup path laid out for Oceania". OFC. 26 July 2015.
  15. ↑ "FIFA Men's Ranking – July 2015 (OFC)". FIFA.com. 9 July 2015.
  16. ↑ "Regulations – 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia" (PDF). FIFA.com.
  17. ↑ "New Zealand triumphant". Oceania Football Confederation. 11 June 2016.
  18. ↑ "OFC Nations Cup Live Streaming". oceaniafootball.com.
  19. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "OFC Nations Cup Programme by OFC Football". oceaniafootball.com.
  20. ↑ "High hopes for OFC Nations Cup". fbc.com.fj.

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