2016 OFC Nations Cup

April 2020 OFC Nations Cup 2016 Logo OFC Nations Cup Papua New Guinea 28 May – 11 June 8 1 1 1 NZL 5 PNG 15 48 PNG Raymond Gunemba (5 goals) PNG David Muta NZL Stefan Marinovic NCL 2012 2020 2024 The 2016 OFC Nations Cup was the tenth 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.http://www.oceaniafootball.com/ofc/News/ViewArticle/tabid/125/Article/525254ae-a820-4547-8e7c-da0679f39eb9/language/en-US/Default.aspx Prestigious honour for Papua New Guinea Oceania Football Confederation 29 October 2015 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20151117033519/http://www.oceaniafootball.com/ofc/News/ViewArticle/tabid/125/Article/525254ae-a820-4547-8e7c-da0679f39eb9/language/en-US/Default.aspx 17 November 2015 The winner (New Zealand for the record-breaking fifth time) qualified for the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup in Russia. Similar to the previous edition in 2012, the group stage of 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.https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/y=2015/m=5/news=current-allocation-of-fifa-world-cuptm-confederation-slots-maintained-2610611.html https://web.archive.org/web/20150530211217/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/y=2015/m=5/news=current-allocation-of-fifa-world-cuptm-confederation-slots-maintained-2610611.html dead 30 May 2015 Current allocation of FIFA World Cup confederation slots maintained FIFA.com 30 May 2015http://www.oceaniafootball.com/ofc/News/ViewArticle/tabid/125/Article/cd6d379a-250c-4b3a-accc-d87b00be8121/language/en-US/Default.aspx Preliminary competition format outlined Oceania Football Confederation 10 July 2015 11 July 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150711014742/http://www.oceaniafootball.com/ofc/News/ViewArticle/tabid/125/Article/cd6d379a-250c-4b3a-accc-d87b00be8121/language/en-US/Default.aspx 11 July 2015 deadhttps://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/y=2015/m=7/news=preliminary-draw-procedures-outlined-2661542.html https://web.archive.org/web/20150712005248/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/y=2015/m=7/news=preliminary-draw-procedures-outlined-2661542.html dead 12 July 2015 Preliminary Draw procedures outlined FIFA.com 9 July 2015 9 July 2015 This meant that once again, the team that won the qualifying competition and advanced to the intercontinental play-off could be different from the team that won the OFC Nations Cup and represented the OFC at the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup. The defending champions Tahiti, who had won their first title at the 2012 OFC Nations Cup,Tahiti wins 2012 Oceania Nations Cup http://www.goal.com/en-india/news/572/internationals/2012/06/10/3162830/tahiti-wins-2012-oceania-nations-cup Goal.com 20 May 2014 17 February 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150217233314/http://www.goal.com/en-india/news/572/internationals/2012/06/10/3162830/tahiti-wins-2012-oceania-nations-cup dead were eliminated in the group stage. Host selection Tahiti, Fiji, Papua New Guinea and New Zealand were expected to bid to host the event. 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.http://www.oceaniafootball.com/ofc/News/ViewArticle/tabid/125/Article/e4659ed9-4ad3-4a5f-b08b-af0233669234/language/en-US/Default.aspx Stakeholders confident moving forward Oceania Football Confederation 16 October 2015 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20151020003302/http://www.oceaniafootball.com/ofc/News/ViewArticle/tabid/125/Article/e4659ed9-4ad3-4a5f-b08b-af0233669234/language/en-US/Default.aspx 20 October 2015 The OFC confirmed Papua New Guinea as hosts on 30 October 2015. Teams 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – OFC first round All 11 FIFA-affiliated national teams from OFC entered the OFC Nations Cup.https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/russia2018/news/newsid=2507253/index.html https://web.archive.org/web/20150115183352/http://www.fifa.com//worldcup/russia2018/news/newsid=2507253/index.html dead 15 January 2015 Road to Russia with new milestone FIFA.com 15 January 2015 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). The winners of the tournament, Samoa, qualified to compete alongside the remaining 7 Oceania nations. Qualified teams Team Method ofqualification Date ofqualification Finalsappearance Lastappearance Previous bestperformance FIFA rankingat start of eventhttps://www.fifa.com/fifa-world-ranking/ranking-table/men/rank=262/ofc.html https://web.archive.org/web/20160610155809/http://www.fifa.com/fifa-world-ranking/ranking-table/men/rank=262/ofc.html dead 10 June 2016 FIFA Men's Ranking – May 2016 (OFC) FIFA.com 5 May 2016 FIJ Automatic 01 29 March 2014 8 8th 2012 3 3rd (1998, 2008) 183 NCL Automatic 01 29 March 2014 6 6th 2012 2 2nd (2008, 2012) 191 NZL Automatic 01 29 March 2014 10 10th 2012 1 Winners (1973, 1998, 2002, 2008) 161 PNG Automatic 01 29 March 2014 4 4th 2012 5 R1 (1980, 2002, 2012) 198 SOL Automatic 01 29 March 2014 7 7th 2012 2 2nd (2004) 192 TAH Automatic 01 29 March 2014 9 9th 2012 1 Winners (2012) 196 VAN Automatic 01 29 March 2014 9 9th 2012 4 4th (1973, 2000, 2002, 2008) 181 SAM Qualifying winner 02 4 September 2015 2 2nd 2012 5 R1 (2012) 170 Format The format of the OFC Nations Cup was as follows: Group stage: The eight teams were divided into two groups of four teams. The top two teams of each group advanced to the knockout stage. Moreover, the top three teams of each group advanced to the third round of 2018 World Cup qualifying. Knockout stage: The four teams played a single-elimination tournament (semi-finals and final) to decide the champions of the OFC Nations Cup. The OFC had considered different proposals of the 2016 OFC Nations Cup.OFC Executive Committee decisions http://www.oceaniafootball.com/ofc/News/ViewArticle/tabid/125/Article/701d2613-f23f-4125-ae92-0700e8ec8787/language/en-US/Default.aspx OFC 20 May 2014 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20160303181721/http://www.oceaniafootball.com/ofc/News/ViewArticle/tabid/125/Article/701d2613-f23f-4125-ae92-0700e8ec8787/language/en-US/Default.aspx 3 March 2016 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.http://www.oceaniafootball.com/ofc/News/ViewArticle/tabid/125/Article/11e59aa8-7a51-498a-963d-d463549766c1/language/en-US/Default.aspx OFC Executive Committee outcomes Oceania Football Confederation 20 October 2014 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20150705001002/http://www.oceaniafootball.com/ofc/News/ViewArticle/tabid/125/Article/11e59aa8-7a51-498a-963d-d463549766c1/language/en-US/Default.aspx 5 July 2015 dmy 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.http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11431326 Football: Heat goes on NZ after switch New Zealand Herald 12 April 2015 11 July 2015 24 September 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150924175305/http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11431326 dead Venues The tournament was played at a single venue in Port Moresby. Papua New Guinea center 400 -9.440893 147.185355 Port Moresby rightPort Moresby Sir John Guise Stadium Capacity: 15,000 200px Squads 2016 OFC Nations Cup squads Officials 10 referees and 12 assistant referees were named for the tournament.http://www.refereeingworld.blogspot.it/2016/05/ofc-nations-cup-2016.html Officials confirmed for OFC Nations Cup Oceania Football Confederation 15 May 2016 Referees FIJ Ravitesh Behari NCL football Médéric Lacour NZL Matthew Conger NZL Nick Waldron PNG Amos Anio SOL George Time TAH Norbert Hauata TAH Abdelkader Zitouni VAN Robinson Banga VAN Joel Hopkken Assistant Referees COK John Pareanga FIJ Ravinesh Kumar FIJ Avinesh Narayan NCL football Bertrand Brial NZL Mark Rule PNG Norman Bafinu Sali PNG Noah Kusunan SOL Johnny Erick Niabo TAH Philippe Revel TGA Folio Moeaki TGA Tevita Makasini VAN 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.http://resources.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/preliminarydraw/02/66/71/36/oceania_drawprocedures_neutral.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20150724211740/http://resources.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/preliminarydraw/02/66/71/36/oceania_drawprocedures_neutral.pdf dead 24 July 2015 Draw Procedures – Oceanian Zone FIFA.comhttp://www.oceaniafootball.com/ofc/News/ViewArticle/tabid/125/Article/42f19533-f867-4728-b925-409738dd7436/language/en-US/Default.aspx World Cup path laid out for Oceania OFC 26 July 2015 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20160304203247/http://www.oceaniafootball.com/ofc/News/ViewArticle/tabid/125/Article/42f19533-f867-4728-b925-409738dd7436/language/en-US/Default.aspx 4 March 2016 The seeding was based on the FIFA World Rankings of July 2015 (shown in parentheses).https://www.fifa.com/fifa-world-ranking/ranking-table/men/rank=252/ofc.html https://web.archive.org/web/20150717165419/http://www.fifa.com/fifa-world-ranking/ranking-table/men/rank=252/ofc.html dead 17 July 2015 FIFA Men's Ranking – July 2015 (OFC) FIFA.com 9 July 2015 The eight teams were seeded into two pots: Pot 1 contained the direct qualifiers ranked 1–4. Pot 2 contained the direct qualifiers ranked 5–7 and the first round winner. 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 1Pot 21 NZL (136) NCL (167) TAH (188) SOL (191) 5 VAN (197) FIJ (199) PNG (202) SAM (198) (first round winner) Group stage All times are local, UTC+10. Group A 2016 OFC Nations Cup Group A Group B 2016 OFC Nations Cup Group B Knockout stage 2016 OFC Nations Cup 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 Bracket Semi-finals SF1 SF2 Final 2016 OFC Nations Cup final Final Winners fb 2016 OFC Nations Cup winners New Zealand Fifth 2016 Goalscorers 48 15 PNG Raymond Gunemba NZL Chris Wood TAH Teaonui Tehau FIJ Roy Krishna PNG Nigel Dabinyaba PNG Michael Foster NCL Roy Kayara NZL Rory Fallon TAH Alvin Tehau FIJ Samuela Kautoga NCL Joerisse Cexome NCL Brice Dahite NCL Bertrand Kaï NCL Kevin Nemia NCL Jean-Philippe Saïko NCL Jean-Brice Wadriako NCL César Zeoula NZL Luke Adams NZL Kosta Barbarouses NZL Michael McGlinchey NZL Themistoklis Tzimopoulos PNG Tommy Semmy PNG Koriak Upaiga SOL Jerry Donga SOL Judd Molea TAH Steevy Chong Hue VAN Dominique Fred VAN Brian Kaltak VAN Fenedy Masauvakalo Awards Awardhttp://www.oceaniafootball.com/ofc/News/ViewArticle/tabid/125/Article/644c09fb-0565-4541-bbd7-2b34eaaeb5c5/language/en-US/Default.aspx New Zealand triumphant Oceania Football Confederation 11 June 2016 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20160611135828/http://www.oceaniafootball.com/ofc/News/ViewArticle/tabid/125/Article/644c09fb-0565-4541-bbd7-2b34eaaeb5c5/language/en-US/Default.aspx 11 June 2016 PlayerTeamGolden BallDavid MutaPNGGolden BootRaymond GunembaPNGGolden GlovesStefan MarinovicNZLFair Play Award—NCL Broadcasting rights Country Broadcaster Ref. OFC OFC TVhttp://www.oceaniafootball.com/ofc/News/ViewArticle/tabid/125/Article/84175e23-38a5-4f28-a941-f2d966ebb667/language/en-US/Default.aspx OFC Nations Cup Live Streaming oceaniafootball.com 8 June 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160608062112/http://www.oceaniafootball.com/ofc/News/ViewArticle/tabid/125/Article/84175e23-38a5-4f28-a941-f2d966ebb667/language/en-US/Default.aspx 8 June 2016 dead dmy-all Asia Pacific Fox Sports South Asia Star Sports European Union Eurosport Australia SBShttps://issuu.com/ofcfootball/docs/cs5_nations_cup_programme_final_1 OFC Nations Cup Programme by OFC Football oceaniafootball.com Fiji FBC TVhttp://www.fbc.com.fj/sports/40686/high-hopes-for-ofc-nations-cup High hopes for OFC Nations Cup fbc.com.fj 8 June 2016 18 June 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160618132722/http://www.fbc.com.fj/sports/40686/high-hopes-for-ofc-nations-cup dead French Polynesia Tahiti Nui TV New Caledonia football Nouvelle-Calédonie 1re New Zealand Sky Sport Papua New Guinea EM TV Samoa TV1 Samoa Solomon Islands Telekom Television Vanuatu Television Blong Vanuatu References External links https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/index.html Official FIFA World Cup website Qualifiers – Oceania: Round 2, FIFA.com OFC Nations Cup, oceaniafootball.com 2016 Nations Cup Nations Cup 2 Category:2016 in Papua New Guinean sport 2016 Category:May 2016 sports events in Papua New Guinea Category:June 2016 sports events in Papua New Guinea