2016 OFC Nations Cup#Group B

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|country=Papua New Guinea

|dates={{nowrap|28 May – 11 June}}

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|top_scorer={{fbicon|PNG}} Raymond Gunemba {{nowrap|(5 goals)}}

|player={{fbicon|PNG}} David Muta

|goalkeeper={{fbicon|NZL}} Stefan Marinovic

|fair_play={{fb|NCL}}

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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.{{cite web|url=http://www.oceaniafootball.com/ofc/News/ViewArticle/tabid/125/Article/525254ae-a820-4547-8e7c-da0679f39eb9/language/en-US/Default.aspx |title=Prestigious honour for Papua New Guinea |publisher=Oceania Football Confederation |date=29 October 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=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 |archive-date=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.{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/y=2015/m=5/news=current-allocation-of-fifa-world-cuptm-confederation-slots-maintained-2610611.html|archive-url=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|url-status=dead|archive-date=30 May 2015|title=Current allocation of FIFA World Cup confederation slots maintained|publisher=FIFA.com|date=30 May 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://www.oceaniafootball.com/ofc/News/ViewArticle/tabid/125/Article/cd6d379a-250c-4b3a-accc-d87b00be8121/language/en-US/Default.aspx|title=Preliminary competition format outlined|publisher=Oceania Football Confederation|date=10 July 2015|access-date=11 July 2015|archive-url=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|archive-date=11 July 2015|url-status=dead}}{{cite web | url=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/y=2015/m=7/news=preliminary-draw-procedures-outlined-2661542.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150712005248/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/y=2015/m=7/news=preliminary-draw-procedures-outlined-2661542.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=12 July 2015 | title=Preliminary Draw procedures outlined | publisher=FIFA.com | date=9 July 2015 | access-date=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,{{cite news|title=Tahiti wins 2012 Oceania Nations Cup|url=http://www.goal.com/en-india/news/572/internationals/2012/06/10/3162830/tahiti-wins-2012-oceania-nations-cup|website=Goal.com|access-date=20 May 2014|archive-date=17 February 2015|archive-url=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|url-status=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.{{cite web|url=http://www.oceaniafootball.com/ofc/News/ViewArticle/tabid/125/Article/e4659ed9-4ad3-4a5f-b08b-af0233669234/language/en-US/Default.aspx |title=Stakeholders confident moving forward |publisher=Oceania Football Confederation |date=16 October 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=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 |archive-date=20 October 2015 }} The OFC confirmed Papua New Guinea as hosts on 30 October 2015.

Teams

All 11 FIFA-affiliated national teams from OFC entered the OFC Nations Cup.{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/russia2018/news/newsid=2507253/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150115183352/http://www.fifa.com//worldcup/russia2018/news/newsid=2507253/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=15 January 2015|title=Road to Russia with new milestone|publisher=FIFA.com|date=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 of qualification ! Date of qualification ! Finals appearance ! Last appearance ! Previous best performance ! FIFA ranking at start of event{{cite web\|url=https://www.fifa.com/fifa-world-ranking/ranking-table/men/rank=262/ofc.html\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160610155809/http://www.fifa.com/fifa-world-ranking/ranking-table/men/rank=262/ofc.html\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=10 June 2016\|title=FIFA Men's Ranking – May 2016 (OFC)\|publisher=FIFA.com\|date=5 May 2016}}
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{{fb\|FIJ}}	Automatic	{{sort\|01\|29 March 2014}}	{{sort\|8\|8th}}	2012	{{sort\|3\|3rd (1998, 2008)}}	183
{{fb\|NCL}}	Automatic	{{sort\|01\|29 March 2014}}	{{sort\|6\|6th}}	2012	{{sort\|2\|2nd (2008, 2012)}}	191
{{fb\|NZL}}	Automatic	{{sort\|01\|29 March 2014}}	{{sort\|10\|10th}}	2012	{{sort\|1\|Winners (1973, 1998, 2002, 2008)}}	161
{{fb\|PNG}}	Automatic	{{sort\|01\|29 March 2014}}	{{sort\|4\|4th}}	2012	{{sort\|5\|R1 (1980, 2002, 2012)}}	198
{{fb\|SOL}}	Automatic	{{sort\|01\|29 March 2014}}	{{sort\|7\|7th}}	2012	{{sort\|2\|2nd (2004)}}	192
{{fb\|TAH}}	Automatic	{{sort\|01\|29 March 2014}}	{{sort\|9\|9th}}	2012	{{sort\|1\|Winners (2012)}}	196
{{fb\|VAN}}	Automatic	{{sort\|01\|29 March 2014}}	{{sort\|9\|9th}}	2012	{{sort\|4\|4th (1973, 2000, 2002, 2008)}}	181
{{fb\|SAM}}	Qualifying winner	{{sort\|02\|4 September 2015}}	{{sort\|2\|2nd}}	2012	{{sort\|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.{{cite web|title=OFC Executive Committee decisions |url=http://www.oceaniafootball.com/ofc/News/ViewArticle/tabid/125/Article/701d2613-f23f-4125-ae92-0700e8ec8787/language/en-US/Default.aspx |publisher=OFC |access-date=20 May 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=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 |archive-date=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.{{cite web|url=http://www.oceaniafootball.com/ofc/News/ViewArticle/tabid/125/Article/11e59aa8-7a51-498a-963d-d463549766c1/language/en-US/Default.aspx |title=OFC Executive Committee outcomes |publisher=Oceania Football Confederation |date=20 October 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=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 |archive-date=5 July 2015 |df=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.{{cite web|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11431326|title=Football: Heat goes on NZ after switch|newspaper=New Zealand Herald|date=12 April 2015}}

Venues

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

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!Port Moresby

Sir John Guise Stadium

Capacity: 15,000

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Squads

Officials

10 referees and 12 assistant referees were named for the tournament.{{cite web|url=http://www.refereeingworld.blogspot.it/2016/05/ofc-nations-cup-2016.html|title=Officials confirmed for OFC Nations Cup|work=Oceania Football Confederation|date=15 May 2016}}

;Referees

{{flagicon|FIJ}} Ravitesh Behari
{{flagicon|NCL|football}} Médéric Lacour
{{flagicon|NZL}} Matthew Conger
{{flagicon|NZL}} Nick Waldron
{{flagicon|PNG}} Amos Anio
{{flagicon|SOL}} George Time
{{flagicon|TAH}} Norbert Hauata
{{flagicon|TAH}} Abdelkader Zitouni
{{flagicon|VAN}} Robinson Banga
{{flagicon|VAN}} Joel Hopkken

;Assistant Referees

{{flagicon|COK}} John Pareanga
{{flagicon|FIJ}} Ravinesh Kumar
{{flagicon|FIJ}} Avinesh Narayan
{{flagicon|NCL|football}} Bertrand Brial
{{flagicon|NZL}} Mark Rule
{{flagicon|PNG}} Norman Bafinu Sali
{{flagicon|PNG}} Noah Kusunan
{{flagicon|SOL}} Johnny Erick Niabo
{{flagicon|TAH}} Philippe Revel
{{flagicon|TGA}} Folio Moeaki
{{flagicon|TGA}} Tevita Makasini
{{flagicon|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.{{cite web|url=http://resources.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/preliminarydraw/02/66/71/36/oceania_drawprocedures_neutral.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150724211740/http://resources.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/preliminarydraw/02/66/71/36/oceania_drawprocedures_neutral.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 July 2015|title=Draw Procedures – Oceanian Zone|publisher=FIFA.com}}{{cite web|url=http://www.oceaniafootball.com/ofc/News/ViewArticle/tabid/125/Article/42f19533-f867-4728-b925-409738dd7436/language/en-US/Default.aspx |title=World Cup path laid out for Oceania |publisher=OFC |date=26 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=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 |archive-date=4 March 2016 }}

The seeding was based on the FIFA World Rankings of July 2015 (shown in parentheses).{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/fifa-world-ranking/ranking-table/men/rank=252/ofc.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150717165419/http://www.fifa.com/fifa-world-ranking/ranking-table/men/rank=252/ofc.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 July 2015|title=FIFA Men's Ranking – July 2015 (OFC)|publisher=FIFA.com|date=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.

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|{{fb|VAN}} (197)

|{{fb|FIJ}} (199)

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|{{fb|SAM}} (198) (first round winner)

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Group stage

All times are local, UTC+10.

=Group A=

=Group B=

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-finals=

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=Final=

Winners

{{winners|fb|2016 OFC Nations Cup winners|New Zealand|Fifth|2016}}

Goalscorers

{{Goalscorers

|goals=48 |matches=15

|5 goals=

{{fbicon|PNG}} Raymond Gunemba

|4 goals=

{{fbicon|NZL}} Chris Wood
{{fbicon|TAH}} Teaonui Tehau

|3 goals=

{{fbicon|FIJ}} Roy Krishna
{{fbicon|PNG}} Nigel Dabinyaba
{{fbicon|PNG}} Michael Foster

|2 goals=

{{fbicon|NCL}} Roy Kayara
{{fbicon|NZL}} Rory Fallon
{{fbicon|TAH}} Alvin Tehau

|1 goal=

{{fbicon|FIJ}} Samuela Kautoga
{{fbicon|NCL}} Joerisse Cexome
{{fbicon|NCL}} Brice Dahite
{{fbicon|NCL}} Bertrand Kaï
{{fbicon|NCL}} Kevin Nemia
{{fbicon|NCL}} Jean-Philippe Saïko
{{fbicon|NCL}} Jean-Brice Wadriako
{{fbicon|NCL}} César Zeoula
{{fbicon|NZL}} Luke Adams
{{fbicon|NZL}} Kosta Barbarouses
{{fbicon|NZL}} Michael McGlinchey
{{fbicon|NZL}} Themistoklis Tzimopoulos
{{fbicon|PNG}} Tommy Semmy
{{fbicon|PNG}} Koriak Upaiga
{{fbicon|SOL}} Jerry Donga
{{fbicon|SOL}} Judd Molea
{{fbicon|TAH}} Steevy Chong Hue
{{fbicon|VAN}} Dominique Fred
{{fbicon|VAN}} Brian Kaltak
{{fbicon|VAN}} Fenedy Masauvakalo

}}

Awards

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Award{{cite web\|url=http://www.oceaniafootball.com/ofc/News/ViewArticle/tabid/125/Article/644c09fb-0565-4541-bbd7-2b34eaaeb5c5/language/en-US/Default.aspx \|title=New Zealand triumphant \|publisher=Oceania Football Confederation \|date=11 June 2016 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=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 \|archive-date=11 June 2016 }} !Player !Team
Golden Ball \|align=left\|David Muta \|align=left\|{{fb\|PNG}}
Golden Boot \|align=left\|Raymond Gunemba \|align=left\|{{fb\|PNG}}
Golden Gloves \|align=left\|Stefan Marinovic \|align=left\|{{fb\|NZL}}
Fair Play Award \|— \|align=left\|{{fb\|NCL}}

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Award{{cite web|url=http://www.oceaniafootball.com/ofc/News/ViewArticle/tabid/125/Article/644c09fb-0565-4541-bbd7-2b34eaaeb5c5/language/en-US/Default.aspx |title=New Zealand triumphant |publisher=Oceania Football Confederation |date=11 June 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=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 |archive-date=11 June 2016 }}

!Player

!Team

Golden Ball

|align=left|David Muta

|align=left|{{fb|PNG}}

Golden Boot

|align=left|Raymond Gunemba

|align=left|{{fb|PNG}}

Golden Gloves

|align=left|Stefan Marinovic

|align=left|{{fb|NZL}}

Fair Play Award

|—

|align=left|{{fb|NCL}}

Broadcasting rights

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! Country

! Broadcaster

! Ref.

style="text-align:center" | OFC

| OFC TV

|{{cite web|url=http://www.oceaniafootball.com/ofc/News/ViewArticle/tabid/125/Article/84175e23-38a5-4f28-a941-f2d966ebb667/language/en-US/Default.aspx|title=OFC Nations Cup Live Streaming|publisher=oceaniafootball.com|access-date=8 June 2016|archive-url=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|archive-date=8 June 2016|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}

style="text-align:center" | {{noflag|Asia Pacific}}

| Fox Sports

style="text-align:center" | {{noflag|South Asia}}

| Star Sports

| Eurosport

| SBS

|{{cite web|url=https://issuu.com/ofcfootball/docs/cs5_nations_cup_programme_final_1|title=OFC Nations Cup Programme by OFC Football|publisher=oceaniafootball.com}}

| FBC TV

|{{cite web|url=http://www.fbc.com.fj/sports/40686/high-hopes-for-ofc-nations-cup|title=High hopes for OFC Nations Cup|publisher=fbc.com.fj|access-date=8 June 2016|archive-date=18 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160618132722/http://www.fbc.com.fj/sports/40686/high-hopes-for-ofc-nations-cup|url-status=dead}}

| Tahiti Nui TV

| Nouvelle-Calédonie 1re

| Sky Sport

| EM TV

| TV1 Samoa

| Telekom Television

| Television Blong Vanuatu

References

External links

{{Official website|https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/index.html|Official FIFA World Cup website}}
[https://web.archive.org/web/20070923144919/http://fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/oceania/index.html#276459 Qualifiers – Oceania: Round 2], FIFA.com
[https://web.archive.org/web/20151222165349/http://www.oceaniafootball.com/ofc/Competitions/ScheduleResults/tabid/1015/Competition/8cf4d91f-e82f-4a94-a501-3dd6ac8204dd/language/en-US/Default.aspx OFC Nations Cup], oceaniafootball.com

2016

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