2016 OFC Nations Cup Group A

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Group A of the 2016 OFC Nations Cup took place from 29 May to 5 June 2016. The group consisted of New Caledonia, hosts Papua New Guinea, Samoa and defending champions Tahiti. [1]

Contents

Teams

Draw positionTeamMethod of
qualification
Date of
qualification
Finals
appearance
Last
appearance
Previous best
performance
FIFA Rankings
July 2015 [nb 1] May 2016
A1Flag of French Polynesia.svg  Tahiti Automatic29 March 20149th 2012 Winners (2012)188196
A2New Caledonia flags merged (2017).svg  New Caledonia Automatic29 March 20146th 2012 Runners-up (2008, 2012)167191
A3Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa Qualifying winner4 September 20152nd 2012 Group stage (2012)198170
A4Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea (hosts)Automatic29 March 20144th 2012 Group stage (1980, 2002, 2012)202198

Notes

  1. The rankings of July 2015 were used for seeding for the final draw.

Standings

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea (H)3120113+85Qualification to Nations Cup knockout stage
and World Cup qualifying third round
2New Caledonia flags merged (2017).svg  New Caledonia 312092+75
3Flag of French Polynesia.svg  Tahiti 312073+45Qualification to World Cup qualifying third round
4Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa 3003019190
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

In the semi-finals:

Matches

Papua New Guinea vs New Caledonia

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Papua New Guinea [3]
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New Caledonia [3]

Assistant referees: [2]
Mark Rule (New Zealand)
Tevita Makasini (Tonga)
Fourth official:
Robinson Banga (Vanuatu)

Tahiti vs Samoa

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Tahiti [5]
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Samoa [5]

Assistant referees: [4]
Ravinesh Kumar (Fiji)
Johnny Erick Niabo (Solomon Islands)
Fourth official:
George Time (Solomon Islands)

Papua New Guinea vs Tahiti

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Papua New Guinea [7]
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Tahiti [7]

Assistant referees: [6]
Mark Rule (New Zealand)
Avinesh Narayan (Fiji)
Fourth official:
Matthew Conger (New Zealand)

New Caledonia vs Samoa

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New Caledonia [9]
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Samoa [9]

Assistant referees: [8]
Ravinesh Kumar (Fiji)
Hilmon Sese (Vanuatu)
Fourth official:
Joel Hopkken (Vanuatu)

Samoa vs Papua New Guinea

Samoa  Flag of Samoa.svg0–8Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea
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Samoa [11]
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Papua New Guinea [11]

Assistant referees: [10]
Hilmon Sese (Vanuatu)
Johnny Erick Niabo (Solomon Islands)
Fourth official:
George Time (Solomon Islands)

Tahiti vs New Caledonia

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Tahiti [13]
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New Caledonia [13]

Assistant referees: [12]
Tevita Makasini (Tonga)
Avinesh Narayan (Fiji)
Fourth official:
Ravitesh Behari (Fiji)

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