1973 OFC Nations Cup

Tournament details
Host country	New Zealand
Dates	17–24 February
Teams	5 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	New Zealand (1st title)
Runners-up	Tahiti
Third place	New Caledonia
Fourth place	New Hebrides
Tournament statistics
Matches played	12
Goals scored	37 (3.08 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Alan Marley Segin Wayewol (3 goals each)

Feb 17 Tahiti           2-1 New Caledonia  
Feb 17 New Zealand      5-1 Fiji       
Feb 18 New Caledonia    4-1 New Hebrides      
Feb 18 New Zealand      1-1 Tahiti    
Feb 20 New Caledonia    2-0 Fiji            
Feb 20 Tahiti           0-0 New Hebrides  
Feb 21 New Hebrides     2-1 Fiji       
Feb 21 New Zealand      2-1 New Caledonia          
Feb 23 Tahiti           4-0 Fiji            
Feb 23 New Zealand      3-1 New Hebrides               
 1.New Zealand        4  3  1  0  11- 4  7
 2.Tahiti             4  2  2  0   7- 2  6
 3.New Caledonia      4  2  0  2   8- 5  4
 4.New Hebrides       4  1  1  2   4- 8  3
 5.Fiji               4  0  0  4   2-13  0
                                    
THIRD-PLACE MATCH
Feb 24 New Caledonia    2-1 New Hebrides   

FINAL 
Feb 24 New Zealand      2-0 Tahiti

Newmarket Park, Auckland

Referee: B. Chaudet (New Hebrides)

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1980 OFC Nations Cup

Tournament details
Host country	New Caledonia
Dates	24 February – 1 March
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Australia (1st title)
Runners-up	Tahiti
Third place	New Caledonia
Fourth place	Fiji
Tournament statistics
Matches played	14
Goals scored	94 (6.71 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ian Hunter Eddie Krncevic (5 goals each)

GROUP 1
Feb 25 Fiji             3-1 Solomon Islands 
Feb 25 Tahiti           3-1 New Zealand       
Feb 27 Fiji             4-0 New Zealand
Feb 27 Tahiti          12-1 Solomon Islands
Feb 29 Tahiti           6-3 Fiji        
Feb 29 New Zealand      6-1 Solomon Islands
 1.Tahiti             3  3  0  0  21- 5  6
 2.Fiji               3  2  0  1  10- 7  4
 3.New Zealand        3  1  0  2   7- 8  2
 4.Solomon Islands    3  0  0  3   3-21  0

GROUP 2
Feb 24 Papua New Guinea 4-3 New Hebrides
Feb 24 Australia        8-0 New Caledonia
Feb 26 Australia       11-2 Papua New Guinea    
Feb 26 New Caledonia    4-3 New Hebrides   
Feb 28 Australia        1-0 New Hebrides           
Feb 28 New Caledonia    8-0 Papua New Guinea  
 1.Australia          3  3  0  0  20- 2  6
 2.New Caledonia      3  2  0  1  12-11  4
 3.Papua New Guinea   3  1  0  2   6-22  2
 4.New Hebrides       3  0  0  3   6- 9  0

THIRD-PLACE MATCH (Nouméa)
Mar  1 New Caledonia    2-1 Fiji      

FINAL (Nouméa)
Mar  1 Australia        4-2 Tahiti

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1996 OFC Nations Cup

Tournament details
Dates	10 November 1995 – 1 November 1996
Teams	4 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Australia (2nd title)
Runners-up	Tahiti
Tournament statistics
Matches played	6
Goals scored	18 (3 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Kris Trajanovski (7 goals)

First Round (home and away)

10-11-1995 New Zealand     0-0 Australia
15-11-1995 Australia       3-0 New Zealand              
17-11-1995 Solomon Islands 0-1 Tahiti 
11- 5-1995 Tahiti          2-1 Solomon Islands  
 
Final (home and away)
26-10-1996 Tahiti          0-6 Australia
 1-11-1996 Australia       5-0 Tahiti

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1998 OFC Nations Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Australia
Dates	25 September – 4 October
Teams	6 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	New Zealand (2nd title)
Runners-up	Australia
Third place	Fiji
Fourth place	Tahiti
Tournament statistics
Matches played	10
Goals scored	52 (5.2 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Damian Mori (10 goals)

Group 1
25- 9-1998 New Zealand    1-0 Tahiti
28- 9-1998 New Zealand    8-1 Vanuatu
30- 9-1998 Tahiti         5-1 Vanuatu
 1.NEW ZEALAND        2  2  0  0  9- 1  6
 2.TAHITI             2  1  0  1  5- 2  3
 3.Vanuatu            2  0  0  2  2-13  0

Group 2
25- 9-1998 Australia      3-1 Fiji
28- 9-1998 Australia     16-0 Cook Islands
30- 9-1998 Fiji           3-0 Cook Islands
 1.AUSTRALIA          2  2  0  0 19- 1  6
 2.FIJI               2  1  0  1  4- 3  3
 3.Cook Islands       2  0  0  2  0-19  0

Semifinals
 2-10-1998 Australia      4-1 Tahiti
           New Zealand    1-0 Fiji
           
Third Place Match
 4-10-1998 Fiji           4-2 Tahiti      
       
Final
 4-10-1998 Australia      0-1 New Zealand

Lang Park, Brisbane

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Massimo Raveino (Tahiti)

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2000 OFC Nations Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Tahiti
Dates	19–28 June
Teams	6 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Australia (3rd title)
Runners-up	New Zealand
Third place	Solomon Islands
Fourth place	Vanuatu
Tournament statistics
Matches played	10
Goals scored	48 (4.8 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Craig Foster Clayton Zane (5 goals each)

Group 1
19- 6-2000 Australia     17-0 Cook Islands
21- 6-2000 Solomon Isl.   5-1 Cook Islands
23- 6-2000 Australia      6-0 Solomon Islands 
 1.AUSTRALIA          2  2  0  0 23- 0   6 
 2.SOLOMON ISLANDS    2  1  0  1  5- 7   3 
 3.Cook Islands       2  0  0  2  1-22   0 

Group 2
19- 6-2000 New Zealand    2-0 Tahiti
21- 6-2000 New Zealand    3-1 Vanuatu
23- 6-2000 Vanuatu        3-2 Tahiti
 1.NEW ZEALAND        2  2  0  0  5- 1   6 
 2.VANUATU            2  1  0  1  4- 5   3 
 3.Tahiti             2  0  0  2  2- 5   0 

Semifinals 
25- 6-2000 Australia      1-0 Vanuatu
25- 6-2000 New Zealand    2-0 Solomon Islands 

Third Place Match
28- 6-2000 Solomon Isl.   2-1 Vanuatu  
            
Final 
28- 6-2000 Australia      2-0 New Zealand

Stade Pater, Papeete

Attendance: 300

Referee: Harry Attison (Vanuatu)

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2002 OFC Nations Cup

Tournament details
Host country	New Zealand
Dates	5–14 July
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	New Zealand (3rd title)
Runners-up	Australia
Third place	Tahiti
Fourth place	Vanuatu
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	64 (4 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Bobby Despotovski Joel Porter Chris Killen Jeff Campbell (5 goals)

Qualifying Round  (Apia, Western Samoa - March 9 to 18, 2002)
 9- 3-2002 American Samoa    0-10 New Caledonia                 
           Samoa             2-0  Tonga                         
12- 3-2002 American Samoa    2-7  Tonga                      
           New Caledonia     1-4  Papua New Guinea
14- 3-2002 Papua New Guinea  5-0  Tonga                
           Samoa             5-0  American Samoa             
16- 3-2002 New Caledonia     9-0  Tonga          
           Samoa             1-4  Papua New Guinea
18- 3-2002 American Samoa    0-7  Papua New Guinea
           Samoa             0-5  New Caledonia
 1.PAPUA NEW GUINEA   4  4  0  0 20- 2  12
 2.NEW CALEDONIA      4  3  0  1 25- 4   9  [*]
 3.Samoa              4  2  0  2  8- 9   6
 4.Tonga              4  1  0  3  7-18   3
 5.American Samoa     4  0  0  4  2-29   0
Cook Islands withdrew

Final Tournament 

Group A 
 6- 7-2002 Fiji              2-1  New Caledonia
           Australia         2-0  Vanuatu 
 8- 7-2002 Fiji              0-1  Vanuatu 
           Australia        11-0  New Caledonia 
10- 7-2002 New Caledonia     0-1  Vanuatu
           Australia         8-0  Fiji 
 1.AUSTRALIA          3  3  0  0 21- 0   9
 2.VANUATU            3  2  0  1  2- 2   6
 3.Fiji               3  1  0  2  2-10   3
 4.New Caledonia      3  0  0  3  1-14   0

Group B 
 5- 7-2002 Papua New Guinea  0-0  Solomon Islands 
           New Zealand       4-0  Tahiti 
 7- 7-2002 Solomon Islands   2-3  Tahiti
           New Zealand       9-1  Papua New Guinea 
 9- 7-2002 Papua New Guinea  1-3  Tahiti 
           New Zealand       6-1  Solomon Islands
 1.NEW ZEALAND        3  3  0  0 19- 2   9
 2.TAHITI             3  2  0  1  6- 7   6
 3.Solomon Islands    3  0  1  2  3- 9   1
 4.Papua New Guinea   3  0  1  2  2-12   1

Semifinals 
12- 7-2002 Australia         2-1  Tahiti (asdet)             
           New Zealand       3-0  Vanuatu 
 
Third Place Match 
14- 7-2002 Tahiti            1-0  Vanuatu 

Final 
14- 7-2002 New Zealand       1-0  Australia

Ericsson Stadium, Auckland

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Charles Ariiotima (Tahiti)

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2004 OFC Nations Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Australia
Dates	29 May – 12 October
Teams	6 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	4 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Australia (4th title)
Runners-up	Solomon Islands
Third place	New Zealand
Fourth place	Fiji
Tournament statistics
Matches played	17
Goals scored	69 (4.06 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Tim Cahill Vaughan Coveny (6 goals each)

Group 1 (Honiara, Solomon Islands)

10- 5-04 Honiara         Solomon Isl 6-0 Tonga
         Honiara         Tahiti      2-0 Cook Isl
12- 5-04 Honiara         Solomon Isl 5-0 Cook Isl
         Honiara         Tahiti      0-0 New Caledonia
15- 5-04 Honiara         Tonga       2-1 Cook Isl
15- 5-04 Honiara         Solomon Isl 2-0 New Caledonia
17- 5-04 Honiara         Cook Isl    0-8 New Caledonia
17- 5-04 Honiara         Tahiti      2-0 Tonga
19- 5-04 Honiara         Tonga       0-8 New Caledonia
19- 5-04 Honiara         Solomon Isl 1-1 Tahiti

 1.Solomon Islands  4  3  1  0 14- 1 10
 2.Tahiti           4  2  2  0  5- 1  8
 3.New Caledonia    4  2  1  1 16- 2  7
 4.Tonga            4  1  0  3  2-17  3
 5.Cook Islands     4  0  0  4  1-17  0

Group 2 (Apia, Samoa)

10- 5-04 Apia            Vanuatu     1-1 PNG
         Apia            Samoa       4-0 American Samoa
12- 5-04 Apia            Vanuatu     9-1 American Samoa
12- 5-04 Apia            Fiji        4-2 PNG
15- 5-04 Apia            Fiji       11-0 American Samoa
15- 5-04 Apia            Samoa       0-3 Vanuatu
17- 5-04 Apia            PNG        10-0 American Samoa
17- 5-04 Apia            Samoa       0-4 Fiji
19- 5-04 Apia            Fiji        0-3 Vanuatu
19- 5-04 Apia            Samoa       1-4 PNG

 1.Vanuatu          4  3  1  0 16- 2 10
 2.Fiji             4  3  0  1 19- 5  9
 3.Papua New Guinea 4  2  1  1 17- 6  7
 4.Samoa            4  1  0  3  5-11  3
 5.American Samoa   4  0  0  4  1-34  0
NB: Australia and New Zealand bye to Second Round 

Second Round

29- 5-04 Adelaide        Australia   1-0 New Zealand
29- 5-04 Adelaide        Solomon Isl 1-0 Vanuatu
29- 5-04 Adelaide        Tahiti      0-0 Fiji
31- 5-04 Adelaide        Australia   9-0 Tahiti
31- 5-04 Adelaide        New Zealand 3-0 Solomon Islands
31- 5-04 Adelaide        Vanuatu     0-1 Fiji
 2- 6-04 Adelaide        Australia   6-1 Fiji
 2- 6-04 Adelaide        New Zealand 2-4 Vanuatu
 2- 6-04 Adelaide        Solomon Isl 4-0 Tahiti
 4- 6-04 Adelaide        Australia   3-0 Vanuatu
 4- 6-04 Adelaide        N. Zealand 10-0 Tahiti
 4- 6-04 Adelaide        Solomon Isl 2-1 Fiji
 6- 6-04 Adelaide        Vanuatu     1-2 Tahiti
 6- 6-04 Adelaide        Australia   2-2 Solomon Islands
 6- 6-04 Adelaide        New Zealand 2-0 Fiji

 1.Australia        5  4  1  0 21- 3 13
 2.Solomon Islands  5  3  1  1  9- 6 10
 3.New Zealand      5  3  0  2 17- 5  9
 4.Fiji             5  1  1  3  3-10  4
 5.Tahiti           5  1  1  3  2-24  4
 6.Vanuatu          5  1  0  4  5- 9  3

Championship Playoff 
 9-10-04 Honiara         Solomon Isl 1-5 Australia
12-10-04 Sydney          Australia   6-0 Solomon Islands

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2008 OFC Nations Cup

Tournament details
Dates	17 October 2007 – 19 November 2008
Teams	4 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	5 (in 5 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	New Zealand (4th title)
Runners-up	New Caledonia
Third place	Fiji
Fourth place	Vanuatu
Tournament statistics
Matches played	12
Goals scored	39 (3.25 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Shane Smeltz (8 goals)

17-10-07 Lautoka         Fiji          0-2 New Zealand
17-11-07 Port Vila       Vanuatu       1-2 New Zealand
17-11-07 Ba              Fiji          3-3 New Caledonia  
21-11-07 Wellington      New Zealand   4-1 Vanuatu
21-11-07 Noumea          New Caledonia 4-0 Fiji
14- 6-08 Port Vila       Vanuatu       1-1 New Caledonia  
21- 6-08 Nouméa          New Caledonia 3-0 Vanuatu  
 6- 9-08 Ba              Fiji          2-0 Vanuatu  
 6- 9-08 Nouméa          New Caledonia 1-3 New Zealand  
10- 9-08 Port Vila       Vanuatu       2-1 Fiji  
10- 9-08 Albany          New Zealand   3-0 New Caledonia
19-11-08 Lautoka         New Zealand   0-2 Fiji

 1.New Zealand   6  5  0  1 14- 5 15
 2.New Caledonia 6  2  2  2 12-10  8 
 3.Fiji          6  2  1  3  8-11  7
 4.Vanuatu       6  1  1  4  5-13  4
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2012 OFC Nations Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Solomon Islands
City	Honiara
Dates	1–10 June 2012
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Tahiti (1st title)
Runners-up	New Caledonia
Third place	New Zealand
Fourth place	Solomon Islands
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	64 (4 per match)
Attendance	133,700 (8,356 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Jacques Haeko (6 goals)
Best player(s)	Nicolas Vallar
Best goalkeeper	Rocky Nyikeine
Fair play award	Solomon Islands

OFC qualifying tournament (Apia, Samoa)
22 Nov 2011 American Samoa      2–1 Tonga
22 Nov 2011 Cook Islands        2–3 Samoa
24 Nov 2011 American Samoa      1–1 Cook Islands
24 Nov 2011 Samoa               1–1 Tonga
26 Nov 2011 Tonga               2–1 Cook Islands
26 Nov 2011 Samoa               1–0 American Samoa
1.SAMOA             3  2 1 0  5- 3  7
2.Tonga             3  1 1 1  4- 4  4
3.American Samoa    3  1 1 1  3- 3  4
4.Cook Islands      3  0 1 2  4- 6  1

Final Tournament

Group A
01 Jun 2012 Tahiti             10–1 Samoa
01 Jun 2012 Vanuatu             2–5 New Caledonia
03 Jun 2012 Vanuatu             5–0 Samoa
03 Jun 2012 Tahiti              4–3 New Caledonia
05 Jun 2012 New Caledonia       9–0 Samoa
05 Jun 2012 Tahiti              4–1 Vanuatu
1.TAHITI            3  3 0 0 18- 5  9
2.NEW CALEDONIA     3  2 0 1 17- 6  6
3.Vanuatu           3  1 0 2  8- 9  3
4.Samoa             3  0 0 3  1-24  0

Group B
02 Jun 2012 Fiji                0–1 New Zealand
02 Jun 2012 Solomon Islands     1–0 Papua New Guinea
04 Jun 2012 Papua New Guinea    1–2 New Zealand
04 Jun 2012 Fiji                0–0 Solomon Islands
06 Jun 2012 Papua New Guinea    1–1 Fiji
06 Jun 2012 New Zealand         1–1 Solomon Islands
1.NEW ZEALAND       3  2 1 0  4- 2  7
2.SOLOMON ISLANDS   3  1 2 0  2- 1  5
3.Fiji              3  0 2 1  1- 2  2
4.Papua New Guinea  3  0 1 2  2- 4  1

Semifinals
08 Jun 2012 Tahiti              1–0 Solomon Islands
08 Jun 2012 New Zealand         0–2 New Caledonia

Third Place Match
10 Jun 2012 Solomon Islands     3–4 New Zealand

Final
10 Jun 2012 Tahiti              1–0 New Caledonia

Lawson Tama Stadium, Honiara

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Peter O'Leary (New Zealand)

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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)	Raymond Gunemba (5 goals)
Best player(s)	David Muta
Best goalkeeper	Stefan Marinovic
Fair play award	New Caledonia

OFC qualifying tournament (‘Atele, Tonga)

31- 8-15 Tonga               0-3 Cook Islands 
31- 8-15 Samoa               3-2 American Samoa
 2- 9-15 Cook Islands        1-0 Samoa
 2- 9-15 Tonga               1-2 American Samoa
 4- 9-15 Tonga               0-3 Samoa
 4- 9-15 American Samoa      2-0 Cook Islands
 1.Samoa               3  2  0  1  6- 3  6
 2.American Samoa      3  2  0  1  6- 4  6
 3.Cook Islands        3  2  0  1  4- 2  6
 4.Tonga               3  0  0  3  1- 8  0

Final Tournament

Group A 
29- 5-16 Papua New Guinea    1-1 New Caledonia  
29- 5-16 Tahiti              4-0 Samoa   
 1- 6-16 Papua New Guinea    2-2 Tahiti    
 1- 6-16 New Caledonia       7-0 Samoa    
 5- 6-16 Papua New Guinea    8-0 Samoa  
 5- 6-16 Tahiti              1-1 New Caledonia   
 1.Papua New Guinea    3  1  2  0 11- 3  5
 2.New Caledonia       3  1  2  0  9- 2  5
 3.Tahiti              3  1  2  0  7- 3  5
 4.Samoa               3  0  0  3  0-19  0

Group B
28- 5-16 New Zealand         3-1 Fiji   
28- 5-16 Vanuatu             0-1 Solomon Islands 
31- 5-16 Vanuatu             0-5 New Zealand   
31- 5-16 Solomon Islands     0-1 Fiji    
 4- 6-16 Fiji                2-3 Vanuatu    
 4- 6-16 New Zealand         1-0 Solomon Islands  
 1.New Zealand         3  3  0  0  9- 1  9
 2.Solomon Islands     3  1  0  2  1- 2  3
 3.Fiji                3  1  0  2  4- 6  3
 4.Vanuatu             3  1  0  2  3- 8  3

Semifinals
 8- 6-16 New Zealand         1-0 New Caledonia    
 8- 6-16 Papua New Guinea    2-1 Solomon Islands 

Final
11- 6-16 Papua New Guinea    0-0 New Zealand         [aet, 2-4 pen]

Sir John Guise Stadium, Port Moresby

Attendance: 13,000

Referee: Norbert Hauata (Tahiti)

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