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OFC Nations Cup

Sport	Football
Founded	1996
No. Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered Athletics Decathlon Best Year Performance * &ndash 8824 points Marathon of teams	11
Continent	Oceania (OFC)
Most recent champion(s)	Current champion Australia is no longer a member of the OFC and will not be defending the title. The Oceania Football Confederation (OFC is one of the six "continental" confederations of international football, consisting of Papua New Guinea, New The Australian national football team represents Australia in international association football competitions

The OFC Nations Cup is the biennial football competition held among the Oceania Football Confederation member nations. Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered The Oceania Football Confederation (OFC is one of the six "continental" confederations of international football, consisting of Papua New Guinea, New It has been held every two years since 1996 by the OFC; before 1996 there were two other tournaments held at irregular intervals, under the name Oceania Nations Cup.

Historically, a very large gulf separated Australia and New Zealand from the smaller island competitors. The Australian national football team represents Australia in international association football competitions The New Zealand national football team, nicknamed the All Whites, is the national team of New Zealand and is controlled by New Zealand Football Little attention was paid to the tournament by the rest of the football world, but the competition has increased in importance as it now qualifies the winner for the lucrative Confederations Cup and for a play-off for the 2010 World Cup. The FIFA Confederations Cup is an Association football tournament for national teams currently held every four years by FIFA.

Australia ceased to be a member of the OFC on January 1, 2006, having elected to join the Asian Football Confederation, and hence will no longer be involved in this competition. New Year See also New Year The Ancient Romans began their consular year on January 1st since 153 BC Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The 46 member Asian Football Confederation ( AFC) is the governing body of football in Asia, excluding Cyprus and Israel, and including

1 History
2 Format
3 Results
4 Records and statistics
5 External Links

History

This tournament began in 1973 as the "Oceania Cup". A second edition took place in 1980, then the tournament was discontinued.

In the early editions non-FIFA members were allowed to participate such as New Hebrides, which became Vanuatu after gaining independence in 1980. Hebrides (disambiguation New Hebrides was the colonial name for an Island group in the South Pacific that now forms the nation of Vanuatu. Vanuatu, officially the Republic of Vanuatu ( French: République de Vanuatu, Bislama: Ripablik blong Vanuatu) is an Island

In 1996 it reappeared as the "Oceania Nations Cup" and served as a qualifier for the Confederations Cup, as the Oceania Football Confederation had recently become a separate FIFA confederation. The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (French for International Federation of Association Football)

Format

For the first three tournaments, Australia and New Zealand were seeded into the tournament automatically, while the remaining ten nations played to qualify. The Polynesian and Melanesian Cups, each played between five nations grouped on a geographical basis, served as qualifications via a round-robin tournament, with the highest ranked two teams in each competition qualifying for the actual OFC Nations Cup, in a six-way round-robin tournament. The Polynesia Cup was a football tournament for Polynesian nations within the Oceania Football Confederation. The Melanesia Cup is a soccer championship played between the Melanesian countries it was used (along with the Polynesia Cup) for qualification to the Oceania A round-robin tournament or all-play-all tournament is a type of group tournament in which each participant plays every other participant an equal number of times

With the postponement and then cancellation of the Melanesian Cup, and a similar fate befalling its Polynesian equivalent, the format of the tournament changed in 2002. The 2002 Oceania Nations Cup doubled as the 2003 Confederations Cup qualification tournament for the OFC, as well as to select the Oceanic team to compete in the FIFA rankings determined the seedings of all twelve teams, and the lower six teams played a group stage for two qualifier positions into the main tournament. The 2002 Cup tournament proper was played with two groups of four teams (again in round-robin style), which led into a 4-way knockout stage, playing for the top four positions.

In 2004, the format changed once again, returning to a format similar to that of the 1996-2000 tournaments, with five teams each playing in two qualifying groups and Australia and New Zealand seeded to the actual tournament, played as a group stage of six, with a home and away Final played between the two highest-placed teams. The 2004 Oceania Nations Cup doubled as the qualification tournament to the 2006 Football World Cup, except the two-legged final (A separate playoff (between The Oceania Nations Cup 1996 was not held as a cohesive tournament but consisted of semi-finals and a final played on a two-legged basis stretched out between November 1995 The Oceania Nations Cup 2000 was held in Papeete, Tahiti. The six participating teams were Australia and New Zealand who qualified as of right

For the 2008 tournament, the format has altered once more. The 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification for the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC will select one nation to compete in a two-legged home-and-away playoff against The 2007 South Pacific Games football tournament will act as a qualification tournament, with the gold, silver and bronze winning nations progressing to the main tournament. The 2007 South Pacific Games Football was held at the Toleafoa J The finals will be played in a round-robin format, with New Zealand qualifying automatically. The term round-robin describes correspondence to a single Address authored or signed by numerous individuals (as found in a Petition) The New Zealand national football team, nicknamed the All Whites, is the national team of New Zealand and is controlled by New Zealand Football The winner of the 2008 OFC Nations Cup will playoff with a team from the AFC for a place in the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The 46 member Asian Football Confederation ( AFC) is the governing body of football in Asia, excluding Cyprus and Israel, and including The 2010 FIFA World Cup will be the 19th FIFA World Cup, an international tournament for football, that is scheduled to take place between 11 June and

Results

Summaries

Year	Host	Final			Third Place Match
Year	Host	Winner	Score	Runner-up	3rd Place	Score	4th Place
1973 Details	New Zealand	New Zealand	2–0	Tahiti	New Caledonia	2–1	New Hebrides
1980 Details	New Caledonia	Australia	4–2	Tahiti	New Caledonia	2–1	Fiji
1996 Details	No Fixed Venue	Australia	6–0 5–0	Tahiti	New Zealand		Solomon Islands
1998 Details	Australia	New Zealand	1–0	Australia	Fiji	4–2	Tahiti
2000 Details	Tahiti	Australia	2–0	New Zealand	Solomon Islands	2–1	Vanuatu
2002 Details	New Zealand	New Zealand	1–0	Australia	Tahiti	1–0	Vanuatu
2004 Details	Australia	Australia	5–1 6–0	Solomon Islands	New Zealand	BY TABLE	Fiji
2008 Details	No Fixed Venue

Successful national teams

Team	Champions	Runners-up	Third-place	Fourth-place
Australia	4 (1980, 1996, 2000, 2004)	2 (1998, 2002)	-	-
New Zealand	3 (1973, 1998, 2002)	1 (2000)	2 (1996, 2004)
Tahiti	-	3 (1973, 1980, 1996)	1 (2002)	1 (1998)
Solomon Islands	-	1 (2004)	1 (2000)	1 (1996)
New Caledonia	-	-	2 (1973, 1980)	-
Fiji	-	-	1 (1998)	2 (1980, 2004)
Vanuatu	-	-	-	3 (1973^, 2000, 2002)

^ This 1973 fourth place was achieved by Vanuatu under its former name New Hebrides. The Oceania Cup 1973 was the first Oceania -wide tournament ever held New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island The New Zealand national football team, nicknamed the All Whites, is the national team of New Zealand and is controlled by New Zealand Football The Tahiti national football team is the national team of French Polynesia and is controlled by the Fédération Tahitienne de Football. The New Caledonia national football team is the team of New Caledonia and is controlled by the Fédération Calédonienne de Football. The Vanuatu national football team is the national team of Vanuatu and is controlled by the Vanuatu Football Federation. The Oceania Nations Cup 1980 was held in Nouméa, New Caledonia. For the former North American fur-trading district see New Caledonia (Canada, and for the Scottish colony in Panama see Darien scheme. The Australian national football team represents Australia in international association football competitions The Tahiti national football team is the national team of French Polynesia and is controlled by the Fédération Tahitienne de Football. The New Caledonia national football team is the team of New Caledonia and is controlled by the Fédération Calédonienne de Football. The Fiji national football team is the national team of Fiji and is controlled by the Fiji Football Association. The Oceania Nations Cup 1996 was not held as a cohesive tournament but consisted of semi-finals and a final played on a two-legged basis stretched out between November 1995 The Australian national football team represents Australia in international association football competitions The Tahiti national football team is the national team of French Polynesia and is controlled by the Fédération Tahitienne de Football. The New Zealand national football team, nicknamed the All Whites, is the national team of New Zealand and is controlled by New Zealand Football The Solomon Islands national football team is the national team of the Solomon Islands and is controlled by Solomon Islands Football Federation. The Oceania Nations Cup 1998 was held in Brisbane, Australia. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. 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The 2002 Oceania Nations Cup doubled as the 2003 Confederations Cup qualification tournament for the OFC, as well as to select the Oceanic team to compete in the New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island The New Zealand national football team, nicknamed the All Whites, is the national team of New Zealand and is controlled by New Zealand Football The Australian national football team represents Australia in international association football competitions The Tahiti national football team is the national team of French Polynesia and is controlled by the Fédération Tahitienne de Football. The Vanuatu national football team is the national team of Vanuatu and is controlled by the Vanuatu Football Federation. The 2004 Oceania Nations Cup doubled as the qualification tournament to the 2006 Football World Cup, except the two-legged final (A separate playoff (between For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. The Australian national football team represents Australia in international association football competitions The Solomon Islands national football team is the national team of the Solomon Islands and is controlled by Solomon Islands Football Federation. The New Zealand national football team, nicknamed the All Whites, is the national team of New Zealand and is controlled by New Zealand Football The Fiji national football team is the national team of Fiji and is controlled by the Fiji Football Association. The 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification for the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC will select one nation to compete in a two-legged home-and-away playoff against The Australian national football team represents Australia in international association football competitions The New Zealand national football team, nicknamed the All Whites, is the national team of New Zealand and is controlled by New Zealand Football The Tahiti national football team is the national team of French Polynesia and is controlled by the Fédération Tahitienne de Football. The Solomon Islands national football team is the national team of the Solomon Islands and is controlled by Solomon Islands Football Federation. The New Caledonia national football team is the team of New Caledonia and is controlled by the Fédération Calédonienne de Football. The Fiji national football team is the national team of Fiji and is controlled by the Fiji Football Association. The Vanuatu national football team is the national team of Vanuatu and is controlled by the Vanuatu Football Federation.

Total hosts

Time(s)	Nation	Year(s)
2	Australia	1998, 2004
2	New Zealand	1973, 2002
1	Tahiti	2000
1	New Caledonia	1980
2	No Host	1996, 2008

Performances by host nations

Year	Host nation	Finish
1973	New Zealand	Champions
1980	New Caledonia	Third Place
1996	No Host
1998	Australia	Second Place
2000	Tahiti	Group Stage
2002	New Zealand	Champions
2004	Australia	Champions
2008	No Host

OFC Nations Cup winning managers and captain

Year	Head coach	Captain	Champions
1973	Barrie Truman	?	New Zealand
1980	Rudi Gutendorf	?	Australia
1996	Eddie Thomson	Paul Wade	Australia
1998	Ken Dugdale	Jason Batty	New Zealand
2000	Frank Farina	Stan Lazaridis	Australia
2002	Mick Waitt	?	New Zealand
2004	Frank Farina	Tony Vidmar	Australia
2008

Records and statistics

Participating nations

Participating nations by number of final tournament appearances:

8 times

New Zealand

7 times

6 times

5 times

Solomon Islands

4 times

New Caledonia

2 times

Overall top goalscorers

Goals	Scorers
14	Damian Mori
11	Kris Trajanovski
10	Vaughan Coveny
7	Chris Killen, Commins Menapi
6	Tim Cahill, Joel Porter, Paul Trimboli
5	Scott Chipperfield, Bobby Despotovski, Mark Burton, Jeff Campbell, Ryan Nelsen, Eddie Krncevic, Ian Hunter, Craig Foster, Clayton Zane, Jean-Loup Rousseau

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Paul Wade (born March 20, 1962 in Cheshire, England) is a retired Australian Football (soccer player who is most The Australian national football team represents Australia in international association football competitions Jason Batty (born in Auckland, March 23, 1971) is a retired successful New Zealand football goalkeeper who frequently The New Zealand national football team, nicknamed the All Whites, is the national team of New Zealand and is controlled by New Zealand Football Frank Farina (born September 5 1964 in Darwin, Northern Territory) is an iconic retired Australian footballer and current coach of Australian Stanley "Stan" Lazaridis (born August 16, 1972 in Perth, Australia) is an Australian former Football (soccer The Australian national football team represents Australia in international association football competitions The New Zealand national football team, nicknamed the All Whites, is the national team of New Zealand and is controlled by New Zealand Football Frank Farina (born September 5 1964 in Darwin, Northern Territory) is an iconic retired Australian footballer and current coach of Australian Tony Vidmar (born July 4, 1970 in Adelaide) is a former Australian Football (soccer player of Slovenian-Italian origin The Australian national football team represents Australia in international association football competitions The New Zealand national football team, nicknamed the All Whites, is the national team of New Zealand and is controlled by New Zealand Football The Tahiti national football team is the national team of French Polynesia and is controlled by the Fédération Tahitienne de Football. The Vanuatu national football team is the national team of Vanuatu and is controlled by the Vanuatu Football Federation. The Australian national football team represents Australia in international association football competitions The Fiji national football team is the national team of Fiji and is controlled by the Fiji Football Association. The Solomon Islands national football team is the national team of the Solomon Islands and is controlled by Solomon Islands Football Federation. The New Caledonia national football team is the team of New Caledonia and is controlled by the Fédération Calédonienne de Football. The Papua New Guinea national football team is the national team of Papua New Guinea and is controlled by the Papua New Guinea Football Association. The Cook Islands national football team is the national team of the Cook Islands and is controlled by the Cook Islands Football Association. Damian Mori (born September 30, 1970 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia) is an Australian Football (soccer player Vaughan Coveny (born 13 December, 1971 in Wellington, New Zealand) is a Football player who frequently represented his country Christopher John "Chris" Killen (born October 8, 1981 in Wellington) is a New Zealand international football player currently Commins Menapi (born September 18 1977 is a Solomon Islands striker, currently playing for NZFC (New Zealand Football Championship side Waitakere Tim Cahill (born 6 December 1979) is an Australian Football (soccer player who plays as an attacking central midfielder for the Australian Joel Porter (born 25 December 1978) is an Australian Football (soccer player who plays as a striker for Hartlepool United in Paolo (Paul Vincenzo Trimboli (born February 25, 1969) is a former Australian international Football (soccer player of Italian Scott Chipperfield (born December 30, 1975 in Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian Football (soccer left Slobodan "Bobby" Despotovski (born July 14 1971 in Perth Western Australia) is an Australian Football (soccer player Mark Burton (born May 18, 1974) is a New Zealand Soccer player Jeff Campbell (Born August 25, 1979) is a New Zealand soccer player who has represented his country at U20 U23 and senior levels Ryan William Nelsen (born October 18 1977 in Christchurch) is a New Zealand professional footballer who currently plays for Blackburn Rovers Edward "Eddie" Krnčević (born August 14 1960 in Geelong) was an Australian Football (soccer player Ian Hunter is the name of Ian Hunter (singer, English singer-songwriter formerly frontman of Mott the Hoople Ian Hunter (actor, South Craig Foster (born 15 April 1969 is a former soccer player from Australia. Clayton Zane (born July 12, 1977) is a retired Australian international Football player

Top scorers

Year	Player	Goals
1973	Segin Wayewol Alan Marley Erroll Bennett	3
1980	Ian Hunter Eddie Krncevic	5
1996	Kris Trajanovski	7
1998	Damian Mori	10
2000	Craig Foster Clayton Zane	5
2002	Joel Porter	6
2004	Tim Cahill Vaughan Coveny	6
2008	Shane Smeltz^	4

^ 2008 edition will finish on 10 September 2008

General Statistics

The teams who are involved in the 2008 edition are in bold. Ian Hunter is the name of Ian Hunter (singer, English singer-songwriter formerly frontman of Mott the Hoople Ian Hunter (actor, South Edward "Eddie" Krnčević (born August 14 1960 in Geelong) was an Australian Football (soccer player Damian Mori (born September 30, 1970 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia) is an Australian Football (soccer player Craig Foster (born 15 April 1969 is a former soccer player from Australia. Clayton Zane (born July 12, 1977) is a retired Australian international Football player Joel Porter (born 25 December 1978) is an Australian Football (soccer player who plays as a striker for Hartlepool United in Tim Cahill (born 6 December 1979) is an Australian Football (soccer player who plays as an attacking central midfielder for the Australian Vaughan Coveny (born 13 December, 1971 in Wellington, New Zealand) is a Football player who frequently represented his country Shane Smeltz (born in Göppingen, Germany on 29 September 1981) is a New Zealand Football player

Team		Pts	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GDif	%
1	Australia	74	28	24	2	2	142	13	+129	88,1%
2	New Zealand	68	30	22	2	6	84	28	+56	75,5%
3	Tahiti	39	28	12	3	13	53	71	-18	46,4%
4	Fiji	20	23	6	2	15	29	56	-27	29,0%
5	New Caledonia	19	13	6	1	6	30	34	-4	48,7%
6	Solomon Islands	17	19	5	2	12	24	60	-36	29,8%
7	Vanuatu	16	25	5	1	19	26	59	-33	21,3%
8	Papua New Guinea	4	6	1	1	4	8	34	-26	22,2%
9	Cook Islands	0	4	0	0	4	1	41	-40	0,00%

Teams Which Have Failed to Qualify

Year	Teams Eliminated In The Qualifying Round	Number Of Teams To The Final Round	Total
1973	No Qualifying Round	5	5
1980	No Qualifying Round	8	8
1996	Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu, New Caledonia, Tonga, Samoa, American Samoa	4	11
1998	Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea, New Caledonia, Tonga, Samoa, American Samoa	6	12
2000	Papua New Guinea, New Caledonia, Tonga, Samoa, American Samoa, Fiji^	6	12
2002	Tonga, Samoa, American Samoa	8	11
2004	Papua New Guinea, New Caledonia, Tonga, Samoa, American Samoa, Cook Islands	6	12
2008	Tahiti, Tonga, Samoa, American Samoa, Cook Islands, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu^^	4	11

^ Qualified but then withdrew. The Fiji national football team is the national team of Fiji and is controlled by the Fiji Football Association. The Papua New Guinea national football team is the national team of Papua New Guinea and is controlled by the Papua New Guinea Football Association. The Vanuatu national football team is the national team of Vanuatu and is controlled by the Vanuatu Football Federation. The New Caledonia national football team is the team of New Caledonia and is controlled by the Fédération Calédonienne de Football. The Tonga national football team is the national team of Tonga and is controlled by the Tonga Football Association. The Samoa national football team is the national team of Samoa and is controlled by the Samoa Football (Soccer Federation. The American Samoa national soccer team is the national team of American Samoa and is controlled by Football Federation American Samoa. The Solomon Islands national football team is the national team of the Solomon Islands and is controlled by Solomon Islands Football Federation. The Papua New Guinea national football team is the national team of Papua New Guinea and is controlled by the Papua New Guinea Football Association. The New Caledonia national football team is the team of New Caledonia and is controlled by the Fédération Calédonienne de Football. The Tonga national football team is the national team of Tonga and is controlled by the Tonga Football Association. The Samoa national football team is the national team of Samoa and is controlled by the Samoa Football (Soccer Federation. The American Samoa national soccer team is the national team of American Samoa and is controlled by Football Federation American Samoa. The Papua New Guinea national football team is the national team of Papua New Guinea and is controlled by the Papua New Guinea Football Association. The New Caledonia national football team is the team of New Caledonia and is controlled by the Fédération Calédonienne de Football. The Tonga national football team is the national team of Tonga and is controlled by the Tonga Football Association. The Samoa national football team is the national team of Samoa and is controlled by the Samoa Football (Soccer Federation. The American Samoa national soccer team is the national team of American Samoa and is controlled by Football Federation American Samoa. The Fiji national football team is the national team of Fiji and is controlled by the Fiji Football Association. The Tonga national football team is the national team of Tonga and is controlled by the Tonga Football Association. The Samoa national football team is the national team of Samoa and is controlled by the Samoa Football (Soccer Federation. The American Samoa national soccer team is the national team of American Samoa and is controlled by Football Federation American Samoa. The Papua New Guinea national football team is the national team of Papua New Guinea and is controlled by the Papua New Guinea Football Association. The New Caledonia national football team is the team of New Caledonia and is controlled by the Fédération Calédonienne de Football. The Tonga national football team is the national team of Tonga and is controlled by the Tonga Football Association. The Samoa national football team is the national team of Samoa and is controlled by the Samoa Football (Soccer Federation. The American Samoa national soccer team is the national team of American Samoa and is controlled by Football Federation American Samoa. The Cook Islands national football team is the national team of the Cook Islands and is controlled by the Cook Islands Football Association. The Tahiti national football team is the national team of French Polynesia and is controlled by the Fédération Tahitienne de Football. The Tonga national football team is the national team of Tonga and is controlled by the Tonga Football Association. The Samoa national football team is the national team of Samoa and is controlled by the Samoa Football (Soccer Federation. The American Samoa national soccer team is the national team of American Samoa and is controlled by Football Federation American Samoa. The Cook Islands national football team is the national team of the Cook Islands and is controlled by the Cook Islands Football Association. The Solomon Islands national football team is the national team of the Solomon Islands and is controlled by Solomon Islands Football Federation. The Tuvalu national soccer team is the international football team of Tuvalu.

^^ OFC Associate member.

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