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2016 OFC Nations Cup Group A

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]

Teams

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Draw position Team Method of
qualification 		Date of
qualification 		Finals
appearance 		Last
appearance 		Previous best
performance 		FIFA Rankings
July 2015[nb 1] May 2016
A1   Tahiti Automatic 29 March 2014 9th 2012 Winners (2012) 188 196
A2   New Caledonia Automatic 29 March 2014 6th 2012 Runners-up (2008, 2012) 167 191
A3   Samoa Qualifying winner 4 September 2015 2nd 2012 Group stage (2012) 198 170
A4   Papua New Guinea (hosts) Automatic 29 March 2014 4th 2012 Group stage (1980, 2002, 2012) 202 198

Notes

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

Standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Papua New Guinea (H) 3 1 2 0 11 3 8 5 Qualification to Nations Cup knockout stage
and World Cup qualifying third round
2   New Caledonia 3 1 2 0 9 2 7 5
3   Tahiti 3 1 2 0 7 3 4 5 Qualification to World Cup qualifying third round
4   Samoa 3 0 0 3 0 19 −19 0
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

In the semi-finals:

  • The winners of Group A, Papua New Guinea, advanced to play the runners-up of Group B, Solomon Islands.
  • The runners-up of Group A, New Caledonia, advanced to play the winners of Group B, New Zealand.

Matches

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All match times are local, UTC 10.

Papua New Guinea vs New Caledonia

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Papua New Guinea  1–1  New Caledonia
  • Semmy   41'
 Report (FIFA)
Report (OFC)
Attendance: 4,231[2]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Papua New Guinea[3]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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  4–0  Samoa
 Report (FIFA)
Report (OFC)
Attendance: 4,720[4]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Tahiti[5]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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  2–2  Tahiti
 Report (FIFA)
Report (OFC)
Attendance: 1,643[6]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Papua New Guinea[7]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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  7–0  Samoa
 Report (FIFA)
Report (OFC)
Attendance: 2,015[8]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
New Caledonia[9]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Samoa[9]

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

Samoa vs Papua New Guinea

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Samoa  0–8  Papua New Guinea
Report (FIFA)
Report (OFC)
Attendance: 2,678[10]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Samoa[11]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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  1–1  New Caledonia
 Report (FIFA)
Report (OFC)
Attendance: 3,158[12]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Tahiti[13]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
New Caledonia[13]

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

References

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  1. ^ "World Cup path laid out for Oceania". OFC. 26 July 2015. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
  2. ^ a b "Match Summary, Group A: Papua New Guinea – New Caledonia" (PDF). Oceania Football Confederation. 29 May 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 June 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
  3. ^ a b "PNG 1–1 NCL". OceaniaFootball.com. Oceania Football Confederation. 29 May 2016. Archived from the original on 30 June 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
  4. ^ a b "Match Summary, Group A: Tahiti – Samoa" (PDF). Oceania Football Confederation. 29 May 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 June 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
  5. ^ a b "TAH 4–0 SAM". OceaniaFootball.com. Oceania Football Confederation. 29 May 2016. Archived from the original on 1 June 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
  6. ^ a b "Match Summary, Group A: Papua New Guinea – Tahiti" (PDF). Oceania Football Confederation. 1 June 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 June 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
  7. ^ a b "PNG 2–2 TAH". OceaniaFootball.com. Oceania Football Confederation. 1 June 2016. Archived from the original on 1 July 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
  8. ^ a b "Match Summary, Group A: New Caledonia – Samoa" (PDF). Oceania Football Confederation. 1 June 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 June 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
  9. ^ a b "NCL 7–0 SAM". OceaniaFootball.com. Oceania Football Confederation. 1 June 2016. Archived from the original on 1 July 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
  10. ^ a b "Match Summary, Group A: Samoa – Papua New Guinea" (PDF). Oceania Football Confederation. 5 June 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 June 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
  11. ^ a b "SAM 0–8 PNG". OceaniaFootball.com. Oceania Football Confederation. 5 June 2016. Archived from the original on 3 August 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
  12. ^ a b "Match Summary, Group A: Tahiti – New Caledonia" (PDF). Oceania Football Confederation. 5 June 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 June 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
  13. ^ a b "TAH 1–1 NCL". OceaniaFootball.com. Oceania Football Confederation. 5 June 2016. Archived from the original on 3 August 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
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