OFC Nations Cup awards

At the end of each OFC Nations Cup final tournament, several awards are presented to the players and teams which have distinguished themselves in various aspects of the match.

Awards edit

There are currently four post-tournament awards

  • the Golden Ball for most valuable player;
  • the Golden Boot for most prolific goal scorer;
  • the Golden Glove for most outstanding goalkeeper;
  • the Fair Play Award for the team with the best record of fair play.

Best Player edit

Year Host Best Player Ref.
2012   Solomon Islands   Nicolas Vallar [1]
2016   Papua New Guinea   David Muta [2]

Top Goalscorer edit

Year Host Top scorer(s) Goals Ref.
1973   New Zealand   Segin Wayewol
  Alan Marley
3
1980   New Caledonia   Ian Hunter
  Eddie Krncevic
5
1996 No fixed host   Kris Trajanovski 7
1998   Australia   Damian Mori 10
2000   Tahiti   Craig Foster
  Clayton Zane
5
2002   New Zealand   Joel Porter 6
2004   Australia   Tim Cahill
  Vaughan Coveny
6
2008 No fixed host   Shane Smeltz 8
2012   Solomon Islands   Jacques Haeko 6 [1]
2016   Papua New Guinea   Raymond Gunemba 5 [2]

Best Goalkeeper edit

Year Host Best Goalkeeper Ref.
2012   Solomon Islands   Rocky Nyikeine [1]
2016   Papua New Guinea   Stefan Marinovic [2]

Fair Play Award edit

Year Host Winner Ref.
2012   Solomon Islands   Solomon Islands [1]
2016   Papua New Guinea   New Caledonia [2]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d "Tahiti crowned kings of Oceania". oceaniafootball.com. 10 June 2012. Archived from the original on 4 June 2016.
  2. ^ a b c d "New Zealand triumphant". Oceania Football Confederation. 11 June 2016. Archived from the original on 11 June 2016.