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2014 Qualification

Seeding

• Fourteen team entered the tournament.
• Out of those fourteen, eleven are full members of the OFC.
• Vanuatu qualified automatically as hosts (ranked 190th in the world).
• The remaining thirteen teams were separated into pots for the draw, depending on their world ranking.
• Pot 1 had the top four ranked teams entering qualifying. Pots 2 and 3 both had three ranked teams each, and Pot 4 had the three unranked teams, who are not full members of the OFC or FIFA.
• The world ranking (June 2014) of each team is shown in brackets.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4 (Non-members)
New Zealand (97) New Caledonia (140) Tahiti (161) Solomon Islands (180)	Fiji (188) Samoa (189) Tonga (192)	Papua New Guinea (196) American Samoa (198) Cook Islands (205)	Kiribati (N/A) Niue (N/A) Tuvalu (N/A)

Group Stage

• The teams are split into four groups (one of four teams and three of three).
• Each team will play the others twice (home and away).
• The first place team from each group qualifies for the tournament, joining Vanuatu.
• The second placed team of each group will enter a play-off round with one of the other second placed teams. The winners of the play-offs then also qualify for the tournament.

Legend
Team qualifies for the tournament
Team qualifies for the play-off round
Team does not qualify

Group A

• Group A will have four teams (one from each of the four pots).
• The second placed team from Group A will enter a play-off with the second placed team from Group C.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Tahiti	6	4	1	1	37	6	+31	13
Tonga	6	2	3	1	11	9	+2	9
Niue	6	1	3	2	9	32	−23	6
American Samoa	6	1	1	4	10	20	−10	4

Source:

Week 1

Tahiti	7-0	American Samoa

Papeete, Tahiti

Week 1

Tonga	3-3	Niue

Nukuʻalofa, Tonga

Week 2

Tonga	1-0	Tahiti

Nukuʻalofa, Tonga

Week 2

Niue	4-4	American Samoa

Alofi, Niue

Week 3

Tahiti	8-1	Niue

Papeete, Tahiti

Week 3

American Samoa	1-0	Tonga

Pago Pago, American Samoa

Week 4

American Samoa	2-3	Tahiti

Pago Pago, American Samoa

Week 4

Niue	0-0	Tonga

Alofi, Niue

Week 5

Tahiti	2-2	Tonga

Papeete, Tahiti

Week 5

American Samoa	0-1	Niue

Pago Pago, American Samoa

Week 6

Niue	0-17	Tahiti

Alofi, Niue

Week 6

Tonga	5-3	American Samoa

Nukuʻalofa, Tonga

Group B

• Group B will have three teams (one from pots 1, 2 and 3 - but none from pot 4).
• The second placed team from Group B will enter a play-off with the second placed team from Group D.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Fiji	4	2	2	0	7	1	+6	8
New Caledonia	4	2	1	1	12	4	+8	7
Cook Islands	4	0	1	3	2	16	−14	1

Source:

Week 1

New Caledonia	8-2	Cook Islands

Nouméa, New Caledonia

Week 2

Cook Islands	0-0	Fiji

Avarua, Cook Islands

Week 3

Fiji	1-1	New Caledonia

Suva, Fiji

Week 4

Cook Islands	0-3	New Caledonia

Avarua, Cook Islands

Week 5

Fiji	5-0	Cook Islands

Suva, Fiji

Week 6

New Caledonia	0-1	Fiji

Nouméa, New Caledonia

Group C

• Group C will have three teams (one from pots 1, 2 and 4 - but none from pot 3).
• The second placed team from Group C will enter a play-off with the second placed team from Group A.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Samoa	4	3	1	0	14	2	+12	10
Solomon Islands	4	2	1	1	18	4	+14	7
Kiribati	4	0	0	4	3	29	−26	0

Source:

Week 1

Solomon Islands	11-0	Kiribati

Honiara, Solomon Islands

Week 2

Kiribati	1-4	Samoa

Aiwo, Nauru^†

Week 3

Samoa	2-1	Solomon Islands

Apia, Samoa

Week 4

Kiribati	2-6	Solomon Islands

Aiwo, Nauru^†

Week 5

Samoa	8-0	Kiribati

Apia, Samoa

Week 6

Solomon Islands	0-0	Samoa

Honiara, Solomon Islands

• ^†= Kiribati will play their home games in Aiwo in the nearby country of Nauru, as their own stadium in Bairiki has a sand surface pitch, unsuitable for football. The stadium in Aiwo has a hard dirt surface, which is acceptable.

Group D

• Group D will have three teams (one from pots 1, 3 and 4 - but none from pot 2).
• The second placed team from Group D will enter a play-off with the second placed team from Group B.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
New Zealand	4	4	0	0	36	1	+35	12
Tuvalu	4	1	1	2	5	32	−27	4
Papua New Guinea	4	0	1	3	3	11	−8	1

Source:

Week 1

New Zealand	16-1	Tuvalu

Wellington, New Zealand

Week 2

Tuvalu	2-1	Papua New Guinea

Funafuti, Tuvalu

Week 3

Papua New Guinea	0-3	New Zealand

Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea

Week 4

Tuvalu	0-13	New Zealand

Funafuti, Tuvalu

Week 5

Papua New Guinea	2-2	Tuvalu

Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea

Week 6

New Zealand	4-0	Papua New Guinea

Christchurch, New Zealand

Play-off round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Tonga	1-5	Solomon Islands	0-2	1-3
New Caledonia	11-2	Tuvalu	1-1	10-1

Play-off 1

1st Leg

Week 7

Tonga	0-2	Solomon Islands

Nuku'alofa, Tonga

2nd Leg

Week 8

Solomon Islands	3-1	Tonga

Honiara, Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands win 5-1 on Aggregate

Play-off 2

1st Leg

Week 7

New Caledonia	1-1	Tuvalu

Nouméa, New Caledonia

2nd Leg

Week 8

Tuvalu	1-10	New Caledonia

Funafuti, Tuvalu

New Caledonia win 11-2 on Aggregate

2014 Tournament

Qualified nations

Nation	Qualified	Method	World Ranking	OFC Ranking
Vanuatu	1st	Host nation	190th	7th
New Zealand	2nd	Group D winner	97th	1st
Tahiti	3rd	Group A winner	161st	3rd
Fiji	4th=	Group B winner	188th	5th
Samoa	4th=	Group C winner	189th	6th
Solomon Islands	6th=	Play-off 1 winner	180th	4th
New Caledonia	6th=	Play-off 2 winner	140th	2nd

Format

• The tournament will be a straight knock-out tournament.
• The hosts (Vanuatu) are given a bye to the semi-finals, so the other six qualifiers must compete in round one. The three winners from round one will then join the hosts in the semi-finals.

Venues

• Vanuatu were chosen as the host nation.
• Two stadiums were announced as venues for the tournament.

Vanuatu

Port Vila	Port Vila		Port Vila
Korman Stadium			Port Vila Municipal Stadium
Round One Match 2, Semi-final 1, Third-place play-off, Final			Round One Matches 1 & 3, Semi-final 2
17°44′2.07″S 168°20′14.54″E			17°43′51.05″S 168°18′57.29″E
Capacity: 6,500			Capacity: 2,000

• The Korman Stadium in Port Vila will host one match in Round 1, one semi-final, the 3rd-place play-off and the final.
• The Port Vila Municipal Stadium in Port Vila will host two matches in Round 1 and one semi-final.

Seedings

• As hosts, Vanuatu were automatically put through into the semi-finals (round two), and were placed as Team 1 in Semi-final 1.
• The other six teams were separated into pots, just like in qualifying, based on their rankings (OFC rankings shown in brackets).

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3
New Zealand (1) New Caledonia (2)	Tahiti (3) Solomon Islands (4)	Fiji (5) Samoa (6)

• The draw for the first round featured three pots of two teams each. Match 1 in round one would feature one team from pots 2 and 3. Match 2 would feature one team from pots 1 and 3, and match 3 would feature one team from pots 1 and 2.
• The winner of match 1 will face Vanuatu in the semi-finals. The winners of matches 2 and 3 will also face each other at the next stage. The two semi-final winners then meet in the final, and the semi-final losers play-off for 3rd and 4th place.

Tournament Bracket

	Round 1				Semi-finals				Final
	Match-day 1 - Municipal Stadium
	Tahiti	1
					Match-day 3 - Korman Stadium
	Fiji (aet)	2
					Vanuatu
					Fiji
									Match-day 5 - Korman Stadium
									Winner of SF1
	Match-day 2 - Korman Stadium
									Winner of SF2
	New Zealand	2
					Match-day 3 - Municipal Stadium
	Samoa	0
					New Zealand
	Match-day 2 - Municipal Stadium
					New Caledonia				Third-place play-off
	New Caledonia	3
									Match-day 4 - Korman Stadium
	Solomon Islands	1
									Loser of SF1
									Loser of SF2

Round One

Match-day 1

15:00

Tahiti	1-2 (aet)	Fiji

Municipal Stadium, Port Vila

Attendance: 1,350

Match-day 2

15:00

New Zealand	2-0	Samoa

Korman Stadium, Port Vila

Attendance: 5,350

Match-day 2

19:00

New Caledonia	3-1	Solomon Islands

Municipal Stadium, Port Vila

Attendance: 989

2015 Qualification

Seeding

• At least fourteen teams will enter qualification, eleven of which are full members of the OFC, and three of which are associate-members.
• It is also being considered whether other nations in Oceania should be allowed into qualifying, even if they are not associated to the OFC or FIFA in any way.
• Unlike 2014 Qualifying, the teams will not be split into pots based solely on world rankings. Instead, the teams will be split according to a score which is made up through a formula using a combination of both world ranking and performance at the previous tournament.
• This new system will not include the trams who are not full members of the OFC. They will still be placed in the bottom pot (Pot 4).
• The defending champions (TBD, 2014) will automatically be put into the top pot (Pot 1) as top seed going into qualification.

2015 Tournament

Format

• Unlike the 2014 tournament, the 2015 one will not be a straight knock-out tournament from round one, instead it will feature a round-robin group stage in round one. The hosts (New Zealand) will still be given a bye through to round 2.
• The other six qualifiers will be split into two groups, depending on their world ranking, and each team will play the others in its group once.
• The two group winners will advance to the semi-finals (round 2) to join the hosts. The two group runners-up will enter a play-off to win the right to also reach the semi-finals.
• This format means that more matches will be played, allowing for more stadiums to be used, showcasing more of the host country.

Venues

• New Zealand were chosen as the host nation.
• Four stadiums in four cities were announced as venues for the tournament.

New Zealand

Auckland	Dunedin	Auckland Dunedin Nelson Wellington		Nelson	Wellington
Mount Smart Stadium	Forsyth Barr Stadium			Trafalgar Park	Wellington Regional Stadium
36°55′6″S 174°48′45″E	45°52′9″S 170°31′28″E			41°16′1″S 173°16′59″E	41°16′23″S 174°47′9″E
Capacity: 30,000	Capacity: 30,748			Capacity: 18,000	Capacity: 34,500

The matches in the tournament will be shared among the stadiums as follows:

• Mount Smart Stadium in Auckland will host 1 Group A match, 1 Group B match and the third-place play-off.
• Forsyth Barr Stadium in Dunedin will host 1 Group A match (the opening match), the semi-final play-off match and 1 semi-final.
• Trafalgar Park in Nelson will host 1 Group A match and 1 Group B match.
• Wellington Regional Stadium in Wellington will host 1 Group B match, 1 semi-final and the Final.

2016 Tournament

• Three bids have been put forward to host the 2016 tournament. These are:

• Fiji
• Solomon Islands
• New Caledonia-Vanuatu joint bid