New Zealand at the OFC Nations Cup

The New Zealand national football team has competed in all ten editions of the OFC Nations Cup, and have won five times, the most recent coming in the 2016 tournament.

On 1 January 2006, Australia ceased to be a member of the Oceania Football Confederation, having elected to join the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), and have not taken part in the OFC Nations Cup since.

OFC Nations Cup record[]

Year	Result	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1973	Champions	5	4	1	0	13	4	+9
1980	Group Stage	3	1	0	2	7	8	–1
1996	Third Place	2	0	1	1	0	3	–3
1998	Champions	4	4	0	0	11	1	+10
2000	Runners-up	4	3	0	1	7	3	+4
2002	Champions	5	5	0	0	23	2	+21
2004	Third Place	5	3	0	2	17	5	+12
2008	Champions	6	5	0	1	14	5	+9
2012	Third Place	5	3	1	1	8	7	+1
2016	Champions	5	5	0	0	10	1	+9
2020	Cancelled
Total	5 Titles	44	33	3	8	110	39	+71

Matches[]

1973 OFC Nations Cup[]

The first edition of the Oceania Nations Cup (known as the "Oceania Cup") took place in Newmarket Park in Auckland, New Zealand. Five countries participated in one group where each team played each other once. The top two teams progressed to the final where New Zealand defeated Tahiti 2-0 to be crowned champions.^[1]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
New Zealand	4	3	1	0	11	4	+7	10
Tahiti	4	2	2	0	7	2	+5	8
New Caledonia	4	2	0	2	8	5	+3	6
New Hebrides	4	1	1	2	4	8	–4	4
Fiji	4	0	0	4	2	13	–11	0

Group matches

17 February 1973	New Zealand	5 – 1	Fiji	Auckland, New Zealand
	M. Bland G. Brand D. Taylor B. Turner A. Vest	Summary		Stadium: Newmarket Park

18 February 1973	New Zealand	1 – 1	Tahiti	Auckland, New Zealand
	A. Vest	Summary		Stadium: Newmarket Park

21 February 1973	New Zealand	2 – 1	New Caledonia	Auckland, New Zealand
	C. Latimour A. Marley	Summary		Stadium: Newmarket Park

23 February 1973	New Zealand	3 – 1	New Hebrides	Auckland, New Zealand
	M. Bland B. Hardman A. Marley	Summary		Stadium: Newmarket Park

Knockout stage

24 February 1973 Final	New Zealand	2 – 0	Tahiti	Auckland, New Zealand
	A. Marley D. Taylor	Summary		Stadium: Newmarket Park

1980 OFC Nations Cup[]

The second edition of the OFC Nations Cup, held in New Caledonia, consisted of eight teams divided into two groups of four, with the group winners progressing to the final and the runners-up contesting the third place play-off match. After three group matches, New Zealand failed to progress to the knockout stages of the tournament.^[2]

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Tahiti	3	3	0	21	5	+16	9
Fiji	3	2	1	10	7	+3	6
New Zealand	3	1	2	7	8	–1	3
Solomon Islands	3	0	3	3	21	–18	0

Group matches

25 February 1980

Tahiti

3 – 1

New Zealand

Nouméa, New Caledonia

27 February 1980

Fiji

4 – 0

New Zealand

Nouméa, New Caledonia

29 February 1980

New Zealand

6 – 1

Solomon Islands

Nouméa, New Caledonia

1996 OFC Nations Cup[]

The third edition of the OFC Nations cup was not held as a cohesive tournament but consisted of four teams and two home-and-away rounds spanning two years. New Zealand played Australia, and Tahiti played the Solomon Islands, with Australia and Tahiti progressing to the final.^[3] The two matches between New Zealand and Australia also doubled as the 1995 edition of the Trans-Tasman Cup.

10 November 1995	New Zealand	0 – 0	Australia	Christchurch, New Zealand
		(0-0) Summary		Stadium: Queen Elizabeth II Park Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Barry Tasker

15 November 1995	Australia	3 – 0	New Zealand	Newcastle, Australia
	D. Mori 33' P. Wade 45' (pen.) J. Spiteri 51'	(0-0) Summary		Stadium: Breakers Stadium Attendance: 8,858 Referee: Simon Micallef

1998 OFC Nations Cup[]

Six teams competed in the 1998 OFC Nations Cup which was held at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane, Australia. The six teams were divided into two groups of three, with the top two teams from each group progressing to the semi-finals. New Zealand defeated Australia in the final to earn a spot at the 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup.^[4]

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
New Zealand	2	2	0	9	1	+8	6
Tahiti	2	1	1	5	2	+3	3
Vanuatu	2	0	2	2	13	-11	0

Group stage

25 September 1998	New Zealand	1 – 0	Tahiti	Brisbane, Australia
	13' (o.g.)	(1-0) Summary		Stadium: Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 900 Referee: Simon Micallef

28 September 1998	New Zealand	8 – 1	Vanuatu	Brisbane, Australia
	T. Christie 1' V. Coveny 11', 25', 39', 40' R. Ryan 34', 65' C. Bunce 65'	(6-1) Summary	45'	Stadium: Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 500

Knockout stage

2 October 1998 Semi-final	New Zealand	1 – 0	Fiji	Brisbane, Australia
	D. Hay 88'	(0-0) Summary		Stadium: Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Massimo Raveino

4 October 1998 Final	Australia	0 – 1	New Zealand	Brisbane, Australia
		(0-1) Summary	24' M. Burton	Stadium: Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Massimo Raveino

2000 OFC Nations Cup[]

As in the previous edition of the Nations Cup, the 2000 tournament included six teams divided into two groups of three. The top two teams from each group progressed to the knockout stages with Australia defeating New Zealand in the final to claim the title of Oceania champion, and secure a place at the 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup.^[5]

Group 2

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
New Zealand	2	2	0	5	1	+4	6
Vanuatu	2	1	1	4	5	-1	3
Tahiti	2	0	2	2	5	-3	0

Group stage

19 June 2000	New Zealand	2 – 0	Tahiti	Papeete, Tahiti
	C. Bouckenooghe 27' C. Jackson 78'	(1-0) Summary		Stadium: Stade Pater Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Eddie Lennie

21 June 2000	New Zealand	3 – 1	Vanuatu	Papeete, Tahiti
	C. Killen 47', 84' J. Perry 56'	(0-1) Summary	14' R. Iwai	Stadium: Stade Pater Referee: Eddie Lennie

Knockout stage

25 June 2000 Semi-final	New Zealand	2 – 0	Solomon Islands	Papeete, Tahiti
	S. Elliott 51', 55'	(0-0) Summary		Stadium: Stade Pater Attendance: 500 Referee: Eddie Lennie

28 June 2000 Final	Australia	2 – 0	New Zealand	Papeete, Tahiti
	S. Murphy 40' C. Foster 66'	(1-0) Summary		Stadium: Stade Pater Attendance: 300 Referee: Harry Attison

2002 OFC Nations Cup[]

The sixth edition of the OFC Nations Cup saw eight teams participate in two groups of four teams each. Each team played the other once, and the top two teams progressed to the knockout stages. After defeating Vanuatu in the semi-final, New Zealand went on to defeat long-time rivals Australia to be crowned OFC Champions and qualify for the 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup.^[6]

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
New Zealand	3	3	0	0	19	2	+17	9
Tahiti	3	2	0	1	6	7	-1	6
Solomon Islands	3	0	1	2	3	9	-6	1
Papua New Guinea	3	0	1	2	2	12	-10	1

Group stage

5 July 2002	New Zealand	4 – 0	Tahiti	Auckland, New Zealand
	R. Nelsen 30' I. Vicelich 49' P. Urlovic 80' J. Campbell 88'	(1-0) Summary		Stadium: North Harbour Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Harry Attison

7 July 2002	New Zealand	9 – 1	Papua New Guinea	Auckland, New Zealand
	C. Killen 9', 10', 28', 51' J. Campbell 27', 85' R. Nelsen 54' M. Burton 87' R. de Gregorio 90+1'	(4-1) Summary	35' (pen.)	Stadium: North Harbour Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Leone Rakaroi

9 July 2002	New Zealand	6 – 1	Solomon Islands	Auckland, New Zealand
	I. Vicelich 28', 45' P. Urlovic 42' J. Campbell 50', 75' M. Burton 88'	(3-0) Summary	54' 85' 73' H. Fa'arodo	Stadium: North Harbour Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Harry Attison

Knockout Stage

12 July 2002 Semi-final	New Zealand	3 – 0	Vanuatu	Auckland, New Zealand
	M. Burton 13', 65' C. Killen 23'	(2-0) Summary		Stadium: Ericsson Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Matthew Breeze

14 July 2002 Final	New Zealand	1 – 0	Australia	Auckland, New Zealand
	R. Nelsen 78'	(0-0) Summary		Stadium: Ericsson Stadium Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Charles Ariiotima

2004 OFC Nations Cup[]

The 2004 OFC Nations Cup - which doubled as FIFA World Cup qualifying for the Oceania region^[7] - consisted of two rounds. The first round saw six nations compete in a single group where each team played the other once. The top two teams progressed to a home-and-away finals series to determine the winner of the Nations Cup.

Due to a shock 4-2 loss to Vanuatu, New Zealand failed to place in the top two, resulting in Australia taking on the Solomon Islands in the two-legged final, eventually winning 5-1 away and 6-0 at home to claim the title of OFC Champions for a fourth time.^[8]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Australia	5	4	1	0	21	3	+18	13
Solomon Islands	5	3	1	1	9	5	+4	10
New Zealand	5	3	0	2	17	5	+12	9
Fiji	5	1	1	3	3	10	–7	4
Tahiti	5	1	1	3	2	24	–22	4
Vanuatu	5	1	0	4	5	9	–4	3

Group matches

29 May 2004	Australia	1 – 0	New Zealand	Adelaide, Australia
	J. Aloisi 14' M. Bresciano 40'	(1-0) Report	26' D. Mulligan	Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 12,130 Referee: Claus Bo Larsen

31 May 2004	New Zealand	3 – 0	Solomon Islands	Adelaide, Australia
	I. Vicelich 23' B. Fisher 36' D. Mulligan 57' D. Oughton 81' A. Lines 90'	(1-0) Report	20' S. Waita	Stadium: Marden Sports Complex Attendance: 217 Referee: Eduardo Iturralde González

2 June 2004	New Zealand	2 – 4	Vanuatu	Adelaide, Australia
	V. Coveny 61', 75' I. Vicelich 65' R. de Gregorio 90+2'	(0-1) Report	2' M. Poida 37' S. Chillia 66' L. Bibi 67' G. Gete 72' J. Maleb 77' D. Chilia 88' Qorig	Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 356 Referee: Stefano Farina

4 June 2004	New Zealand	10 – 0	Tahiti	Adelaide, Australia
	V. Coveny 6', 38', 45+1' B. Fisher 16', 22', 63' 44' N. Jones 72' D. Oughton 74' R. Nelsen 82', 87'	(5-0) Report	60' F. Tagawa 82' A. Temataua 87' X. Samin	Stadium: Marden Sports Complex Attendance: 200 Referee: Mark Shield

6 June 2004	Fiji	0 – 2	New Zealand	Adelaide, Australia
		(0-1) Report	8' C. Bunce 56' V. Coveny	Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Claus Bo Larsen

2008 OFC Nations Cup[]

The 2008 tournament doubled as FIFA World Cup qualification matches for the Oceania region and consisted of just four teams in one group with matches spread out over two years. Each team played the other twice with New Zealand - the top team of the group - being crowned the OFC Nations Cup champions as well as earning a spot in the play-off match against the 5th best Asian team for a spot at the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
New Zealand	6	5	1	0	14	5	+9	15
New Caledonia	6	2	2	2	12	10	+2	8
Fiji	6	2	1	3	8	11	–3	7
Vanuatu	6	1	1	4	5	13	–8	4

Group matches

17 October 2007	Fiji	0 – 2	New Zealand	Lautoka, Fiji
		(0-1) Report	37' I. Vicelich 86' S. Smeltz	Stadium: Churchill Park Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Jair Marrufo

17 November 2007	Vanuatu	1 – 2	New Zealand	Port Vila, Vanuatu
	J. Naprapol 32'	(1-0) Report	52' S. Smeltz 90+3' D. Mulligan	Stadium: Korman Stadium Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Job Minan

21 November 2007	New Zealand	4 – 1	Vanuatu	Wellington, New Zealand
	D. Mulligan 14', 81' S. Smeltz 29' (pen.), 34' T. Brown 62' 90+4'	(3-0) Report	50' F. Sakama	Stadium: Westpac Stadium Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Averii Jacques

6 September 2008	New Caledonia	1 – 3	New Zealand	Nouméa, New Caledonia
	M. Hmae 55'	(0-1) Report	16' B. Sigmund 65', 75' S. Smeltz	Stadium: Stade Numa-Daly Magenta Attendance: 2,589 Referee: Rakesh Varman

10 September 2008	New Zealand	3 – 0	New Caledonia	Auckland, New Zealand
	S. Smeltz 49', 76' J. Christie 69'	(0-0) Report		Stadium: North Harbour Stadium Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Norbert Hauat

19 November 2008	Fiji	2 – 0	New Zealand	Lautoka, Fiji
	R. Krishna 63', 90'	(0-0) Report	60' G. Moss	Stadium: Churchill Park Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Lencie Fred

2012 OFC Nations Cup[]

The ninth edition of the OFC Nations Cup was held in Honiara, Solomon Islands with eight teams in the competition. The teams were divided into two groups of four, each playing the other teams once. The top two teams of each group progressed to the knockout stages which consisted of semi-finals a final round to determine the winner of the OFC Nations Cup.

Tahiti won the competition for the first time in its history after tournament favourites New Zealand lost to New Caledonia in the semi-final. Tahiti's triumph was also the first time a nation other than Australia or New Zealand has won the OFC Nations Cup.

The group stage of the 2012 Nations Cup also doubled as World Cup qualifying matches, with the top two teams from each group progressing to stage 3 of qualifying. The winner of the 2012 Nations Cup would also represent Oceania at the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup.

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
New Zealand	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2	7
Solomon Islands	3	1	2	0	2	1	+1	5
Fiji	3	0	2	1	1	2	–1	2
Papua New Guinea	3	0	1	2	2	4	–2	1

Group stage

2 June 2012	Fiji	0 – 1	New Zealand	Honiara, Solomon Islands
2012 OFC Nations Cup 12:00, 2 June SBT 13:00, 2 June NZST	Alvin Singh 48' O. Vakatalesau 83'	(0-1) Summary Report	8' T. Smith 80' L. Bertos 82' R. Fallon 83' I. Vicelich	Stadium: Lawson Tama Stadium Attendance: 12,950 Referee: Isidore Assiene-Ambassa FIFA World Rankings: 160th 130th

4 June 2012	Papua New Guinea	1 – 2	New Zealand	Honiara, Solomon Islands
2012 OFC Nations Cup 12:00, 4 June SBT 13:00, 4 June NZST	K. Jack 59' N. Hans 88' (pen.)	(0-1) Summary Report	2' S. Smeltz 45' 88' T. Lochhead 53' C. Wood 76' A. Clapham	Stadium: Lawson Tama Stadium Attendance: 4,700 Referee: Bruce George FIFA World Rankings: 193rd 130th

6 June 2012	New Zealand	1 – 1	Solomon Islands	Honiara, Solomon Islands
2012 OFC Nations Cup 15:00, 6 June SBT 16:00, 6 June NZST	C. Wood 14' T. Smith 37'	(1-0) Summary Report	57' B. Totori 79' J. Nawo	Stadium: Lawson Tama Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Norbert Hauata FIFA World Rankings: 130th 183rd

Knockout stage

8 June 2012 Semi-final	New Zealand	0 – 2	New Caledonia	Honiara, Solomon Islands
15:00, 6 June SBT 16:00, 6 June NZST		(0-0) Summary Report	60' B. Kai 90+2' G. Gope-Fenepej	Stadium: Lawson Tama Stadium Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Norbert Hauata FIFA World Rankings: 100th 155th

10 June 2012 3rd place play-off	Solomon Islands	3 – 4	New Zealand	Honiara, Solomon Islands
11:00, 6 June SBT 12:00, 6 June NZST	H. Teleda 48' B. Totori 54', 88'	(0-3) Summary	11', 25', 30' C. Wood 90+4' S. Smeltz	Stadium: Lawson Tama Stadium Referee: Kader Zitouni FIFA World Rankings: 183rd 100th

2016 OFC Nations Cup[]

Group B

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	New Zealand	3	3	0	9	1	+8	9	Qualification to Nations Cup knockout stage and World Cup qualifying third round
2	Solomon Islands	3	1	2	1	2	−1	3
3	Fiji	3	1	2	4	6	−2	3	Qualification to World Cup qualifying third round
4	Vanuatu	3	1	2	3	8	−5	3

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Group stage

28 May 2016

16:00

New Zealand	3–1	Fiji
Tzimopoulos 16' Fallon 41' Wood 61' (pen.)	Report (FIFA) Report (OFC)	Krishna 45+2' (pen.)

Sir John Guise Stadium, Port Moresby

Attendance: 378

Referee: Norbert Hauata (Tahiti)

31 May 2016

16:00

Vanuatu	0–5	New Zealand
	Report (FIFA) Report (OFC)	Wood 4', 5' McGlinchey 10' Fallon 19' Barbarouses 45'

Sir John Guise Stadium, Port Moresby

Attendance: 520

Referee: (Papua New Guinea)

4 June 2016

19:00

New Zealand	1–0	Solomon Islands
Adams 80'	Report (FIFA) Report (OFC)

Sir John Guise Stadium, Port Moresby

Attendance: 1,925

Referee: Norbert Hauata (Tahiti)

Knock-out stage

8 June 2016

16:10

New Zealand	1–0	New Caledonia
Wood 49'	Report (FIFA) Report (OFC)

Sir John Guise Stadium, Port Moresby

Attendance: 1,379

Referee: Kader Zitouni (Tahiti)

8 June 2016

19:40

Papua New Guinea	2–1	Solomon Islands
Foster 38' Dabinyaba 82'	Report (FIFA) Report (OFC)	Molea 41'

Sir John Guise Stadium, Port Moresby

Attendance: 3,548

Referee: Matthew Conger (New Zealand)

11 June 2016

16:00

New Zealand	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Papua New Guinea
	Report (FIFA) Report (OFC)
Penalties
Fallon McGlinchey Dyer Brockie Rojas	4–2	Upaiga Semmy Foster Gunemba

Sir John Guise Stadium, Port Moresby

Attendance: 13,000

Referee: Norbert Hauata (Tahiti)

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Contents

OFC Nations Cup record[]

Matches[]

1973 OFC Nations Cup[]

1980 OFC Nations Cup[]

1996 OFC Nations Cup[]

1998 OFC Nations Cup[]

2000 OFC Nations Cup[]

2002 OFC Nations Cup[]

2004 OFC Nations Cup[]

2008 OFC Nations Cup[]

2012 OFC Nations Cup[]

2016 OFC Nations Cup[]

See also[]

References[]