OFC Nations Cup records and statistics

This is a list of records and statistics of the OFC Nations Cup football tournament.

General statistics by tournament

Year Host Champion Winning coach Top scorer(s) Best player award
1973  New Zealand  New Zealand England Barrie Truman New Caledonia Segin Wayewol (3)
New Zealand Alan Marley (3)		 N/A
1980  New Caledonia  Australia West Germany Rudi Gutendorf Australia Ian Hunter (5)
Australia Eddie Krncevic (5)
1996 no fixed host  Australia Scotland Eddie Thomson Australia Kris Trajanovski (7)
1998  Australia  New Zealand England Ken Dugdale Australia Damian Mori (10)
2000  Tahiti  Australia Australia Frank Farina Australia Craig Foster (5)
Australia Clayton Zane (5)
2002  New Zealand  New Zealand England Mick Waitt Australia Joel Porter (6)
2004  Australia  Australia Australia Frank Farina Australia Tim Cahill (6)
New Zealand Vaughan Coveny (6)
2008 no fixed host  New Zealand New Zealand Ricki Herbert New Zealand Shane Smeltz (8)
2012  Solomon Islands  Tahiti French Polynesia Eddy Etaeta New Caledonia Jacques Haeko (6) French Polynesia Nicolas Vallar
2016  Papua New Guinea  New Zealand England Anthony Hudson Papua New Guinea Raymond Gunemba (5) Papua New Guinea David Muta

Debut of teams

Year Debutants Total
1973  Fiji,  New Caledonia,  New Hebrides,  New Zealand,  Tahiti 5
1980  Australia,  Papua New Guinea,  Solomon Islands 3
1996 0
1998  Cook Islands 1
2000 0
2002 0
2004 0
2008 0
2012  Samoa 1
2016 0

Never qualified:  American Samoa,  Kiribati,  Niue,  Tonga,  Tuvalu

Comprehensive team results by tournament

Legend
  • 1st – Champions
  • 2nd – Runners-up
  • 3rd – Third place
  • 4th – Fourth place
  • SF – Semi-finals (in years without a 3rd/4th play-off)
  • 5th — Fifth place
  • 6th — Sixth place
  • GS – Group stage
  • Q — Qualified for an upcoming tournament
  •  ••  — Qualified but withdrew
  •  •  — Did not qualify
  •  ×  — Did not enter / Withdrew / Banned
  •    — Hosts

For each tournament, the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown.

Team 1973
New Zealand
(5)		 1980
New Caledonia
(8)		 1996
Pacific Community
(4)		 1998
Australia
(6)		 2000
French Polynesia
(6)		 2002
New Zealand
(8)		 2004
Australia
(6)		 2008
Pacific Community
(4)		 2012
Solomon Islands
(8)		 2016
Papua New Guinea
(8)		 Years
 New Zealand 1st GS SF 1st 2nd 1st 3rd 1st 3rd 1st 10
 Tahiti 2nd 2nd 2nd 4th GS 3rd 5th • 1st GS 9
 Vanuatu[lower-alpha 1] 4th GS • GS 4th 4th 6th 4th GS GS 9
 Fiji 5th 4th • 3rd •• GS 4th 3rd GS GS 8
 Solomon Islands × GS SF • 3rd GS 2nd • 4th SF 7
 Australia × 1st 1st 2nd 1st 2nd 1st Part of AFC 6
 New Caledonia 3rd 3rd • • • GS • 2nd 2nd SF 6
 Papua New Guinea × GS • • • GS • × GS 2nd 4
 Cook Islands × × × GS GS × • • • • 2
 Samoa[lower-alpha 2]×ו•••••GSGS 2
 American Samoa×ו••••••• 0
 Tonga×ו••••••• 0
 Tuvalu××××××ו×× 0
 Kiribati×××××××××× 0
 Niue×××××××××× 0
  1. ↑ Includes results as New Hebrides.
  2. ↑ Includes results as Western Samoa.

Total hosts

Time(s) Nation Year(s)
2 Australia1998, 2004
2 New Zealand1973, 2002
1 Tahiti2000
1 New Caledonia1980
1 Solomon Islands2012
1 Papua New Guinea2016
2No Host1996, 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
2012  Solomon Islands fourth place
2016  Papua New Guinea second place

Performances by defending champions

Year Defending Champion Finish
1980  New Zealand Group stage
1996  Australia Champions
1998  Australia Second place
2000  New Zealand Second place
2002  Australia Second place
2004  New Zealand Third place
2008  Australia Did not participate
2012  New Zealand Third place
2016  Tahiti Group Stage

All-time table

Up to and including 2016.

Team P W D L GF GA GDif
 New Zealand 44324811039+71
 Australia 28242214213+129
 Tahiti 37185148081−1
 New Caledonia 27124116552+13
 Fiji 3294193967−28
 Vanuatu 3682264185−44
 Solomon Islands 2874173170−39
 Papua New Guinea 143562342−19
 Cook Islands 4004141−40
 Samoa 6006143−42

Overall top goalscorers

Goals Scorers
14 Australia Damian Mori
11 Australia Kris Trajanovski
10 New Zealand Shane Smeltz
9 New Zealand Vaughan Coveny
7 New Zealand Chris Killen, Solomon Islands Commins Menapi

Winning coaches

The winning coaches are:

Season Manager Team
1973 England Barrie Truman New Zealand New Zealand
1980 Germany Rudi Gutendorf Australia Australia
1996 Argentina Raul Blanco Australia Australia
1998 England Ken Dugdale New Zealand New Zealand
2000 Australia Frank Farina Australia Australia
2002 England Mick Waitt New Zealand New Zealand
2004 Australia Frank Farina Australia Australia
2008 New Zealand Ricki Herbert New Zealand New Zealand
2012 French Polynesia Eddy Etaeta French Polynesia Tahiti
2016 England Anthony Hudson New Zealand New Zealand
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