2016 OFC Nations Cup Group B

Group B of the 2016 OFC Nations Cup took place from 28 May to 4 June 2016. The group consisted of Fiji, New Zealand, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu.^[1]

Teams

Draw position	Team	Method of qualification	Date of qualification	Finals appearance	Last appearance	Previous best performance	FIFA Rankings
							July 2015[nb 1]	May 2016
B1	New Zealand	Automatic	29 March 2014	10th	2012	Winners (1973, 1998, 2002, 2008)	136	161
B2	Solomon Islands	Automatic	29 March 2014	7th	2012	Runners-up (2004)	191	192
B3	Fiji	Automatic	29 March 2014	8th	2012	Third place (1998, 2008)	199	183
B4	Vanuatu	Automatic	29 March 2014	9th	2012	Fourth place (1973, 2000, 2002, 2008)	197	181

Notes

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

Standings

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

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

In the semi-finals:

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

Matches

All match times are local, UTC+10.

New Zealand vs Fiji

28 May 2016 (2016-05-28)

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^[2]

Referee: Norbert Hauata (Tahiti)

New Zealand[3]

Fiji[3]

Assistant referees:[4] Philippe Revel (Tahiti) Noah Kusunan (Papua New Guinea) Fourth official: Amos Anio (Papua New Guinea)

Vanuatu vs Solomon Islands

28 May 2016 (2016-05-28)

19:00

Vanuatu	0–1	Solomon Islands
	Report (FIFA) Report (OFC)	Donga 19'

Sir John Guise Stadium, Port Moresby

Attendance: 1,611^[5]

Referee: Médéric Lacour (New Caledonia)

Vanuatu[6]

Solomon Islands[6]

Assistant referees:[5] Folio Moeaki (Tonga) Bertrand Brial (New Caledonia) Fourth official: Abdelkader Zitouni (Tahiti)

Vanuatu vs New Zealand

31 May 2016 (2016-05-31)

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^[7]

Referee: Amos Anio (Papua New Guinea)

Vanuatu[8]

New Zealand[8]

Assistant referees:[7] Norman Bafinu Sali (Papua New Guinea) John Pareanga (Cook Islands) Fourth official: Norbert Hauata (Tahiti)

Solomon Islands vs Fiji

31 May 2016 (2016-05-31)

19:00

Solomon Islands	0–1	Fiji
	Report (FIFA) Report (OFC)	Krishna 85' (pen.)

Sir John Guise Stadium, Port Moresby

Attendance: 798^[9]

Referee: Abdelkader Zitouni (Tahiti)

Solomon Islands[10]

Fiji[10]

Assistant referees:[9] Tevita Makasini (Tonga) Folio Moeaki (Tonga) Fourth official: Médéric Lacour (New Caledonia)

Fiji vs Vanuatu

4 June 2016 (2016-06-04)

16:00

Fiji	2–3	Vanuatu
Kautoga 51' Krishna 69'	Report (FIFA) Report (OFC)	Fred 19' Masauvakalo 41' Kaltak 75' (pen.)

Sir John Guise Stadium, Port Moresby

Attendance: 851^[11]

Referee: Abdelkader Zitouni (Tahiti)

Fiji[12]

Vanuatu[12]

Assistant referees:[13] Bertrand Brial (New Caledonia) John Pareanga (Cook Islands) Fourth official: Médéric Lacour (New Caledonia)

New Zealand vs Solomon Islands

4 June 2016 (2016-06-04)

19:00

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

Sir John Guise Stadium, Port Moresby

Attendance: 1,925^[14]

Referee: Norbert Hauata (Tahiti)

New Zealand[15]

Solomon Islands[15]

Assistant referees:[16] Philippe Revel (Tahiti) Folio Moeaki (Tonga) Fourth official: Amos Anio (Papua New Guinea)