| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | Papua New Guinea |
| Dates | 28 May – 11 June |
| Teams | 8 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  New Zealand (5th title) |
| Runners-up |  Papua New Guinea |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 15 |
| Goals scored | 48 (3.2 per match) |
| Attendance | 41,996 (2,800 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Raymond Gunemba (5 goals) |
| Best player(s) | David Muta |
| Best goalkeeper | Stefan Marinovic |
| Fair play award |  New Caledonia |
The 2016 OFC Nations Cup was the tenth edition of the OFC Nations Cup, the quadrennial international men's football championship of Oceania organised by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC). The tournament was played between 28 May and 11 June 2016 in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.[1] The winner (New Zealand) qualified for the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup in Russia.
Similar to the previous edition in 2012, the group stage of the tournament also doubled as the second round of the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification tournament for the Oceania region. The top six teams of this tournament (i.e. the top three teams of each group in the group stage) advanced to the third round of World Cup qualifying, to be played between March and October 2017, with the winners of the third round proceeding to the inter-confederation play-offs in November 2017.[2][3][4] This meant that once again, the team that won the qualifying competition and advanced to the intercontinental play-off could be different from the team that won the OFC Nations Cup and represented the OFC at the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup.
The defending champions Tahiti, who had won their first title at the 2012 OFC Nations Cup,[5] were eliminated in the group stage.
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