2012 OFC Nations Cup
The football Ozeanienmeisterschaft 2012 ( engl.: OFC Nations Cup ) was the ninth playout of the oceanic continental championship in football and was held from 1 to 10 June first time in 2012 in the Solomon Islands instead. For the tournament were set with Fiji, New Zealand, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tahiti and Vanuatu seven teams. The eighth starting place went to the winner of a qualifying round at the four lower-performing teams of Oceania took part and in Samoa by sat in front of a home crowd. It was played in two groups of four teams. The teams first and second reached the semi-finals. The tournament also served as the second round of the Oceania zone qualifying for the FIFA World Cup 2014 in Brazil. The representative of Oceania at the World Cup, however, was determined independently of the results of the final round. A total of 131,700 spectators at the 16 tournament games set a new record for the football Ozeanienmeisterschaft dar.
The winner Tahiti was qualified for the FIFA Confederations Cup 2013 in Brazil. In the World Cup qualifiers but eventually sat down by New Zealand.
Qualification
Qualification for the Ozeanienmeisterschaft not found as in 2007 held as part of the Pacific Games. The four less powerful members of the OFC ( according to the world rankings ) playing in league system from 22 to 26 November 2011 at Toleafoa JS Blatter Soccer Stadium in Apia, Samoa on the eighth participant in the main event of. This qualification was the same as the first round of Oceania qualifying for the World Cup 2014.
The two games of American Samoa, who brought them 4 points, were the first recognized by FIFA not lost games in the history of the American- Samoan national team. The victory over Tonga was also the first World Cup qualifying game in which succeeded the American Samoans to achieve two goals.
Main competition
The OFC Nations Cup was played from 1 to 10 June 2012 in Honiara, the capital of the Solomon Islands. All games took place in the context of double Lawson Tama Stadium events, which has a seating capacity of 25,000, instead. The group matches the OFC Nations Cup were the same as the second round of Oceania qualifying for the World Cup 2014. The four semi-finalists identified in the period from 7 September 2012 to March 26, 2013, in a further group stage with reciprocating playing back the oceanic representative for the intercontinental qualification against the fourth- best team in the CONCACAF region.
Group A
Group B
Semifinal
3rd Place Match
Final
Top scorers
A further 7 players each with two and 15 players with a gate.
Awards
The " Golden Ball " for the best player of the tournament received the Tahitians Nicolas Vallar, the " Golden Boot " for the best scorers in the New Caledonians Jacques Haeko and the " Golden Glove " for the best goalkeeper power his compatriot Rocky Nyikeine. As the fairest team the Solomonic national football team has been excellent.
Impact on the FIFA World Ranking
The win improved Tahiti in published July 4, 2012 FIFA World Ranking by 41 places to rank 138th The runners improved; New Caledonia to twelve places to rank 143, New Zealand by five places to rank 95, and the Solomon Islands by nine places to rank 174th Most places lost Samoa, who lost 17 seats and fell back to rank 173.