2016 OFC Nations Cup Group A
# 2016 OFC Nations Cup Group A

Group A of the 2016 OFC Nations Cup took place from 29 May to 5 June 2016. The group consisted of New Caledonia, hosts Papua New Guinea, Samoa and defending champions Tahiti.

## Teams

| Draw position | Team | Method of qualification | Date of qualification | Finals appearance | Last appearance | Previous best performance | FIFA Rankings | FIFA Rankings |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Draw position | Team | Method of qualification | Date of qualification | Finals appearance | Last appearance | Previous best performance | July 2015 | May 2016 |
| A1 | Tahiti | Automatic | 29 March 2014 | 9th | 2012 | Winners (2012) | 188 | 196 |
| A2 | New Caledonia | Automatic | 29 March 2014 | 6th | 2012 | Runners-up (2008, 2012) | 167 | 191 |
| A3 | Samoa | Qualifying winner | 4 September 2015 | 2nd | 2012 | Group stage (2012) | 198 | 170 |
| A4 | Papua New Guinea (hosts) | Automatic | 29 March 2014 | 4th | 2012 | Group stage (1980, 2002, 2012) | 202 | 198 |

Notes

* ↑ 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 | Papua New Guinea (H) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 3 | +8 | 5 | Qualification to Nations Cup knockout stage and World Cup qualifying third round |
| 2 | New Caledonia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 5 | Qualification to Nations Cup knockout stage and World Cup qualifying third round |
| 3 | Tahiti | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 5 | Qualification to World Cup qualifying third round |
| 4 | Samoa | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 19 | −19 | 0 | |

In the semi-finals:

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

## Matches

### Papua New Guinea vs New Caledonia

| Papua New Guinea | New Caledonia |
| - | - |

* Assistant referees:
* Mark Rule (New Zealand)
* Tevita Makasini (Tonga)
* Fourth official:
* Robinson Banga (Vanuatu)

### Tahiti vs Samoa

| Tahiti | Samoa |
| - | - |

* Assistant referees:
* Ravinesh Kumar (Fiji)
* Johnny Erick Niabo (Solomon Islands)
* Fourth official:
* George Time (Solomon Islands)

### Papua New Guinea vs Tahiti

| Papua New Guinea | Tahiti |
| - | - |

* Assistant referees:
* Mark Rule (New Zealand)
* Avinesh Narayan (Fiji)
* Fourth official:
* Matthew Conger (New Zealand)

### New Caledonia vs Samoa

| New Caledonia | Samoa |
| - | - |

* Assistant referees:
* Ravinesh Kumar (Fiji)
* Hilmon Sese (Vanuatu)
* Fourth official:
* Joel Hopkken (Vanuatu)

### Samoa vs Papua New Guinea

| Samoa | Papua New Guinea |
| - | - |

* Assistant referees:
* Hilmon Sese (Vanuatu)
* Johnny Erick Niabo (Solomon Islands)
* Fourth official:
* George Time (Solomon Islands)

### Tahiti vs New Caledonia

| Tahiti | New Caledonia |
| - | - |

* Assistant referees:
* Tevita Makasini (Tonga)
* Avinesh Narayan (Fiji)
* Fourth official:
* Ravitesh Behari (Fiji)
