HibeeJibee Posted June 13, 2016 Share Posted June 13, 2016 This should actually have counted in the WC2018 'Last Man Standing', but P&B's meltdown put paid to that. New Zealand have reclaimed the title from Tahiti, and with it qualified for the Confederations Cup, but not convincingly... It required a late goal against the Solomon Islands to win their group; 1-0 win over New Caledonia in Semis; and finally drew 0-0 aet with hosts Papua New Guinea in the Final before winning 4-3 on penalties. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_OFC_Nations_Cup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan Vojáček Posted June 13, 2016 Share Posted June 13, 2016 No Tahiti at the Confederations Cup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamaldo Posted June 13, 2016 Share Posted June 13, 2016 New Zealand are utter garbage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerberus Posted June 13, 2016 Share Posted June 13, 2016 Nick ae they teams. This will be shite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Bairn Posted June 13, 2016 Share Posted June 13, 2016 Are New Zealand monumentally shite or are they guilty of playing down to the levels of these teams? It will be interesting when the world cup goes up to 40 teams because you'd have to assume that Oceania would finally get an automatic spot (Perhaps triggering Australia to return) If Australia didn't return then we'd be a NZ slip up away from Fiji/Tahiti/Papua New Guinea making the world cup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthernLights Posted June 13, 2016 Share Posted June 13, 2016 Rory Fallon still manages to get a game for them which shows how shite they must be. Wouldn't have loved to have seen PNG at the Confederations Cup though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthernLights Posted June 13, 2016 Share Posted June 13, 2016 Are New Zealand monumentally shite or are they guilty of playing down to the levels of these teams? It will be interesting when the world cup goes up to 40 teams because you'd have to assume that Oceania would finally get an automatic spot (Perhaps triggering Australia to return) If Australia didn't return then we'd be a NZ slip up away from Fiji/Tahiti/Papua New Guinea making the world cup Would Australia really want to return even if that was the case? They get access to the Asian Cup and the Asian Champions League which I'm sure is far more lucrative in terms of prestige and finance compared to anything the OFC could offer. They've also qualified for the last two World Cups from the AFC qualifiers so they seem to doing OK in regards to that as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Bairn Posted June 13, 2016 Share Posted June 13, 2016 Would Australia really want to return even if that was the case? They get access to the Asian Cup and the Asian Champions League which I'm sure is far more lucrative in terms of prestige and finance compared to anything the OFC could offer. They've also qualified for the last two World Cups from the AFC qualifiers so they seem to doing OK in regards to that as well. Fair point. I totally ignored the advantages of being in the AFC in terms of the Asian cup and club tournaments and was thinking of it purely in terms of likelihood to make the world cup. Personally I think there should only be four confederations anyway: Europe Africa Asia-Oceania Americas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted June 13, 2016 Author Share Posted June 13, 2016 New Zealand haven't been very good since Australia left. Not even absolutely dominated Oceania. They failed to reach the Final of the 2004 Nations Cup - lost 4-2 to Vanuatu, and the Solomon Islands pipped them in the 'hexagonal'. Won in 2008 but there were no knockouts, they squeaked a couple of wins and even lost 2-0 to Fiji. Very weak groupstage performance in 2012... 1-0, 2-1, 1-1 draw v Solomon Islands... then lost SF 2-0 to New Caledonia. Yet they were the only unbeaten team at WC2010. Papua New Guinea have qualified for this summer's Olympics after New Zealand fielded an ineligible player. Their Under 20s have dominated recently although in 2008 they finished third, behind Tahiti and New Caledonia, in qualifying for U20 WC2009. In 2005 they finished third - fifth/sixth overall - behind the Solomon Islands and Fiji. Interestingly FIFA have awarded Oceania 2 of 24 places at U20 WCs from 2017. I'm pretty sure a Papua New Guinea team won the Oceania CL and qualified for the Club World Cup a few years ago, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eednud Posted June 13, 2016 Share Posted June 13, 2016 It was Hekari United in 2010. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XIII Posted June 22, 2016 Share Posted June 22, 2016 Would Australia really want to return even if that was the case? They get access to the Asian Cup and the Asian Champions League which I'm sure is far more lucrative in terms of prestige and finance compared to anything the OFC could offer. They've also qualified for the last two World Cups from the AFC qualifiers so they seem to doing OK in regards to that as well. Not a chance, the A-league and it's teams profit too much from the ACL, not to mention the Socceroos profiting from the asain cup (current holders) and the wcq route is quite easy, we're in the third round(after strolling the second), top two from memory qualify, we've got Japan and Saudi as our biggest competition for it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swarley Posted June 22, 2016 Share Posted June 22, 2016 Are New Zealand monumentally shite or are they guilty of playing down to the levels of these teams? It will be interesting when the world cup goes up to 40 teams because you'd have to assume that Oceania would finally get an automatic spot (Perhaps triggering Australia to return) If Australia didn't return then we'd be a NZ slip up away from Fiji/Tahiti/Papua New Guinea making the world cup Not a chance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XIII Posted June 22, 2016 Share Posted June 22, 2016 Talking about the Socceroos, seen this beauty on their website Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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