2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – OFC First Round

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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Loto-Tonga Soka Centre
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The first round of OFC matches for 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (and 2016 OFC Nations Cup qualification) was played from 31 August to 4 September 2015 in Tonga.[1][2]

Format

In this round, four teams, as determined by the OFC in March 2014,[3] played a single round-robin tournament held in a single country which was later decided to be in Tonga.[1] All matches were held at the Loto-Tonga Soka Centre in Nuku'alofa.

The winner advanced to the 2016 OFC Nations Cup, scheduled for 28 May – 12 June 2016, to join the other seven teams which received a bye into the group stage. The winner of the OFC Nations Cup will represent the OFC at the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup. Moreover, the OFC Nations Cup will serve as the second round of qualifying for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, with the top six teams advancing to the third round of FIFA World Cup qualifying.[4]

Participating teams

In April 2014 the OFC announced its executive's decision on the teams to compete in the tournament. The four lowest ranked teams (based on FIFA World Ranking and sporting reasons) among the 11 OFC entrants entered the first round:[3]

Note: Bolded team qualified for the 2016 OFC Nations Cup.

Team FIFA ranking
at start of event[5]
 American Samoa 200
 Cook Islands 206
 Samoa 197
 Tonga 198

Squads

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Standings

Pos Team
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Samoa 3 2 0 1 6 3 +3 6 Advance to 2016 OFC Nations Cup/second round — 3–2 — —
2  American Samoa 3 2 0 1 6 4 +2 6 — — 2–0 —
3  Cook Islands 3 2 0 1 4 2 +2 6 1–0 — — —
4  Tonga (H) 3 0 0 3 1 8 −7 0 0–3 1–2 0–3 —
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Host.

Matches

The match schedule was revealed on July 30 2015, following a draw held at OFC Headquarters in Auckland, New Zealand.[7] All times are local, UTC+13.

31 August 2015 (2015-08-31)
13:00
Tonga  0–3  Cook Islands
Report (FIFA)
Report (OFC)		 Saghabi Goal 38', 53', 59'
Loto-Tonga Soka Centre (Field 1), Nuku'alofa
Attendance: 400[8]
Referee: Ravitesh Behari (Fiji)

31 August 2015 (2015-08-31)
15:30
Samoa  3–2  American Samoa
Fa'aiuaso Goal 4'
Hamilton-Pama Goal 18'
Mobberly Goal 26'		 Report (FIFA)
Report (OFC)		 Beauchamp Goal 38', 86'

2 September 2015 (2015-09-02)
13:00
Cook Islands  1–0  Samoa
Saghabi Goal 39' Report (FIFA)
Report (OFC)
Loto-Tonga Soka Centre (Field 1), Nuku'alofa
Attendance: 150[10]
Referee: Robinson Banga (Vanuatu)

2 September 2015 (2015-09-02)
15:30
Tonga  1–2  American Samoa
S. Uhatahi Goal 47' Report (FIFA)
Report (OFC)		 J. Manao Goal 49'
Ott Goal 51'
Loto-Tonga Soka Centre (Field 1), Nuku'alofa
Attendance: 200[11]
Referee: Salesh Chand (Fiji)

4 September 2015 (2015-09-04)
13:00[note 1]
Tonga  0–3  Samoa
Report (FIFA)
Report (OFC)		 Mobberly Goal 9'
Hall Goal 22', 77'
Loto-Tonga Soka Centre (Field 2), Nuku'alofa
Attendance: 250[13]
Referee: Averii Jacques (Tahiti)

4 September 2015 (2015-09-04)
15:30[note 1]
American Samoa  2–0  Cook Islands
Mitchell Goal 57'
J. Manao Goal 67'		 Report (FIFA)
Report (OFC)
Loto-Tonga Soka Centre (Field 1), Nuku'alofa
Attendance: 250[14]
Referee: Ravitesh Behari (Fiji)

Goalscorers

There were 17 goals scored in 6 matches, for an average of 2.83 goals per match.

4 goals

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2 goals

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1 goal

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Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 The final round matches were originally scheduled to be played simultaneously at 15:00, but were changed by the OFC to be played consecutively one day before the matches.[12]

References

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