Soccer for National Teams: Oceania OFC Nations Cup, Summary and Data

Information about the Oceania OFC Nations Cup with the last 10 winners of the competition, the national teams with the most trophies won in the history of the tournment and an index to every final played.

The OFC Nations Cup is the biennial soccer competition held among the Oceania Football Confederation member nations. It has been held every two years since 1996 by the OFC; before 1996 there were two other tournaments held at irregular intervals, under the name Oceania Nations Cup.

For the first three tournaments, Australia and New Zealand were seeded into the tournament automatically, while the remaining ten nations played to qualify. With the postponement and then cancellation of the Melanesian Cup, and a similar fate befalling its Polynesian equivalent, the format of the tournament changed in 2002. FIFA rankings determined the seedings of all twelve teams, and the lower six teams played a group stage for two qualifier positions into the main tournament. The 2002 Cup tournament was played with two groups of four teams (again in round-robin style), which led into a 4-way knockout stage, playing for the top four positions. In 2004, the format changed once again, returning to a format similar to that of the 1996-2000 tournaments, with five teams each playing in two qualifying groups and Australia and New Zealand seeded to the actual tournament, played as a group stage of six, with a home and away Final played between the two highest-placed teams.

This tournament began in 1973 as the "Oceania Cup". A second edition took place in 1980, then the tournament was discontinued. In the early editions non-FIFA members were allowed to participate such as New Hebrides, which became Vanuatu after gaining independence in 1980. In 1996 it reappeared as the "OFC Nations Cup" and served as a qualifier for the Confederations Cup, as the Oceania Football Confederation had recently become a separate FIFA confederation.

Finals: 2024 - 2020 - 2016 - 2012 - 2008 - 2004 - 2002 - 2000 - 1998 - 1996 - 1980 - 1973