Artem
International
Hi all again! You may remember my review of the African Cup 2012 and today I want to introduce you to something interesting. As we know, many in Europe and the World are looking forward to the biggest event of this June, Euro 2012 in Poland and Ukraine, but hardly anyone know that in distant lands, rather islands of the Pacific Ocean, from 1 to June 10 is the main event for football in Oceania, OFC Nations Cup 2012. Because Oceania is quite far away from me, I can not watch the matches of this tournament, but I will try to provide the greatest stuff for your interest. I hope you would be interested and someone would support me in this, although I certainly understand that all your thoughts already in Poland and Ukraine (like my
). But anyway, below will be given the results, highlights, tables, descriptions of past games, in short all the same thing as I did before. I hope to illuminate all the matches of this colorful tournament.Some info about the tournament:
"The OFC Nations Cup is an international association football tournament held among the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) member nations. It was held every two years from 1996 to 2004; before 1996 there were two other tournaments held at irregular intervals, under the name Oceania Nations Cup. No competition was held in 2006, but in the 2008 edition, which also acts as a qualification tournament for the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup and for a play-off for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, the New Zealand All Whites emerged as winners." - Wikipedia.
This year the tournament will be held in the capital city of Honiara Solomon Islands at the Lawson Tama Stadium, which seats 25,000 spectators. The matches will be held from 1 to June 10. The tournament involved 8 teams, divided into two groups (A and B), 6 of which were classified automatically, 1 team as a host of tournament and last team through classification round (sorry, but even for me this system is little understood). Each team will play in group three matches, then the top two teams from each group, only 4, fall into the playoffs, where on the Olympic system and continue its participation in the tournament. Final will be held June 10 at the same stadium. Finally, I may add that the teams passed in the playoffs, will be classified in the last round of selection for the World Cup 2014 in Brazil in Oceania's zone.
Well, I wish you a pleasant viewing, because The OFC Nations Cup 2012 in Solomon Islands has officially started!
Here are the compositions of the participating teams at the start of the tournament:
Squads:
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TAHITI CHAMPION!!!
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Group Stage
Group A
Group B
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Knockout phase
Semifinals
Tahiti Nui 1-0 Solomon Islands
Goals: J. Tehau 15'
New Zealand 0-2 New Caledonia
Goals: Kaï 60'; Gope-Fenepej 90+2'
FINAL
Tahiti Nui 1-0 New Caledonia
Goals: Chong Hue 11'
Third place match
Solomon Islands 3-4 New Zealand
Goals: Teleda 48'; Totori 54', 88' - Wood 11', 25', 30'; Smeltz 90+4'
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Medals
Best Goalscorers of tournament
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Well, I wish them luck and hope they can continue to improve their performance in the international arena. 
It's fantastic! Undoubtedly, the main sensation of this tournament! Well done Caledonians! 
