OFC Men's Nations Cup awards

At the end of each OFC Men's Nations Cup final tournament, several awards are presented to the players and teams which have distinguished themselves in various aspects of the match.

Awards

There are currently four post-tournament awards

  • the Golden Ball for most valuable player;
  • the Golden Boot for most prolific goal scorer;
  • the Golden Glove for most outstanding goalkeeper;
  • the Fair Play Award for the team with the best record of fair play.

Best Player

Year Hosts Best Player Ref.
2012  Solomon Islands Nicolas Vallar [1]
2016  Papua New Guinea David Muta [2]
2024  Fiji
 Vanuatu
Liberato Cacace

Top Goalscorer

Year Hosts Top scorer(s) Goals Ref.
1973  New Zealand Segin Wayewol
Alan Marley
3
1980  New Caledonia Ian Hunter
Eddie Krncevic
5
1996 No fixed host Kris Trajanovski 7
1998  Australia Damian Mori 10
2000  Tahiti Craig Foster
Clayton Zane
5
2002  New Zealand Joel Porter 6
2004  Australia Tim Cahill
Vaughan Coveny
6
2008 No fixed host Shane Smeltz 8
2012  Solomon Islands Jacques Haeko 6 [1]
2016  Papua New Guinea Raymond Gunemba 5 [2]
2024  Fiji
 Vanuatu
Roy Krishna 5

Best Goalkeeper

Year Hosts Best Goalkeeper Ref.
2012  Solomon Islands Rocky Nyikeine [1]
2016  Papua New Guinea Stefan Marinovic [2]
2024  Fiji
 Vanuatu
Max Crocombe

Fair Play Award

Year Hosts Winner Ref.
2012  Solomon Islands  Solomon Islands [1]
2016  Papua New Guinea  New Caledonia [2]
2024  Fiji
 Vanuatu
 New Zealand

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Tahiti crowned kings of Oceania". oceaniafootball.com. 10 June 2012. Archived from the original on 4 June 2016.
  2. ^ a b c d "New Zealand triumphant". Oceania Football Confederation. 11 June 2016. Archived from the original on 11 June 2016.