2019 OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament

2019 OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
Tournament details
Host countryFiji
Dates21 September – 5 October 2019
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions New Zealand (4th title)
Runners-up Solomon Islands
Third place Vanuatu
Fourth place Fiji
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored84 (5.25 per match)
Attendance3,240 (203 per match)
Top scorer(s)New Zealand Myer Bevan (12 goals)
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International football competition

The 2019 OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament (also called the 2019 OFC U-23 Championship) was the eighth edition of the OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament, the quadrennial international age-restricted football championship organised by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) for the men's under-23 national teams of Oceania.

In November 2018, it was announced that Fiji would host the competition.[1] The tournament was held from 21 September to 5 October 2019.[2]

The winner qualified as the OFC representative at the 2020 Summer Olympics men's football tournament in Japan.[3]

New Zealand won the title after defeating Solomon Islands in the final. Vanuatu finished third, and defending champions Fiji finished fourth.

Teams

Eight of the 11 FIFA-affiliated national teams from the OFC entered the tournament.

Team Appearance Previous best performance
 American Samoa 3rd Group stage (2004, 2012)
 Fiji (hosts) 8th Champions (2015)
 New Zealand 9th Champions (1999, 2008, 2012)
 Papua New Guinea 7th Third place (2015)
 Samoa 3rd Group stage (1999, 2004)
 Solomon Islands 7th Runners-up (1999, 2008)
 Tonga 4th Group stage (1999, 2004, 2012)
 Vanuatu 7th Runners-up (2015)
Did not enter

Note: New Caledonia and Tahiti are not members of the International Olympic Committee and thus not eligible to qualify for the Olympic Football Tournament.

Venues

Suva Lautoka
ANZ National Stadium Churchill Park
Capacity: 15,000 Capacity: 10,000

Squads

Players born on or after 1 January 1997 were eligible to compete in the tournament.

Draw

The draw of the tournament was held on 6 May 2019 at the OFC Academy in Auckland, New Zealand.[4] The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. The top two ranked teams, New Zealand and Fiji, were assigned to group positions A1 and B1 respectively, and the next two ranked teams, Vanuatu and Solomon Islands, were drawn into position 2 of Group A or B, while the remaining teams were drawn into position 3 or 4 of Group A or B.[5]

Group stage

The top two teams of each group advanced to the semi-finals.

All times are local, FJT (UTC+12).

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  New Zealand 3 3 0 0 22 3 +19 9 Knockout stage
2  Solomon Islands 3 2 0 1 13 4 +9 6
3  Samoa 3 1 0 2 6 11 −5 3
4  American Samoa 3 0 0 3 0 23 −23 0
Source: OFC
Solomon Islands 6–0 American Samoa
  • Waita 3', 55'
  • Kakasi 10'
  • Taroga 33'
  • Mara 41', 47'
 Report
Attendance: 150
Referee: Mederic Lacour (New Caledonia)
Samoa 1–6 New Zealand
Report
Samoa 0–5 Solomon Islands
Report
  • Kakasi 16'
  • Waita 29', 35'
  • Mara 68'
  • Taroga 90+2'
Attendance: 150
Referee: Joel Hopken (Vanuatu)
New Zealand 12–0 American Samoa
 Report
Attendance: 200
Referee: David Yareboinen (Papua New Guinea)
American Samoa 0–5 Samoa
Report
Attendance: 100
Referee: David Yareboinen (Papua New Guinea)
New Zealand 4–2 Solomon Islands
 Report
Attendance: 600
Referee: Mederic Lacour (New Caledonia)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Vanuatu 3 3 0 0 12 1 +11 9 Knockout stage
2  Fiji (H) 3 2 0 1 7 3 +4 6
3  Papua New Guinea 3 1 0 2 8 7 +1 3
4  Tonga 3 0 0 3 2 18 −16 0
Source: OFC
(H) Hosts
Vanuatu 3–1 Papua New Guinea
 Report
  • Togubai 56' (pen.)
Churchill Park, Lautoka
Attendance: 150
Tonga 1–4 Fiji
  • Polovili 90'
 Report
Churchill Park, Lautoka
Attendance: 350
Tonga 0–8 Vanuatu
Report
  • Kalo 28', 29', 50'
  • Spokeyjack 31'
  • Ollie 45+2'
  • Tasip 48'
  • Kalopong 54'
  • Soromon 81'
Churchill Park, Lautoka
Attendance: 100
Referee: George Time (Solomon Islands)
Fiji 3–1 Papua New Guinea
 Report
  • Simongi 66'
Churchill Park, Lautoka
Attendance: 250
Referee: Nick Waldron (New Zealand)
Papua New Guinea 6–1 Tonga
  • Kepo 11', 73'
  • Togubai 45+1', 49' (pen.)
  • Purari 55'
  • Malafu 72' (o.g.)
 Report
  • Polovili 15'
Churchill Park, Lautoka
Attendance: 100
Referee: Campbell-Kirk Kawana-Waugh (New Zealand)
Fiji 0–1 Vanuatu
Report
Churchill Park, Lautoka
Attendance: 250

Knockout stage

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
2 October – Lautoka
 
 
 New Zealand6
 
5 October – Lautoka
 
 Fiji1
 
 New Zealand5
 
2 October – Lautoka
 
 Solomon Islands0
 
 Vanuatu0
 
 
 Solomon Islands1
 
Third place match
 
 
5 October – Lautoka
 
 
 Fiji0
 
 
 Vanuatu1

Semi-finals

New Zealand 6–1 Fiji
 Report
  • Shah 73'
Churchill Park, Lautoka
Attendance: 150
Referee: David Yareboinen (Papua New Guinea)
Vanuatu 0–1 Solomon Islands
Report
  • Waita 37'
Churchill Park, Lautoka
Attendance: 150

Third place match

Fiji 0–1 Vanuatu
Report
Churchill Park, Lautoka
Attendance: 100
Referee: Mederic Lacour (New Caledonia)

Final

Winner qualifies for 2020 Summer Olympics.

New Zealand 5–0 Solomon Islands
 Report
Churchill Park, Lautoka
Attendance: 200

Qualified team for the Summer Olympics

The following team from the OFC qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympic men's football tournament.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in the Summer Olympics1
 New Zealand 5 October 2019[6] 2 (2008, 2012)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Goalscorers

12 goals
8 goals
5 goals
  • Solomon Islands Augustine Waita
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal
  • Tonga Mahe Malafu (playing against Papua New Guinea)
  • Fiji Scott Wara (playing against New Zealand)

References

  1. ^ "Hosts appointed for 2019 competitions". Oceania Football Confederation. 6 November 2018.
  2. ^ "OFC Men's Olympic Qualifier 2019". Oceania Football Confederation.
  3. ^ "OC for FIFA Competitions approves procedures for the Final Draw of the 2018 FIFA World Cup". FIFA.com. 14 September 2017. Archived from the original on September 14, 2017.
  4. ^ "Olympic Qualifier Draw complete". Oceania Football Confederation. 7 May 2019.
  5. ^ "OFC MEN'S OLYMPIC QUALIFIER OFFICIAL DRAW". YouTube. 6 May 2019.
  6. ^ "New Zealand win through to Tokyo 2020". FIFA.com. 5 October 2019. Archived from the original on October 5, 2019.

External links

  • OFC Men's Olympic Qualifier 2019
    • News > OFC Men's Olympic Qualifier 2019 Archived 2019-05-07 at the Wayback Machine, OceaniaFootball.com
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