2023 OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament

10th edition of OFC Men's Olympic qualifiers

2023 Men's Olympic Qualification Tournament
Tournament details
Host countryNew Zealand
Dates27 August – 9 September
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)3 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions New Zealand
Runners-up Fiji
Tournament statistics
Matches played11
Goals scored49 (4.45 per match)
Top scorer(s)New Zealand Riley Bidois (5 goals)
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International football competition

The 2023 OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament was the 10th edition of the tournament to select the OFC representative at the Summer Olympics. The tournament was held in Auckland, New Zealand from 27 August to 9 September, with the winner qualifying for the 2024 Summer Olympics.

New Zealand successfully defended their title as the OFC representative.

Teams

Eight of the 11 FIFA-affiliated national teams from the OFC indicated their intent to participate in the tournament.

Team Appearance Previous best performance
 American Samoa 4th Group stage (2004, 2012, 2019)
 Fiji 9th Champions (2015)
 New Zealand (hosts) 10th Champions (1999, 2008, 2012, 2019)
 Papua New Guinea 8th Third place (2015)
 Samoa 4th Group stage (1999, 2004, 2019)
 Solomon Islands 8th Runners-up (1999, 2008, 2019)
 Tonga 5th Group stage (1999, 2004, 2012, 2019)
 Vanuatu 8th 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

Group A played all their matches at Mount Smart Stadium, known commercially as "Go Media Stadium," while Group B played all their matches at The Trusts Arena. Mount Smart Stadium also hosted both semi-final matches, while the final was contested at North Harbour Stadium.[1]

Auckland
North Harbour Stadium The Trusts Arena Go Media Stadium
Capacity: 25,000 Capacity: 4,901 Capacity: 30,000

Group stage

Eight teams entered the competition and were drawn into 2 groups on 15 June.[1]

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

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  New Zealand (H) 2 2 0 0 6 1 +5 6 Advance to knockout stage
2  Fiji 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 3
3  Papua New Guinea[a] 2 0 0 2 0 5 −5 0
4  American Samoa[b] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrew
Source: OFC
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ Papua New Guinea were unable to travel to New Zealand prior to their scheduled match on 27 August. The matter was resolved by awarding New Zealand with a 3–0 win.[2]
  2. ^ American Samoa withdrew from the tournament on 1 August 2023.[3]
New Zealand 3–0
Awarded[2]		 Papua New Guinea
Report
New Zealand 3–1 Fiji
 Report
  • Yada 50'
Attendance: 531
Referee: Ben Aukwai (Solomon Islands)
Papua New Guinea 0–2 Fiji
Report
  • Dogalau 5'
  • Yada 66'

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Solomon Islands 3 3 0 0 11 1 +10 9 Advance to knockout stage
2  Vanuatu 3 2 0 1 7 4 +3 6
3  Samoa 3 1 0 2 4 6 −2 3
4  Tonga 3 0 0 3 1 12 −11 0
Source: OFC
Samoa 3–0 Tonga
 Report
Attendance: 100
Referee: Mederic Lacour (New Caledonia)
Solomon Islands 3–0 Vanuatu
  • Wae 30' (pen.), 90+6' (pen.)
  • Ohasio 88'
 Report
Attendance: 90
Referee: CK Kawana-Waugh (New Zealand)
Tonga 0–4 Vanuatu
Report
  • King 5', 82'
  • Chichirua 24'
  • Tabe 69'
Attendance: 100
Referee: Veer Singh (Fiji)
Solomon Islands 3–0 Samoa
  • Rocky 39'
  • Wae 60'
  • Fox 63'
 Report
Attendance: 100
Referee: Alex King (Australia)
Vanuatu 3–1 Samoa
  • Tasarur 20'
  • Moses 30' (pen.), 38'
 Report
  • Gobbi 16'
Tonga 1–5 Solomon Islands
  • Tuamoheloa 74'
 Report
  • Rocky 16'
  • Saeni 45'
  • Ohasio 47'
  • Irodao 63'
  • Toitani 77'
Attendance: 300
Referee: David Yareboinen (Papua New Guinea)

Knockout stage

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 6 September 2023
 
 
  New Zealand 8
 
 9 September 2023
 
  Vanuatu 0
 
  New Zealand 9
 
 6 September 2023
 
  Fiji 0
 
  Solomon Islands 0
 
 
  Fiji 3
 

Semi-finals

New Zealand 8–0 Vanuatu
 Report
Attendance: 188
Referee: Mederic Lacour (New Caledonia)
Solomon Islands 0–3 Fiji
Report
  • Dogalau 25', 70'
  • McMullen 88'
Attendance: 1,145
Referee: Alex King (Australia)

Final

The winner qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics.

New Zealand 9–0 Fiji
  • Bidois 3' (pen.), 6', 19', 45+1', 63'
  • Randall 33' (pen.)
  • Gillion 52'
  • Turagalailai 78' (o.g.)
  • Kelly 82'
 Report

Qualified team for the 2024 Summer Olympics

The following team from OFC qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympic men's football tournament in France.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in the Summer Olympics
 New Zealand 9 September 2023 3 (2008, 2012, 2020)

Goalscorers

There were 49 goals scored in 11 matches, for an average of 4.45 goals per match.

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

  • Fiji Etonia Dogalau
  • Solomon Islands Javin Wae

2 goals

1 goal

  • Fiji Brendan McMullen
  • New Zealand William Gillion
  • New Zealand Keegan Kelly
  • New Zealand Luis Toomey
  • New Zealand Ryan Verney
  • Samoa Kyah Cahill
  • Samoa Juan Gobbi
  • Solomon Islands Ben Fox
  • Solomon Islands Hudyn Irodao
  • Solomon Islands Dalton Saeni
  • Solomon Islands Wesley Toitani
  • Tonga David-John Tuamoheloa
  • Vanuatu George Chichirua
  • Vanuatu Giniho Tabe
  • Vanuatu Ronn Tasarur

1 own goal

  • Fiji Inoke Turagalailai (against New Zealand)

References

  1. ^ a b "Draw confirmed for OFC Men's Olympic Qualifiers 2023". Oceania Football Confederation. 15 June 2023. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
  2. ^ a b "New Zealand awarded 3–0 default win after PNG's failure to play Olympic qualifier". Friends of Football NZ. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
  3. ^ "AMERICAN SAMOA WITHDRAW FROM OFC MEN'S OLYMPIC QUALIFIER 2023". Oceania Football. 1 August 2023. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
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