Tournament details | |
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Host country | New Zealand |
Dates | 27 August β 9 September |
Teams | 8 (from 1 confederation) |
Venue(s) | 3 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | New Zealand |
Runners-up | Fiji |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 11 |
Goals scored | 49 (4.45 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Riley Bidois (5 goals) |
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 |
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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
- Cook Islands
- New Caledonia
- Tahiti
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 | ||
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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 |
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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[lower-alpha 1] | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | β5 | 0 | |
4 | American Samoa[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Withdrew |
New Zealand | 3β0 Awarded[2] | Papua New Guinea |
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New Zealand | 3β1 | Fiji |
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Papua New Guinea | 0β2 | Fiji |
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Group B
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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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 | β2 | 3 | |
4 | Tonga | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 12 | β11 | 0 |
Solomon Islands | 3β0 | Vanuatu |
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Solomon Islands | 3β0 | Samoa |
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Tonga | 1β5 | Solomon Islands |
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Knockout stage
Semi-finals | Final | |||||
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 | 8β0 | Vanuatu |
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Solomon Islands | 0β3 | Fiji |
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Final
The winner qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics.
New Zealand | 9β0 | Fiji |
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Goalscorers
There were 49 goals scored in 11 matches, for an average of 4.45 goals per match.
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
- Etonia Dogalau
- Javin Wae
2 goals
- Aporosa Yada
- George Ott
- Aaryan Raj
- Oskar van Hattum
- Greg Siamoa
- Calvin Ohasio
- Junior Rocky
- Nicolas King
- Joe Moses
1 goal
- Brendan McMullen
- William Gillion
- Keegan Kelly
- Luis Toomey
- Ryan Verney
- Kyah Cahill
- Juan Gobbi
- Ben Fox
- Hudyn Irodao
- Dalton Saeni
- Wesley Toitani
- David-John Tuamoheloa
- George Chichirua
- Giniho Tabe
- Ronn Tasarur
1 own goal
- Inoke Turagalailai (against New Zealand on 9 September)
References
- 1 2 "Draw confirmed for OFC Men's Olympic Qualifiers 2023". Oceania Football Confederation. 15 June 2023. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
- 1 2 "New Zealand awarded 3β0 default win after PNG's failure to play Olympic qualifier". Friends of Football NZ. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
- β "AMERICAN SAMOA WITHDRAW FROM OFC MEN'S OLYMPIC QUALIFIER 2023". Oceania Football. 1 August 2023. Retrieved 11 August 2023.