1988 OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament

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1988 OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
Tournament details
Host country Australia and New Zealand
Dates15 November 1987 – 27 March 1988
Teams7 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)6 (in 6 host cities)
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Runners-upFlag of Israel.svg  Israel
Third placeFlag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Fourth placeFlag of the Republic of China.svg  Taiwan
Tournament statistics
Matches played17
Goals scored67 (3.94 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of New Zealand.svg Michael McGarry
(7 Goals)
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The 1988 OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament determined which Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) team would qualify directly to complete at the 1988 Summer Olympics men's football tournament.

Contents

The qualifications had two rounds, the first round had three teams per group, with the group winner going directly into the second round. The runner-up of each group completed in a one-way play-off to determine who participated in the second round. Israel qualified directly into the second round. [1] [2] [3]

Before the first round begun, Papua New Guinea and Fiji pulled out, leaving each group with only two teams. It was decided to have two match playoffs instead. [1]

First round

Group one

Papua New Guinea withdraw before the games started

Taiwan  Flag of the Republic of China.svg0–3Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Report
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  • Farina Soccerball shade.svg53'
Taipei, Taiwan
Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg3–0Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Taiwan
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Canberra, Australia

Group two

Fiji withdraw before the games started

Western Samoa  Flag of Samoa.svg0–7Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Report
Apia, Samoa
New Zealand  Flag of New Zealand.svg12–0Flag of Samoa.svg  Western Samoa
Report
Auckland, New Zealand

Playoff

The losers of each group had a one-off match for a place in the second round

Taiwan  Flag of the Republic of China.svg5–0Flag of Samoa.svg  Western Samoa
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  • Chien I-Shiu Soccerball shade.svg?'
 Report
Sydney, Australia

Second round

Final standings and matches

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 6420124+810 Qualified for 1988 Seoul Olympics
2Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 6411173+149
3Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 621357−25
4Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Taiwan 6006323−200
Source: [1] [2] [3]
Taiwan  Flag of the Republic of China.svg0–1Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Melbourne, Australia
Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg2–0Flag of Israel.svg  Israel
Melbourne, Australia
Israel  Flag of Israel.svg2–0Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Adelaide, Australia
Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg3–2Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Taiwan
  • Wu Chau-In Soccerball shade.svg18'
  • Chien I-Shiu Soccerball shade.svg86'
Adelaide, Australia
Israel  Flag of Israel.svg5–1Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Taiwan
  • Chen Sing-An Soccerball shade.svg64'
Sydney, Australia
Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg3–1Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Sydney, Australia
Israel  Flag of Israel.svg0–0Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Christchurch, New Zealand
New Zealand  Flag of New Zealand.svg2–0Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Taiwan
Christchurch, New Zealand
Taiwan  Flag of the Republic of China.svg0–9Flag of Israel.svg  Israel
Wellington, New Zealand
New Zealand  Flag of New Zealand.svg1–1Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Wellington, New Zealand
New Zealand  Flag of New Zealand.svg0–1Flag of Israel.svg  Israel
Auckland, New Zealand
Taiwan  Flag of the Republic of China.svg0–3Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Auckland, New Zealand

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