2012 OFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament

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2012 OFC Women's Pre-Olympic Football Tournament
Tournament details
Dates1 March–4 April 2012
Teams5 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand (2nd title)
Runners-upFlag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea
Third placeFlag of Tonga.svg  Tonga
Fourth placeFlag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu
Tournament statistics
Matches played10
Goals scored63 (6.3 per match)
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2012 OFC Women's Pre-Olympic Football Tournament was the qualifying tournament to the football competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London for the member nations of the Oceania Football Confederation. It was the third edition of the OFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament. Four nations participated in a preliminary tournament (hosted by Tonga) based on a league system with two advancing to a final. [1] The winner of this preliminary stage played New Zealand in a home-and-away play-off for a place at the Olympics. [2]

Contents

Participating teams

First stage

The teams' paths to the Olympics were revealed on 17 February 2012. [3]

Round-robin

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 3300203+179Qualification to final
2Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga (H)3201115+66
3Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa 3102716−93Qualification to third place play-off
4Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu 3003620−140
Source: OFC
(H) Hosts
Tonga  Flag of Tonga.svg5–2Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu
Piuingi Feke Soccerball shade.svg31', 47', 61'
Salome Va'enuku Soccerball shade.svg42'
Kiana Mu'amoholeva Soccerball shade.svg56'		 Report Serah Thompson Soccerball shade.svg62'
Joella Avock Soccerball shade.svg90+3'
Loto-Tonga Centre, Nukuʻalofa
Attendance: 700
Referee: Anna-Marie Keighley (New Zealand)
Papua New Guinea  Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg7–2Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa
Fatima Rama Soccerball shade.svg7'
Linah Honeakii Soccerball shade.svg12', 38'
Rumona Morris Soccerball shade.svg45+1'
Daisy Winas Soccerball shade.svg86'
Sandra Birum Soccerball shade.svg87', 90+2'		 Report Lanuola Mulipola Soccerball shade.svg19'
Tamasailau Leuta Soccerball shade.svg70'
Loto-Tonga Centre, Nukuʻalofa
Attendance: 250
Referee: Tupou Patia (Cook Islands)
Tonga  Flag of Tonga.svg0–2Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea
Report Zeen Limbai Soccerball shade.svg32'
Deslyne Siniu Soccerball shade.svg48'
Loto-Tonga Centre, Nukuʻalofa
Attendance: 800
Referee: Averii Jacques (Tahiti)
Samoa  Flag of Samoa.svg4–3Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu
Hazel Peleti Soccerball shade.svg24', 63', 84'
Soccerball shade.svg80' (o.g.)		 Report Lisa Batick Soccerball shade.svg5', 29'
Fina Angelo Soccerball shade.svg43'
Loto-Tonga Centre, Nukuʻalofa
Attendance: 200
Referee: Finau Vulivuli (Fiji)
Samoa  Flag of Samoa.svg1–6Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga
Hazel Peleti Soccerball shade.svg38' Report Laite Si'i Manu Soccerball shade.svg4'
Piuingi Feke Soccerball shade.svg30', 33', 34', 45'
Kiana Mu'amoholeva Soccerball shade.svg45+6'
Loto-Tonga Centre, Nukuʻalofa
Attendance: 600
Referee: Nelson Sogo (Solomon Islands)
Vanuatu  Flag of Vanuatu.svg1–11Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea
Junane Ishmael Soccerball shade.svg42' Report Georgina Kaikas Soccerball shade.svg6', 57'
Deslyne Siniu Soccerball shade.svg19', 22', 63' (pen.), 89'
Esther Muta Soccerball shade.svg56'
Barbra Muta Soccerball shade.svg73'
Fatima Rama Soccerball shade.svg79'
Daisy Winas Soccerball shade.svg85', 89'
Loto-Tonga Centre, Nukuʻalofa
Attendance: 100
Referee: Anna-Marie Keighley (New Zealand)

Knockout round

 
 Final
 
  
 
7 March 2012 – Nukuʻalofa
 
 
Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 2
 
 
Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga 0
 
 
 
 
 
 Third place play-off
 
 
7 March 2012 – Nukuʻalofa
 
 
Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa 0
 
 
Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu 2
 

Third place play-off

Samoa  Flag of Samoa.svg0–2Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu
Report Elodie Samuel Soccerball shade.svg20'
Leisale Solomon Soccerball shade.svg24'
Attendance: 150
Referee: Tupou Patia (Cook Islands)

Final

Papua New Guinea  Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg2–0Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga
Fatima Rama Soccerball shade.svg47'
Barbra Muta Soccerball shade.svg49'		 Report
Attendance: 800
Referee: Finau Vulivuli (Fiji)

Awards

A number of awards were announced following the preliminary tournament. [4]

Player of the tournamentBest goalkeeperTop scorerFairplay Award
Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Deslyne Siniu Flag of Tonga.svg Lupe Likiliki Flag of Tonga.svg Piuingi Feke (7 goals)Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu

Final stage

Summary

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
New Zealand  Flag of New Zealand.svg15–0Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 8–0 7–0

Matches

New Zealand  Flag of New Zealand.svg8–0Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea
Hannah Wilkinson Soccerball shade.svg6'
Rebecca Smith Soccerball shade.svg13'
Sarah Gregorius Soccerball shade.svg40'
Amber Hearn Soccerball shade.svg43', 90+1'
Rosie White Soccerball shade.svg63', 89'
Ria Percival Soccerball shade.svg70'		 Report
Toll Stadium, Whangārei
Attendance: 2,243
Referee: Rakesh Varman (Fiji)
Papua New Guinea  Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg0–7Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Report Hayley Moorwood Soccerball shade.svg13'
Sarah Gregorius Soccerball shade.svg32', 84' (pen.)
Hannah Wilkinson Soccerball shade.svg37'
Soccerball shade.svg42' (o.g.)
Anna Green Soccerball shade.svg49'
Betsy Hassett Soccerball shade.svg70'
PMRL Stadium, Port Moresby
Attendance: 1,650
Referee: Norbert Hauata (Tahiti)

New Zealand won 15–0 on aggregate and qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics.

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  2. ↑ "PNG women's squad announced". Oceania Football Confederation. 31 January 2012. Archived from the original on 2015-11-26. Retrieved 3 February 2012.
  3. ↑ "Path to London unveiled". Oceania Football Confederation. 17 February 2012. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
  4. ↑ "PNG secure play-off with New Zealand". Oceania Football Confederation. 7 March 2012. Archived from the original on 2013-04-18. Retrieved 8 March 2012.

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