2016 OFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament

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2016 OFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
Tournament details
Host countriesFlag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea (Stage 1)
Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea and
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand (Stage 2)
Dates6–16 July 2015 (Stage 1)
23–26 January 2016 (Stage 2)
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand (3rd title)
Runners-upFlag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea
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The 2016 OFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament was the 4th edition of the OFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament, the quadrennial international football competition organised by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) to determine which women's national teams from Oceania qualify for the Olympic football tournament.

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The tournament consisted of two stages. The first stage was the Pacific Games women's football tournament, where the highest-ranked team who is a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) advanced to the second stage. The second stage was a two-legged play-off between the first stage qualifier and New Zealand, OFC's highest ranked team in the FIFA Women's World Rankings. The winner of the second stage qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics women's football tournament in Brazil. [1]

New Zealand qualified for their third straight Olympics after the second leg of their final play-off against Papua New Guinea was cancelled due to visa issues preventing Papua New Guinea's team from travelling to New Zealand for the match. [2]

Teams

A total of eight OFC member national teams entered the tournament.

Direct qualifier to second stageParticipants in first stage
Notes
1 New Caledonia, who played in the first stage, are ineligible for the Olympics as they are not affiliated to the IOC. Had they won the first stage, the runner-up of the first stage would have advanced to the second stage. [3]

First stage

The 2015 Pacific Games women's football tournament, held in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea between 6–16 July 2015 as part of the 2015 Pacific Games, [3] doubled as the first stage of the qualifying tournament. [4] [5] The gold medal was won by Papua New Guinea, who advanced to the second stage.

Second stage

Papua New Guinea, who advanced from the first stage, and New Zealand, who received a bye to this stage, played over two legs on a home-and-away basis. The draw for the order of legs was held on 16 November 2015 at the OFC Headquarters in Auckland, New Zealand. [6] The matches were originally to be played in October 2015, [3] but were later moved to January 2016. [7]

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Papua New Guinea  Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg1–7Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 1–7 Canc.
Papua New Guinea  Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg1–7Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Gunemba Soccerball shade.svg79' Report Hearn Soccerball shade.svg20', 64'
Stott Soccerball shade.svg22'
Longo Soccerball shade.svg27', 53'
Phillips Soccerball shade.svg35'
Erceg Soccerball shade.svg63'
PNGFA Academy, Lae
Referee: Ravitesh Behari (Fiji)
New Zealand  Flag of New Zealand.svgCancelled 1Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea
North Harbour Stadium, Auckland

1 The match was scratched and New Zealand qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics as Papua New Guinea was unable to travel to New Zealand for the second leg due to visa issues. [8]

Winners

 2016 Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament 
Flag of New Zealand.svg
New Zealand
Third title

New Zealand qualified for the Olympic football tournament for the third consecutive time.

TeamQualified onPrevious appearances in tournament 1
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 26 January 20162 (2008, 2012)
1Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

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