2019 OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament

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2019 OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
2019 OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament.png
Tournament details
Host country Fiji
Dates21 September – 5 October 2019
Teams 8  (from 1 confederation)
Venue 2  (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand (4th title)
Runners-upFlag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands
Third placeFlag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu
Fourth placeFlag of Fiji.svg  Fiji
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored84 (5.25 per match)
Attendance3,240 (203 per match)
Top scorer Flag of New Zealand.svg Myer Bevan (12 goals)
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The 2019 OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament (also called the 2019 OFC U-23 Championship) was the eighth edition of the OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament, the quadrennial international age-restricted football championship organised by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) for the men's under-23 national teams of Oceania.

Contents

In November 2018, it was announced that Fiji would host the competition. [1] The tournament was held from 21 September to 5 October 2019. [2]

The winner qualified as the OFC representative at the 2020 Summer Olympics men's football tournament in Japan. [3]

New Zealand won the title after defeating Solomon Islands in the final. Vanuatu finished third, and defending champions Fiji finished fourth.

Teams

Eight of the 11 FIFA-affiliated national teams from the OFC entered the tournament.

TeamAppearancePrevious best performance
Flag of American Samoa.svg  American Samoa 3rdGroup stage (2004, 2012)
Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji (hosts)8thChampions (2015)
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 9thChampions (1999, 2008, 2012)
Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 7thThird place (2015)
Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa 3rdGroup stage (1999, 2004)
Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands 7thRunners-up (1999, 2008)
Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga 4thGroup stage (1999, 2004, 2012)
Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu 7thRunners-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

Suva Lautoka
ANZ National Stadium Churchill Park
Capacity: 15,000Capacity: 10,000
ANZ Stadium Fiji.jpg ChurchillPark-Ltka.jpg

Squads

Players born on or after 1 January 1997 were eligible to compete in the tournament.

Draw

The draw of the tournament was held on 6 May 2019 at the OFC Academy in Auckland, New Zealand. [4] The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. The top two ranked teams, New Zealand and Fiji, were assigned to group positions A1 and B1 respectively, and the next two ranked teams, Vanuatu and Solomon Islands, were drawn into position 2 of Group A or B, while the remaining teams were drawn into position 3 or 4 of Group A or B. [5]

Group stage

The top two teams of each group advanced to the semi-finals.

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

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 3300223+199 Knockout stage
2Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands 3201134+96
3Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa 3102611−53
4Flag of American Samoa.svg  American Samoa 3003023−230
Source: OFC
Solomon Islands  Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg6–0Flag of American Samoa.svg  American Samoa
  • Waita Soccerball shade.svg3', 55'
  • Kakasi Soccerball shade.svg10'
  • Taroga Soccerball shade.svg33'
  • Mara Soccerball shade.svg41', 47'
 Report
ANZ National Stadium, Suva
Attendance: 150
Referee: Mederic Lacour (New Caledonia)
Samoa  Flag of Samoa.svg1–6Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Report
ANZ National Stadium, Suva
Attendance: 240
Referee: Norbert Hauata (Tahiti)
Samoa  Flag of Samoa.svg0–5Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands
Report
ANZ National Stadium, Suva
Attendance: 150
Referee: Joel Hopken (Vanuatu)
New Zealand  Flag of New Zealand.svg12–0Flag of American Samoa.svg  American Samoa
Report
ANZ National Stadium, Suva
Attendance: 200
Referee: David Yareboinen (Papua New Guinea)
American Samoa  Flag of American Samoa.svg0–5Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa
Report
ANZ National Stadium, Suva
Attendance: 100
Referee: David Yareboinen (Papua New Guinea)
New Zealand  Flag of New Zealand.svg4–2Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands
Report
ANZ National Stadium, Suva
Attendance: 600
Referee: Mederic Lacour (New Caledonia)

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu 3300121+119 Knockout stage
2Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji (H)320173+46
3Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 310287+13
4Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga 3003218−160
Source: OFC
(H) Hosts
Vanuatu  Flag of Vanuatu.svg3–1Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea
Report
Churchill Park, Lautoka
Attendance: 150
Referee: Matthew Conger (New Zealand)
Tonga  Flag of Tonga.svg1–4Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji
Report
Churchill Park, Lautoka
Attendance: 350
Referee: Sivakorn Pu-Udom (Thailand)
Tonga  Flag of Tonga.svg0–8Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu
Report
Churchill Park, Lautoka
Attendance: 100
Referee: George Time (Solomon Islands)
Fiji  Flag of Fiji.svg3–1Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea
Report
Churchill Park, Lautoka
Attendance: 250
Referee: Nick Waldron (New Zealand)
Papua New Guinea  Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg6–1Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga
Report
Churchill Park, Lautoka
Attendance: 100
Referee: Campbell-Kirk Kawana-Waugh (New Zealand)
Fiji  Flag of Fiji.svg0–1Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu
Report
Churchill Park, Lautoka
Attendance: 250
Referee: Matthew Conger (New Zealand)

Knockout stage

Bracket

 
 Semi-finals Final
 
      
 
2 October – Lautoka
 
 
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 6
 
5 October – Lautoka
 
Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 1
 
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 5
 
2 October – Lautoka
 
Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands 0
 
Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu 0
 
 
Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands 1
 
 Third place match
 
 
5 October – Lautoka
 
 
Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 0
 
 
Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu 1

Semi-finals

New Zealand  Flag of New Zealand.svg6–1Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji
Report
Churchill Park, Lautoka
Attendance: 150
Referee: David Yareboinen (Papua New Guinea)
Vanuatu  Flag of Vanuatu.svg0–1Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands
Report
Churchill Park, Lautoka
Attendance: 150
Referee: Matthew Conger (New Zealand)

Third place match

Fiji  Flag of Fiji.svg0–1Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu
Report
Churchill Park, Lautoka
Attendance: 100
Referee: Mederic Lacour (New Caledonia)

Final

Winner qualifies for 2020 Summer Olympics.

New Zealand  Flag of New Zealand.svg5–0Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands
Report
Churchill Park, Lautoka
Attendance: 200
Referee: Norbert Hauata (Tahiti)

Qualified team for the Summer Olympics

The following team from the OFC qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympic men's football tournament.

TeamQualified onPrevious appearances in the Summer Olympics 1
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 5 October 2019 [6] 2 (2008, 2012)
1Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Goalscorers

12 goals
8 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal

References

  1. ↑ "Hosts appointed for 2019 competitions". Oceania Football Confederation. 6 November 2018.
  2. ↑ "OFC Men's Olympic Qualifier 2019". Oceania Football Confederation.
  3. ↑ "OC for FIFA Competitions approves procedures for the Final Draw of the 2018 FIFA World Cup". FIFA.com. 14 September 2017. Archived from the original on September 14, 2017.
  4. ↑ "Olympic Qualifier Draw complete". Oceania Football Confederation. 7 May 2019.
  5. ↑ "OFC MEN'S OLYMPIC QUALIFIER OFFICIAL DRAW". YouTube. 6 May 2019.
  6. ↑ "New Zealand win through to Tokyo 2020". FIFA.com. 5 October 2019. Archived from the original on October 5, 2019.
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