2024 Women's Olympic Football Tournament – Oceania Qualifier

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2024 OFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
Tournament details
Host countryFlag of Samoa.svg  Samoa
City Apia
Dates7–19 February 2024
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand (4th title)
Runners-upFlag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored82 (5.47 per match)
Attendance1,050 (70 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Marie Kaipu
Flag of New Zealand.svg Grace Jale
(7 goals each)
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The 2024 OFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament was the 5th edition of the OFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament, the quadrennial international football competition organized by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) to determine which women's national team from Oceania qualify for the Olympic football tournament. The tournament consisted of eight teams and was played between 7 and 19 February. [1]

Contents

The winners of the tournament, New Zealand, qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics women's football tournament in France as the OFC representative.

Teams

The draw for the tournament was held on 23 November 2023. [1] The eight teams who entered qualification were ranked according to the August 2023 FIFA Women's World Ranking, with the top two nations allocated to Pot A, the next four teams to Pot B, and the final two teams to Pot C. Teams were drawn from Pot C to the fourth position in groups A and B, respectively. Then teams were drawn from Pot B into the third position in each group, then the second position in each group. Finally, the teams in Pot A were drawn into the first position in each group. [2]

From the August 2023 FIFA Women's World Ranking [3]
Pot APot BPot C
  1. Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji (71)
  2. Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga (92)
  3. Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa (97)
  4. Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands (104)
  1. Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu (122)
  2. Flag of American Samoa.svg  American Samoa (NR)
Did not enter

Venue

All matches were played at the FFS Football Stadium across two fields.

2024 OFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament venue
Apia
FFS Football Stadium
Capacity: 3,500

Group stage

All match times are UTC+13.

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands 3210113+87 Knockout stage
2Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 3201156+96
3Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 3111135+84
4Flag of American Samoa.svg  American Samoa 3003126−250
Source: OFC
Fiji  Flag of Fiji.svg10–0Flag of American Samoa.svg  American Samoa
Report
FFS Football Stadium (Field 2), Apia
Attendance: 250
Referee: Teremoana Roihau (Tahiti)
Papua New Guinea  Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg1–1Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands
Report
FFS Football Stadium (Field 2), Apia
Attendance: 100
Referee: Norbert Hauata (Tahiti)
American Samoa  Flag of American Samoa.svg1–7Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands
Report
FFS Football Stadium (Field 2), Apia
Attendance: 100
Referee: Mederic Lacour (New Caledonia)
Papua New Guinea  Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg3–4Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji
Report
FFS Football Stadium (Field 2), Apia
Attendance: 100
Referee: Campbell-Kirk Kawana-Waugh (New Zealand)
American Samoa  Flag of American Samoa.svg0–9Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea
Report
FFS Football Stadium (Field 1), Apia
Referee: Mederic Lacour (New Caledonia)
Solomon Islands  Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg3–1Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji
Report
FFS Football Stadium (Field 2), Apia
Attendance: 100
Referee: Campbell-Kirk Kawana-Waugh (New Zealand)

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 3300140+149 Knockout stage
2Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa (H)320136−36
3Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga 310226−43
4Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu 300318−70
Source: OFC
(H) Hosts
New Zealand  Flag of New Zealand.svg3–0Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga
Report
FFS Football Stadium (Field 1), Apia
Referee: Ben Aukwai (Solomon Islands)
Samoa  Flag of Samoa.svg1–0Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu
Report
FFS Football Stadium (Field 1), Apia
Referee: Torika Delai (Fiji)
Vanuatu  Flag of Vanuatu.svg1–2Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga
Report
FFS Football Stadium (Field 1), Apia
Referee: Shama Maemae (Solomon Islands)
New Zealand  Flag of New Zealand.svg6–0Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa
Report
FFS Football Stadium (Field 1), Apia
Referee: David Yareboinen (Papua New Guinea)
Tonga  Flag of Tonga.svg0–2Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa
Report
FFS Football Stadium (Field 1), Apia
Attendance: 500
Referee: David Yareboinen (Papua New Guinea)
Vanuatu  Flag of Vanuatu.svg0–5Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Report
FFS Football Stadium (Field 2), Apia
Referee: Kavitesh Behari (Fiji)

Final round

Bracket

 
 Semi-finals Final
 
      
 
16 February 2024 – Apia
 
 
Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands 2
 
19 February 2024 – Apia
 
Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa 0
 
Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands 1
 
16 February 2024 – Apia
 
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 11
 
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 7
 
 
Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 1
 

Semi-finals

Solomon Islands  Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg2–0Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa
Report
FFS Football Stadium (Field 1), Apia
Referee: Mederic Lacour (New Caledonia)
New Zealand  Flag of New Zealand.svg7–1Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji
Report Nasau Soccerball shade.svg90+3'
FFS Football Stadium (Field 1), Apia
Referee: David Yareboinen (Papua New Guinea)

Final

Solomon Islands  Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg1–11Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Report
FFS Football Stadium (Field 1), Apia
Referee: Norbert Hauata (Tahiti)

Player of the Match:
Indiah-Paige Riley (New Zealand)

Assistant referees:
Lata Kaumatule (Tonga)
Vaihina Teura (Tahiti)
Fourth official:
Mederic Lacour (New Caledonia)
Fifth official:
Jeremy Garae (Vanuatu)

Qualified teams for the 2024 Summer Olympics

The following team from OFC qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympic women's football tournament in France.

TeamQualified onPrevious appearances in Summer Olympics
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand February 19, 20244 (2008, 2012, 2016, 2020)


Goalscorers

There were 82 goals scored in 15 matches, for an average of 5.47 goals per match.

7 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Awards

Team of the tournament [4]
Goalkeeper Flag of Samoa.svg Xeyana Salaona
Defenders Flag of New Zealand.svg Rebekah Stott Flag of Samoa.svg Sasjah Dade Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg Lisa Solo
Midfielders Flag of New Zealand.svg Indiah-Paige Riley Flag of New Zealand.svg Kate Taylor Flag of Fiji.svg Cema Nasau Flag of Fiji.svg Adi Litia Bakaniceva
Forwards Flag of New Zealand.svg Grace Jale Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg Lorina Solosaia Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg Ileen Pegi


Broadcasting

On 7 February 2024, the opening day of the tournament, Oceania Football Confederation announced that all the matches will be streamed live on FIFA+. [5]

Notes

  1. 1 2 New Caledonia and Tahiti are not members of the IOC, thus would be ineligible to compete in the Olympics regardless of results

References

  1. 1 2 "Draw Confirmed For Women's Olympic Football Tournament – Oceania Qualifier". Oceania Football. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
  2. ↑ "Draw for the Women's Olympic Football Tournament - Oceania Qualifier". Oceania Football Confederation. 23 November 2023. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
  3. ↑ "Women's Ranking". FIFA. 25 August 2023. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
  4. ↑ "Congratulations to those players selected for the Women's Olympic Football Tournament - Oceania Qualifier Team of the Tournament, as chosen by the OFC Technical Study Group". [Oceania Football Confederation. 21 February 2024. Retrieved 21 February 2024– via Instagram.
  5. ↑ "HOW TO WATCH: WOMEN'S OLYMPIC FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT – OCEANIA QUALIFIER". Oceania Football Confederation. 7 February 2024. Retrieved 7 February 2024.

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