OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament

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OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
Organising body OFC
Founded1991
Region Oceania
Number of teams8
Qualifier for Summer Olympics
Current championsFlag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
(5th title)
Most successful team(s)Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
(5 titles)
Soccerball current event.svg 2023 OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament

The OFC Olympic Qualifying Tournament is a tournament held once in four years' time to decide the only qualification spot for Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) and representatives at the Olympic Games. Unlike other continent, winner of OFC Olympic Qualifying Tournament does not giving away any trophy.

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Eligible teams

Thirteen nations are eligible to participate in the tournament, these are:

Previous tournaments

Ed.YearHostFinal StandingsTeams
Gold medal icon.svg ChampionSilver medal icon.svg Runner-upBronze medal icon.svg Third placeFourth place
as Senior teams
1
1988 Australia & New Zealand Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Flag of Chinese Taipei (Olympics; 1986-2010).svg  Chinese Taipei 5
as Olympic / U23s teams
2
1991 Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 4
3
1996 Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands 5
4
1999 Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 7
5
2004 Australia & New Zealand Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand [a] 10
6
2008 Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 6
7
2012 Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 7
8
2015 [1] [b] Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu [a] 8
9
2019 [2] Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 8
10
2023 Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji [a] 7
  1. 1 2 3 There was no dispute for third place.
  2. The 2015 Olympic qualifying tournament was held as part of the men's football tournament at the 2015 Pacific Games.

Performance by country

TeamTitlesTitles yearsRunn.Runners-up years
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
5
1999, 2008, 2012, 2019, 2023
3
1991, 1996, 2004
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
4
1988, 1991, 1996, 2004
Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji
1
2015
2
2012, 2023
Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands
3
1999, 2008, 2019
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel
1
1988
Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu
1
2015

References

  1. Singhania, Devansh. "An achievement of the biggest scale: Fiji's football team to participate at their first ever Olympic Games". www.sportskeeda.com. Retrieved 2022-12-11.
  2. "U-23 USMNT to Face Costa Rica, Dominican Republic and Mexico at 2020 Concacaf Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship". www.ussoccer.com. Retrieved 2022-12-11.