2019 OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament

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.

2019 OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
Tournament details
Host countryFiji
Dates21 September – 5 October 2019
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions New Zealand (4th title)
Runners-up Solomon Islands
Third place Vanuatu
Fourth place Fiji
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored84 (5.25 per match)
Attendance3,240 (203 per match)
Top scorer(s) Myer Bevan (12 goals)

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 OFC entered the tournament.

Team Appearance Previous best performance
 American Samoa3rdGroup stage (2004, 2012)
 Fiji (hosts)8thChampions (2015)
 New Zealand8thChampions (1999, 2008, 2012)
 Papua New Guinea7thThird place (2015)
 Samoa3rdGroup stage (1999, 2004)
 Solomon Islands7thRunners-up (1999, 2008)
 Tonga4thGroup stage (1999, 2004, 2012)
 Vanuatu7thRunners-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

The matches were played at Suva and Lautoka.

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
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  New Zealand 3 3 0 0 22 3 +19 9 Knockout stage
2  Solomon Islands 3 2 0 1 13 4 +9 6
3  Samoa 3 1 0 2 6 11 −5 3
4  American Samoa 3 0 0 3 0 23 −23 0
Source: OFC
Solomon Islands 6–0 American Samoa
  • Waita  3', 55'
  • Kakasi  10'
  • Taroga  33'
  • Mara  41', 47'
 Report
Attendance: 150
Referee: Mederic Lacour (New Caledonia)
Samoa 1–6 New Zealand
  • Tumua Leo  41'
 Report
Attendance: 240
Samoa 0–5 Solomon Islands
Report
  • Kakasi  16'
  • Waita  29', 35'
  • Mara  68'
  • Taroga  90+2'
Attendance: 150
Referee: Joel Hopken (Vanuatu)
New Zealand 12–0 American Samoa
 Report
Attendance: 200
Referee: David Yareboinen (Papua New Guinea)
American Samoa 0–5 Samoa
Report
  • Tumua Leo  26', 88'
  • Savelio  29'
  • Bourne  39'
  • Malo  65'
Attendance: 100
Referee: David Yareboinen (Papua New Guinea)
New Zealand 4–2 Solomon Islands
 Report
Attendance: 600
Referee: Mederic Lacour (New Caledonia)

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Vanuatu 3 3 0 0 12 1 +11 9 Knockout stage
2  Fiji (H) 3 2 0 1 7 3 +4 6
3  Papua New Guinea 3 1 0 2 8 7 +1 3
4  Tonga 3 0 0 3 2 18 −16 0
Source: OFC
(H) Host.
Vanuatu 3–1 Papua New Guinea
 Report
  • Togubai  56' (pen.)
Attendance: 150
Tonga 1–4 Fiji
  • Polovili  90'
 Report
Attendance: 350
Referee: Sivakorn Pu-Udom (Thailand)
Tonga 0–8 Vanuatu
Report
Attendance: 100
Referee: George Time (Solomon Islands)
Fiji 3–1 Papua New Guinea
 Report
  • Simongi  66'
Attendance: 250
Referee: Nick Waldron (New Zealand)
Papua New Guinea 6–1 Tonga
  • Kepo  11', 73'
  • Togubai  45+1', 49' (pen.)
  • Purari  55'
  • Malafu  72' (o.g.)
 Report
  • Polovili  15'
Attendance: 100
Referee: Campbell-Kirk Kawana-Waugh (New Zealand)
Fiji 0–1 Vanuatu
Report
Attendance: 250

Knockout stage

Bracket
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
2 October – Lautoka
 
 
 New Zealand6
 
5 October – Lautoka
 
 Fiji1
 
 New Zealand5
 
2 October – Lautoka
 
 Solomon Islands0
 
 Vanuatu0
 
 
 Solomon Islands1
 
Third place match
 
 
5 October – Lautoka
 
 
 Fiji0
 
 
 Vanuatu1

Semi-finals
New Zealand 6–1 Fiji
 Report
  • Shah  73'
Attendance: 150
Referee: David Yareboinen (Papua New Guinea)
Vanuatu 0–1 Solomon Islands
Report
  • Waita  37'
Attendance: 150

Third place match
Fiji 0–1 Vanuatu
Report
Attendance: 100
Referee: Mederic Lacour (New Caledonia)

Final

Winner qualifies for 2020 Summer Olympics.

New Zealand 5–0 Solomon Islands
 Report
Attendance: 200

Qualified teams for Summer Olympics

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

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in Summer Olympics1
 New Zealand5 October 2019[6]2 (2008, 2012)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Goalscorers
12 goals
8 goals
5 goals
  • Augustine Waita
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.
  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.
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