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2019 OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament

Summary

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)New Zealand Myer Bevan (12 goals)
← 2015
2023 →

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 edit

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

Team Appearance Previous best performance
  American Samoa 3rd Group stage (2004, 2012)
  Fiji (hosts) 8th Champions (2015)
  New Zealand 9th Champions (1999, 2008, 2012)
  Papua New Guinea 7th Third place (2015)
  Samoa 3rd Group stage (1999, 2004)
  Solomon Islands 7th Runners-up (1999, 2008)
  Tonga 4th Group stage (1999, 2004, 2012)
  Vanuatu 7th Runners-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 edit

Suva Lautoka
ANZ National Stadium Churchill Park
Capacity: 15,000 Capacity: 10,000
   

Squads edit

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

Draw edit

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 edit

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

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

Group A edit

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
 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
Attendance: 100
Referee: David Yareboinen (Papua New Guinea)
New Zealand  4–2  Solomon Islands
 Report
Attendance: 600
Referee: Mederic Lacour (New Caledonia)

Group B edit

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) Hosts
Vanuatu  3–1  Papua New Guinea
 Report
  • Togubai   56' (pen.)
Attendance: 150
Tonga  1–4  Fiji
  • Polovili   90'
 Report
Attendance: 350
Tonga  0–8  Vanuatu
Report
  • Kalo   28', 29', 50'
  • Spokeyjack   31'
  • Ollie   45+2'
  • Tasip   48'
  • Kalopong   54'
  • Soromon   81'
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 edit

Bracket edit

 
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 edit

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 edit

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

Final edit

Winner qualifies for 2020 Summer Olympics.

New Zealand  5–0  Solomon Islands
 Report
Attendance: 200

Qualified team for the Summer Olympics edit

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

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in the Summer Olympics1
  New Zealand 5 October 2019[6] 2 (2008, 2012)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Goalscorers edit

12 goals
8 goals
5 goals
  •   Augustine Waita
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal
  •   Mahe Malafu (playing against Papua New Guinea)
  •   Scott Wara (playing against New Zealand)

References edit

  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.

External links edit

  • OFC Men's Olympic Qualifier 2019
    • News > OFC Men's Olympic Qualifier 2019 Archived 2019-05-07 at the Wayback Machine, OceaniaFootball.com

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