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2023 OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament

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2023 Men's Olympic Qualification Tournament
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Tournament details
Host countryNew Zealand
Dates27 August – 9 September
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venues3 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
ChampionsImage New Zealand (5th title)
Runners-upImage Fiji
Tournament statistics
Matches played11
Goals scored49 (4.45 per match)
Top scorerNew Zealand Riley Bidois (5 goals)
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The 2023 OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament was the 10th edition of the tournament to select the OFC representative at the Summer Olympics. The tournament was held in Auckland, New Zealand from 27 August to 9 September, with the winner qualifying for the 2024 Summer Olympics.

New Zealand successfully defended their title as the OFC representative.

Teams

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Eight of the 11 FIFA-affiliated national teams from the OFC indicated their intent to participate in the tournament.

Team Appearance Previous best performance
Image American Samoa4thGroup stage (2004, 2012, 2019)
Image Fiji9thChampions (2015)
Image New Zealand (hosts)10thChampions (1999, 2008, 2012, 2019)
Image Papua New Guinea8thThird place (2015)
Image Samoa4thGroup stage (1999, 2004, 2019)
Image Solomon Islands8thRunners-up (1999, 2008, 2019)
Image Tonga5thGroup stage (1999, 2004, 2012, 2019)
Image Vanuatu8thRunners-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

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Host city and venues of the 2023 OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament

Group A played all their matches at Mount Smart Stadium, known commercially as "Go Media Stadium," while Group B played all their matches at The Trusts Arena. Mount Smart Stadium also hosted both semi-final matches, while the final was contested at North Harbour Stadium.[1]

Image New Zealand
Auckland
Go Media Stadium
Capacity: 30,000
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The Trusts Arena North Harbour Stadium
Capacity: 4,901 Capacity: 25,000
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Group stage

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Eight teams entered the competition and were drawn into 2 groups on 15 June.[1]

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

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Image New Zealand (H) 2 2 0 0 6 1 +5 6 Advance to knockout stage
2 Image Fiji 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 3
3 Image Papua New Guinea[a] 2 0 0 2 0 5 −5 0
4 Image American Samoa[b] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrew
Source: OFC
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ↑ Papua New Guinea were unable to travel to New Zealand prior to their scheduled match on 27 August. The matter was resolved by awarding New Zealand with a 3–0 win.[2]
  2. ↑ American Samoa withdrew from the tournament on 1 August 2023.[3]
New Zealand Image3–0
Awarded[2]		Image Papua New Guinea
Report
New Zealand Image3–1Image Fiji
 Report
Attendance: 531
Papua New Guinea Image0–2Image Fiji
Report
Attendance: 489

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Image Solomon Islands 3 3 0 0 11 1 +10 9 Advance to knockout stage
2 Image Vanuatu 3 2 0 1 7 4 +3 6
3 Image Samoa 3 1 0 2 4 6 −2 3
4 Image Tonga 3 0 0 3 1 12 −11 0
Source: OFC
Samoa Image3–0Image Tonga
 Report
Attendance: 100
Solomon Islands Image3–0Image Vanuatu
 Report
Attendance: 90
Tonga Image0–4Image Vanuatu
Report
Attendance: 100
Referee: Veer Singh (Fiji)
Solomon Islands Image3–0Image Samoa
 Report
Attendance: 100
Referee: Alex King (Australia)
Vanuatu Image3–1Image Samoa
 Report
Attendance: 100
Tonga Image1–5Image Solomon Islands
 Report
Attendance: 300

Knockout stage

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 6 September – Auckland
 
 
 Image New Zealand 8
 
 9 September – Auckland
 
 Image Vanuatu 0
 
 Image New Zealand 9
 
 6 September – Auckland
 
 Image Fiji 0
 
 Image Solomon Islands 0
 
 
 Image Fiji 3
 

Semi-finals

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New Zealand Image8–0Image Vanuatu
 Report
Attendance: 188
Solomon Islands Image0–3Image Fiji
Report
Attendance: 1,145
Referee: Alex King (Australia)

Final

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The winner qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics.

New Zealand Image9–0Image Fiji
 Report
Attendance: 1,284

Qualified team for the 2024 Summer Olympics

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

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in the Summer Olympics
Image New Zealand9 September 20233 (2008, 2012, 2020)

Goalscorers

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There were 49 goals scored in 11 matches, for an average of 4.45 goals per match.

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

References

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  1. 1 2 "Draw confirmed for OFC Men's Olympic Qualifiers 2023". Oceania Football Confederation. 15 June 2023. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
  2. 1 2 "New Zealand awarded 3–0 default win after PNG's failure to play Olympic qualifier". Friends of Football NZ. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
  3. ↑ "AMERICAN SAMOA WITHDRAW FROM OFC MEN'S OLYMPIC QUALIFIER 2023". Oceania Football. 1 August 2023. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
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