2019 OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament

{{Infobox international football competition

| tourney_name = OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament

| year = 2019

| yearr =

| other_titles =

| image = 2019 OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament.png

| size =

| alt =

| caption =

| country = Fiji

| dates = 21 September – 5 October 2019

| num_teams = 8

| confederations = 1

| venues = 2

| cities = 2

| champion_other = {{fbu|23|NZL}}

| count = 4

| second_other = {{fbu|23|SOL}}

| third_other = {{fbu|23|VAN}}

| fourth_other = {{fbu|23|FIJ}}

| matches = 16

| goals = 84

| attendance = {{#expr: 150 + 240 + 150 + 200 + 100 + 600 + 150 + 350 + 100 + 250 + 100 + 250 + 150 + 150 + 100 + 200}}

| top_scorer = {{flagicon|NZL}} Myer Bevan (12 goals)

| player =

| young_player =

| goalkeeper =

| fair_play =

| prevseason = 2015

| nextseason = 2023

}}

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.

In November 2018, it was announced that Fiji would host the competition.{{cite web |title=Hosts appointed for 2019 competitions|url=https://www.oceaniafootball.com/hosts-appointed-for-2019-competitions/ |website=Oceania Football Confederation |date=6 November 2018}} The tournament was held from 21 September to 5 October 2019.{{cite web|url=https://www.oceaniafootball.com/events/ofc-mens-olympic-qualifier-2019/|title=OFC Men’s Olympic Qualifier 2019|publisher=Oceania Football Confederation}}

The winner qualified as the OFC representative at the 2020 Summer Olympics men's football tournament in Japan.{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/about-fifa/news/y=2017/m=9/news=oc-for-fifa-competitions-approves-procedures-for-the-final-draw-of-the-2907924.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170914215739/http://www.fifa.com/about-fifa/news/y=2017/m=9/news=oc-for-fifa-competitions-approves-procedures-for-the-final-draw-of-the-2907924.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 14, 2017|title=OC for FIFA Competitions approves procedures for the Final Draw of the 2018 FIFA World Cup|publisher=FIFA.com|date=14 September 2017}}

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 the OFC entered the tournament.

class="wikitable sortable" ! Team ! data-sort-type="number"\|Appearance ! Previous best performance
{{fbu\|23\|ASA}}	3rd	{{sort\|05\|Group stage}} (2004, 2012)
{{fbu\|23\|FIJ}} (hosts)	8th	{{sort\|01\|Champions}} (2015)
{{fbu\|23\|NZL}}	9th	{{sort\|01\|Champions}} (1999, 2008, 2012)
{{fbu\|23\|PNG}}	7th	{{sort\|03\|Third place}} (2015)
{{fbu\|23\|SAM}}	3rd	{{sort\|05\|Group stage}} (1999, 2004)
{{fbu\|23\|SOL}}	7th	{{sort\|02\|Runners-up}} (1999, 2008)
{{fbu\|23\|TGA}}	4th	{{sort\|05\|Group stage}} (1999, 2004, 2012)
{{fbu\|23\|VAN}}	7th	{{sort\|02\|Runners-up}} (2015)

;Did not enter

{{fbu|23|COK}}
{{fbu|23|NCL}}
{{fbu|23|TAH}}

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

! Lautoka

ANZ National Stadium

| Churchill Park

Capacity: 15,000

| Capacity: 10,000

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|200px

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.{{cite web|url=https://www.oceaniafootball.com/olympic-qualifier-draw-complete/|title=Olympic Qualifier Draw complete|publisher=Oceania Football Confederation|date=7 May 2019}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3Pn3FaPyKc|title=OFC MEN'S OLYMPIC QUALIFIER OFFICIAL DRAW|publisher=YouTube|date=6 May 2019}}

Group stage

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

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

=Group A=

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL

|source=[https://www.oceaniafootball.com/competition-list/ofc-mens-olympic-qualifier-2019-group-a-147845534/ OFC]

|name_NZL={{fbu|23|NZL}}

|name_SOL={{fbu|23|SOL}}

|name_ASA={{fbu|23|ASA}}

|name_SAM={{fbu|23|SAM}}

|update=complete

|team1=NZL |team2=SOL |team3=SAM |team4=ASA

|res_col_header=Q

|result1=KO |result2=KO

|col_KO=green1 |text_KO=Knockout stage

}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2019|9|21|df=y}}

|time = 12:00

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|23|SOL}}

|score = 6–0

|team2 = {{fbu|23|ASA}}

|goals1 =

Waita {{goal|3||55}}
Kakasi {{goal|10}}
Taroga {{goal|33}}
Mara {{goal|41||47}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = ANZ National Stadium, Suva

|attendance = 150

|referee = Mederic Lacour (New Caledonia)

|report = https://www.oceaniafootball.com/competition-list/ofc-mens-olympic-qualifier-2019-group-a-147845534/solomon-islands-american-samoa-147865765/

}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2019|9|21|df=y}}

|time = 15:00

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|23|SAM}}

|score = 1–6

|team2 = {{fbu|23|NZL}}

|goals1 =

Tumua Leo {{goal|41}}

|goals2 =

Waine {{goal|10||52||80||84|pen.}}
Rogerson {{goal|11}}
Bevan {{goal|39}}

|stadium = ANZ National Stadium, Suva

|attendance = 240

|referee = Norbert Hauata (Tahiti)

|report = https://www.oceaniafootball.com/competition-list/ofc-mens-olympic-qualifier-2019-group-a-147845534/samoa-new-zealand-147865766/

}}

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{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2019|9|24|df=y}}

|time = 12:00

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|23|SAM}}

|score = 0–5

|team2 = {{fbu|23|SOL}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

Kakasi {{goal|16}}
Waita {{goal|29||35}}
Mara {{goal|68}}
Taroga {{goal|90+2}}

|stadium = ANZ National Stadium, Suva

|attendance = 150

|referee = Joel Hopken (Vanuatu)

|report = https://www.oceaniafootball.com/competition-list/ofc-mens-olympic-qualifier-2019-group-a-147845534/samoa-solomon-islands-147865767/

}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2019|9|24|df=y}}

|time = 15:00

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|23|NZL}}

|score = 12–0

|team2 = {{fbu|23|ASA}}

|goals1 =

Lewis {{goal|4||34}}
Rogerson {{goal|15}}
Whyte {{goal|19}}
Bevan {{goal|51||75||78||83||89}}
Waine {{goal|54||59}}
De Jong {{goal|56}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = ANZ National Stadium, Suva

|attendance = 200

|referee = David Yareboinen (Papua New Guinea)

|report = https://www.oceaniafootball.com/competition-list/ofc-mens-olympic-qualifier-2019-group-a-147845534/new-zealand-american-samoa-147865768/

}}

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{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2019|9|27|df=y}}

|time = 15:00

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|23|ASA}}

|score = 0–5

|team2 = {{fbu|23|SAM}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

Tumua Leo {{goal|26||88}}
Savelio {{goal|29}}
Bourne {{goal|39}}
Malo {{goal|65}}

|stadium = ANZ National Stadium, Suva

|attendance = 100

|referee = David Yareboinen (Papua New Guinea)

|report = https://www.oceaniafootball.com/competition-list/ofc-mens-olympic-qualifier-2019-group-a-147845534/american-samoa-samoa-147865769/

}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2019|9|27|df=y}}

|time = 18:00

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|23|NZL}}

|score = 4–2

|team2 = {{fbu|23|SOL}}

|goals1 =

Lewis {{goal|37}}
Bevan {{goal|39||90+1}}
Billingsley {{goal|53}}

|goals2 =

Taroga {{goal|1}}
Maeobia {{goal|78}}

|stadium = ANZ National Stadium, Suva

|attendance = 600

|referee = Mederic Lacour (New Caledonia)

|report = https://www.oceaniafootball.com/competition-list/ofc-mens-olympic-qualifier-2019-group-a-147845534/new-zealand-solomon-islands-147865770/

}}

=Group B=

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL

|source=[https://www.oceaniafootball.com/competition-list/ofc-mens-olympic-qualifier-2019-group-b-147866029/ OFC]

|name_FIJ={{fbu|23|FIJ}}

|name_VAN={{fbu|23|VAN}}

|name_PNG={{fbu|23|PNG}}

|name_TGA={{fbu|23|TGA}}

|update=complete

|team1=VAN |team2=FIJ |team3=PNG |team4=TGA

|res_col_header=Q

|result1=KO |result2=KO

|col_KO=green1 |text_KO=Knockout stage

}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2019|9|22|df=y}}

|time = 12:00

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|23|VAN}}

|score = 3–1

|team2 = {{fbu|23|PNG}}

|goals1 =

Soromon {{goal|3||21|pen.}}
Wilkins {{goal|25}}

|goals2 =

Togubai {{goal|56|pen.}}

|stadium = Churchill Park, Lautoka

|attendance = 150

|referee = Matthew Conger (New Zealand)

|report = https://www.oceaniafootball.com/competition-list/ofc-mens-olympic-qualifier-2019-group-b-147866029/vanuatu-papua-new-guinea-147867261/

}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2019|9|22|df=y}}

|time = 15:00

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|23|TGA}}

|score = 1–4

|team2 = {{fbu|23|FIJ}}

|goals1 =

Polovili {{goal|90}}

|goals2 =

Joseph {{goal|54|pen.|66}}
Baledrokadroka {{goal|62}}
Hughes {{goal|90}}

|stadium = Churchill Park, Lautoka

|attendance = 350

|referee = Sivakorn Pu-Udom (Thailand)

|report = https://www.oceaniafootball.com/competition-list/ofc-mens-olympic-qualifier-2019-group-b-147866029/tonga-fiji-147867262/

}}

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{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2019|9|25|df=y}}

|time = 12:00

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|23|TGA}}

|score = 0–8

|team2 = {{fbu|23|VAN}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

Kalo {{goal|28||29||50}}
Spokeyjack {{goal|31}}
Ollie {{goal|45+2}}
Tasip {{goal|48}}
Kalopong {{goal|54}}
Soromon {{goal|81}}

|stadium = Churchill Park, Lautoka

|attendance = 100

|referee = George Time (Solomon Islands)

|report = https://www.oceaniafootball.com/competition-list/ofc-mens-olympic-qualifier-2019-group-b-147866029/tonga-vanuatu-147867263/

}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2019|9|25|df=y}}

|time = 15:00

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|23|FIJ}}

|score = 3–1

|team2 = {{fbu|23|PNG}}

|goals1 =

Baledrokadroka {{goal|42}}
Joseph {{goal|50}}
Vodowaqa {{goal|87}}

|goals2 =

Simongi {{goal|66}}

|stadium = Churchill Park, Lautoka

|attendance = 250

|referee = Nick Waldron (New Zealand)

|report = https://www.oceaniafootball.com/competition-list/ofc-mens-olympic-qualifier-2019-group-b-147866029/fiji-papua-new-guinea-147867264/

}}

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{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2019|9|28|df=y}}

|time = 12:00

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|23|PNG}}

|score = 6–1

|team2 = {{fbu|23|TGA}}

|goals1 =

Kepo {{goal|11||73}}
Togubai {{goal|45+1||49|pen.}}
Purari {{goal|55}}
Malafu {{goal|72|o.g.}}

|goals2 =

Polovili {{goal|15}}

|stadium = Churchill Park, Lautoka

|attendance = 100

|referee = Campbell-Kirk Kawana-Waugh (New Zealand)

|report = https://www.oceaniafootball.com/competition-list/ofc-mens-olympic-qualifier-2019-group-b-147866029/papua-new-guinea-tonga-147867265/

}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2019|9|28|df=y}}

|time = 15:00

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|23|FIJ}}

|score = 0–1

|team2 = {{fbu|23|VAN}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

Aru {{goal|45}}

|stadium = Churchill Park, Lautoka

|attendance = 250

|referee = Matthew Conger (New Zealand)

|report = https://www.oceaniafootball.com/competition-list/ofc-mens-olympic-qualifier-2019-group-b-147866029/fiji-vanuatu-147867266/

}}

Knockout stage

=Bracket=

{{#invoke:RoundN|N4

|3rdplace=yes|bold_winner=high|widescore=yes

|RD1=Semi-finals

|RD2=Final

|Consol=Third place match

|2 October – Lautoka|{{fbu|23|NZL}}|6|{{fbu|23|FIJ}}|1

|2 October – Lautoka|{{fbu|23|VAN}}|0|{{fbu|23|SOL}}|1

|5 October – Lautoka|{{fbu|23|NZL}}|5|{{fbu|23|SOL}}|0

|5 October – Lautoka|{{fbu|23|FIJ}}|0|{{fbu|23|VAN}}|1

}}

=Semi-finals=

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2019|10|2|df=y}}

|time = 12:00

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|23|NZL}}

|score = 6–1

|team2 = {{fbu|23|FIJ}}

|goals1 =

Wara {{goal|13|o.g.}}
Waine {{goal|23}}
Rogerson {{goal|28}}
Bevan {{goal|44||90+5}}
Elliot {{goal|78}}

|goals2 =

Shah {{goal|73}}

|stadium = Churchill Park, Lautoka

|attendance = 150

|referee = David Yareboinen (Papua New Guinea)

|report = https://www.oceaniafootball.com/competition-list/ofc-mens-olympic-qualifier-2019-semi-finals-216522502/new-zealand-fiji-216522753/

}}

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{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2019|10|2|df=y}}

|time = 15:30

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|23|VAN}}

|score = 0–1

|team2 = {{fbu|23|SOL}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

Waita {{goal|37}}

|stadium = Churchill Park, Lautoka

|attendance = 150

|referee = Matthew Conger (New Zealand)

|report = https://www.oceaniafootball.com/competition-list/ofc-mens-olympic-qualifier-2019-semi-finals-216522502/vanuatu-solomon-islands-216522754/

}}

=Third place match=

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2019|10|5|df=y}}

|time = 12:00

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|23|FIJ}}

|score = 0–1

|team2 = {{fbu|23|VAN}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

Soromon {{goal|75}}

|stadium = Churchill Park, Lautoka

|attendance = 100

|referee = Mederic Lacour (New Caledonia)

|report = https://www.oceaniafootball.com/competition-list/ofc-mens-olympic-qualifier-2019-final-214606370/fiji-vanuatu-214609741/

}}

=Final=

Winner qualifies for 2020 Summer Olympics.

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2019|10|5|df=y}}

|time = 15:00

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|23|NZL}}

|score = 5–0

|team2 = {{fbu|23|SOL}}

|goals1 =

Rogerson {{goal|7}}
Bevan {{goal|27||67}}
Waine {{goal|30}}
Jones {{goal|90}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Churchill Park, Lautoka

|attendance = 200

|referee = Norbert Hauata (Tahiti)

|report = https://www.oceaniafootball.com/competition-list/ofc-mens-olympic-qualifier-2019-final-214606370/new-zealand-solomon-islands-214610570/

}}

Qualified team for the Summer Olympics

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

class="wikitable sortable"
Team ! Qualified on ! data-sort-type="number"\|Previous appearances in the Summer Olympics¹
{{fbo\|NZL}}	{{dts\|2019\|10\|5\|format=dmy}}{{cite web\|url=https://www.fifa.com/mensolympic/news/new-zealand-win-through-to-tokyo-2020\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191005155254/https://www.fifa.com/mensolympic/news/new-zealand-win-through-to-tokyo-2020\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=October 5, 2019\|title=New Zealand win through to Tokyo 2020\|publisher=FIFA.com\|date=5 October 2019}}	2 (2008, 2012)

class="wikitable sortable"

Team

! Qualified on

! data-sort-type="number"|Previous appearances in the Summer Olympics¹

{{dts|2019|10|5|format=dmy}}{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/mensolympic/news/new-zealand-win-through-to-tokyo-2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191005155254/https://www.fifa.com/mensolympic/news/new-zealand-win-through-to-tokyo-2020|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 5, 2019|title=New Zealand win through to Tokyo 2020|publisher=FIFA.com|date=5 October 2019}}

2 (2008, 2012)

¹ Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Goalscorers

;12 goals

{{flagicon|NZL}} Myer Bevan

;8 goals

{{flagicon|NZL}} Ben Waine

;5 goals

{{flagicon|SOL}} Augustine Waita

;4 goals

{{flagicon|NZL}} Logan Rogerson
{{flagicon|VAN}} Azariah Soromon

;3 goals

{{flagicon|FIJ}} Patrick Joseph
{{flagicon|NZL}} Clayton Lewis
{{flagicon|PNG}} Gregory Togubai
{{flagicon|SAM}} Michael Tumua Leo
{{flagicon|SOL}} Adrian Mara
{{flagicon|SOL}} Patrick Taroga
{{flagicon|VAN}} Bong Kalo

;2 goals

{{flagicon|FIJ}} Savenaca Baledrokadroka
{{flagicon|PNG}} Freddy Kepo
{{flagicon|SOL}} Darold Kakasi
{{flagicon|TGA}} Hemaloto Polovili

;1 goal

{{flagicon|FIJ}} Bruce Hughes
{{flagicon|FIJ}} Mohammed Shah
{{flagicon|FIJ}} Tito Vodowaqa
{{flagicon|NZL}} Noah Billingsley
{{flagicon|NZL}} Dylan de Jong
{{flagicon|NZL}} Callan Elliot
{{flagicon|NZL}} Billy Jones
{{flagicon|NZL}} Ollie Whyte
{{flagicon|PNG}} Bernard Purari
{{flagicon|PNG}} Emmanuel Simongi
{{flagicon|SAM}} Ronnie Bourne
{{flagicon|SAM}} Samuelu Malo
{{flagicon|SAM}} Osa Savelio
{{flagicon|SOL}} Tuita Maeobia
{{flagicon|VAN}} Claude Aru
{{flagicon|VAN}} Jesse Kalopong
{{flagicon|VAN}} Bethuel Ollie
{{flagicon|VAN}} Johnathan Spokeyjack
{{flagicon|VAN}} Jordy Tasip
{{flagicon|VAN}} Ronaldo Wilkins

;Own goal

{{flagicon|TGA}} Mahe Malafu (playing against Papua New Guinea)
{{flagicon|FIJ}} Scott Wara (playing against New Zealand)

References

External links

[https://www.oceaniafootball.com/competition/ofc-mens-olympic-qualifier-2019/ OFC Men's Olympic Qualifier 2019]
[https://www.oceaniafootball.com/category/ofc-mens-olympic-qualifier-2019/ News > OFC Men's Olympic Qualifier 2019] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190507093657/https://www.oceaniafootball.com/category/ofc-mens-olympic-qualifier-2019/ |date=2019-05-07 }}, OceaniaFootball.com

{{Qualification for the 2020 Summer Olympics Football tournament}}

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