2008 OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament

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2008 OFC U-23 Olympic Qualifying Tournament
Tournament details
Host country Fiji
Dates 1 March - 9 March
Teams 6 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  New Zealand (2nd title)
Runners-up  Solomon Islands
Third place  Fiji
Fourth place  Papua New Guinea
Tournament statistics
Matches played 15
Goals scored 89 (5.93 per match)
Top scorer(s) Solomon Islands Benjamin Totori
Fiji Malakai Tiwa
(8 goals)

The 2008 OFC Men's Olympic Football Tournament functioned as the qualifying tournament to the association football competition at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing for the member nations of the Oceania Football Confederation. The tournament consisted of a single round-robin tournament played in Fiji from 1 March to 9 March 2008. New Zealand won the tournament and qualified for the 2008 Olympic Games.

Final standings

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 New Zealand 5 5 0 0 19 3 +16 15
 Solomon Islands 5 4 0 1 25 5 +20 12
 Fiji 5 3 0 2 21 6 +15 9
 Papua New Guinea 5 2 0 3 18 20 -2 6
 Vanuatu 5 1 0 4 6 16 -10 3
 Cook Islands 5 0 0 5 0 39 -39 0

Matches

1 March 2008
14:00 UTC+12
New Zealand  2 – 1  Fiji
Peverley Goal 33'
Old Goal 90'		 Tiwa Goal 41'

1 March 2008
16:30 UTC+12
Cook Islands  0 – 4  Vanuatu
Nimanian Goal 16' Goal 40'
Sakama Goal 47' (pen)
Chillia Goal 83'

1 March 2008
19:00 UTC+12
Papua New Guinea  1 – 6  Solomon Islands
Apo Goal 65' Totori Goal 9' Goal 16' Goal 68'
Nawo Goal 12'
Rande Goal 51'
Saie Goal 80'

3 March 2008
14:30 UTC+12
Solomon Islands  11 – 0  Cook Islands
Rande Goal 9'
Maemae Goal 17' Goal 24'
Totori Goal 47' Goal 56' Goal 68' Goal 75'
Nawo Goal 62'
Waroi Goal 77' Goal 78'
Forau Goal 82'

3 March 2008
17:00 UTC+12
Fiji  7 – 1  Papua New Guinea
Suwamy Goal 18'
Tiwa Goal 23' Goal 55' Goal 68'
Dunadamu Goal 32' Goal 70'
Rao Goal 76'		 Winnie Goal 72'

3 March 2008
19:30 UTC+12
Vanuatu  0 – 2  New Zealand
Barbarouses Goal 15'
Brockie Goal 40'

5 March 2008
14:30 UTC+12
Fiji  9 – 0  Cook Islands
Singh Goal 16' Goal 23' Goal 58'
Krishna Goal 38'
Tiwa Goal 59' Goal 75' Goal 76'
Rao Goal 66'
Samy Goal 81'

5 March 2008
17:00 UTC+12
Papua New Guinea  2 – 5  New Zealand
Gunemba Goal 17' Goal 86' Ellensohn Goal 43' Goal 58'
Barbarouses Goal 60' Goal 69'
Brockie Goal 85'

5 March 2008
19:30 UTC+12
Solomon Islands  5 – 0  Vanuatu
Maemae Goal 39' Goal 62' Goal 75'
Totori Goal 55'
Nawo Goal 73'

7 March 2008
14:30 UTC+12
New Zealand  2 – 0  Solomon Islands
Old Goal 5'
Henderson Goal 69'

7 March 2008
17:00 UTC+12
Cook Islands  0 – 7  Papua New Guinea
Muta Goal 16'
Winnie Goal 19' Goal 50'
Gunemba Goal 29'
Upaiga Goal 54'
Mobbs Goal 64'
Hans Goal 75'

7 March 2008
19:30 UTC+12
Vanuatu  0 – 2  Fiji
Tiwa Goal 28' (pen)
Krishna Goal 41'

9 March 2008
12:00 UTC+12
Cook Islands  0 – 8  New Zealand
Old Goal 8'
Brockie Goal 16'
Hayne Goal 52' Goal 79'
Messam Goal 64'
Ellensohn Goal 67'
Barbarouses Goal 75'
Scott Goal 90+2'

9 March 2008
14:30 UTC+12
Vanuatu  2 – 7  Papua New Guinea
Kaltack Goal 52'
Masauvakolo Goal 79'		 Kini Goal 10'
Winnie Goal 13' Goal 68' Goal 90+2'
Muta Goal 18' (pen)
Gunemba Goal 63'
Upaiga Goal 75'
Churchill Park, Lautoka
Referee: Rakesh Varman Fiji (First Half)
Andrew Moli Solomon Islands (Second Half)

9 March 2008
17:00 UTC+12
Solomon Islands  3 – 2  Fiji
Waroi Goal 28' Goal 42'
Fifii Goal 39'		 Krishna Goal 6'
Dunadamu Goal 23'


 2008 OFC Olympic Qualification Championship 

New Zealand
Second title

Goal scorers

8 goals
6 goals
  • Papua New Guinea Tau Winnie (PNG)
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

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