2012 OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament

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2012 OFC Men's Pre-Olympic Football Tournament
Tournament details
Host country New Zealand
City Taupo
Dates 16–25 March 2012
Teams 7 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  New Zealand
Runners-up  Fiji
Third place  Vanuatu
Fourth place  Papua New Guinea
Tournament statistics
Matches played 13
Goals scored 63 (4.85 per match)
Attendance 4,250 (327 per match)
Top scorer(s) Solomon Islands Ian Paia (7 goals)
Best player Fiji Esava Naqeleca
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2012 OFC Men's Pre-Olympic Football Tournament was the qualifying tournament to the football competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London for the member nations of the Oceania Football Confederation.[1] The tournament was played in New Zealand, after an OFC decision to strip Fiji of the rights to host the tournament was made in January 2012. It was announced on 7 February 2012 that Taupo would host the qualifiers, with the sole venue being Owen Delany Park.[2]

New Zealand won the tournament and qualified for the Olympic Games.

Participating teams

Squads

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Group stage

The teams' paths to the Olympics were revealed on 17 February 2012.[3]

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Fiji 3 3 0 0 11 2 +9 9
 Vanuatu 3 2 0 1 10 2 +8 6
 Solomon Islands 3 1 0 2 16 4 +12 3
 American Samoa 3 0 0 3 2 31 −29 0

16 March 2012
12:00 UTC+13
Solomon Islands  0 – 2  Fiji
Report Esava Naqeleca Goal 18'
Archie Watkins Goal 65'

16 March 2012
14:30 UTC+13
Vanuatu  8 – 0  American Samoa
Roddy Lenga Goal 10', 23'
Robert Tasso Goal 13' (pen.), 21'
Silas Namatak Goal 81', 83', 86'
Barry Mansale Goal 89'		 Report

18 March 2012
14:30 UTC+13
American Samoa  1 – 7  Fiji
Ailoa Tualaulelei Goal 66' Report Jone Salauneune Goal 12'
Misaele Draunibaka Goal 56', 58'
Esava Naqeleca Goal 63', 65'
Samuela Drudru Goal 72'
Archie Watkins Goal 88'

18 March 2012
17:00 UTC+13
Solomon Islands  0 – 1  Vanuatu
Report Jean Kaltack Goal 61'
Owen Delany Park, Taupo
Attendance: 400
Referee: Kader Zitouni (Tahiti)

21 March 2012[note 1]
12:00 UTC+13
American Samoa  1 – 16  Solomon Islands
Shalom Luani Goal 5' Report Ian Paia Goal 22', 26', 32' (pen.), 58' (pen.), 63', 73', 84'
Jerry Donga Goal 50'
Himson Teleda Goal 52'
Micah Lea'alafa Goal 55', 69', 74'
Chris Tafoa Goal 67'
Karol Kakate Goal 77', 79'
Johan Doiwale Goal 89'

21 March 2012[note 1]
17:00 UTC+13
Fiji  2 – 1  Vanuatu
Esava Naqeleca Goal 20'
Jone Salauneune Goal 41'		 Report Jean Kaltack Goal 62'
Owen Delany Park, Taupo
Attendance: 150
Referee: Norbert Hauata (Tahiti)

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 New Zealand 2 2 0 0 11 0 +11 6
 Papua New Guinea 2 1 0 1 3 1 +2 3
 Tonga 2 0 0 2 0 13 −13 0

16 March 2012
17:00 UTC+13
New Zealand  1 – 0  Papua New Guinea
Sean Lovemore Goal 73' Report

18 March 2012
12:00 UTC+13
Papua New Guinea  3 – 0  Tonga
Vanya Malagian Goal 6'
Nigel Dabingyaba Goal 47'
Jamal Seeto Goal 86'		 Report
Owen Delany Park, Taupo
Attendance: 150
Referee: Bruce George (Vanuatu)

21 March 2012[note 1]
14:30 UTC+13
Tonga  0 – 10  New Zealand
Report Greg Draper Goal 23'
Jason Hicks Goal 33'
Daniel Saric Goal 43'
Louis Fenton Goal 52', 54'
Ethan Gailbraith Goal 72', 73'
Sean Lovemore Goal 77', 90'
James Musa Goal 81'

Knockout stage

Due to the delay in the final group matches, the knockout stage was postponed by one day from the original schedule.[5]

Semi finals Final
23 March
  Fiji  3  
  Papua New Guinea  0  
 
25 March
      Fiji  0
    New Zealand  1
Third place play-off
23 March 25 March
  New Zealand  3   Papua New Guinea  0
  Vanuatu  2     Vanuatu  1

Semi finals

23 March 2012
13:00 UTC+13
Fiji  3 – 0  Papua New Guinea
Esava Naqeleca Goal 25' (pen.), 60' (pen.)
Zibraaz Sahib Goal 71'		 Report

23 March 2012
16:00 UTC+13
New Zealand  3 – 2  Vanuatu
Louis Fenton Goal 5'
James Musa Goal 8'
Greg Draper Goal 27'		 Report Jean Kaltack Goal 74'
Kensi Tangis Goal 90+1'
Owen Delany Park, Taupo
Attendance: 400
Referee: Kader Zitouni (Tahiti)

Third place play-off

25 March 2012
13:00 UTC+13
Papua New Guinea  0 – 1  Vanuatu
Report Jean Kaltack Goal 38'

Final

25 March 2012
16:00 UTC+13
Fiji  0 – 1  New Zealand
Report Greg Draper Goal 18' (pen.)
Owen Delany Park, Taupo
Attendance: 1,250
Referee: Norbert Hauata (Tahiti)

Awards

A number of awards were announced at the conclusion of the tournament.[6]

Player of the tournament Best goalkeeper Top scorer Fairplay Award
Fiji Esava Naqeleca New Zealand Jake Gleeson Solomon Islands Ian Paia (7 goals)  Tonga

Goal scorers

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Matches postponed from 20 March 2012 due to extreme weather conditions in Taupo.[4]

See also

References

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