The OFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament is an association football tournament held once in four years to decide the only qualification spot of the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) and representatives at the Olympic Games.
The tournament was first held in 2004. In 1996, no OFC team took part at the Olympics, in 2000, Australia were given the spot as hosts.[1]
Format edit
In 2004, three teams played a round robin. After Australia had left the Oceanic Confederation to Asia, all teams but New Zealand play a tournament. The winner then plays a two-legged play-off for the Olympics spot against New Zealand, Oceania's highest ranked team in the FIFA Women's World Rankings.
Results edit
| Year | Host | Final | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion | Score | Second Place | Third Place | Score | Fourth Place | ||||
| 2004 details[2] |
Fiji |  Australia |
round-robin |  Papua New Guinea |
 Fiji |
only three teams entered | |||
| 2008 details[3] |
 New Zealand |
2–0 | Papua New Guinea |
only two teams in the final round | |||||
| 2012 details[4] |
New Zealand |
8–0, 7–0 | Papua New Guinea |
only two teams in the final round | |||||
| 2016 details |
New Zealand |
7–11 | Papua New Guinea |
only two teams in the final round | |||||
| 2020 details2 |
New Caledonia | New Zealand |
8–0 | Fiji |
Papua New Guinea |
7–1 |  New Caledonia | ||
| 2024 details |
Samoa | New Zealand |
11–1 |  Solomon Islands |
only two teams in the final round | ||||
1 The second leg was scratched as Papua New Guinea was unable to travel to New Zealand for the match due to visa issues.
2 The OFC place at the 2020 Olympics was decided by the 2018 OFC Women's Nations Cup.
References edit
- ^ Team Profile foxsportspulse.com
- ^ "Games of the XXVIII. Olympiad". RSSSF. Retrieved 4 April 2012.
- ^ "Games of the XXIX. Olympiad". RSSSF. Retrieved 4 April 2012.
- ^ "Papua New Guinea 0 - 7 New Zealand". oceaniafootball.com. 4 April 2012. Archived from the original on 6 April 2012. Retrieved 4 April 2012.