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2023 OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament

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.

2023 Men's Olympic Qualification Tournament
Tournament details
Host countryNew Zealand
Dates27 August – 9 September
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)3 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions New Zealand (5th title)
Runners-up Fiji
Tournament statistics
Matches played11
Goals scored49 (4.45 per match)
Top scorer(s)New Zealand Riley Bidois (5 goals)
← 2019
2027 →

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
  American Samoa 4th Group stage (2004, 2012, 2019)
  Fiji 9th Champions (2015)
  New Zealand (hosts) 10th Champions (1999, 2008, 2012, 2019)
  Papua New Guinea 8th Third place (2015)
  Samoa 4th Group stage (1999, 2004, 2019)
  Solomon Islands 8th Runners-up (1999, 2008, 2019)
  Tonga 5th Group stage (1999, 2004, 2012, 2019)
  Vanuatu 8th Runners-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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45km
30miles
 
3
2
1
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]

Auckland
North Harbour Stadium The Trusts Arena Go Media Stadium
Capacity: 25,000 Capacity: 4,901 Capacity: 30,000
     

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   New Zealand (H) 2 2 0 0 6 1 +5 6 Advance to knockout stage
2   Fiji 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 3
3   Papua New Guinea[a] 2 0 0 2 0 5 −5 0
4   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  3–0
Awarded[2]		  Papua New Guinea
Report
New Zealand  3–1  Fiji
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Attendance: 531
Papua New Guinea  0–2  Fiji
Report
Attendance: 489

Group B

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

Knockout stage

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 6 September 2023
 
 
   New Zealand 8
 
 9 September 2023
 
   Vanuatu 0
 
   New Zealand 9
 
 6 September 2023
 
   Fiji 0
 
   Solomon Islands 0
 
 
   Fiji 3
 

Semi-finals

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New Zealand  8–0  Vanuatu
 Report
Attendance: 188
Solomon Islands  0–3  Fiji
Report
Attendance: 1,145
Referee: Alex King (Australia)

Final

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The winner qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics.

New Zealand  9–0  Fiji
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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
  New Zealand 9 September 2023 3 (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. ^ a b "Draw confirmed for OFC Men's Olympic Qualifiers 2023". Oceania Football Confederation. 15 June 2023. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
  2. ^ a b "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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