OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament

The OFC Olympic Qualifying Tournament is a tournament held once in four years' time to decide the only qualification spot for Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) and representatives at the Olympic Games. Unlike other continent, winner of OFC Olympic Qualifying Tournament does not giving away any trophy.

OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
Organising bodyOFC
Founded1991
RegionOceania
Number of teams8
Qualifier forSummer Olympics
Current champions New Zealand
(5th title)
Most successful team(s) New Zealand
(5 titles)
2023 OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament

Eligible teams

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Thirteen nations are eligible to participate in the tournament, these are:

Previous tournaments

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Year Host Final Third place match
Champion Score Runners-up Third place Score Fourth place
1988
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  Australia
  New Zealand
 
Australia
Round robin  
Israel
 
New Zealand
Round robin  
Taiwan
1991
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  Fiji  
Australia
Round robin  
New Zealand
 
Fiji
Round robin  
Papua New Guinea
1996
Details
  Australia  
Australia
Round robin  
New Zealand
 
Fiji
Round robin  
Solomon Islands
1999
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  New Zealand  
New Zealand
4–1  
Solomon Islands
 
Fiji
3–0  
Papua New Guinea
2004
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  Australia
  New Zealand
 
Australia
2–0
1–1
 
New Zealand
 
Vanuatu
 
Fiji
2008
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  Fiji  
New Zealand
Round robin  
Solomon Islands
 
Fiji
Round robin  
Papua New Guinea
2012
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  New Zealand  
New Zealand
1–0  
Fiji
 
Vanuatu
1–0  
Papua New Guinea
2015
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  Papua New Guinea  
Fiji
[1]
0–0
4–3 (p)
 
Vanuatu
 
Papua New Guinea
 
New Zealand
2019
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  Fiji[2]  
New Zealand
[2]
5–0  
Solomon Islands
 
Vanuatu
1–0  
Fiji
2023
Details
  New Zealand  
New Zealand
9–0  
Fiji
 
Solomon Islands
 
Vanuatu

Note: The 2015 Olympic qualifying tournament was held as part of the men's football tournament at the 2015 Pacific Games.

References

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  1. ^ Singhania, Devansh. "An achievement of the biggest scale: Fiji's football team to participate at their first ever Olympic Games". www.sportskeeda.com. Retrieved 2022-12-11.
  2. ^ a b "U-23 USMNT to Face Costa Rica, Dominican Republic and Mexico at 2020 Concacaf Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship". www.ussoccer.com. Retrieved 2022-12-11.
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