2019 OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament

The 2019 OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament (also called the 2019 OFC U-23 Championship) was the eighth edition of the OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament, the quadrennial international age-restricted football championship organised by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) for the men's under-23 national teams of Oceania.

2019 OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament

Tournament details
Host country	Fiji
Dates	21 September – 5 October 2019
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	New Zealand (4th title)
Runners-up	Solomon Islands
Third place	Vanuatu
Fourth place	Fiji
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	84 (5.25 per match)
Attendance	3,240 (203 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Myer Bevan (12 goals)
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In November 2018, it was announced that Fiji would host the competition.^[1] The tournament was held from 21 September to 5 October 2019.^[2]

The winner qualified as the OFC representative at the 2020 Summer Olympics men's football tournament in Japan.^[3]

New Zealand won the title after defeating Solomon Islands in the final. Vanuatu finished third, and defending champions Fiji finished fourth.

Teams

Eight of the 11 FIFA-affiliated national teams from the OFC entered the tournament.

Team	Appearance	Previous best performance
American Samoa	3rd	Group stage (2004, 2012)
Fiji (hosts)	8th	Champions (2015)
New Zealand	9th	Champions (1999, 2008, 2012)
Papua New Guinea	7th	Third place (2015)
Samoa	3rd	Group stage (1999, 2004)
Solomon Islands	7th	Runners-up (1999, 2008)
Tonga	4th	Group stage (1999, 2004, 2012)
Vanuatu	7th	Runners-up (2015)

Did not enter

•  Cook Islands
•  New Caledonia
•  Tahiti

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

Suva	Lautoka
ANZ National Stadium	Churchill Park
Capacity: 15,000	Capacity: 10,000

Squads

Main article: 2019 OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament squads

Players born on or after 1 January 1997 were eligible to compete in the tournament.

Draw

The draw of the tournament was held on 6 May 2019 at the OFC Academy in Auckland, New Zealand.^[4] The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. The top two ranked teams, New Zealand and Fiji, were assigned to group positions A1 and B1 respectively, and the next two ranked teams, Vanuatu and Solomon Islands, were drawn into position 2 of Group A or B, while the remaining teams were drawn into position 3 or 4 of Group A or B.^[5]

Group stage

The top two teams of each group advanced to the semi-finals.

All times are local, FJT (UTC+12).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	New Zealand	3	3	0	0	22	3	+19	9	Knockout stage
2	Solomon Islands	3	2	0	1	13	4	+9	6
3	Samoa	3	1	0	2	6	11	−5	3
4	American Samoa	3	0	0	3	0	23	−23	0

Source: OFC

Solomon Islands	6–0	American Samoa
Waita 3', 55' Kakasi 10' Taroga 33' Mara 41', 47'	Report

21 September 2019 (2019-09-21)

12:00

ANZ National Stadium, Suva

Attendance: 150

Referee: Mederic Lacour (New Caledonia)

Samoa	1–6	New Zealand
Tumua Leo 41'	Report	Waine 10', 52', 80', 84' (pen.) Rogerson 11' Bevan 39'

21 September 2019 (2019-09-21)

15:00

ANZ National Stadium, Suva

Attendance: 240

Referee: Norbert Hauata (Tahiti)

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Samoa	0–5	Solomon Islands
	Report	Kakasi 16' Waita 29', 35' Mara 68' Taroga 90+2'

24 September 2019 (2019-09-24)

12:00

ANZ National Stadium, Suva

Attendance: 150

Referee: Joel Hopken (Vanuatu)

New Zealand	12–0	American Samoa
Lewis 4', 34' Rogerson 15' Whyte 19' Bevan 51', 75', 78', 83', 89' Waine 54', 59' De Jong 56'	Report

24 September 2019 (2019-09-24)

15:00

ANZ National Stadium, Suva

Attendance: 200

Referee: David Yareboinen (Papua New Guinea)

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American Samoa	0–5	Samoa
	Report	Tumua Leo 26', 88' Savelio 29' Bourne 39' Malo 65'

27 September 2019 (2019-09-27)

15:00

ANZ National Stadium, Suva

Attendance: 100

Referee: David Yareboinen (Papua New Guinea)

New Zealand	4–2	Solomon Islands
Lewis 37' Bevan 39', 90+1' Billingsley 53'	Report	Taroga 1' Maeobia 78'

27 September 2019 (2019-09-27)

18:00

ANZ National Stadium, Suva

Attendance: 600

Referee: Mederic Lacour (New Caledonia)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Vanuatu	3	3	0	0	12	1	+11	9	Knockout stage
2	Fiji (H)	3	2	0	1	7	3	+4	6
3	Papua New Guinea	3	1	0	2	8	7	+1	3
4	Tonga	3	0	0	3	2	18	−16	0

Source: OFC
(H) Hosts

Vanuatu	3–1	Papua New Guinea
Soromon 3', 21' (pen.) Wilkins 25'	Report	Togubai 56' (pen.)

22 September 2019 (2019-09-22)

12:00

Churchill Park, Lautoka

Attendance: 150

Referee: Matthew Conger (New Zealand)

Tonga	1–4	Fiji
Polovili 90'	Report	Joseph 54' (pen.), 66' Baledrokadroka 62' Hughes 90'

22 September 2019 (2019-09-22)

15:00

Churchill Park, Lautoka

Attendance: 350

Referee: Sivakorn Pu-Udom (Thailand)

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Tonga	0–8	Vanuatu
	Report	Kalo 28', 29', 50' Spokeyjack 31' Ollie 45+2' Tasip 48' Kalopong 54' Soromon 81'

25 September 2019 (2019-09-25)

12:00

Churchill Park, Lautoka

Attendance: 100

Referee: George Time (Solomon Islands)

Fiji	3–1	Papua New Guinea
Baledrokadroka 42' Joseph 50' Vodowaqa 87'	Report	Simongi 66'

25 September 2019 (2019-09-25)

15:00

Churchill Park, Lautoka

Attendance: 250

Referee: Nick Waldron (New Zealand)

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Papua New Guinea	6–1	Tonga
Kepo 11', 73' Togubai 45+1', 49' (pen.) Purari 55' Malafu 72' (o.g.)	Report	Polovili 15'

28 September 2019 (2019-09-28)

12:00

Churchill Park, Lautoka

Attendance: 100

Referee: Campbell-Kirk Kawana-Waugh (New Zealand)

Fiji	0–1	Vanuatu
	Report	Aru 45'

28 September 2019 (2019-09-28)

15:00

Churchill Park, Lautoka

Attendance: 250

Referee: Matthew Conger (New Zealand)

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	2 October – Lautoka
	New Zealand	6
					5 October – Lautoka
	Fiji	1
					New Zealand	5
	2 October – Lautoka
					Solomon Islands	0
	Vanuatu	0
	Solomon Islands	1
					Third place match
					5 October – Lautoka
					Fiji	0
					Vanuatu	1

Semi-finals

New Zealand	6–1	Fiji
Wara 13' (o.g.) Waine 23' Rogerson 28' Bevan 44', 90+5' Elliot 78'	Report	Shah 73'

2 October 2019 (2019-10-02)

12:00

Churchill Park, Lautoka

Attendance: 150

Referee: David Yareboinen (Papua New Guinea)

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Vanuatu	0–1	Solomon Islands
	Report	Waita 37'

2 October 2019 (2019-10-02)

15:30

Churchill Park, Lautoka

Attendance: 150

Referee: Matthew Conger (New Zealand)

Third place match

Fiji	0–1	Vanuatu
	Report	Soromon 75'

5 October 2019 (2019-10-05)

12:00

Churchill Park, Lautoka

Attendance: 100

Referee: Mederic Lacour (New Caledonia)

Final

Winner qualifies for 2020 Summer Olympics.

New Zealand	5–0	Solomon Islands
Rogerson 7' Bevan 27', 67' Waine 30' Jones 90'	Report

5 October 2019 (2019-10-05)

15:00

Churchill Park, Lautoka

Attendance: 200

Referee: Norbert Hauata (Tahiti)

Qualified team for the Summer Olympics

The following team from the OFC qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympic men's football tournament.

Team	Qualified on	Previous appearances in the Summer Olympics1
New Zealand	5 October 2019[6]	2 (2008, 2012)

¹ Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Goalscorers

12 goals

• Myer Bevan

8 goals

• Ben Waine

5 goals

• Augustine Waita

4 goals

• Logan Rogerson
• Azariah Soromon

3 goals

• Patrick Joseph
• Clayton Lewis
• Gregory Togubai
• Michael Tumua Leo
• Adrian Mara
• Patrick Taroga
• Bong Kalo

2 goals

• Savenaca Baledrokadroka
• Freddy Kepo
• Darold Kakasi
• Hemaloto Polovili

1 goal

• Bruce Hughes
• Mohammed Shah
• Tito Vodowaqa
• Noah Billingsley
• Dylan de Jong
• Callan Elliot
• Billy Jones
• Ollie Whyte
• Bernard Purari
• Emmanuel Simongi
• Ronnie Bourne
• Samuelu Malo
• Osa Savelio
• Tuita Maeobia
• Claude Aru
• Jesse Kalopong
• Bethuel Ollie
• Johnathan Spokeyjack
• Jordy Tasip
• Ronaldo Wilkins

Own goal

• Mahe Malafu (playing against Papua New Guinea)
• Scott Wara (playing against New Zealand)