2024 Women's Olympic Football Tournament – Oceania Qualifier

The 2024 OFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament was the 5th edition of the OFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament, the quadrennial international football competition organized by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC).

2024 OFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament

Tournament details
Host country	Samoa
City	Apia
Dates	7–19 February 2024
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	New Zealand (4th title)
Runners-up	Solomon Islands
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	82 (5.47 per match)
Attendance	1,050 (70 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Marie Kaipu Grace Jale (7 goals each)
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In the slot allocation for the 2024 Summer Olympics by the FIFA Council, the OFC had been given one slot for the 2024 Summer Olympics.^[1] The qualifying tournament was to determine which women's national team from Oceania would qualify for the Olympic football tournament.

The tournament consisted of eight teams and was played between 7 and 19 February.^[2]

The winners of the tournament, New Zealand, qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics women's football tournament in France as the OFC representative.

Teams

The draw for the tournament was held on 23 November 2023.^[2] The eight teams who entered qualification were ranked according to the August 2023 FIFA Women's World Ranking, with the top two nations allocated to Pot A, the next four teams to Pot B, and the final two teams to Pot C. Teams were drawn from Pot C to the fourth position in groups A and B, respectively. Then teams were drawn from Pot B into the third position in each group, then the second position in each group. Finally, the teams in Pot A were drawn into the first position in each group.^[3]

From the August 2023 FIFA Women's World Ranking^[4]

Pot A	Pot B	Pot C
New Zealand (26)  Papua New Guinea (54)	Fiji (71)  Tonga (92)  Samoa (97)  Solomon Islands (104)	Vanuatu (122)  American Samoa (NR)

Did not enter

•  New Caledonia (107)^[a]
•  Tahiti (108)^[a]
•  Cook Islands (109)

Venue

All matches were played at the FFS Football Stadium across two fields.

2024 OFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament venue

Apia
FFS Football Stadium
Capacity: 3,500
Apia

Group stage

All match times are UTC+13.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Solomon Islands	3	2	1	0	11	3	+8	7	Knockout stage
2	Fiji	3	2	0	1	15	6	+9	6
3	Papua New Guinea	3	1	1	1	13	5	+8	4
4	American Samoa	3	0	0	3	1	26	−25	0

Source: OFC

7 February 2024 (2024-02-07)

12:00

Fiji	10–0	American Samoa
Diyalowai 2', 13', 14' Likuculacula 34' Nasau 45', 56', 76' Tabua 60', 90+5' Singh 69'	Report

FFS Football Stadium (Field 2), Apia

Attendance: 250

Referee: Teremoana Roihau (Tahiti)

7 February 2024 (2024-02-07)

15:00

Papua New Guinea	1–1	Solomon Islands
Kalapai 69'	Report	Solosaia 30'

FFS Football Stadium (Field 2), Apia

Attendance: 100

Referee: Norbert Hauata (Tahiti)

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10 February 2024 (2024-02-10)

12:00

American Samoa	1–7	Solomon Islands
Waetin 88'	Report	Solosaia 14', 29', 35', 73', 75' Gogoni 58' David 82'

FFS Football Stadium (Field 2), Apia

Attendance: 100

Referee: Mederic Lacour (New Caledonia)

10 February 2024 (2024-02-10)

15:00

Papua New Guinea	3–4	Fiji
Kalapai 39', 65' Maneo 67'	Report	Diyalowai 11' Leba 26', 43', 61' (pen.)

FFS Football Stadium (Field 2), Apia

Attendance: 100

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

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13 February 2024 (2024-02-13)

11:00

American Samoa	0–9	Papua New Guinea
	Report	Kaipu 8', 13', 20', 46', 57', 64', 67' Pala 82' (pen.) Bangita 88'

FFS Football Stadium (Field 1), Apia

Referee: Mederic Lacour (New Caledonia)

13 February 2024 (2024-02-13)

11:00

Solomon Islands	3–1	Fiji
Pegi 17', 45+1', 90+4' (pen.)	Report	Leba 80' (pen.)

FFS Football Stadium (Field 2), Apia

Attendance: 100

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

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	New Zealand	3	3	0	0	14	0	+14	9	Knockout stage
2	Samoa (H)	3	2	0	1	3	6	−3	6
3	Tonga	3	1	0	2	2	6	−4	3
4	Vanuatu	3	0	0	3	1	8	−7	0

Source: OFC
(H) Hosts

7 February 2024 (2024-02-07)

13:00

New Zealand	3–0	Tonga
Jale 2', 16' Green 13' (pen.)	Report

FFS Football Stadium (Field 1), Apia

Referee: Ben Aukwai (Solomon Islands)

7 February 2024 (2024-02-07)

17:00

Samoa	1–0	Vanuatu
Manuleleua 90+6' (pen.)	Report

FFS Football Stadium (Field 1), Apia

Referee: Torika Delai (Fiji)

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10 February 2024 (2024-02-10)

13:00

Vanuatu	1–2	Tonga
Aruvuha 6'	Report	Swift 10' Vunipola 15'

FFS Football Stadium (Field 1), Apia

Referee: Shama Maemae (Solomon Islands)

10 February 2024 (2024-02-10)

17:00

New Zealand	6–0	Samoa
Hand 8' Taylor 16' Dade 23' (o.g.) Fraser 34' Green 60' Foster 75'	Report

FFS Football Stadium (Field 1), Apia

Referee: David Yareboinen (Papua New Guinea)

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13 February 2024 (2024-02-13)

16:00

Tonga	0–2	Samoa
	Report	Fischer 37' Stewart 80'

FFS Football Stadium (Field 1), Apia

Attendance: 500

Referee: David Yareboinen (Papua New Guinea)

13 February 2024 (2024-02-13)

16:00

Vanuatu	0–5	New Zealand
	Report	Hand 12' Hassett 21' Riley 30', 43' Fraser 50'

FFS Football Stadium (Field 2), Apia

Referee: Kavitesh Behari (Fiji)

Final round

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	16 February 2024 – Apia
	Solomon Islands	2
					19 February 2024 – Apia
	Samoa	0
					Solomon Islands	1
	16 February 2024 – Apia
					New Zealand	11
	New Zealand	7
	Fiji	1

Semi-finals

16 February 2024 (2024-02-16)

13:00

Solomon Islands	2–0	Samoa
Aniholland 65' Pegi 78' (pen.)	Report

FFS Football Stadium (Field 1), Apia

Referee: Mederic Lacour (New Caledonia)

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16 February 2024 (2024-02-16)

17:00

New Zealand	7–1	Fiji
Riley 6', 45+6' Hand 24', 45+4' Jale 45+2', 67', 83'	Report	Nasau 90+3'

FFS Football Stadium (Field 1), Apia

Referee: David Yareboinen (Papua New Guinea)

Final

19 February 2024 (2024-02-19)

17:00

Solomon Islands	1–11	New Zealand
David 55'	Report	Hand 12' Wilkinson 20', 56' Bowen 25' Jale 37', 63' Riley 45+1', 52' Kitching 70', 76' Nathan 88'

FFS Football Stadium (Field 1), Apia

Referee: Norbert Hauata (Tahiti)

Player of the Match: Indiah-Paige Riley (New Zealand) Assistant referees: Lata Kaumatule (Tonga) Vaihina Teura (Tahiti) Fourth official: Mederic Lacour (New Caledonia) Fifth official: Jeremy Garae (Vanuatu)

Qualified teams for the 2024 Summer Olympics

The following team from OFC qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympic women's football tournament in France.

Team	Qualified on	Previous appearances in Summer Olympics
New Zealand	February 19, 2024	4 (2008, 2012, 2016, 2020)

Goalscorers

There were 82 goals scored in 15 matches, for an average of 5.47 goals per match.

7 goals

• Grace Jale
• Marie Kaipu

6 goals

• Indiah-Paige Riley
• Lorina Solosaia

5 goals

• Jacqui Hand

4 goals

• Sofi Diyalowai
• Narieta Leba
• Cema Nasau
• Ileen Pegi

3 goals

• Keren Kalapai

2 goals

• Kasanita Tabua
• Macey Fraser
• Ally Green
• Katie Kitching
• Hannah Wilkinson
• Jemina David

1 goal

• Lela Waetin
• Koleta Likuculacula
• Preeya Singh
• Katie Bowen
• Michaela Foster
• Betsy Hassett
• Ruby Nathan
• Kate Taylor
• Cynthia Bangita
• Calista Maneo
• Phylis Pala
• Monique Fischer
• Leah Manuleleua
• Jayda Stewart
• Sandy Aniholland
• Almah Gogoni
• Sachi Swift
• Telusila Vunipola
• Elina Aruvuha

1 own goal

• Sasjah Vikolia Dade (against New Zealand)

Awards

Team of the tournament[5]
Goalkeeper	Xeyana Salaona
Defenders	Rebekah Stott				Sasjah Dade				Lisa Solo
Midfielders	Indiah-Paige Riley			Kate Taylor			Cema Nasau			Adi Litia Bakaniceva
Forwards	Grace Jale				Lorina Solosaia				Ileen Pegi

Broadcasting

On 7 February 2024, the opening day of the tournament, Oceania Football Confederation announced that all the matches will be streamed live on FIFA+.^[6]

Notes

1. New Caledonia and Tahiti are not members of the IOC, thus would be ineligible to compete in the Olympics regardless of results