2024 Women's Olympic Football Tournament – Oceania Qualifier
Tournament details | |
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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 |
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) |
← 2020 2028 → All statistics correct as of 19 February 2024. |
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) to determine which women's national team from Oceania qualify for the Olympic football tournament. The tournament consisted of eight teams and was played between 7 and 19 February.[1]
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.[1] 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.[2]
Pot A | Pot B | Pot C |
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- 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.
Apia |
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FFS Football Stadium |
Capacity: 3,500 |
Group stage
All match times are UTC+13.
Group A
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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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 |
Fiji | 10–0 | American Samoa |
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Papua New Guinea | 1–1 | Solomon Islands |
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American Samoa | 1–7 | Solomon Islands |
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Papua New Guinea | 3–4 | Fiji |
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American Samoa | 0–9 | Papua New Guinea |
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Solomon Islands | 3–1 | Fiji |
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Group B
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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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 |
(H) Hosts
New Zealand | 3–0 | Tonga |
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Samoa | 1–0 | Vanuatu |
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Vanuatu | 1–2 | Tonga |
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New Zealand | 6–0 | Samoa |
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Vanuatu | 0–5 | New Zealand |
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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
Solomon Islands | 2–0 | Samoa |
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New Zealand | 7–1 | Fiji |
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Report | Nasau 90+3' |
Final
Solomon Islands | 1–11 | New Zealand |
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Player of the Match: Assistant referees: |
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 |
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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
6 goals
- Indiah-Paige Riley
- Lorina Solosaia
5 goals
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[4] | ||||||||||||
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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+.[5]
Notes
- ^ a b New Caledonia and Tahiti are not members of the IOC, thus would be ineligible to compete in the Olympics regardless of results
References
- ^ a b "Draw Confirmed For Women's Olympic Football Tournament – Oceania Qualifier". Oceania Football. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
- ^ "Draw for the Women's Olympic Football Tournament - Oceania Qualifier". Oceania Football Confederation. 23 November 2023. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
- ^ "Women's Ranking". FIFA. 25 August 2023. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
- ^ "Congratulations to those players selected for the Women's Olympic Football Tournament - Oceania Qualifier Team of the Tournament, as chosen by the OFC Technical Study Group". [Oceania Football Confederation. 21 February 2024. Retrieved 21 February 2024 – via Instagram.
- ^ "HOW TO WATCH: WOMEN'S OLYMPIC FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT – OCEANIA QUALIFIER". Oceania Football Confederation. 7 February 2024. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
External links
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