2008 OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
Tournament details | |
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Host country | Fiji |
Dates | 1–9 March 2008 |
Teams | 6 (from 1 confederation) |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | New Zealand (2nd title) |
Runners-up | Solomon Islands |
Third place | Fiji |
Fourth place | Papua New Guinea |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 15 |
Goals scored | 89 (5.93 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Benjamin Totori Malakai Tiwa (8 goals) |
International football competition
The 2008 OFC Men's Olympic Football Tournament functioned as the qualifying tournament to the association football competition at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing for the member nations of the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC). The tournament consisted of a single round-robin tournament played in Fiji from 1 March to 9 March 2008. New Zealand won the tournament and qualified for the 2008 Olympic Games.
Final standings
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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New Zealand | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 3 | +16 | 15 |
Solomon Islands | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 5 | +20 | 12 |
Fiji | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 6 | +15 | 9 |
Papua New Guinea | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 20 | –2 | 6 |
Vanuatu | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 16 | –10 | 3 |
Cook Islands | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 39 | –39 | 0 |
Matches
New Zealand | 2–1 | Fiji |
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Peverley 33' Old 90' | Tiwa 41' |
Churchill Park, Lautoka
Referee: Job Minan (Papua New Guinea)
Cook Islands | 0–4 | Vanuatu |
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Nimanian 16' Sakama 47' (pen.) Chillia 83' |
Papua New Guinea | 1–6 | Solomon Islands |
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Apo 65' | Totori 9', 16', 68' Nawo 12' Rande 51' Saie 80' |
Churchill Park, Lautoka
Referee: Peter O'Leary (New Zealand)
Solomon Islands | 11–0 | Cook Islands |
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Rande 9' Maemae 17', 24' Totori 47', 56', 68', 75' Nawo 62' Waroi 77', 78' Forau 82' |
Fiji | 7–1 | Papua New Guinea |
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Suwamy 18' Tiwa 23', 55', 68' Dunadamu 32', 70' Rao 76' | Winnie 72' |
Churchill Park, Lautoka
Referee: Lencie Fred (Vanuatu)
Vanuatu | 0–2 | New Zealand |
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Barbarouses 15' Brockie 40' |
Fiji | 9–0 | Cook Islands |
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Singh 16', 23', 58' Krishna 38' Tiwa 59', 75', 76' Rao 66' Samy 81' |
Churchill Park, Lautoka
Referee: Andrew Moli (Solomon Islands)
Papua New Guinea | 2–5 | New Zealand |
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Gunemba 17', 86' | Ellensohn 43', 58' Barbarouses 60', 69' Brockie 85' |
Solomon Islands | 5–0 | Vanuatu |
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Maemae 39', 62', 75' Totori 55' Nawo 73' |
Churchill Park, Lautoka
Referee: Michael Hester (New Zealand)
New Zealand | 2–0 | Solomon Islands |
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Old 5' Henderson 69' |
Churchill Park, Lautoka
Referee: Lencie Fred (Vanuatu)
Cook Islands | 0–7 | Papua New Guinea |
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Muta 16' Winnie 19', 50' Gunemba 29' Upaiga 54' Mobbs 64' Hans 75' |
Vanuatu | 0–2 | Fiji |
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Tiwa 28' (pen.) Krishna 41' |
Churchill Park, Lautoka
Referee: Peter O'Leary (New Zealand)
Cook Islands | 0–8 | New Zealand |
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Old 8' Brockie 16' Hayne 52', 79' Messam 64' Ellensohn 67' Barbarouses 75' Scott 90+2' |
Churchill Park, Lautoka
Referee: Job Minan (Papua New Guinea)
Vanuatu | 2–7 | Papua New Guinea |
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Kaltack 52' Masauvakolo 79' | Kini 10' Winnie 13', 68', 90+2' Muta 18' (pen.) Gunemba 63' Upaiga 75' |
Churchill Park, Lautoka
Solomon Islands | 3–2 | Fiji |
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Waroi 28', 42' Fifii 39' | Krishna 6' Dunadamu 23' |
Churchill Park, Lautoka
Referee: Michael Hester (New Zealand)
2008 OFC Olympic Qualification Championship |
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New Zealand Second title |
Goal scorers
- 8 goals
- Benjamin Totori
- Malakai Tiwa
- 6 goals
- Tau Winnie
- 5 goals
- 4 goals
- Costa Barbarouses
- Joachim Waroi
- Raymond Gunemba
- 3 goals
- Steven Old
- Jeremy Brockie
- Daniel Ellensohn
- Alvin Singh
- Roy Krishna
- Macui Dunadamu
- Jason Nawo
- 2 goals
- Jason Hayne
- Shameel Rao
- Joachim Rande
- David Muta
- Koriak Upaiga
- Jefferey Nimanian
- 1 goal
- Avinesh Waran Suwamy
- Krishna Samy
- Cole Peverley
- Craig Henderson
- Sam Messam
- Aaron Scott
- Franklin Forau
- Nelson Saie Kilifa
- Michael Fifii
- William Mobbs
- Samuel Kini
- Neil Hans
- Mathias Apo
- Francois Sakama
- Tony Chillia
- Michael Kaltack
- Fenedy Masauvakolo
External links
- Olympic Tournament Qualifying