2008 OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament

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.

2008 OFC U-23 Olympic Qualifying Tournament
Tournament details
Host countryFiji
Dates1–9 March 2008
Teams6 (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 played15
Goals scored89 (5.93 per match)
Top scorer(s)Solomon Islands Benjamin Totori
Fiji Malakai Tiwa
(8 goals)

Final standings edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  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 edit

New Zealand  2–1  Fiji
Peverley   33'
Old   90'
Tiwa   41'

Cook Islands  0–4  Vanuatu
Nimanian   16'
Sakama   47' (pen.)
Chillia   83'

Papua New Guinea  1–6  Solomon Islands
Apo   65' Totori   9', 16', 68'
Nawo   12'
Rande   51'
Saie   80'

Solomon Islands  11–0  Cook Islands
Rande   9'
Maemae   17', 24'
Totori   47', 56', 68', 75'
Nawo   62'
Waroi   77', 78'
Forau   82'

Fiji  7–1  Papua New Guinea
Suwamy   18'
Tiwa   23', 55', 68'
Dunadamu   32', 70'
Rao   76'
Winnie   72'

Vanuatu  0–2  New Zealand
Barbarouses   15'
Brockie   40'

Fiji  9–0  Cook Islands
Singh   16', 23', 58'
Krishna   38'
Tiwa   59', 75', 76'
Rao   66'
Samy   81'

Papua New Guinea  2–5  New Zealand
Gunemba   17', 86' Ellensohn   43', 58'
Barbarouses   60', 69'
Brockie   85'

Solomon Islands  5–0  Vanuatu
Maemae   39', 62', 75'
Totori   55'
Nawo   73'

New Zealand  2–0  Solomon Islands
Old   5'
Henderson   69'

Cook Islands  0–7  Papua New Guinea
Muta   16'
Winnie   19', 50'
Gunemba   29'
Upaiga   54'
Mobbs   64'
Hans   75'

Vanuatu  0–2  Fiji
Tiwa   28' (pen.)
Krishna   41'

Cook Islands  0–8  New Zealand
Old   8'
Brockie   16'
Hayne   52', 79'
Messam   64'
Ellensohn   67'
Barbarouses   75'
Scott   90+2'

Vanuatu  2–7  Papua New Guinea
Kaltack   52'
Masauvakolo   79'
Kini   10'
Winnie   13', 68', 90+2'
Muta   18' (pen.)
Gunemba   63'
Upaiga   75'
Referee: Rakesh Varman (Fiji) (First half)
Andrew Moli (Solomon Islands) (Second half)

Solomon Islands  3–2  Fiji
Waroi   28', 42'
Fifii   39'
Krishna   6'
Dunadamu   23'


 2008 OFC Olympic Qualification Championship 
 
New Zealand

Second title

Goal scorers edit

8 goals
6 goals
  •   Tau Winnie
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

External links edit