2012 OFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament

2012 OFC Women's Pre-Olympic Football Tournament was the qualifying tournament to the football competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London for the member nations of the Oceania Football Confederation. It was the third edition of the OFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament. Four nations participated in a preliminary tournament (hosted by Tonga) based on a league system with two advancing to a final.[1] The winner of this preliminary stage played New Zealand in a home-and-away play-off for a place at the Olympics.[2]

2012 OFC Women's Pre-Olympic Football Tournament
Tournament details
Dates1 March–4 April 2012
Teams5 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions New Zealand (2nd title)
Runners-up Papua New Guinea
Third place Tonga
Fourth place Vanuatu
Tournament statistics
Matches played10
Goals scored63 (6.3 per match)
2008
2016

Participating teams edit

First stage edit

The teams' paths to the Olympics were revealed on 17 February 2012.[3]

Round-robin edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Papua New Guinea 3 3 0 0 20 3 +17 9 Qualification to final
2   Tonga (H) 3 2 0 1 11 5 +6 6
3   Samoa 3 1 0 2 7 16 −9 3 Qualification to third place play-off
4   Vanuatu 3 0 0 3 6 20 −14 0
Source: OFC
(H) Hosts
Tonga  5–2  Vanuatu
Piuingi Feke   31', 47', 61'
Salome Va'enuku   42'
Kiana Mu'amoholeva   56'
Report Serah Thompson   62'
Joella Avock   90+3'
Attendance: 700
Referee: Anna-Marie Keighley (New Zealand)
Papua New Guinea  7–2  Samoa
Fatima Rama   7'
Linah Honeakii   12', 38'
Rumona Morris   45+1'
Daisy Winas   86'
Sandra Birum   87', 90+2'
Report Lanuola Mulipola   19'
Tamasailau Leuta   70'
Attendance: 250
Referee: Tupou Patia (Cook Islands)

Tonga  0–2  Papua New Guinea
Report Zeen Limbai   32'
Deslyne Siniu   48'
Attendance: 800
Referee: Averii Jacques (Tahiti)
Samoa  4–3  Vanuatu
Hazel Peleti   24', 63', 84'
  80' (o.g.)
Report Lisa Batick   5', 29'
Fina Angelo   43'
Attendance: 200
Referee: Finau Vulivuli (Fiji)

Samoa  1–6  Tonga
Hazel Peleti   38' Report Laite Si'i Manu   4'
Piuingi Feke   30', 33', 34', 45'
Kiana Mu'amoholeva   45+6'
Attendance: 600
Referee: Nelson Sogo (Solomon Islands)
Vanuatu  1–11  Papua New Guinea
Junane Ishmael   42' Report Georgina Kaikas   6', 57'
Deslyne Siniu   19', 22', 63' (pen.), 89'
Esther Muta   56'
Barbra Muta   73'
Fatima Rama   79'
Daisy Winas   85', 89'
Attendance: 100
Referee: Anna-Marie Keighley (New Zealand)

Knockout round edit

 
Final
 
  
 
7 March 2012 – Nukuʻalofa
 
 
  Papua New Guinea2
 
 
  Tonga0
 
 
 
 
 
Third place play-off
 
 
7 March 2012 – Nukuʻalofa
 
 
  Samoa0
 
 
  Vanuatu2
 

Third place play-off edit

Samoa  0–2  Vanuatu
Report Elodie Samuel   20'
Leisale Solomon   24'
Attendance: 150
Referee: Tupou Patia (Cook Islands)

Final edit

Papua New Guinea  2–0  Tonga
Fatima Rama   47'
Barbra Muta   49'
Report
Attendance: 800
Referee: Finau Vulivuli (Fiji)

Awards edit

A number of awards were announced following the preliminary tournament.[4]

Player of the tournament Best goalkeeper Top scorer Fairplay Award
  Deslyne Siniu   Lupe Likiliki   Piuingi Feke (7 goals)   Vanuatu

Final stage edit

Summary edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
New Zealand   15–0   Papua New Guinea 8–0 7–0

Matches edit

New Zealand  8–0  Papua New Guinea
Hannah Wilkinson   6'
Rebecca Smith   13'
Sarah Gregorius   40'
Amber Hearn   43', 90+1'
Rosie White   63', 89'
Ria Percival   70'
Report
Attendance: 2,243
Referee: Rakesh Varman (Fiji)
Papua New Guinea  0–7  New Zealand
Report Hayley Moorwood   13'
Sarah Gregorius   32', 84' (pen.)
Hannah Wilkinson   37'
  42' (o.g.)
Anna Green   49'
Betsy Hassett   70'
Attendance: 1,650
Referee: Norbert Hauata (Tahiti)

New Zealand won 15–0 on aggregate and qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics.

References edit

  1. ^ "Schedule set for key competitions". Oceania Football Confederation. 6 February 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-02-07. Retrieved 6 February 2012.
  2. ^ "PNG women's squad announced". Oceania Football Confederation. 31 January 2012. Archived from the original on 2015-11-26. Retrieved 3 February 2012.
  3. ^ "Path to London unveiled". Oceania Football Confederation. 17 February 2012. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
  4. ^ "PNG secure play-off with New Zealand". Oceania Football Confederation. 7 March 2012. Archived from the original on 2013-04-18. Retrieved 8 March 2012.

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