2012 OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament

2012 OFC Men's Pre-Olympic Football Tournament
Tournament details
Host country New Zealand
City Taupo
Dates 16–25 March 2012
Teams 7 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  New Zealand
Runners-up  Fiji
Third place  Vanuatu
Fourth place  Papua New Guinea
Tournament statistics
Matches played 13
Goals scored 63 (4.85 per match)
Attendance 4,250 (327 per match)
Top scorer(s) Solomon Islands Ian Paia (7 goals)
Best player Fiji Esava Naqeleca

2012 OFC Men'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.[1] The tournament was played in New Zealand, after an OFC decision to strip Fiji of the rights to host the tournament was made in January 2012. It was announced on 7 February 2012 that Taupo would host the qualifiers, with the sole venue being Owen Delany Park.[2]

New Zealand won the tournament and qualified for the Olympic Games.

Participating teams

Squads

Group stage

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

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Fiji 3300112+99
 Vanuatu 3201102+86
 Solomon Islands 3102164+123
 American Samoa 3003231−290

16 March 2012
12:00 UTC+13
Solomon Islands  0 – 2  Fiji
Report Esava Naqeleca  18'
Archie Watkins  65'

16 March 2012
14:30 UTC+13
Vanuatu  8 – 0  American Samoa
Roddy Lenga  10', 23'
Robert Tasso  13' (pen.), 21'
Silas Namatak  81', 83', 86'
Barry Mansale  89' 		Report
Owen Delany Park, Taupo
Attendance: 200
Referee: Bertrand Billon (New Caledonia)

18 March 2012
14:30 UTC+13
American Samoa  1 – 7  Fiji
Ailoa Tualaulelei  66' Report Jone Salauneune  12'
Misaele Draunibaka  56', 58'
Esava Naqeleca  63', 65'
Samuela Drudru  72'
Archie Watkins  88'

18 March 2012
17:00 UTC+13
Solomon Islands  0 – 1  Vanuatu
Report Jean Kaltack  61'
Owen Delany Park, Taupo
Attendance: 400
Referee: Kader Zitouni (Tahiti)

21 March 2012[note 1]
12:00 UTC+13
American Samoa  1 – 16  Solomon Islands
Shalom Luani  5' Report Ian Paia  22', 26', 32' (pen.), 58' (pen.), 63', 73', 84'
Jerry Donga  50'
Himson Teleda  52'
Micah Lea'alafa  55', 69', 74'
Chris Tafoa  67'
Karol Kakate  77', 79'
Johan Doiwale  89'
Owen Delany Park, Taupo
Attendance: 100
Referee: Bertrand Billon (New Caledonia)

21 March 2012[note 1]
17:00 UTC+13
Fiji  2 – 1  Vanuatu
Esava Naqeleca  20'
Jone Salauneune  41' 		Report Jean Kaltack  62'
Owen Delany Park, Taupo
Attendance: 150
Referee: Norbert Hauata (Tahiti)

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 New Zealand 2200110+116
 Papua New Guinea 210131+23
 Tonga 2002013−130

18 March 2012
12:00 UTC+13
Papua New Guinea  3 – 0  Tonga
Vanya Malagian  6'
Nigel Dabingyaba  47'
Jamal Seeto  86' 		Report
Owen Delany Park, Taupo
Attendance: 150
Referee: Bruce George (Vanuatu)

21 March 2012[note 1]
14:30 UTC+13
Tonga  0 – 10  New Zealand
Report Greg Draper  23'
Jason Hicks  33'
Daniel Saric  43'
Louis Fenton  52', 54'
Ethan Gailbraith  72', 73'
Sean Lovemore  77', 90'
James Musa  81'

Knockout stage

Due to the delay in the final group matches, the knockout stage was postponed by one day from the original schedule.[5]

Semi finals Final
23 March
  Fiji  3  
  Papua New Guinea  0  
 
25 March
      Fiji  0
    New Zealand  1
Third place play-off
23 March 25 March
  New Zealand  3   Papua New Guinea  0
  Vanuatu  2     Vanuatu  1

Semi finals

23 March 2012
13:00 UTC+13
Fiji  3 – 0  Papua New Guinea
Esava Naqeleca  25' (pen.), 60' (pen.)
Zibraaz Sahib  71' 		Report
Owen Delany Park, Taupo
Attendance: 200
Referee: Bertrand Billon (New Caledonia)

23 March 2012
16:00 UTC+13
New Zealand  3 – 2  Vanuatu
Louis Fenton  5'
James Musa  8'
Greg Draper  27' 		Report Jean Kaltack  74'
Kensi Tangis  90+1'
Owen Delany Park, Taupo
Attendance: 400
Referee: Kader Zitouni (Tahiti)

Third place play-off

25 March 2012
13:00 UTC+13
Papua New Guinea  0 – 1  Vanuatu
Report Jean Kaltack  38'

Final

25 March 2012
16:00 UTC+13
Fiji  0 – 1  New Zealand
Report Greg Draper  18' (pen.)
Owen Delany Park, Taupo
Attendance: 1,250
Referee: Norbert Hauata (Tahiti)

Awards

A number of awards were announced at the conclusion of the tournament.[6]

Player of the tournament Best goalkeeper Top scorer Fairplay Award
Fiji Esava Naqeleca New Zealand Jake Gleeson Solomon Islands Ian Paia (7 goals)  Tonga

Goal scorers

7 goals
6 goals
  • Fiji Esava Naqeleca
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
  • Fiji Samuela Drudru
  • Fiji Zibraaz Sahib
1 goal (continued)

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Matches postponed from 20 March 2012 due to extreme weather conditions in Taupo.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Schedule set for key competitions". Oceania Football Confederation. 6 February 2012. Retrieved 6 February 2012.
  2. ↑ "Taupo confirmed as host". Oceania Football Confederation. 7 February 2012. Retrieved 7 February 2012.
  3. ↑ "Path to London unveiled". Oceania Football Confederation. 17 February 2012. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
  4. ↑ "Day three matches postponed". Oceania Football Confederation. 20 March 2012. Retrieved 20 March 2012.
  5. ↑ "Revised schedule for knock-out stage". Oceania Football Confederation. 20 March 2012. Retrieved 21 March 2012.
  6. ↑ "Oly Whites book ticket to London". Oceania Football Confederation. 25 March 2012. Retrieved 25 March 2012.

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