2012_OFC_Women's_Olympic_Qualifying_Tournament

2012 OFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament

2012 OFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament

International football competition


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]

Quick Facts Tournament details, Dates ...

Participating teams

First stage

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

Round-robin

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Source: OFC
(H) Hosts
More information Tonga, 5–2 ...
Attendance: 700
Referee: Anna-Marie Keighley (New Zealand)
More information Papua New Guinea, 7–2 ...
Attendance: 250
Referee: Tupou Patia (Cook Islands)

More information Tonga, 0–2 ...
Attendance: 800
Referee: Averii Jacques (Tahiti)
More information Samoa, 4–3 ...
Attendance: 200
Referee: Finau Vulivuli (Fiji)

More information Samoa, 1–6 ...
Attendance: 600
Referee: Nelson Sogo (Solomon Islands)
More information Vanuatu, 1–11 ...
Attendance: 100
Referee: Anna-Marie Keighley (New Zealand)

Knockout round

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

Third place play-off

More information Samoa, 0–2 ...
Attendance: 150
Referee: Tupou Patia (Cook Islands)

Final

More information Papua New Guinea, 2–0 ...
Attendance: 800
Referee: Finau Vulivuli (Fiji)

Awards

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

More information Player of the tournament, Best goalkeeper ...

Final stage

Summary

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Matches

More information New Zealand, 8–0 ...
Attendance: 2,243
Referee: Rakesh Varman (Fiji)
More information Papua New Guinea, 0–7 ...
Attendance: 1,650
Referee: Norbert Hauata (Tahiti)

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


References

  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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