1988 OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament

1988 OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament

Tournament details
Host country	Australia and New Zealand
Dates	15 November 1987 – 27 March 1988
Teams	7 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	6 (in 6 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Australia
Runners-up	Israel
Third place	New Zealand
Fourth place	Taiwan
Tournament statistics
Matches played	17
Goals scored	67 (3.94 per match)
← Inaugural 1991 →

The 1988 OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament determined which Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) team would qualify directly to complete at the 1988 Summer Olympics men's football tournament.

The qualifications had two rounds, the first round had three teams per group, with the group winner going directly into the second round. The runner-up of each group completed in a one-way play-off to determine who participated in the second round. Israel qualified directly into the second round.^[1][2][3]

Before the first round begun, Papua New Guinea and Fiji pulled out, leaving each group with only two teams. It was decided to have two match playoffs instead.^[1]

First round[]

Group one[]

Papua New Guinea withdraw before the games started

15 November 1987 (1987-11-15)

Taiwan	0–3	Australia
	Report	Arnold 21', 50' Farina 53'

Taipei, Taiwan

26 February 1988 (1988-02-26)

Australia	3–0	Taiwan
Arnold 36', 71' o.g.'	Report

Canberra, Australia

Group two[]

Fiji withdraw before the games started

7 November 1987 (1987-11-07)

Western Samoa	0–7	New Zealand
	Report	Halford 7' McGarry 35' Halligan 64' Ironside 65', 83', 85' (pen.) Deeley 76'

Apia, Samoa

13 November 1987 (1987-11-13)

New Zealand	12–0	Western Samoa
McGarry 1', 16' (pen.), 37' Hagan 22' (pen.), 35', 43', 73' Halford 27' Deeley 45' (pen.), 62', 71' Barkley 76' (pen.)	Report

Auckland, New Zealand

Playoff[]

The losers of each group had a one-off match for a place in the second round

2 March 1988 (1988-03-02)

Taiwan	5–0	Western Samoa
Miao Chin-Chung Pan Yung-I Chien I-Shiu	Report

Sydney, Australia

Second round[]

Final standings and matches[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia (Q)	6	4	2	0	12	4	+8	10	Qualified for 1988 Seoul Olympics
2	Israel	6	4	1	1	17	3	+14	9
3	New Zealand	6	2	1	3	5	7	−2	5
4	Taiwan	6	0	0	6	3	23	−20	0

6 March 1988 (1988-03-06)

Taiwan	0–1	New Zealand
		Barkley

Melbourne, Australia

6 March 1988 (1988-03-06)

Australia	2–0	Israel
Yankos 71' (pen.) Farina 90+'

Melbourne, Australia

9 March 1988 (1988-03-09)

Israel	2–0	New Zealand
Cohen 17' Ivanir 55'

Adelaide, Australia

9 March 1988 (1988-03-09)

Australia	3–2	Taiwan
Tobin 21' Crino 62' Patikas 87'		Wu Chau-In 18' Chien I-Shiu 86'

Adelaide, Australia

13 March 1988 (1988-03-13)

Israel	5–1	Taiwan
Brailovsky 7', 79' Malmilian 14', 72' Levine 28'		64'

Sydney, Australia

13 March 1988 (1988-03-13)

Australia	3–1	New Zealand
Patikas 39' Crino 60' Farina 64'		McGarry 56'

Sydney, Australia

20 March 1988 (1988-03-20)

Israel	0–0	Australia

Christchurch, New Zealand

20 March 1988 (1988-03-20)

New Zealand	2–0	Taiwan
McGarry 27' Halford 90+'

Christchurch, New Zealand

23 March 1988 (1988-03-23)

Taiwan	0–9	Israel
		Rosenthal 32' Cohen 43' Malmilian 50' (pen.) Levine 58', 60', 66' Tikva 64', 82', 87'

Wellington, New Zealand

23 March 1988 (1988-03-23)

New Zealand	1–1	Australia
McGarry 11' (pen.) Farina 74'

Wellington, New Zealand

27 March 1988 (1988-03-27)

New Zealand	0–1	Israel
		Levine 5'

Auckland, New Zealand

27 March 1988 (1988-03-27)

Taiwan	0–3	Australia
		Arnold 2' Farina 19' Wade 77'

Auckland, New Zealand

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