2008 OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament

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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)

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.

Final standings[]

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[]

New Zealand 2–1 Fiji
Peverley Goal 33'
Old Goal 90'		 Tiwa Goal 41'
Churchill Park, Lautoka
Referee: Papua New Guinea
Cook Islands 0–4 Vanuatu
Goal 16'
Sakama Goal 47' (pen.)
Goal 83'
Churchill Park, Lautoka
Referee: Fiji
Papua New Guinea 1–6 Solomon Islands
Goal 65' Totori Goal 9', 16', 68'
Goal 12'
Goal 51'
Saie Goal 80'
Churchill Park, Lautoka
Referee: Peter O'Leary New Zealand
Solomon Islands 11–0 Cook Islands
Goal 9'
Maemae Goal 17', 24'
Totori Goal 47', 56', 68', 75'
Goal 62'
Waroi Goal 77', 78'
Goal 82'
Churchill Park, Lautoka
Referee: Samoa
Fiji 7–1 Papua New Guinea
Suwamy Goal 18'
Tiwa Goal 23', 55', 68'
Dunadamu Goal 32', 70'
Goal 76'		 Goal 72'
Churchill Park, Lautoka
Referee: Lencie Fred Vanuatu
Vanuatu 0–2 New Zealand
Barbarouses Goal 15'
Brockie Goal 40'
Churchill Park, Lautoka
Referee: French Polynesia
Fiji 9–0 Cook Islands
Singh Goal 16', 23', 58'
Krishna Goal 38'
Tiwa Goal 59', 75', 76'
Goal 66'
Goal 81'
Churchill Park, Lautoka
Referee: Solomon Islands
Papua New Guinea 2–5 New Zealand
Gunemba Goal 17', 86' Ellensohn Goal 43', 58'
Barbarouses Goal 60', 69'
Brockie Goal 85'
Churchill Park, Lautoka
Referee: Fiji
Solomon Islands 5–0 Vanuatu
Maemae Goal 39', 62', 75'
Totori Goal 55'
Nawo Goal 73'
Churchill Park, Lautoka
Referee: Michael Hester New Zealand
New Zealand 2–0 Solomon Islands
Old Goal 5'
Henderson Goal 69'
Churchill Park, Lautoka
Referee: Lencie Fred Vanuatu
Cook Islands 0–7 Papua New Guinea
Muta Goal 16'
Goal 19', 50'
Gunemba Goal 29'
Upaiga Goal 54'
Goal 64'
Hans Goal 75'
Churchill Park, Lautoka
Referee: French Polynesia
Vanuatu 0–2 Fiji
Tiwa Goal 28' (pen.)
Krishna Goal 41'
Churchill Park, Lautoka
Referee: Peter O'Leary New Zealand
Cook Islands 0–8 New Zealand
Old Goal 8'
Brockie Goal 16'
Goal 52', 79'
Messam Goal 64'
Ellensohn Goal 67'
Barbarouses Goal 75'
Scott Goal 90+2'
Churchill Park, Lautoka
Referee: Papua New Guinea
Vanuatu 2–7 Papua New Guinea
Kaltack Goal 52'
Goal 79'		 Kini Goal 10'
Goal 13', 68', 90+2'
Muta Goal 18' (pen.)
Gunemba Goal 63'
Upaiga Goal 75'
Churchill Park, Lautoka
Referee: Fiji (First Half)
Solomon Islands (Second Half)
Solomon Islands 3–2 Fiji
Waroi Goal 28', 42'
Goal 39'		 Krishna Goal 6'
Dunadamu Goal 23'
Churchill Park, Lautoka
Referee: Michael Hester New Zealand


 2008 OFC Olympic Qualification Championship 

New Zealand
Second title

Goal scorers[]

8 goals
6 goals
  • Papua New Guinea Tau Winnie (PNG)
5 goals
4 goals
  • New Zealand Costa Barbarouses (NZL)
  • Solomon Islands Joachim Waroi (SOL)
  • Papua New Guinea Raymond Gunemba (PNG)
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

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