2012 OFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament

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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)
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2012 OFC Women's Pre-Olympic Football Tournament is the qualifying tournament to the football competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London for the member nations of the Oceania Football Confederation. It is 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 will play New Zealand in a home-and-away play-off for a place at the Olympics.[2]

Participating teams[]

First stage[]

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

Round-robin[]

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) Host
Tonga 5–2 Vanuatu
Piuingi Feke Goal 31', 47', 61'
Salome Va'enuku Goal 42'
Kiana Mu'amoholeva Goal 56'		 Report Serah Thompson Goal 62'
Joella Avock Goal 90+3'
Loto-Tonga Centre, Nukuʻalofa
Attendance: 700
Referee: Anna-Marie Keighley (New Zealand)
Papua New Guinea 7–2 Samoa
Fatima Rama Goal 7'
Linah Honeakii Goal 12', 38'
Rumona Morris Goal 45+1'
Daisy Winas Goal 86'
Sandra Birum Goal 87', 90+2'		 Report Lanuola Mulipola Goal 19'
Tamasailau Leuta Goal 70'
Loto-Tonga Centre, Nukuʻalofa
Attendance: 250
Referee: Tupou Patia (Cook Islands)
Tonga 0–2 Papua New Guinea
Report Zeen Limbai Goal 32'
Deslyne Siniu Goal 48'
Loto-Tonga Centre, Nukuʻalofa
Attendance: 800
Referee: Averii Jacques (Tahiti)
Samoa 4–3 Vanuatu
Hazel Peleti Goal 24', 63', 84'
Goal 80' (o.g.)		 Report Lisa Batick Goal 5', 29'
Fina Angelo Goal 43'
Loto-Tonga Centre, Nukuʻalofa
Attendance: 200
Referee: Finau Vulivuli (Fiji)
Samoa 1–6 Tonga
Hazel Peleti Goal 38' Report Laite Si'i Manu Goal 4'
Piuingi Feke Goal 30', 33', 34', 45'
Kiana Mu'amoholeva Goal 45+6'
Loto-Tonga Centre, Nukuʻalofa
Attendance: 600
Referee: Nelson Sogo (Solomon Islands)
Vanuatu 1–11 Papua New Guinea
Junane Ishmael Goal 42' Report Georgina Kaikas Goal 6', 57'
Deslyne Siniu Goal 19', 22', 63' (pen.), 89'
Esther Muta Goal 56'
Barbra Muta Goal 73'
Fatima Rama Goal 79'
Daisy Winas Goal 85', 89'
Loto-Tonga Centre, Nukuʻalofa
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[]

Samoa 0–2 Vanuatu
Report Elodie Samuel Goal 20'
Leisale Solomon Goal 24'
Loto-Tonga Centre, Nukuʻalofa
Attendance: 150
Referee: Tupou Patia (Cook Islands)

Final[]

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

Awards[]

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

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

Final stage[]

Summary[]

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

Matches[]

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