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2023 Men's Olympic Qualification Tournament

Tournament details
Host country	New Zealand
Dates	27 August – 9 September
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	3 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	New Zealand (5th title)
Runners-up	Fiji
Tournament statistics
Matches played	11
Goals scored	49 (4.45 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Riley Bidois (5 goals)
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The 2023 OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament was the 10th edition of the tournament to select the OFC representative at the Summer Olympics. The tournament was held in Auckland, New Zealand from 27 August to 9 September, with the winner qualifying for the 2024 Summer Olympics.

New Zealand successfully defended their title as the OFC representative.

Teams

Eight of the 11 FIFA-affiliated national teams from the OFC indicated their intent to participate in the tournament.

Team	Appearance	Previous best performance
American Samoa	4th	Group stage (2004, 2012, 2019)
Fiji	9th	Champions (2015)
New Zealand (hosts)	10th	Champions (1999, 2008, 2012, 2019)
Papua New Guinea	8th	Third place (2015)
Samoa	4th	Group stage (1999, 2004, 2019)
Solomon Islands	8th	Runners-up (1999, 2008, 2019)
Tonga	5th	Group stage (1999, 2004, 2012, 2019)
Vanuatu	8th	Runners-up (2015)

Did not enter

•  Cook Islands
•  New Caledonia
•  Tahiti

Note: New Caledonia and Tahiti are not members of the International Olympic Committee and thus not eligible to qualify for the Olympic Football Tournament.

Venues

• New Zealand
• 1 Go Media Stadium
• 2 The Trusts Arena; Douglas Track and Field
• 3 North Harbour Stadium

Group A played all their matches at Mount Smart Stadium, known commercially as "Go Media Stadium," while Group B played all their matches at The Trusts Arena. Mount Smart Stadium also hosted both semi-final matches, while the final was contested at North Harbour Stadium.

New Zealand
Auckland
Go Media Stadium	The Trusts Arena	North Harbour Stadium
Capacity: 30,000	Capacity: 4,901	Capacity: 25,000

Group stage

Eight teams entered the competition and were drawn into 2 groups on 15 June.

All times are local, NZST (UTC+12).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	New Zealand (H)	2	2	0	0	6	1	+5	6	Advance to knockout stage
2	Fiji	2	1	0	1	3	3	0	3
3	Papua New Guinea	2	0	0	2	0	5	−5	0
4	American Samoa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrew

1. Papua New Guinea were unable to travel to New Zealand prior to their scheduled match on 27 August. The matter was resolved by awarding New Zealand with a 3–0 win.
2. American Samoa withdrew from the tournament on 1 August 2023.

New Zealand	3–0 Awarded	Papua New Guinea
	Report

New Zealand	3–1	Fiji
Toomey 19' Ott 21' Randall 25'	Report	Yada 50'

Papua New Guinea	0–2	Fiji
	Report	Dogalau 5' Yada 66'

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Solomon Islands	3	3	0	0	11	1	+10	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Vanuatu	3	2	0	1	7	4	+3	6
3	Samoa	3	1	0	2	4	6	−2	3
4	Tonga	3	0	0	3	1	12	−11	0

Samoa	3–0	Tonga
Cahill 54' Siamoa 55', 84'	Report

Solomon Islands	3–0	Vanuatu
Wae 30' (pen.), 90+6' (pen.) Ohasio 88'	Report

Tonga	0–4	Vanuatu
	Report	King 5', 82' Chichirua 24' Tabe 69'

Solomon Islands	3–0	Samoa
Rocky 39' Wae 60' Fox 63'	Report

Vanuatu	3–1	Samoa
Tasarur 20' Moses 30' (pen.), 38'	Report	Gobbi 16'

Tonga	1–5	Solomon Islands
Tuamoheloa 74'	Report	Rocky 16' Saeni 45' Ohasio 47' Irodao 63' Toitani 77'

Knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	6 September 2023 – Auckland
	New Zealand	8
					9 September 2023 – Auckland
	Vanuatu	0
					New Zealand	9
	6 September 2023 – Auckland
					Fiji	0
	Solomon Islands	0
	Fiji	3

Semi-finals

New Zealand	8–0	Vanuatu
Randall 3', 12' van Hattum 10', 39' Ott 17' (pen.) Verney 43' Raj 55', 72'	Report

Solomon Islands	0–3	Fiji
	Report	Dogalau 25', 70' McMullen 88'

Final

The winner qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics.

New Zealand	9–0	Fiji
Bidois 3' (pen.), 6', 19', 45+1', 63' Randall 33' (pen.) Gillion 52' Turagalailai 78' (o.g.) Kelly 82'	Report

Qualified team for the 2024 Summer Olympics

The following team from OFC qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympic men's football tournament in France.

Team	Qualified on	Previous appearances in the Summer Olympics
New Zealand	9 September 2023	3 (2008, 2012, 2020)

Goalscorers

There were 49 goals scored in 11 matches, for an average of 4.45 goals per match.

5 goals

• Riley Bidois

4 goals

• Jesse Randall

3 goals

• Etonia Dogalau
• Javin Wae

2 goals

• Aporosa Yada
• George Ott
• Aaryan Raj
• Oskar van Hattum
• Greg Siamoa
• Calvin Ohasio
• Junior Rocky
• Nicolas King
• Joe Moses

1 goal

• Brendan McMullen
• William Gillion
• Keegan Kelly
• Luis Toomey
• Ryan Verney
• Kyah Cahill
• Juan Gobbi
• Ben Fox
• Hudyn Irodao
• Dalton Saeni
• Wesley Toitani
• David-John Tuamoheloa
• George Chichirua
• Giniho Tabe
• Ronn Tasarur

1 own goal

• Inoke Turagalailai (against New Zealand)

References

1. ^ "Draw confirmed for OFC Men's Olympic Qualifiers 2023". Oceania Football Confederation. 15 June 2023. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
2. ^ "New Zealand awarded 3–0 default win after PNG's failure to play Olympic qualifier". Friends of Football NZ. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
3. "AMERICAN SAMOA WITHDRAW FROM OFC MEN'S OLYMPIC QUALIFIER 2023". Oceania Football. 1 August 2023. Retrieved 11 August 2023.

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