The 2019 OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament (also called the 2019 OFC U-23 Championship) was the eighth edition of the

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, the quadrennial international age-restricted

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championship organised by the

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(OFC) for the men's under-23 national teams of Oceania. In November 2018, it was announced that

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would host the competition. The tournament was held from 21 September to 5 October 2019. The winner qualified as the OFC representative at the 2020 Summer Olympics men's football tournament in

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won the title after defeating

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in the final.

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finished third, and defending champions

finished fourth.

Teams

Eight of the 11 FIFA-affiliated national teams from the OFC entered the tournament. ;Did not enter * * * Note: New Caledonia and Tahiti are not members of the

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and thus not eligible to qualify for the Olympic Football Tournament.

Venues

Squads

Players born on or after 1 January 1997 were eligible to compete in the tournament.

Draw

The draw of the tournament was held on 6 May 2019 at the OFC Academy in

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, New Zealand. The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. The top two ranked teams, New Zealand and Fiji, were assigned to group positions A1 and B1 respectively, and the next two ranked teams, Vanuatu and Solomon Islands, were drawn into position 2 of Group A or B, while the remaining teams were drawn into position 3 or 4 of Group A or B.

Group stage

The top two teams of each group advanced to the semi-finals. All times are local, FJT (

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Group A

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Group B

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Knockout stage

Bracket

Semi-finals

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Third place match

Final

Winner qualifies for

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Qualified team for the Summer Olympics

The following team from the OFC qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympic men's football tournament. :

¹ Bold indicates champions for that year. ''Italic'' indicates hosts for that year.

Goalscorers

;12 goals *

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;8 goals * Ben Waine ;5 goals *

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;4 goals *

Logan Rogerson Logan Tipene Rogerson (born 28 May 1998) is a New Zealand professional footballer who plays for Finnish Premier League club FC Haka as a winger. He has been capped by the New Zealand national football team. Career After beginning his senior c ...

Azariah Soromon Azariah Soromon (born 1 March 1999) is a Ni-Vanuatu footballer who plays as a forward for Fijian club Suva F.C and the Vanuatu national team. Club career Soromon started his career in the national Teouma Academy. In 2015 he joined his hometown ...

;3 goals * Patrick Joseph *

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* Gregory Togubai * Michael Tumua Leo * Adrian Mara *

Patrick Taroga Patrick Taroga (born 25 May 2000) is a Solomon Islands footballer who plays as a midfielder for Henderson Eels. Club career Taroga played in the youth of Marist under the guidance of Patrick Miniti. In 2017 he made his debut for the first tea ...

Bong Kalo Bong Kalo (born 18 January 1997) is a Ni-Vanuatu footballer who plays as a midfielder. Early career Kalo was born in the Port Vila suburb of Fresh Water 5. He started playing at Wan Smol Bag Futsal court. When he was 12 he joined Teouma Acade ...

;2 goals * Savenaca Baledrokadroka * Freddy Kepo *

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* Hemaloto Polovili ;1 goal *

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* Mohammed Shah *

Tito Vodowaqa Tito Vodowaqa (born 9 April 1999) is a Fijian footballer who plays as a forward for Australian club Frankston Pines and the Fiji national team. Club career Vodowaqa came through the youth ranks of Nadi. In 2017 he made his debut for the first ...

Noah Billingsley Noah James Billingsley (born 6 August 1997), is a New Zealand professional footballer who plays as a fullback for the New Zealand national football team. Club career He played for UC Santa Barbara Gauchos. He played for Minnesota United FC. ...

* Dylan de Jong * Callan Elliot * Billy Jones * Ollie Whyte * Bernard Purari * Emmanuel Simongi * Ronnie Bourne * Samuelu Malo * Osa Savelio * Tuita Maeobia * Claude Aru * Jesse Kalopong * Bethuel Ollie * Johnathan Spokeyjack * Jordy Tasip *

Ronaldo Wilkins Ronaldo Wilkins (born 30 December 1999) is a Ni-Vanuatu footballer who plays as a midfielder for Erakor Golden Star in the Port Vila Football League and the Vanuatu national football team. Club career Wilkins grew up in Tagabe, an area in Port ...

;Own goal * Mahe Malafu (playing against Papua New Guinea) * Scott Wara (playing against New Zealand)

References

External links

OFC Men's Olympic Qualifier 2019

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