The 2019 OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament (also called the 2019 OFC U-23 Championship) was the eighth edition of the OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament, 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 * Augustine Waita ;4 goals * Logan Rogerson * Azariah Soromon ;3 goals * Patrick Joseph * Clayton Lewis * Gregory Togubai * Michael Tumua Leo * Adrian Mara *

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* Bong Kalo ;2 goals * Savenaca Baledrokadroka * Freddy Kepo * Darold Kakasi * Hemaloto Polovili ;1 goal * Bruce Hughes * Mohammed Shah * Tito Vodowaqa * Noah Billingsley * 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 ;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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