The 2012

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was the qualifying tournament to the football competition at the

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for the member nations of the

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(OFC). The tournament was played in

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, after an OFC decision to strip

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of the rights to host the tournament was made in January 2012. It was announced on 7 February 2012 that Taupo would host the qualifiers, with the sole venue being

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won the tournament and qualified for the

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Participating teams

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Squads

Group stage

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

Group A

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Group B

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Knockout stage

Due to the delay in the final group matches, the knockout stage was postponed by one day from the original schedule.

Semi finals

Third place play-off

Final

Awards

A number of awards were announced at the conclusion of the tournament.

Goal scorers

;7 goals * Ian Paia ;6 goals * Esava Naqeleca ;4 goals * Jean Kaltack ;3 goals *

Micah Lea'alafa Micah Lea'alafa (born 1 June 1991) is a Solomon Islands professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for FK Beograd and captains the Solomon Islands national team. Career After failing to qualify for the 2014-15 OFC Champions League ...

Greg Draper Gregory Alexander Draper (born 13 August 1989) is an English-born New Zealand Association football, footballer and coach who is currently a player-coach with The New Saints F.C., The New Saints under-21s. Early life Draper was born and raised i ...

Louis Fenton Louis Ferenc Puskas Fenton (born 3 April 1993) is a New Zealand professional footballer who plays for National Premier Leagues Queensland club Lions FC. Early life Fenton, whose mother is Hungarian and whose father is a postman, is named af ...

Sean Lovemore Sean Naohiko Patrick Lovemore (born 8 June 1992) is a New Zealand footballer who currently plays for Auckland United in the NRFL Premier. Club career On 8 February 2011 he was signed on loan by A-League club Wellington Phoenix from local Ne ...

* Silas Namatak ;2 goals * Archie Watkins * Jone Salauneune * Misaele Draunibaka * Karol Kakate * Ethan Gailbraith *

James Musa James Mzamo Musa (born 1 April 1992) is a New Zealand professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for USL Championship club Colorado Springs Switchbacks. Early life Born in Plymouth, England, of South African Xhosa, Zimbabwean shona and ...

* Robert Tasso *

Roddy Lenga Roddy Lenga is a Vanuatuan footballer who plays as a midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as def ...

;1 goal * Samuela Drudru * Zibraaz Sahib ;1 goal (continued) * Daniel Saric * Jason Hicks * Jamal Seeto * Nigel Dabinyaba *

Vanya Malagian Ваня (''Vanya''), a male diminutive of the Russian, Croatian, Serbian, Bulgarian and other Slavic given names Ivan. It is the Russian, Serbian, Bulgarian and other Slavic form of John itself derived from a Hebrew name, meaning "God is gracious ...

* Chris Tafoa * Himson Teleda * Jerry Donga * Johan Doiwale * Ailoa Tualaulelei *

Shalom Luani Shalom Luani (born August 5, 1994) is an American football safety for the New Jersey Generals of the United States Football League (USFL). He is better known worldwide for his soccer career, having scored against Tonga in American Samoa's first ...

* Kensi Tangis * Barry Mansale

Notes

References

External links

Official OFC website

Official OFC competition schedule
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