The 2012

OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament The OFC Olympic Qualifying Tournament is a tournament held once in four years' time to decide the only qualification spot for Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) and representatives at the Olympic Games The modern Olympic Games or Olympic ...

was the qualifying tournament to the football competition at the

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in London for the member nations of the

Oceania Football Confederation The Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) is one of the six continental confederations of international association football. The OFC has 13 members, 11 of which are full members and two which are associate members not affiliated with FIFA. It ...

(OFC). The tournament was played in New Zealand, after an OFC decision to strip

Fiji Fiji ( , ,; fj, Viti, ; Fiji Hindi: फ़िजी, ''Fijī''), officially the Republic of Fiji, is an island country in Melanesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean. It lies about north-northeast of New Zealand. Fiji consists ...

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

Owen Delany Park Owen Delany Park is a multi-purpose sports stadium in Taupo, New Zealand. The main sports played there are Rugby and cricket, though several other sports are accommodated on a permanent basis and numerous other events on a one-off basis. Hist ...

. New Zealand won the tournament and qualified for the Olympic Games.

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 Ian Paia (born 28 October 1990) is a Solomon Islands footballer who currently plays for Solomon Warriors in the Telekom S-League as a forward. Club career Paia has been a youth product of Koloale FC Honiara. After a few years he signed for the ...

;6 goals * Esava Naqeleca ;4 goals *

Jean Kaltack Jean Kaltak (born 19 August 1994) is a Ni-Vanuatu international footballer who plays as forward for Vanuatu club Ifira Black Bird and the Vanuatu national team. Club career Kaltak, formerly a youth player with the Teouma Academy, also start ...

;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 wi ...

Greg Draper Gregory Alexander Draper (born 13 August 1989) is an English-born New Zealand footballer and coach who is currently a player-coach with The New Saints under-21s. Early life Draper was born and raised in Chard, Somerset, before his parents deci ...

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 afte ...

* Sean Lovemore *

Silas Namatak Silas or Silvanus (; Greek: Σίλας/Σιλουανός; fl. 1st century AD) was a leading member of the Early Christian community, who according to the New Testament accompanied Paul the Apostle on his second missionary journey. Name and ...

;2 goals *

Archie Watkins Archie Watkins (born 15 September 1989) is a Fijian international footballer who plays for Suva, as a defender. Career Watkins has played for Nadroga, Rewa and Suva Suva () is the capital and largest city of Fiji. It is the home of the ...

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Misaele Draunibaka Misaele Draunibaka (born April 6, 1992) is a Fijian 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 i ...

* Karol Kakate * Ethan Gailbraith * James Musa *

Robert Tasso Robert Tasso (born 18 December 1989) is a Vanuatuan association footballer. He currently plays for Tafea and the Vanuatu national football team, as a forward. International career Tasso made his debut for Vanuatu on 8 July 2011, in the 2-1 defe ...

* Roddy Lenga ;1 goal *

Samuela Drudru Samuela Drudru (born 30 April 1989) is a Fijian footballer who plays as a forward for Suva. He made his debut for the national team in August 2015 in their 5–0 victory against Tonga. In 2017, Drudru started playing for Lautoka in the Fiji P ...

* Zibraaz Sahib ;1 goal (continued) * Daniel Saric *

Jason Hicks Jason Thomas Hicks is a footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for NRFL Division 1 side Albany United. Club career Hicks signed with Wellington Phoenix on a short-term injury replacement contract. However, his performances in the 2 leagu ...

Jamal Seeto Jamal Seeto is a Papua New Guinean footballer who plays as a forward Forward is a relative direction, the opposite of backward. Forward may also refer to: People * Forward (surname) Sports * Forward (association football) * Forward (bas ...

Nigel Dabinyaba Nigel Dabinyaba (born 26 October 1992), sometimes spelt Nigel Dabingyaba, is a Papua New Guinean footballer who plays as a forward for Lae City FC in the Papua New Guinea National Soccer League, as well as the Papua New Guinea national team. Be ...

* Vanya Malagian * Chris Tafoa *

Himson Teleda Himson Teleda (born 28 August 1992) is a footballer that comes from Solomon Islands. He plays as a midfielder for Western United in Solomon Islands National Club Championship. He is a member of Solomon Islands national football team. He made his ...

Jerry Donga Jerry Lou Donga (born 31 January 1991) is a Solomon Islands footballer currently for domestic club Solomon Warriors in Solomon Islands S-League The Telekom S-League, commonly known as just the Solomon Islands S-League or more simply the S-Lea ...

* Johan Doiwale * Ailoa Tualaulelei * Shalom Luani *

Kensi Tangis Kensi Tangis (born January 20, 1990) is a Ni-Vanuatu footballer who plays as a forward for Galaxy and the Vanuatu national football team The Vanuatu national football team is the national team of Vanuatu and is controlled by the Vanuatu Foot ...

* Barry Mansale

Notes

References

External links

Official OFC website

Official OFC competition schedule
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