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2012 OFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
2012 OFC Women's Pre-Olympic Football Tournament was the qualifying tournament to the football competition at the Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament, 2012 Summer Olympics in London for the member nations of the Oceania Football Confederation. It was the third edition of the OFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament. Four nations participated in a preliminary tournament (hosted by Tonga) based on a league system with two advancing to a final. The winner of this preliminary stage played New Zealand in a home-and-away play-off for a place at the Olympics. Participating teams * * * * * First stage The teams' paths to the Olympics were revealed on 17 February 2012. Round-robin ---- ---- Knockout round Third place play-off Final Awards A number of awards were announced following the preliminary tournament. Final stage Summary Matches ''New Zealand won 15–0 on aggregate and qualified for the Football at the 2012 Summer Olympic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 OFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
The second OFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament in 2008 determined the Oceania Football Confederation's berth for the 2008 Beijing Olympic football tournament. First stage Nine women's teams participated in the first stage, held as the 2007 South Pacific Games in Apia, Samoa. from August 25 to September 7. The winning team, Papua New Guinea, progressed to the second round to play New Zealand. Participating Teams * * * * * * * * * Second stage The second stage was a play-off between New Zealand and the stage 1 winner. It was apparently planned as a two match play-off, but was eventually played over just one game. New Zealand won the match 2–0 and progressed to the Beijing Olympics. References Football qualification for the 2008 Summer Olympics 2008 Women's football at the 2008 Summer Olympics Oly Oly may refer to: * Oly, informal name for Olympia, Washington, United States * OLY (: ), postnominals granted to participants in the Olympics People with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loto-Tonga Soka Centre
The Loto-Tonga Soka Centre is a football facility in Nukuʻalofa, Tonga. It was funded by FIFA through the world football body's Goal Programme and was opened in 2001. It hosted matches of the first round of the OFC 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. The main office of the Tonga Football Association is also located within the venue. It has a capacity of 1,500 and is home to the Tonga national football team and Veitongo FC Veitongo Football Club is a football club from Tonga, currently playing in the Tonga Major League, the highest level of association football competition in Tonga.Football venues in Tonga [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Port Moresby
(; Tok Pisin: ''Pot Mosbi''), also referred to as Pom City or simply Moresby, is the capital and largest city of Papua New Guinea. It is one of the largest cities in the southwestern Pacific (along with Jayapura) outside of Australia and New Zealand. It is located on the shores of the Gulf of Papua, on the south-western coast of the Papuan Peninsula of the island of New Guinea. The city emerged as a trade centre in the second half of the 19th century. During World War II, it was a prime objective for conquest by the Imperial Japanese forces during 1942–43 as a staging point and air base to cut off Australia from Southeast Asia and the Americas. As of the 2011 census, Port Moresby had 364,145 inhabitants. An unofficial 2020 estimate gives the population as 383,000. The place where the city was founded has been inhabited by the Motu-Koitabu people for centuries. The first Briton to see it was Royal Navy Captain John Moresby in 1873. It was named in honour of his fath ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PMRL Stadium
PMRL Stadium is a football stadium in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. It is used mainly for football and hosts the home matches of PRK Hekari United of the Papua New Guinea National Soccer League and OFC Champions League. The stadium has a seating capacity Seating capacity is the number of people who can be seated in a specific space, in terms of both the physical space available, and limitations set by law. Seating capacity can be used in the description of anything ranging from an automobile that ... of 15,000 spectators. External linksStadium information Football venues in Papua New Guinea Buildings and structures in Port Moresby {{PapuaNewGuinea-sports-venue-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Betsy Hassett
Betsy Doon Hassett (born 4 August 1990) is a New Zealand footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or a right winger for the New Zealand women's national football team and New Zealand club Wellington Phoenix. She has previously played for German side SC Sand, English club Manchester City, Amazon Grimstad in Norway, Werder Bremen in Germany's Frauen-Bundesliga, Dutch club Ajax and Icelandic clubs KR and Stjarnan. Hassett represented New Zealand at the 2011 and 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup as well as the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics. At youth level, she played at the 2008 and 2010 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup tournaments. Early life Born in the Auckland suburb of Titirangi, Hassett began playing football at the age of four with her brothers. She was captain of Avondale College First XI Girls Football team in 2008 and led them to third place at the National Schools Tournament. University of California, Berkeley Golden Bears, 2009–2012 Hassett attended the Univer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Green (footballer)
Anna Green (born 20 August 1990), is an association footballer who plays for Sydney FC and represents New Zealand at international level. She has also played for Three Kings United ( ASB League), Adelaide United and Sydney FC ( W-League) and Lokomotive Leipzig (Bundesliga). In January 2014 Green agreed a transfer to Notts County of the FA WSL. Under the terms of the deal she would join the English club after finishing the Australian season with Sydney FC and taking part in the Cyprus Cup. After seeing out her contract with Reading, Green decided to return to New Zealand and play part-time in the National Women's League while working as an accountant. International career Green made her international debut as a substitute in a 0–3 loss to China on 14 November 2006. She was included in the New Zealand squad for the 2008 Summer Olympics, featuring in the losses to Norway (0–1) and Brazil (0–4). Green travelled with the New Zealand U-20 squad to the 2008 Women's U-20 W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hayley Moorwood
Hayley Rose Bowden (née Moorwood; born 13 February 1984) is a women's association footballer who has represented New Zealand at international level. Club career In 2003 and 2004, Bowden played varsity soccer for Southwest Baptist University in Missouri. She represented Virginia Commonwealth University in 2005, scoring three goals in 23 appearances. In 2009, she made nine appearances for Ottawa Fury. Bowden played most of her club football in New Zealand before signing a one-year deal with Chelsea for the 2011 FA WSL season. In 2013, she joined Lincoln Ladies. International career Bowden scored on her Football Ferns debut, a 15–0 victory over Samoa on 7 April 2003, and represented New Zealand at the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup finals in China, where they lost to Brazil 0–5, Denmark (0–2) and China (0–2). Bowden was also included in the New Zealand squad for the 2008 Summer Olympics where they drew with Japan (2–2) before losing to Norway (0–1) and Brazil (0� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Okara Park
Okara Park, currently known commercially as Semenoff Stadium (previously known as Toll Stadium due to a sponsorship agreement) is a multi-purpose stadium in Whangarei, New Zealand. It is currently used mostly for rugby union matches and is the home stadium of Northland Rugby Union. The stadium is able to hold 18,500 people and was built in 1965. The park has recently had a $16m redevelopment with the new grandstand known as the Northland Events Centre being built. The new development has turned Okara Park into a multi-purpose Northland sports hub. Despite Okara Park only having a capacity for 30,000 people at a stretch, there was a match of Rugby Union in 1979 where around 40,000 people crammed into the stadium thanks to its large embankment. The occasion for this record crowd was the defence by the local side, North Auckland, of the prized Ranfurly Shield against Auckland. The stadium has held national games, including the New Zealand Māori rugby league team beating the Grea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ria Percival
Ria Dawn Percival (born 7 December 1989) is a New Zealand professional women's footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Tottenham Hotspur in the FA WSL and the New Zealand national team. She previously played for FFC Frankfurt and FF USV Jena of the Bundesliga, FC Basel in the Swiss league and West Ham United. International Percival represented New Zealand at age group level, appearing at the 2006 Women's U-20 World Cup finals in Russia and again represented the young ferns at the 2008 Women's U-20 World Cup in Chile, where she scored both of New Zealand's goals in their 3–2 loss to Nigeria. Percival made her senior debut in a 0–3 loss to China PR on 14 November 2006, before representing New Zealand at the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup finals in China, where they lost to Brazil 0–5, Denmark (0–2) and China PR (0–2). Percival was also included in the New Zealand squad for the 2008 Summer Olympics, again in China, where they drew with Japan (2–2) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosie White
Rosemary Eleanor Florence White (born 6 June 1993) is a New Zealand footballer who last played as a midfielder for OL Reign in the National Women's Soccer League and the New Zealand national team. Club career In July 2015, White signed for English FA WSL champions Liverpool Ladies. Liverpool manager Matt Beard expected White to increase the team's attacking options. In 2015 Liverpool slumped to a seventh-place finish, but White was handed a new contract in November 2015. On 9 November 2016, she signed with the Boston Breakers of the NWSL where she reunited with former Liverpool head coach Matt Beard. White played in 22 games for Boston and scored 4 goals. After the Boston Breakers folded ahead of the 2018 NWSL season, White was selected by the Chicago Red Stars with the 7th pick in the Breakers Dispersal Draft on 30 January 2018. She began the 2018 season on the 45-day disabled list as she recovered from right and left navicular fractures. White made her debut for the Red ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amber Hearn
Amber Liarnie Rose Hearn (born 28 November 1984) is a New Zealand association footballer who plays as a forward for Spanish club EDF Logroño and the New Zealand women's national team, making her senior international debut in a 2–0 loss to Australia on 18 February 2004. Personal life Hearn is of Māori descent, and affiliates to the Ngāpuhi iwi. Club career At club level she has played in England for Arsenal and Doncaster Rovers Belles. The 2009/10 season she played for the Ottawa Fury Women of the USL W-League. She then returned one year to New Zealand where she played for Lynn-Avon United. After that year she announced her transfer to German Bundesliga side FF USV Jena. In 2003, she was named New Zealand's football player of the year. At the 2010 OFC Women's Championship she won the golden boot with 12 goals. International career Hearn was included in the New Zealand squad for the 2008 Summer Olympics, starting in each of New Zealand's group games, scoring a pen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
