The 2008 OFC Men's Olympic Football Tournament functioned as the qualifying tournament to the

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competition at the

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for the member nations of the

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(OFC). The tournament consisted of a single round-robin tournament played in

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from 1 March to 9 March 2008.

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won the tournament and qualified for the

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Final standings

Matches

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Goal scorers

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* Malakai Tiwa ;6 goals * Tau Winnie ;5 goals * Alick Maemae ;4 goals * Costa Barbarouses * Joachim Waroi * Raymond Gunemba ;3 goals * Steven Old *

Jeremy Brockie Jeremy Russell Brockie (born 7 October 1987) is a New Zealand former professional association football, footballer who played as a Forward (association football), forward. He has represented New Zealand national football team, New Zealand at se ...

* Daniel Ellensohn * Alvin Singh * Roy Krishna * Macui Dunadamu * Jason Nawo ;2 goals * Jason Hayne * Shameel Rao * Joachim Rande * David Muta * Koriak Upaiga * Jefferey Nimanian ;1 goal * Avinesh Waran Suwamy * Krishna Samy * Cole Peverley * Craig Henderson * Sam Messam * Aaron Scott * Franklin Forau * Nelson Saie Kilifa * Michael Fifii * William Mobbs * Samuel Kini * Neil Hans * Mathias Apo * Francois Sakama * Tony Chillia * Michael Kaltack * Fenedy Masauvakolo

External links

Olympic Tournament Qualifying
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2007–08 in New Zealand association football