2012 OFC Women's Pre-Olympic Football Tournament was the qualifying tournament to the football competition at the

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for the member nations of the

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. It was the third edition of the OFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament. Four nations participated in a preliminary tournament (hosted by

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) 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

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First stage

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

Round-robin

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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

.''

References

External links

Official OFC website

Official OFC competition schedule
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